Planting Seeds International

Analysis

Planting Seeds International is a registered charity in United States, based in Northbrook, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Planting Seeds International reported income of $256k and spending of $373k, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $226k to $256k (+13%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Planting Seeds International sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Healing Hearts Connection ($256k), For the Future Foundation ($256k) and I Run This Island Foundation ($256k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $21k (5.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3,177. At year end it held assets of $51k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $51k.