Private foundation · New York, NY

Sea Stone Foundation

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Typical grant size
$500 – $1K – $4K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
96
Repeat grantees
52
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

Michael Lemle
PRESIDENT
$65K
Lucinda Zeising
SECRETARY
Wendy Vanden Hevuel
TREASURER

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2024
88.2%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
389
Total grants awarded
$1.6M
Total amount
$4K
Average grant
$50K
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$266K
53 grants
2023
$222K
34 grants
2022
$217K
45 grants
2021
$203K
40 grants
2020
$109K
32 grants
2019
$110K
37 grants
2018
$116K
34 grants
2017
$78K
27 grants
2016
$63K
26 grants
2015
$45K
16 grants
2014
$83K
23 grants
2013
$49K
22 grants

Top recipients

11 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$125K
2 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$100K
4 grants · UT · ✓ Exact match
$88K
American Ballet Theater
8 grants · NY
$78K
Dorrance Dance Company
4 grants · NY
$76K
3 grants · MA · ✓ Exact match
$75K
Global Giving - 3 Generations
4 grants · DC
$68K
The National Susan B Anthony Museum
4 grants · NY
$59K
10 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$58K
3 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$55K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

Noche Flamenca
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$50K
Day One Early Learning Community
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$28K
Hamptons Dance Project
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$25K
American Ballet Theater
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$21K
Dorrance Dance Company
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$20K
Utah Film Center
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
UT · TY 2024
$20K
The National Susan B Anthony Museum
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$15K
The Tibet Fund
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$12K
Ethical Culture Fieldston School
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$10K
International Documentary Assn
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
CA · TY 2024
$10K
Brandeis University
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
MA · TY 2024
$10K
Veterans Healthcare Policy Inst
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
CA · TY 2024
$6K
Punahou School
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
HI · TY 2024
$5K
Jewel Heart Foundation
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
MI · TY 2024
$3K
NYC Ballet
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$3K
Actblue Free Speech
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
MA · TY 2024
$2K
The Sag Harbor Cinema
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$2K
World Central Kitchen
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
DC · TY 2024
$2K
52nd Street Project
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$2K
National Dance Institute
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$1K
Romemu
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$1K
Anti Defamation League
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$1K
Reel Works
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$1K
The Us Holocaust Memorial Museum
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
DC · TY 2024
$1K
Video Volunteers
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$1K
Southern Poverty Law Center
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
AL · TY 2024
$1K
International Campaign for Tibet
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
DC · TY 2024
$1K
Writers Guild Initiative
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$1K
National Dance Foundation
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
FL · TY 2024
$1K
National Resource Defense Counsel
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$1K
The Film Society of Lincoln Center
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$1K
Film Forum
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$1K
The Joyce Theater
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$1K
Bat Conservation International
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
TX · TY 2024
$538
Hamptons Art Camp
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$515
City Harvest Inc
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$500
Wliw Public Radio
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$500
Seva Foundation
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
CA · TY 2024
$500
Insight Meditation Society
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
MA · TY 2024
$500
New York Insight Meditation Center
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$500
The Climate Reality Project
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
DC · TY 2024
$350
Amanda James
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$300
The Good Dog Foundation
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$250
Interfaith Center of New York
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$250
Tibetan Nuns Project
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
WA · TY 2024
$250
92nd Street Y
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$250
Southhampton Volunteer Firemens Benevolent Fund
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$250
Story Pirates
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$250
Metropolitan Museum of Art
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$210
Rubin Museum of Art
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, OR ARTISTIC
NY · TY 2024
$90

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.