Model
SeaChange helps nonprofits navigate complex challenges while being a partner of choice for funders seeking to help.
We use our financial and transactional experience to guide, bring resources, and make connections for nonprofits.
We develop new mechanisms for funders – both foundations and individuals – to support nonprofits.
We work only in areas where we can be a value-added resource that more than justifies our costs.
We pilot new ideas with our own resources before asking other funders to join us in an appropriately structured “fund”.
We maintain a lean, high-quality team by partnering with our network of nonprofits, funders and other technical assistance providers where possible.
Our diversified revenues and healthy reserves allow us to be flexible, nimble and risk-tolerant.
Funds
National
SeaChange-Lodestar
167 / $2.8m
N/A
2009
Encourage and support alliances, mergers, joint-ventures, and others types of formal, sustained long-term collaborations between nonprofits
- SeaChange
- The Lodestar Foundation
Seed, Exploratory and Implementation Grants
SeaChange/Lodestar
Program of SeaChange
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SEE PORTFOLIONew York City
New York Merger and Collaboration Fund
73 / $2.1m
$25k
2012
Encourage and support alliances, mergers, joint-ventures, and others types of formal, sustained long-term collaborations between nonprofits
- SeaChange
- Altman Foundation
- Booth Ferris Foundation
- The Clark Foundation
- The Heckscher Foundation for Children
- The Jeffrey H. and Shari L. Aronson Family Foundation
- The Lodestar Foundation
- The New York Community Trust
- 6 Individuals
Seed, Exploratory and Implementation Grants
Investment Committee
Program of SeaChange
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SEE PORTFOLIOGreater Philadelphia (five counties)
The Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund
81 / $1.8m
$30k
2015
Encourage and support alliances, mergers, joint-ventures, and others types of formal, sustained long-term collaborations between nonprofits
- SeaChange
- William Penn Foundation
- Barra Foundation
- UWGPSNJ (United Way)
- The Philadelphia Foundation
- Lincoln Financial Foundation
- The Lodestar Foundation
- Chubb Charitable
- TD Bank
- HealthSpark Foundation
- Scattergood Foundation
- Comcast/NBC Universal Foundation
Seed, Exploratory and Implementation Grants
Governance Committee of Funders
Program of SeaChange
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SEE PORTFOLIOGreater New York City
Contact Fund
52 / $16.8m
$50k
2005
Flow capital from socially-motivated individual investors into nonprofits serving low-income communities in New York City and the surrounding metropolitan area.
- SeaChange
- 64 Socially Motivated Individuals
Loans of up to $600,000; 1-5 year term; Interest rate ~5%-6%
Sole Member/ SeaChange
Sole Member New York LLC
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SEE PORTFOLIONew York City
New York Pooled PRI Fund
24 / $21.5m
$500k
2014
Collectively source, evaluate, make and manage program-related investments for a group of NYC foundations to provide flexible, high-impact loans to nonprofits.
- SeaChange
- Altman Foundation
- The Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation
- The Clark Foundation
- The Heckscher Foundation for Children
- Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros Foundation
- The J.M. Kaplan Fund
- Lily Auchincloss Foundation
- Mertz Gilmore Foundation
- The New York Community Trust
- The Thompson Family Foundation
- Anonymous Foundation
Loans of up to $1.5 million; 1-5 year term; Interest rate ~0%-6%
Members Committee
Delaware LLC
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SEE PORTFOLIOHigher Education
Transformational Partnerships Fund
10 / $510k
$500k
2021
Provide colleges and universities support to explore student-centric partnerships that could meaningfully transform how they operate. Learn more at www.higheredpartnerships.org.
- SeaChange
- Ascendium Education Group
- ECMC Foundation
- The Kresge Foundation
- Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
Grants of up to $100,000 to support partnerships between institutions of higher education.
Governance Committee of Funders
Program of SeaChange
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SEE PORTFOLIONew York City
New York Impact Opportunities Fund
1 / $1.87m
$500k
2021
Make investments offering both social and financial returns into entities providing material benefits to New Yorkers and New York and increase the amount of such investments by reducing the friction associated with their origination, evaluation, execution, and management.
- SeaChange
- Altman Foundation
- The New York Community Trust
Loans, equity, profit-participations
Investment Committee
Delaware LLC
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SEE PORTFOLIOFunders Login
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We Welcome Your Support
We can only help nonprofits because of financial support from foundations and socially-motivated individuals. If you believe in nonprofits and in our approach, we'd welcome you to join us as a "Friend of SeaChange". If you are involved with a nonprofit that SeaChange has helped, please consider "paying it forward" so that we can help others. Please email us to learn more about joining our funds.
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financial
SeaChange Capital Partners, Inc. (“SeaChange”) is a Delaware non-stock corporation classified as a public charity that is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code with EIN 20-5124665.
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