Appleseed Foundation Inc
The Appleseed Foundation supports the appleseed network, a collaboration of 20 nonprofit justice centers across the us and mexico working together to reduce poverty, combat discrimination, and invigorate democracy.
Appleseed Foundation Inc at a glance
In short: Appleseed Foundation Inc gave $321K across 6 grants in 2025 (avg $54K), top state Oklahoma. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $321,322
- +4.8% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 6
- -45.5% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $53,554
- +92.1% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $64,911
- Total assets
- $1,961,350
- +17.6% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Oklahoma (24% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Appleseed Foundation Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 6 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Oklahoma Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc ($78K). Together the top 6 received $321K.
Grant Size Distribution
30 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 23 grants of 30 (77%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 6 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Appleseed Foundation Inc gives
- Giving grew 26% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2022 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $188K (2023) to $321K (2025). In 2025 it made 6 grants totaling $321K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc Tulsa, OK | Oklahoma appleseed 2025 nfl grant funds; travel stipend for mexico city meeting. | $78,000 |
| Missouri Appleseed St. Louis, MO | Missouri Appleseed 2025 NFL Grant Funds | $76,500 |
| Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Montgomery, AL | Alabama appleseed 2025 nfl grant funds and travel stipend for edc meeting nov. 2024 | $75,750 |
| New York Appleseed Inc New York, NY | Support grant for start up ct. Appleseed; travel stipends | $54,072 |
| Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest Lincoln, NE | Wi. Donation pass on alec hillbo & matching donation Wisconsin appleseed donation; ne. Appleseed fiduciary for wi. Seed grant for wi. Appleseed; travel stipends | $31,250 |
| Kansas Appleseed Lawrence, KS | Travel Stipends; $2,000 Donation. | $5,750 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,961,350 | $1,053,955 | $886,525 | $321,322 | 6 | $57,564 |
| 2024 | $1,667,481 | $805,974 | $810,992 | $306,684 | 11 | $52,013 |
| 2023 | $1,677,519 | $696,694 | $622,852 | $188,135 | 8 | $44,771 |
| 2022 | $1,531,911 | $782,681 | $548,410 | $255,425 | 5 | $56,654 |
| 2021 | $1,588,032 | $387,952 | $241,684 | — | — | $85,642 |
About Appleseed Foundation Inc
Based on IRS filings
Appleseed Foundation Inc is a public charity, based in Washington, DC. IRS filing data is available from 2021 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2.0M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 6 grants totaling $321K. Net investment income was $58K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Appleseed Foundation Inc is led by Benet Magnuson Arthur Monroe, Executive Director on every filing since 2021; 1 of 41 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Benet Magnuson Arthur Monroe
Executive Director
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$42K (2021) → $127K (2025)
Curtis Lu
Member
On filings since 2021
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eric Koenig
Co-Chair
Secretary & Treasurer → Treasurer, 2022
Treasurer → Co-Chair, 2025
On filings since 2021
2.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gail Erickson
Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joe Hoang
Secretary
Member → Secretary, 2023
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mary Benton
Member
On filings since 2021
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ralph I. Petersberger
Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ralph Nader
Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shireen Meer
Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Beverly Allen
Member
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bob Bachner
Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jon Walcoff
Member
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Dewey
Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marc Sherman
Member
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Markus Green
Member
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Martha Hodgesmith
Member
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Pete Davis
Member
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Phil Zeidman
Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Richard Jerome
Member
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Schrodt
Member
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
James Shadd III
Member
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John Shutkin
Member
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Katie Joseph
Member
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Alex Reid
Member
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Annamaria Steward
Member
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jamie Underwood
Member
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John Clancy
Member
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Keith Benes
Member
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kevin Kraham
Member
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lena Konanova
Member
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Leopoldo Hernandez
Member
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Maka Hutson
Member
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mark Darrell
Member
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Thea Sebastian
Member
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Wenchi Hu
Member
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Courtney Dyer
Member
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Daniel Dominguez Co-Chair Elect
New on the 2025 filing
2.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kevin Johnson
Member
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nicholas Deluca Member Treas
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Russell Manns
Member
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sandra Hanna
Member
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (37)
- Former: Tom McCoy Imm Past Co-Chair (2024–2025) — Then Immediate Past Co-Chair · Filing note: Until nov
- Former: Rory Leraris Co-Chair (2025) — Nov. & Then Imm. Past Co-Chair · Filing note: Until
- Former: Sharie Brown Member (2025) — Nov. & Then Co-Chair Elect · Filing note: Until
- Former: David Hurtado Badiola (2021–2024) — Member
- Former: Robert Katz (2021–2024) — Member
- Former: Rory Leraris (2021–2024) — Co-Chair
- Former: Bert Pogrebin (2022–2024) — Member
- Former: Mary Morningstar (2022–2024) — Past Co-Chair
- Former: Sharie Brown (2022–2024) — Member
- Former: Daniel Dominguez Member (2024) — Nov. & Then Co-Chair Elect · Filing note: Until
- Former: Eric Koenig Treasurer (2024) — May & Co-Chair · Filing note: Until
- Former: Nicholas Deluca (2024) — Member
- Former: Brian Boyle (2021–2023) — Member
- Former: Jim Rogers (2021–2023) — Member
- Former: Tom McCoy (2021–2023) — Co-Chair
- Former: Daniel Dominguez (2022–2023) — Member
- Former: Eileen Hershenov (2021–2022) — Member
- Former: George Butts (2021–2022) — Member
- Former: Herbert E. Milstein (2021–2022) — Member
- Former: Kathleen Scott (2021–2022) — Member
- Former: Mark Raffman (2021–2022) — Member
- Former: Megan Wright (2021–2022) — Member
- Former: Rowena Frazer (2021–2022) — Member
- Former: Brian Boyle Co-Chair (2022) — Then Immediate Past Co Chair · Filing note: Until nov
- Former: Joe Hoang Member Then (2022) — Secretary
- Former: Raymond Lin Immediate (2022) — Past Co-Chair
- Former: Rory Leraris Member Then (2022) — Co-Chair Elect
- Former: Tom McCoy Member Then (2022) — Co-Chair
- Former: Bertrand Pogrebin (2021) — Member
- Former: Mary Morningstar Member (2021) — Then Co-Chair
- Former: Michael Collora (2021) — Member
- Former: Philip F. Zeidman (2021) — Member
- Former: Rachel Richardson (2021) — Member
- Former: Raymond Y. Lin Co-Chair (2021) — Aug. & Then Imm. Past Co-Chair · Filing note: Until
- Former: Robert Bachner (2021) — Member
- Former: Steven Schulman (2021) — Member
- Former: Susan Haller (2021) — Member
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2021–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $127K, to Benet Magnuson Arthur Monroe (Executive Director).
Frequently asked questions about Appleseed Foundation Inc
How much does Appleseed Foundation Inc give each year?
Appleseed Foundation Inc gave $321K across 6 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $307K across 11 grants.
What is Appleseed Foundation Inc's typical grant size?
Appleseed Foundation Inc's median grant in 2025 was $64,911, and its average grant was $53,554, across 6 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Appleseed Foundation Inc give grants?
Appleseed Foundation Inc's top state is Oklahoma, with 24% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990. The next largest states were Missouri (24%) and Alabama (24%).
Does Appleseed Foundation Inc give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 6 grants with a stated purpose on Appleseed Foundation Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support.
Who are Appleseed Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
Appleseed Foundation Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Oklahoma Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc ($78,000), Missouri Appleseed ($76,500) and Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice ($75,750), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 72% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Appleseed Foundation Inc?
Appleseed Foundation Inc reported $2.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.1M.
What is Appleseed Foundation Inc's EIN?
Appleseed Foundation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 52-1835698. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2021–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(5)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS October 31, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS December 12, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS March 11, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 9, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2021–2025
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