South Eastern Economic Dev Corp
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What it says it does
SEED'S MISSION IS TO ASSIST SMALL BUSINESSES TO START-UP, EXPAND AND CREATE NEW JOBS. SEED WAS CERTIFIED IN 1982 BY THE U.S. SBA TO PACKAGE SBA 504 LOANS. SEED ALSO MAKES LOANS AS A CDFI UNDER THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, & EDA U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AND A SBA MICRO LENDER AND PROVIDES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
- Income
- $5.6 million
- Spending
- $2.8 million
- Employees
- 16
- Volunteers
- 50
- Highest pay
- $308,389, executive di
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $301,328 spent. 5SBA 504 PROGRAM: PACKAGING, CLOSING AND SERVICING OF SBA 504 LOANS TO SMALL BUSINESS IN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND.
- $804,243 spent. MICRO LOAN PROGRAM INCLUDING SBA MICRO LOANS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND MA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. UNDERWRITING, CLOSING AND SERVICING OF LOANS UP TO 50,000 TO SMALL BUSINESSES FOR WORKING CAPITAL FURNITURE AND FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT. ADMINISTRATION OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR START-UP AND EXISTING SMALL BUSINESSES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SBA MICRO LOAN PROGRAM. THEPROGRAM INCLUDES EIGHT COUNTIES FROM BOSTON TO THE CAPE AND ISLANDS IN MASSACHUSETTS, AND ALL OF RHODE ISLAND.
- $1.4 million spent. REVOLVING LOAN FUND PROGRAM: UNDERWRITING, CLOSING AND SERVICING OF LOANS UP TO 200,000 UNDER THE U.S. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (EDA) REVOLVING LOAN FUND PROGRAM AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FUND (CDFI) UNDER THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, AND SEED FUND AND RI FUND. THESE LOANS ARE MADE IN CONJUNCTION WITH BANK AND OTHER FINANCING TO SMALL BUSINESSES IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND.
- $36,494 spent. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending September 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 1983.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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