Our Services

How We Help

Seed Sowers provides the day-to-day support to oversee your Private Family foundation while you focus on philanthropy.

Policy Development

  • Donor Intent Policy

  • Investment Policy

  • Administrative Policy

  • Governance Policy/Bylaws

Administrative Services

  • Meeting planning and preparation

  • Board and Committee correspondence

  • Keeping and filing of minutes, policies, and corporate documents

  • Regulatory Filings

Foundation Accounting

  • Monthly or quarterly Balance Sheet with Income and Expense Statement

  • Consolidated statements from asset managers

  • Checkwriting and reconciliation

  • Monthly minimum distribution calculations

  • Fraud protection

  • Develop workbook for preparation of the filling for the 990PF Tax Return

We are not accepting new clients at this time.

Asset Management

Grantmaking

  • Site visits

  • Communication with potential grantees

  • Screening request to ensure alignment with donor and IRS guidelines

  • Online grant application process

  • Proposal evaluations

  • Grant follow-up

  • Tracking multi-year grants

  • Verifying challenge grants

  • Grant history

  • Annual reports

  • Review and make recommendations on investment policy and asset allocation

  • Assist in screening and selecting asset managers

  • Review of comparisons of investment returns with established benchmarks

  • Coordinate investment committee meetings between managers and trustees

Our clients are committed to supporting Christian organizations whose work and outreach is based in Christian principles, and especially those who spread the Gospel reaching the underserved and the most vulnerable, children and animals.