Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 2015.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
56 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
9 people listed on the 990; $157K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).
Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Co-Director
Hours a week: 40
Hours a week: 40
$75,519Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Director
Hours a week: 40
Hours a week: 40
$67,129Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Director
Hours a week: 40
Hours a week: 40
$14,467Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Chair
Hours a week: 2
Hours a week: 2
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Chair
Hours a week: 2
Hours a week: 2
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
Hours a week: 1
Hours a week: 1
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
Hours a week: 1
Hours a week: 1
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
Hours a week: 1
Hours a week: 1
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
Hours a week: 1
Hours a week: 1
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Kaysone Syonesa Schneider’s $76K as Co-Director is at the 60th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1041 $100K–1M public & societal benefit nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 5 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chanida Potter | — | — | — | $80,527 | $58,750 |
| Kaysone Syonesa Schneider | $75,519 | $75,000 | $75,000 | — | — |
| Jessica Eckerstorfer | $67,129 | $66,674 | $69,342 | $20,849 | — |
| Juanita Vang | $14,467 | — | — | — | — |
| Kaysone Syonesa | — | — | — | $6,826 | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization, with a nickname or small spelling change read as the same person. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See Sead Project executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Updates and questions
Offers creative workshops and tools for Southeast Asian diaspora communities to share knowledge.
Our summary of the filed mission and programs (Form 990 Part III, line 4), not the words of the organization.
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Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · from the funders’ 2025 returns
Dated by each funder’s own filing year, which may not match this organization’s fiscal year.
Total grants received, 2019–2025from 27 funders$1.8M
Grants paid · 2 grants · $50K · 2020–2020
Unitemized GrantFY2020$48,399
Unitemized GrantFY2020$1,500
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$245K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$242K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4K
Money outPt IX
$425K
Ln 25
Programscol B$239K
Managementcol C$115K
Fundraisingcol D$71K
Owns and owesPt X
$154K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$155K
Total assetsLn 16$155K
LiabilitiesLn 26$836
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$242K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$4K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4K
Total revenueLn 12$245K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$155K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$155K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$328
Total assetsLn 16$155K
LiabilitiesLn 26$836
Net assetsLn 32$154K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 56
VolunteersI 617
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $229K | $155K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $335K | $155K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $213 | $836 |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $334K | $154K |
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5 | $157K | $83K | $39K | $35K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $101K | $81K | $13K | $7K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $14K | $9K | $3K | $2K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $20K | $13K | $4K | $3K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $500 | $500 | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $6K | $6K | ||
| Professional fundraising feesLn 11e | $17K | $17K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $39K | $23K | $14K | $2K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $50 | $50 | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $14K | $8K | $6K | $182 |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $14K | $5K | $9K | $1K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $14K | $9K | $3K | $2K |
| TravelLn 17 | $4K | $202 | $4K | |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $12K | $2K | $11K | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $6K | $4K | $1K | $886 |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $6K | $3K | $3K | $463 |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $425K | $239K | $115K | $71K |
Part VII lists each person's pay for the calendar year, including pay from related organizations and from people who have left; Part IX, line 5 is this organization's own cost for its current officers and key staff over its fiscal year.
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| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS May 15, 2026 | $245K | $425K | −$180K | $154K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Nov 27, 2024 | $526K | $538K | −$11K | $334K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS May 13, 2024 | $453K | $473K | −$20K | $345K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Oct 5, 2022 | $668K | $553K | $116K | $365K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Apr 8, 2022 | $702K | $545K | $157K | $249K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
A · Public support
B · Donors
D · Assets and endowments
G · Fundraising
O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990
Part I · Summary $245,464 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $494,986$241,827
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $22,957$3,858
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $8,179−$221
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $526,122$245,464
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $317,134$292,415
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $20,160$16,800
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $200,264$116,197
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $537,558$425,412
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$11,436−$179,948
Part III · Program service accomplishments 3 programs, $137,930 spent
III-4a Sea change lab - in the summer of 2024, we hosted our local in-person sea change lab cohort. This was our first return to in-person programming since the pandemic. We had a cohort of 12 young people from the twin cities over 16 sessions. Their vast artistry included skills from sculpture, dance, short stories to visual art including painting and illustration. The program worked with 8 different teaching artists, each bringing a unique perspective to the group. At the end of the session, we celebrated the group with their final project community exhibition and they were matched with a professional mentor from their heritage background.$57,994
III-4b Planting seads - the year 2025 marked 50 years since the end of the vietnam war, the end of the secret war in laos, and the beginning of the khmer rouge takeover in cambodia - all deeply significant turning points of our vast community's stories. In honor of this anniversary, starting in 2025 sead hosted a series of programming to commemorate this landmark occasion and honor the stories, resilience, and cultrual legacies of our community. We started to gather, preserve, and elevate the stories of our community through a multi-leveled project of art and storytelling that included the completion of a mobile art installation and the beginning of our storytelling collections of sea stories. We worked with 5 art installation artists and cultural advisors to design and build the abundance altar, a mobile centerpiece of our 50th programming. The abundance altar was a gathering point for our storytelling collections where community members were invited to contribute photos, mementos, and offerings that honor the people and histories that shaped us. In summer of 2025, we launched our story collections and showcased our mobile altar art installation at various community events including cosa fest in brooklyn center and little mekong night markets in st. Paul.Schedule OPlanting seads - the year 2025 marked 50 years since the end of the vietnam war, the end of the secret war in laos, and the beginning of the khmer rouge takeover in cambodia - all deeply significant turning points of our vast community's stories. In honor of this anniversary, starting in 2025 sead hosted a series of programming to commemorate this landmark occasion and honor the stories, resilience, and cultrual legacies of our community. We started to gather, preserve, and elevate the stories of our community through a multi-leveled project of art and storytelling that included the completio…$48,664
III-4c Sea roots - starting in spring 2025, we partnered with our nine language instructors to begin the development of level II courses in all four of our languages: hmong, lao, viet, and khmer. The level II was developed using our level I model following the 8-week structure with more focus on language literacy intensives to deepen language skills in reading and writing while engaging more fully with cultural knowledge, traditions, and community-based learning. The level II curriculum integrated music, visual art, storytelling and snapshots of topics such as history, social issues, and culture. The new level II classes will launch in 2026.$31,272
Part IV · Checklist of required schedules 5 of 48 answered Yes, no flags
IV-1 A 501(c)(3) charity (Schedule A)Yes
IV-2 Lists its large donors to the IRS (Schedule B)Yes
IV-3 Took part in a political campaignNo
IV-4 LobbiedNo
IV-5 Owes proxy tax on member duesNo
IV-6 Holds donor advised fundsNo
IV-7 Holds conservation easementsNo
IV-8 Holds art or historical collectionsNo
IV-9 Credit counseling or escrow accountsNo
IV-10 Holds endowment fundsNo
IV-11a Reports land, buildings and equipmentNo
IV-11b Reports investments in other securitiesNo
IV-11c Reports program-related investmentsNo
IV-11d Reports other assetsNo
IV-11e Reports other liabilitiesYes
IV-11f Uncertain tax positions footnoteNo
IV-12a Its own audited financial statementsNo
IV-12b In a group's audited financial statementsNo
IV-13 Runs a schoolNo
IV-14a Has an office, staff or agents outside the USNo
IV-14b Over $10,000 of activity outside the USNo
IV-15 Over $5,000 in grants to groups abroadNo
IV-16 Over $5,000 in aid to people abroadNo
IV-17 Over $15,000 to paid fundraisersYes
IV-18 Over $15,000 from fundraising eventsNo
IV-19 Over $15,000 from gamingNo
IV-20a Runs a hospitalNo
IV-21 Over $5,000 in grants to US groupsNo
IV-22 Over $5,000 in grants to US peopleNo
IV-23 Reports top pay in detail (Schedule J)No
IV-24a Over $100,000 in tax-exempt bondsNo
IV-25a Gave an insider an excess benefit this yearNo
IV-25b Found an excess benefit from a past yearNo
IV-26 Loan to or from an officer or insiderNo
IV-27 Grant to an insider or their familyNo
IV-28a Business deal with an officer or directorNo
IV-28b Business deal with an officer's familyNo
IV-28c Business deal with a firm an officer controlsNo
IV-29 Over $25,000 in noncash giftsNo
IV-30 Gifts of art or historical itemsNo
IV-31 Closed down or dissolvedNo
IV-32 Sold or gave away over 25% of its net assetsNo
IV-33 Owns a single-member companyNo
IV-34 Related to other organizations (Schedule R)No
IV-35a Controls another organizationNo
IV-36 Transfers to a related non-charityNo
IV-37 Activity through a partnershipNo
IV-38 Explains answers in Schedule OYes
Part V · Other IRS filings and tax compliance no flags
V-1a Forms 1099 filed44
V-1b Forms W-2G filed0
V-2a Employees on W-2 forms6
V-1c Followed backup withholding rulesYes
V-2b Filed its payroll tax returnsYes
V-3a Over $1,000 of unrelated business incomeNo
V-4a Holds an account in a foreign countryNo
V-5a Party to a prohibited tax shelterNo
V-5b Knew another party was in a tax shelterNo
V-6a Raised gifts that are not tax deductibleNo
V-7a Gifts where the donor got something backNo
V-7c Sold donated property it had to reportNo
V-7e Took money to pay a donor's insuranceNo
V-7f Paid premiums on a donor's insuranceNo
V-14a Sold indoor tanningNo
V-15 Owes tax on pay over $1 millionNo
V-16 Owes the college endowment taxNo
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's paySchedule OThe organization reviews compensation against other organizations of similar size for similar roles.Yes
Part VII · Officers, directors and key employees 9 people listed, 3 paid by the organization
VII-1a Kaysone Syonesa SchneiderCo-Director · 40 hours a week$75,519
VII-1a Jessica EckerstorferCo-Director · 40 hours a week$67,129
VII-1a Juanita VangCo-Director · 40 hours a week$14,467
VII-1a Aloun PhoulavanCo-Chair · 2 hours a week$0
VII-1a Anita KeoCo-Chair · 2 hours a week$0
VII-1a Christina HughesBoard Member · 1 hours a week$0
VII-1a Jay RattanavongBoard Member · 1 hours a week$0
VII-1a Lynn NguyenTreasurer · 1 hours a week$0
VII-1a Maypahou LyBoard Member · 1 hours a week$0
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $245,464 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $529 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$4,134
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$237,693
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$241,827
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $3,858$3,858
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events−$1,050
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $300$300
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $4,687$245,464
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $425,412 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $83,042 · Management $39,442 · Fundraising $34,631Part VII lists each person's pay for the calendar year, including pay from related organizations and from people who have left; Part IX, line 5 is this organization's own cost for its current officers and key staff over its fiscal year.$157,115
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $80,980 · Management $12,628 · Fundraising $7,089$100,697
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $9,166 · Management $2,736 · Fundraising $2,308$14,210
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $12,977 · Management $4,112 · Fundraising $3,304$20,393
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $500$500
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $5,520$5,520
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $16,800$16,800
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $22,683 · Management $13,771 · Fundraising $2,358$38,812
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $50$50
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $7,876 · Management $6,413 · Fundraising $182$14,471
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $4,761 · Management $8,734 · Fundraising $1,002$14,497
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $9,040 · Management $2,862 · Fundraising $2,284$14,186
IX-17 TravelPrograms $202 · Management $4,022$4,224
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,500 · Management $10,534$12,034
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,513 · Management $1,467 · Fundraising $886$5,866
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,964 · Management $2,610 · Fundraising $463$6,037
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $238,704 · Management $115,401 · Fundraising $71,307$425,412
Part X · Balance sheet $155,213 assets, 10 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $229,210$154,885
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $328$328
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $334,538$155,213
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$782
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $213$54
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $213$836
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $150,500−$18,012
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $183,825$172,389
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $334,325$154,377
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $334,538$155,213
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $154,377 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$245,464
XI-2 Total expenses$425,412
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$179,948
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$334,325
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$154,377
Part XII · Financial statements and reporting Audited: No
XII-2b Financial statements audited by an independent accountantNo
Schedule O · Explanations 8 explanations
O-1 Form 990 - organization's missionThe sead project (southeast Asian diaspora) is a community organization on a mission to be an accessible creative hub that provides streamlined workshops and tools to engage and share knowledge in khmer, hmong, lao, vietnamese, and other southeast Asian diaspora communities.
O-2 Part III, line 4bPlanting seads - the year 2025 marked 50 years since the end of the vietnam war, the end of the secret war in laos, and the beginning of the khmer rouge takeover in cambodia - all deeply significant turning points of our vast community's stories. In honor of this anniversary, starting in 2025 sead hosted a series of programming to commemorate this landmark occasion and honor the stories, resilience, and cultrual legacies of our community. We started to gather, preserve, and elevate the stories of our community through a multi-leveled project of art and storytelling that included the completion of a mobile art installation and the beginning of our storytelling collections of sea stories. We worked with 5 art installation artists and cultural advisors to design and build the abundance altar, a mobile centerpiece of our 50th programming. The abundance altar was a gathering point for our storytelling collections where community members were invited to contribute photos, mementos, and offerings that honor the people and histories that shaped us. In summer of 2025, we launched our story collections and showcased our mobile altar art installation at various community events including cosa fest in brooklyn center and little mekong night markets in st. Paul.
O-3 Part III, line 4d(4)cultural organizing - in fy25, sead strengthened and increased our partnerships to expand our capacity and collaborations to engage more of our community and share resources. We partnered with local leaders and organizations as part of grassroots coalition and planning committees to ensure that the 50th commemoration honors the voices, lived experiences, and histories of our refugee journeys through events, legislation, funding, and programs. (5)soon storytelling shop and creative services - soon storytelling continued to grow to support our programming and operations with our own unrestricted funds through our online shop and at in-person community events and markets. In fy25, sead expanded our sea queens collection of products that incorporated our vibrant and cultural heritages. We increased our work collaboration with local artists such as videographers, photographers, stylists, models, actors, and media producers to create a marketing campaign that was reflective of our southeast Asian stories.
O-4 Part VI, line 11bThe 990 draft was reviewed and approved by the board before submission.
O-5 Part VI, line 12cThe organization requires board members to fill out a conflict of interest form annually and reviews it.
O-6 Part VI, line 15aThe organization reviews compensation against other organizations of similar size for similar roles.
O-7 Part VI, line 15bThe organization reviews compensation against other organizations of similar size for similar roles.
O-8 Part VI, line 19Documents are made available upon request.
Form 990 e-file FY2025 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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