Sea Change Ventures

What Sea Change Ventures does

SeaChange Capital Partners is a Delaware-incorporated 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN 20-5124665), founded in 2006 and headquartered at 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 300, New York. It provides grants, loans, pro-bono advice, and published insights to support nonprofit organizations pursuing strategic change — including mergers, joint ventures, programmatic alliances, space-sharing, spin-offs, restructurings, real estate acquisition, bridge financing, and working capital. The organization reports having engaged with nearly 2,000 nonprofits across a wide range of missions and sizes, with named beneficiaries spanning criminal justice (Brooklyn Community Bail Fund, Center for Justice Innovation), arts and culture (The Bushwick Starr, NYC Charter School for the Arts), food recovery (Replate), environmental sustainability (Sure We Can), reentry services (Thrive for Life Prison Project), and health and human services (CitiWide Harm Reduction / Bronx AIDS Services merger).

The organization's core offerings are organized into four service lines (Grants, Loans, Advice, Insights) and operationalized through a complex fund architecture. Grantmaking programs include the New York Merger and Collaboration Fund, Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund, SeaChange-Lodestar Fund for Nonprofit Collaboration, Transformational Partnerships Fund (focused on higher education), and Fund for Delaware Collaboration. Lending vehicles include the New York Pooled PRI Fund (NYPRI), New York Shelter Acquisition and Predevelopment Fund (NYSAPF), SeaChange Special Impact Fund, Contact Fund, and NYC Bridge Funding for the Arts (a joint venture with The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York). SeaChange also acts as fiscal sponsor for the Massachusetts Nonprofit Collaboration Fund and Sustained Collaboration Network.

Revenue is sourced from philanthropic grants and donations (501(c)(3) charitable contributions) and management fees from administered pooled funds; no commercial pricing is applied to grants, loans are structured on impact-first terms, and advisory services are pro-bono. Go-to-market is relationship-driven through direct outreach, referrals from existing nonprofit partners, sector events, and thought leadership (webinars, research reports, op-eds). Leadership is led by Managing Partner John MacIntosh.

Name

Sea Change Ventures

Legal name

SeaChange Capital Partners, Inc.

Website

https://seachangecap.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SeaChange Capital Partners is a New York-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides grants, impact-first loans, pro-bono advice, and research to U.S. nonprofits pursuing mergers, restructurings, real estate acquisitions, and other strategic collaborations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Advisory and Funding Services

NAICS

Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (525), Other Investment Pools and Funds (5259), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282), Investors, Nec (6799)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Finance & Capital Advisory (BPAHADAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Capital Raising Advisory (Debt/Equity/Private Capital) (BPAHADAG), Thematic / Sector-Focused Multi-Manager Platforms (FSANAGAH)

Keywords

• Nonprofit advisory services
• Mission-aligned lending
• Program-related investments
• Nonprofit collaboration grants
• Nonprofit restructuring support

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Grants and Donations: SeaChange operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN 20-5124665) funded primarily through grants and charitable donations from foundations and individual funders.
2. Managed Fund Administration: SeaChange manages multiple pooled funds including NYPRI, NYSAPF, Contact Fund, and Special Impact Fund, earning management fees for fund administration services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

SeaChange Capital Partners is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that provides grants, loans, pro-bono advice, and published insights to help other nonprofits seize opportunities and navigate challenges. Their core offerings support nonprofit mergers, joint ventures, programmatic alliances, space-sharing, spin-offs, restructurings, real estate acquisition, bridge financing, and working capital needs, primarily through a portfolio of grantmaking funds and program-related investment (PRI) lending vehicles.

Product overview

SeaChange Capital Partners is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that provides funding, guidance, and advisory services to help nonprofits seize opportunities and navigate challenges. The organization operates a multi-faceted portfolio consisting of grant programs (including the New York Merger and Collaboration Fund, Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund, SeaChange-Lodestar Fund for Nonprofit Collaboration, Transformational Partnerships Fund, and Fund for Delaware Collaboration) and lending vehicles (including the New York Pooled PRI Fund (NYPRI), New York Shelter Acquisition and Predevelopment Fund (NYSAPF), SeaChange Special Impact Fund, Contact Fund, and NYC Bridge Funding for the Arts). Core services include grants, loans, pro-bono advice, and published insights. SeaChange also serves as fiscal sponsor for the Massachusetts Nonprofit Collaboration Fund and Sustained Collaboration Network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• New York Merger and Collaboration Fund: Grantmaking program focused on nonprofit mergers and collaborations in New York
• Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund
• SeaChange-Lodestar Fund for Nonprofit Collaboration
• Transformational Partnerships Fund
• Fund for Delaware Collaboration
• New York Pooled PRI Fund (NYPRI)
• NYC Bridge Funding for the Arts (NYBFA)

Products and services

• Grants Grants that help nonprofits explore and implement sustained collaborations such as mergers, joint ventures, programmatic alliances, space-sharing, spin-offs, and restructurings. Provided to qualifying nonprofit organizations seeking strategic transformation support.
• Loans Flexible, impact-first loans supporting real estate acquisition, bridge financing, and working capital needs of nonprofits working in New York City. Provided to qualifying nonprofits whose missions align with SeaChange's focus areas.
• Pro-Bono Advice Pro-bono advisory services informed by SeaChange's engagement with almost 2,000 nonprofits. Available to qualifying nonprofit organizations facing strategic opportunities or challenges.
• Insights and Research Articles, research reports, opinion pieces, and events that share SeaChange's real-world experience with the broader community of nonprofits, funders, and policy-makers.
• New York Merger and Collaboration Fund Grantmaking program of SeaChange focused on nonprofit mergers and collaborations in New York. Operates as a fund with a distinct set of philanthropic funders holding certain governance rights.
• Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund Grantmaking program focused on nonprofit repositioning in the Greater Philadelphia region. Operates with distinct philanthropic funders and governance rights.
• SeaChange-Lodestar Fund for Nonprofit Collaboration Grantmaking fund supporting nonprofit collaboration initiatives. Co-developed with Lodestar Foundation.
• Transformational Partnerships Fund Grantmaking fund focused on transformational partnerships in higher education.
• Fund for Delaware Collaboration Grantmaking fund focused on nonprofit collaboration in Delaware.
• New York Pooled PRI Fund (NYPRI) Delaware Limited Liability Company that provides Program-Related Investments (PRIs) to nonprofits. SeaChange serves as the Managing Member. Combines resources from multiple funders to enable larger impact loans.
• New York Shelter Acquisition and Predevelopment Fund (NYSAPF) Delaware Limited Liability Company providing loans for shelter acquisition and predevelopment to nonprofits in New York. SeaChange serves as sole member and manager.
• SeaChange Special Impact Fund Delaware Limited Liability Company focused on special impact lending to nonprofits. SeaChange serves as sole member. Channel for loans made through the NYC Bridge Funding for the Arts joint venture.
• Contact Fund New York Limited Liability Company providing bridge funding, managed by SeaChange pursuant to a management services agreement.
• NYC Bridge Funding for the Arts (NYBFA) Joint venture between SeaChange and The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York providing bridge funding for arts organizations in New York City. Loans approved by NYBFA are made through the Special Impact Fund.
• Funder Portal Online portal hosted on seachangecap.org enabling NYPRI funders to access fund materials and documents.
• Massachusetts Nonprofit Collaboration Fund (Fiscal Sponsorship) Mission-aligned project for which SeaChange serves as fiscal sponsor, supporting nonprofit collaboration in Massachusetts.
• Sustained Collaboration Network (Fiscal Sponsorship) Mission-aligned project for which SeaChange serves as fiscal sponsor, focused on sustained collaboration among nonprofits.

Quantifiable outcome

• Freed more than 5,000 people from pretrial detention through Brooklyn Community Bail Fund loan
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, secondary and minor.

• NYC Bridge Funding for the Arts (NYBFA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture between SeaChange and The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York. Loans approved by NYBFA are made through the Special Impact Fund, supporting NYC arts organizations with bridge financing.
• Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning FundsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerA grantmaking program of SeaChange with distinct philanthropic funders and governance rights, focused on nonprofit repositioning in the Philadelphia region.
• SeaChange-Lodestar Fund for Nonprofit CollaborationsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerA grantmaking program supporting nonprofit collaboration initiatives.
• Transformational Partnerships FundsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerA grantmaking program focused on transformational partnerships in higher education.
• Fund for Delaware CollaborationsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerA grantmaking program supporting nonprofit collaboration in Delaware.
• Massachusetts Nonprofit Collaboration FundminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSeaChange serves as fiscal sponsor for this mission-aligned project supporting nonprofit collaboration in Massachusetts.
• Sustained Collaboration NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSeaChange serves as fiscal sponsor for this mission-aligned network supporting sustained nonprofit collaboration.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• The Kresge Foundation: A large national foundation that funds nonprofit capacity, real estate, and sector restructuring initiatives - a broader incumbent that operates in overlapping program areas (e.g., transformation-oriented philanthropy, real estate capital for nonprofits).
• Enterprise Community Partners: A national nonprofit providing capital, policy, and development expertise primarily for affordable housing and community facilities - comparable to SeaChange's NYSAPF and real estate acquisition lending in adjacent geographies.
• LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation): A large CDFI providing loans, equity, and technical assistance to community-based nonprofits - overlapping with SeaChange's real estate and capacity-building work but at materially greater scale and broader scope.

Direct peers

• Capital Impact Partners: A mission-driven CDFI providing loans, grants, and capacity-building advisory to nonprofits and social enterprises - directly comparable to SeaChange's PRI lending plus advisory offering.
• Calvert Impact Capital: A nonprofit impact capital intermediary that aggregates capital from foundations and investors and channels it to community lenders and nonprofits - functionally similar to SeaChange's role managing pooled PRI funds.
• Nonprofit Finance Fund: NFF is a CDFI that provides loans, grants, and advisory services to nonprofits - a direct functional peer to SeaChange's lending-plus-advisory model, with a national footprint and similar bridge/real estate lending products.

Others

• National Council of Nonprofits: A national network providing advocacy, research, and capacity-building resources to the nonprofit sector - adjacent rather than directly competitive, but overlapping in the sector-support and policy-influence space SeaChange operates in.

Emerging players

• Borealis Philanthropy: A philanthropic intermediary that pools resources from multiple funders to support nonprofit infrastructure and sector initiatives - an emerging peer comparable in its multi-funder pooled-fund approach.

Regional players

• Robin Hood Foundation: A New York poverty-fighting foundation that funds capacity, real estate, and program growth for NYC nonprofits - a regional peer in the same grant-plus-strategy support niche that competes for funder mindshare.
• The New York Community Trust: A NYC-based community foundation making grants and loans to nonprofits in the same geography SeaChange serves - a regional peer competing for the same funder relationships and nonprofit grantees in New York.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments2 records

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