Seeds of Grace

What Seeds of Grace does

Seeds of Grace is a Florida-based non-profit community development organization founded in 2011 and formally incorporated in May 2012, operating exclusively in the High Ridge Estates neighborhood of Clay County. Its core programs include the Book Bus (a mobile literacy initiative launched in summer 2011), a community garden established in January 2016 on a donated Notre Dame property, and operational support for Mission of the Dirt Road (a closely related sister organization running weekly meals, worship, and a community center purchased in 2019). The organization's underlying 'technology' is a community-based outreach methodology — trained volunteer canvassing teams administering structured door-to-door and phone surveys covering housing conditions, neighborhood priorities, and resilience, with academic support from the University of Florida's Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience (FIBER).

Seeds of Grace's current strategic focus is the High Ridge Initiative (HRI), a neighborhood coalition launched in 2022 that became an Impact Clay project in April 2022 and received formal Clay County Board of County Commissioners (CCBCC) approval as a community development project in January 2023. Phase II of HRI is a household survey program targeting 250 High Ridge Estates residents, with 106 surveys completed as of the latest reporting. Survey participants receive a $20 gift card incentive, and the resulting data is positioned as an 'impact story' to attract development partners and grow the coalition.

The organization operates as a pure grant-funded non-profit with no paid product or service revenue. Its sole disclosed funding instrument is a Neighborhoods Grant from the Community Foundation for Northeast Florida supporting the Phase II survey initiative. GTM is community-led: volunteer canvassing teams conduct grassroots outreach, supplemented by a weekday community center, social media presence (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube), and direct scheduling via Calendly on its website. There is no mobile app, no software platform, and no AI/ML capabilities — the value proposition is relational, place-based, and human-driven rather than technology-driven.

Name

Seeds of Grace

Legal name

Seeds of Grace

Website

https://seedsofgracekh.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Seeds of Grace is a Florida non-profit community development organization serving residents of High Ridge Estates in Clay County through literacy programs, a community garden, and the High Ridge Initiative coalition that conducts neighborhood surveys and partners with local government to drive revitalization.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Development Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Grantmaking and Giving Services (8132)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Housing Counseling, Foreclosure Prevention & Loss Mitigation Programs (FSALAKAM)

Keywords

• Community development services
• Neighborhood revitalization programs
• Nonprofit social services
• Community survey research
• Grassroots community organizing

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Grant Funding: Non-profit organization funded primarily through grants. Currently supported by a Neighborhoods Grant from Community Foundation for Northeast Florida.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Seeds of Grace is a non-profit community development organization that runs a portfolio of free neighborhood programs in High Ridge Estates, Clay County, Florida, including the Book Bus mobile literacy initiative, a community garden, support for the Mission of the Dirt Road community meals and community center, and the High Ridge Initiative coalition. Its active Phase II offering is a community-led neighborhood survey of 250 households, conducted with UF's Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience, which collects data on housing conditions, neighborhood priorities, and resilience to build a coalition and impact story for future partners. Survey participants receive a $20 gift card incentive.

Product overview

Seeds of Grace is a non-profit community development organization offering a portfolio of interconnected programs focused on neighborhood strengthening in High Ridge Estates, Clay County. The organization operates several community programs including the Book Bus (mobile literacy), Community Garden, Mission of the Dirt Road (weekly meal/worship and community center), and leads the High Ridge Initiative coalition in partnership with Clay County. Currently conducting Phase II neighborhood surveys to understand housing needs and community resilience. The organization does not offer a technology product or software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Book Bus Mobile literacy program launched in summer 2011 as Seeds of Grace's first initiative, providing book access to residents of High Ridge Estates in Clay County, Florida.
• Community Garden Urban garden program established in January 2016 on the Notre Dame property donated to Seeds of Grace, providing growing space and community engagement opportunities for High Ridge Estates residents.
• Mission of the Dirt Road Community Meals and Community Center Sister organization program supported by Seeds of Grace, providing weekly community meals and worship on Notre Dame St. property since Easter Sunday 2016 and operating a community center during weekdays since October 2020 after Mission of the Dirt Road purchased the building at the front of the neighborhood in July 2019.
• High Ridge Initiative Neighborhood coalition program launched in 2022 as an Impact Clay project, partnering with Clay County to conduct surveys, organize clean-up days, and strengthen the High Ridge Estates community.
• Neighborhood Survey Program (Phase II) Community-led survey initiative gathering information about housing needs, neighborhood priorities, and resilience in High Ridge Estates. Phase II targets 250 households with a $20 gift card incentive per completion and runs approximately 20 minutes via in-person door-to-door canvassing or phone survey.

Quantifiable outcome

• 106 surveys completed toward goal of 250 households for Phase II
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Mission of the Dirt RoadcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister organization that began on Notre Dame St. property in 2016. Mission of the Dirt Road purchased a building in 2019 and operates the community center. The two organizations collaborate on community development initiatives, with shared staff contact ([email protected]).
• High Ridge Initiative (HRI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerImpact Clay Project initiated in 2022 through neighborhood discussions about what residents loved and wanted improved. Seeds of Grace collaborates with HRI to strengthen the High Ridge Estates neighborhood. HRI became a CCBCC approved community development project in January 2023.
• UF Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience (FIBER)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership supporting the community survey initiative. FIBER provides research methodology and analytical expertise for the High Ridge Initiative Project survey work.
• Clay County Board of County Commissioners (CCBCC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOfficial governmental approval of High Ridge Initiative as a community development project. Seeds of Grace collaborates with Clay County through HRI to hold neighborhood clean-up days.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Habitat for Humanity of Clay County: Local Habitat affiliate serving Clay County, Florida - the same geography as Seeds of Grace - with an analogous community-based model focused on affordable housing and resident-led neighborhood improvement. Highly comparable mission, scale, and service area.
• The Resurrection Project: Faith-rooted, resident-led community development organization building neighborhood power through organizing, housing, and civic engagement; highly comparable to Seeds of Grace's faith-adjacent (Mission of the Dirt Road) community-organizing model.
• Rebuilding Together: National nonprofit mobilizing volunteers to repair homes and revitalize communities for low-income residents; directly comparable to Seeds of Grace's "Completed Home Repairs Since 2022" impact metric and resident-driven neighborhood revitalization approach.

Broad incumbents

• Habitat for Humanity: National nonprofit driving affordable housing and community revitalization through local affiliates and volunteer-led build projects; Seeds of Grace mirrors Habitat's model of community-led neighborhood development and home-repair impact (which Seeds of Grace also tracks as a metric).
• Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC): National CDFI financing affordable housing and community development with local offices; comparable as a larger, established community-development intermediary operating in similar geographies to Seeds of Grace's Clay County footprint.
• NeighborWorks America: National network of community development nonprofits delivering housing, counseling, and resident-led revitalization; comparable as an established network whose local affiliates perform the same neighborhood-level community development work Seeds of Grace does in High Ridge Estates.

Peers

• Enterprise Community Partners:

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@missionofthedirtroad3537
• Facebookfacebook.com/seedsofgracekeystone
• Instagraminstagram.com/missionofthedirtroad

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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