You want your generosity to matter. We'll help you get there.
SeedSwell helps you connect meaningfully and give boldly — putting your generosity to work where it's needed most.
You're a founding voice.
You're arriving at the beginning as SeedSwell learns and tests what works. What we create together will shape generosity for years to come.
WHY HOUSTON
Generous city. Growing gap.
Houston is an incredible city — one of the most charitable and most diverse in the U.S., and one of the most economically segregated.
You want to give locally, where you can see the difference your generosity makes. But finding organizations, knowing where resources are actually needed, and giving with confidence is harder than it should be. That's not a motivation problem. It's a systems problem.
Houston's giving ecosystem is fragmented. Donors, organizations, and resources that should find each other often don't. The organizations closest to community need are frequently furthest from resources and hardest to find — not because their work isn't compelling. Because our current approach was never designed to surface it. And disproportionately, they are Black-led.
SeedSwell is here to close this gap.
We're building this with you, not for you.
We're sitting with donors, organizations, and community leaders to understand where resources flow and where they don't. What we learn together becomes what Houston's giving ecosystem grows into.
At the end of this founding year, we'll share what we learned, what moved resources, what built relationships, and what Houston needs next.
Your participation doesn't just support the work. It defines it.
A Place for You
Individual Givers
Corporations & Institutions
Individual Givers
SeedSwell introduces you to the people doing the most important work you've never heard of, and connects you to a community of givers who share your values.
Community Leaders
Corporations & Institutions
Individual Givers
You know where the gaps are. What you need is a table where givers, organizations, and the right resources are already gathered. SeedSwell is that table and there's a seat for you.
Corporations & Institutions
Corporations & Institutions
Corporations & Institutions
Your employees want to give back. Your company wants local impact. We'll connect you to a network of Houstonians already doing the work, so your generosity goes where it's needed most.
A network worth joining.
When you get in the room with SeedSwell, you join a community working together to close Houston's resource gaps. You connect with some of Houston's most innovative organizations and those already doing the work communities depend on.
SeedSwell is educating givers, introducing organizations, and reducing the fragmentation that keeps resources from reaching communities.
This is how it works.
Every experience is designed around your questions, your generosity, and the connections you're ready to make.
Where would you like to start?
The Exchange
Generosity Lab
Generosity Lab
Learn: Explore the tools, models, and approaches that make generosity grow and meet Houston leaders and national changemakers who are reshaping how generosity works.
Generosity Lab
Generosity Lab
Generosity Lab
Experiment: Join a group of Houstonians for a hands-on experience that turns interest into action. Real dollars, real organizations, and collective decision-making, so you're not giving alone.
The Table
Generosity Lab
The Table
Connect: Meet others who share your interests and the organization leaders doing the most important work you've never heard about. No pitches. No asks. Just real conversation about where your generosity can make the biggest difference.
OUR TEAM
LaMecia Butler
LaMecia Butler
LaMecia Butler
Consultant, SeedSwell
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Principal | Ellevated
Adaptive Leadership Facilitator
Grant Administration | Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund and Super Bowl LI (Houston)
Cedric Davis
LaMecia Butler
LaMecia Butler
Consultant, SeedSwell
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Principal | CLaDD Advising & Consulting
Founder | WHoA Fund
Former Senior Philanthropic Advisor | Seattle Foundation
LaTanya Flix
LaMecia Butler
LaTanya Flix
Founder, SeedSwell
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Nonprofit Executive
Former Donor Engagement Director | Greater Houston Community Foundation
Systems Coach, ACTC, ORSC