You want your generosity to matter. We'll help you get there.
In Houston, the organizations communities count on are often the hardest for givers to find. SeedSwell changes that.
WHY HOUSTON
Generous city. Growing gap.
Houston is one of the most charitable cities in the country and one of the most economically segregated. The generosity is here. What’s less visible is where it’s needed most.
You want to give locally, where you can see the difference your giving makes. But finding the right organizations and giving with confidence is harder than it should be. That’s not a motivation problem. It’s a systems problem.
The numbers tell part of the story. Organizations with budgets under $1 million account for only 3% of total nonprofit revenue in the Houston area, and Texas receives up to three times less philanthropic funding per person than the Northeast and Pacific coasts.
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 the hardest to find not because their work isn’t compelling. Because the system was never designed to surface it.
SeedSwell exists to help close this gap.
We're building this with you.
You’re a founding voice.
The decisions about how generosity flows in Houston, which organizations get found, which givers build relationships, which communities gain the resources they need are being made each day, and you’re here early enough to shape them.
At the end of this first phase, we'll share what we learned and what Houston’s giving ecosystem needs next.
Your participation doesn’t just support the work. It defines it.
A Place for You
Individual Givers
Professional Advisors & Businesses
Individual Givers
You want a clear path to connect with the organizations doing the most important work and with other givers who share your values.
Community Leaders
Professional Advisors & Businesses
Individual Givers
You know where the gaps are and you need a table where givers, organizations, and the right resources are gathered.
Professional Advisors & Businesses
Professional Advisors & Businesses
Professional Advisors & Businesses
Your clients and employees want to connect to Houston organizations already doing the work communities depend on.
A network worth joining.
When you get in the room with SeedSwell, you’re not just joining a community of givers. You’re bringing organizations into community with each other and with you.
Houston’s giving ecosystem has operated in silos — organizations doing complementary work without knowing it, donors funding the same few while missing many others. SeedSwell changes that.
When givers find organizations they believe in, they give more, give longer, and bring others with them.
Better connection doesn’t replace more generosity. It makes more generosity possible.
This is how it works.
Every experience is designed around your curiosity and the connections you're ready to make.
Where would you like to start?
The HOUston Shortlist
The HOUston Shortlist
The HOUston Shortlist
Discover: Receive curated list of Houston organizations by issue area, geography, theme, or what’s most pressing. No endless searching. No choice paralysis. Just a thoughtful few, selected by someone who did the homework, so you can give with confidence.
The Giving Room
The HOUston Shortlist
The HOUston Shortlist
Give: Sit down with a group of Houstonians to turn the solitary act of giving into something shared, deliberate, and more powerful. Real organizations. Real decisions. Real money moving to work that communities already depend on.
The Exchange
The HOUston Shortlist
The Exchange
Connect: A conversation between givers and the people leading organizations on the HOUston Shortlist. Not a pitch. Not a panel. No asks. A real exchange where both sides bring something and leave with something.
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