Minnesota · Private foundation
Arvid W & Judy R Schwartz Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $24k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $750k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Arvid W & Judy R Schwartz Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $24k | 7% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $22k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $18k | 41% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $17k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $17k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $27k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $37k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $46k | 14% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethany Lutheran College Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Lutheran Home Association | $23,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Lighthouse Youth Center Inc | $14,750 | 9 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Lutheran College Inc | $11,000 | 8 | 0% |
| St Paul Lutheran Church | $9,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Grace in Action | $8,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Courage Kenny Foundation | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Time of Grace Ministry | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Kingdom Workers Inc | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Branch Lutheran Schools of Haiti Inc | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethany Lutheran College Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Lutheran Home Association | $23,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Lighthouse Youth Center Inc | $14,750 | 9 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Lutheran College Inc | $11,000 | 8 | 0% |
| St Paul Lutheran Church | $9,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Grace in Action | $8,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Courage Kenny Foundation | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Time of Grace Ministry | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Kingdom Workers Inc | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Branch Lutheran Schools of Haiti Inc | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Bethlehem Lutheran Church | $1,500 | 3 | n/a |
| St Johns Lutheran Church | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Union Gospel Mission Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Synod | $450 | 1 | n/a |
| St Marcus Lutheran Church | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| Christian Life Ministries | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod | $100 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($112k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Arvid W & Judy R Schwartz Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · Antioch Foundation 1015002041 · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Holzhueter Foundation · Siebert Lutheran Foundation Inc · Neumann Family Foundation Inc · Stimac Family Foundation · Robert a and Lynn I Doneff Foundation · Church Mutual Insurance Company Foundation Inc · The Marvin M Schwan Charitable Foundation · John and Peggy Zimdars Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
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About Arvid W & Judy R Schwartz Family Foundation
- How much does Arvid W & Judy R Schwartz Family Foundation give?
- Arvid W & Judy R Schwartz Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $23,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Arvid W & Judy R Schwartz Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (45%), Religion (32%), Youth Development (10%).
- Who are Arvid W & Judy R Schwartz Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Bethany Lutheran College Inc ($45k), The Lutheran Home Association ($24k), Lighthouse Youth Center Inc ($15k).
- Does Arvid W & Judy R Schwartz Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Arvid W & Judy R Schwartz Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Arvid W & Judy R Schwartz Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Antioch Foundation 1015002041, Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing.
- Where is Arvid W & Judy R Schwartz Family Foundation based?
- Arvid W & Judy R Schwartz Family Foundation is based in MN.
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