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Arvid W & Judy R Schwartz Family Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$111kReligion$78kYouth Development$25kHuman Services$24kHealth$8kCivil Rights$500International$500
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$750k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BETHANY LUTHERAN COLLEGE$5,000
OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL KIDA (OAK) FOUNDATION$5,000
LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH CENTER$2,000
GRACE IN ACTION$2,000
MN VALLEY LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL$2,000
MT OLIVE LUTHERAN CHURCH$1,500
THE LUTHERAN HOME ASSOCIATION$1,500
WISCONSIN LUTHERAN COLLEGE$1,000
WELS KINGDOM WORKERS$1,000
ST PAUL'S LUTHERAN SCHOOL$500
TIME OF GRACE MINISTRY$500
ST PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH$500
LUTHERAN INSTITUTIONAL MINISTRIES$500
BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN CHURCH$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 75% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%THE LUTHERAN HOME ASSOC: $8k → 5%ST JOHN'S LUTH CHURCH: $15k → 7%GRACE IN ACTION: $5k → 7%ST PAUL'S LUTH SCHOOL: $10k → 8%COURAGE KENNY FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL KIDA (OAK) FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%BETHANY LUTHERAN COLLEGE: $8k → 15%WISCONSIN LUTHERAN COLLEGE: $2k → 17%THE LUTHERAN HOME ASSOCIATION: $3k → 5%ST JOHN'S LUTH CHURCH: $10k → 7%ST PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH: $9k → 8%COURAGE KENNY FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL KIDA (OAK) FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%BETHANY LUTHERAN COLLEGE: $6k → 15%WISCONSIN LUTHERAN COLLEGE: $2k → 17%THE LUTHERAN HOME ASSOC: $3k → 5%MN VALLEY LUTHERAN HS: $8k → 8%COURAGE KENNY FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%BETHANY LUTHERAN COLLEGE: $6k → 15%THE LUTHERAN HOME ASSOCIATION: $3k → 5%MN VALLEY LUTHERAN HS: $7k → 8%BETHANY LUTHERAN COLLEGE: $5k → 15%THE LUTHERAN HOME ASSOCIATION: $2k → 5%MN VALLEY LUTHERAN HS: $7k → 8%BETHANY LUTHERAN COLLEGE: $5k → 15%THE LUTHERAN HOME ASSOC: $2k → 5%MN VALLEY LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL: $2k → 8%BETHANY LUTHERAN COLLEGE: $5k → 15%MN VALLEY LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL: $2k → 8%BETHANY LUTHERAN COLLEGE: $4k → 15%MN VALLEY LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL: $2k → 8%BETHANY LUTHERAN COLLEGE: $4k → 15%MN VALLEY LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL: $2k → 8%BETHANY LUTHERAN COLLEGE: $4k → 15%GRACE IN ACTION: $2k → 8%MT OLIVE LUTH CHURCH: $3k → 15%MN VALLEY LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL: $2k → 8%MT OLIVE LUTH CHURCH: $3k → 15%MN VALLEY LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL: $2k → 8%MT OLIVE LUTH CHURCH: $3k → 15%MT OLIVE LUTHERAN CHURCH: $2k → 15%MT OLIVE LUTHERAN CHURCH: $2k → 15%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH CENTER: $2k → 17%MT OLIVE LUTHERAN CHURCH: $2k → 15%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH CENTER: $2k → 17%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH CENTER: $2k → 17%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH CENTER: $2k → 17%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH CENTER: $2k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$242k · 25 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
11

Total granted

$242k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+84%

Still filing today

32%
18%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationReligionYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • BL
    BETHANY LUTHERAN COLLEGE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $45k · revenue +48%
  • LY
    LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH CENTER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $15k · revenue +65%
  • WISCONSIN LUTHERAN COLLEGE INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $11k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • UG
    UNION GOSPEL MISSION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $500 · revenue +84%
  • BL
    BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN COLLEGE
    one grant, 2022 · $500
  • WW
    WELS WORLD MISSIONS
    one grant, 2022 · $500
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Wisconsin Lutheran Home Ministries Inc

To share christ's love as we serve the spiritual, physical, intellectual and emotional needs of people entrusted to our care and others whose lives we touch.

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2
Luther House of Study

Grounded in lutheran theology, we strengthen lutheran leadership and ministries for the proclamation of the gospel.

Education
3
Lutheran Theological Seminary Henry Grove
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4
Luther Classical College

Luther classical college educates lutherans in the classical, lutheran tradition and prepares them for godly vocations within family, church, and society, fostering christian culture through study of the best of our western heritage.

Education
5
St Lukes Lutheran Care Center

St. luke's lutheran care center provides elderly and handicapped people with housing facilities and services and is specially designed to meet the physical, social, and psychological needs of the residents and to contribute to their…

Human Services
6
St John's Lutheran Home

To provide physical, emotional, social and christian care for all people, with dignity and respect, in an environment of god's grace.

Health
7
Wisconsin Christian Campus Ministries Inc

Our mission is to advance the gospel of jesus christ through the next generation by engaging the lost and discipling believers on college campuses.

Religion
8
Luther College

Founded by the norwegian evangelical lutheran church in 1861, luther college is a four-year, residential liberal arts institution. luther welcomes students of all backgrounds to engage in a way of learning that moves beyond immediate…

Education
9
Watertown Lutheran Senior Housing Inc

To share christ's love as we serve the spiritual, physical, intellectual and emotional needs of people entrusted to our care and others whose lives we touch.

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10
Lutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots Us

Lutheran indian ministries shares the gospel of jesus christ with native american people, encouraging them to proclaim christ's kingdom to their own and to others.

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11
Augustana University Association

Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.

Education
12
Inter-Lutheran Theological Seminary

Seminary for students.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Lutheran Home Association; the most unlike its peers is Christian Life Ministries. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 37 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/11
Grantees still filing
9/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JOHN'S LUTH CHURCH: $25,000 · OtherST JOHN'S LUTH CHURCHTHE LUTHERAN HOME ASSOCIATION: $23,500 · OtherTHE LUTHERAN HOME ASSOCIATIONMN VALLEY LUTHERAN HS: $22,950 · OtherMN VALLEY LUTHERAN HSMN VALLEY LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL: $12,000 · OtherMN VALLEY LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOLST PAUL'S LUTH SCHOOL: $11,850 · OtherST PAUL'S LUTH SCHOOLWISCONSIN LUTHERAN COLLEGE INC: $11,000 · OtherWISCONSIN LUTHERAN COLLEGE INCMT OLIVE LUTHERAN CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherMT OLIVE LUTHERAN CHURCHOPPORTUNITY FOR ALL KIDA (OAK) FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherOPPORTUNITY FOR ALL KIDA (OAK) FOUNDATIONST PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH: $9,700 · OtherST PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCHMT OLIVE LUTH CHURCH: $7,750 · OtherCOURAGE KENNY FOUNDATION: $7,500 · Other+20 more: $17,200 · Other+20 moreBETHANY LUTHERAN COLLEGE INC: $45,000 · EducationBETHANY LUTHERAN COLLEGE …Grace in Action: $8,000 · EducationGrace in ActionBranch Lutheran Schools of Haiti Inc: $2,000 · EducationLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH CENTER INC: $14,750 · Youth DevelopmentTIME OF GRACE MINISTRY: $5,000 · ReligionWISCONSIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD KINGDOM WORKERS INC: $3,000 · Religion
Other$168,450Education$55,000Youth Development$14,750Religion$8,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBETHANY LUTHERAN COLLEGE INC: $45,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LUTHERAN HOME ASSOCIATION: $23,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH CENTER INC: $14,750 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetWISCONSIN LUTHERAN COLLEGE INC: $11,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGrace in Action: $8,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCOURAGE KENNY FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTIME OF GRACE MINISTRY: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWISCONSIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD KINGDOM WORKERS INC: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBranch Lutheran Schools of Haiti Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNION GOSPEL MISSION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds BETHANY LUTHERAN COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LUTHERAN HOME ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN LUTHERAN COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds Grace in Action ↗
  • Who funds COURAGE KENNY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TIME OF GRACE MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD KINGDOM WORKERS INC ↗
  • Who funds Branch Lutheran Schools of Haiti Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNION GOSPEL MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds Christian Life Ministries ↗

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.

Thrivent Financial fo…Antioch Foundation 10…Thrivent Charitable I…Holzhueter FoundationSiebert Lutheran Foun…Neumann Family Founda…Stimac Family Foundat…Robert a and Lynn I D…Church Mutual Insuran…The Marvin M Schwan C…John and Peggy Zimdar…The Blackbaud Giving …
Thrivent Financial for LutheransMN26.7× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Arvid W & Judy R Schwartz Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arvid W & Judy R Schwartz Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 37 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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