· Private foundation
Carl a & Theresa K Swafford Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k13 grants · $49k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $30,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $30,000 |
| SECOND PRESBY CHURCH | $20,000 |
| SANCTUARY AT HORSE HAMMOCK | $10,000 |
| OAK HILL ACADEMY | $10,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MISS | $9,600 |
| MYSTICAL ORDER OF AURORA | $8,355 |
| MYSTICAL ORDER OF AURORA | $8,350 |
| MYSTICAL ORDER OF AURORA | $7,000 |
| FOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN KY | $5,000 |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOC | $5,000 |
| SIGMA NU CHARITY BOWL | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $550 |
| LIONS CLUB | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $63k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 36% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +77% since the first grant, against +59% for those funded once.
38 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
OLE MISS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION6× · 2018–2023 · $115k · revenue +95%
FREEDOM ALLIANCE2× · 2023–2024 · $55k · revenue +10%- ASA SOLDIERS CHILD INC7× · 2018–2024 · $29k · revenue +77%
Funded once
- UOUniversity of Mississippione grant, 2017 · $73k
- SNSIGMA NU BUILDING FUNDone grant, 2019 · $30k
- CFCK2 FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $20k
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.
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.
The air & space forces association (afa) is a nonprofit, independent, professional military, and aerospace education association. the association's mission is to promote dominant u.s. air and space forces as the foundation of a strong…
Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.
Embry-riddle is the world leader in aviation and aerospace higher education. its mission is to teach the science, practice and business of aviation and aerospace, preparing students for productive careers and leadership roles in business,…
Provide interest-free loans and grants for undergraduate education to children of former, active, and retired commissioned or warrant officers of the seven uniformed services, and to children of active or retired enlisted members of the…
To develop, operate, and support a synergistic group of wellness, quality of life, and event-based initiatives in support of today's combat-wounded military personnel and their families, while facilitating a greater recognition and…
Mid-atlantic christian university is an undergraduate institution of christian higher learning whose mission is to impact the world by transforming ordinary people into extraordinary christian leaders. students are taught to think…
To support, promote, and advance the mission of the naval academy.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The foundation serves as a catalyst for the community and country by supporting whose who sacrifice daily for the benefit of many, especially our military men and women.
Honor the legacy of military service through a living memorial and programs that commemorate the sacrifices of our nation's veterans, educate the public about those sacrifices, and serve veterans of all eras, currently serving members of…
To support educational programs of the us army war college and its graduates.
American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…
How this is measured
25 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. 25 of the 118 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 OLE MISS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FREEDOM ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds A SOLDIERS CHILD INC ↗
- Who funds CK2 FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL OPS XCURSIONS ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds PROVIDENCE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds GOOD SHEPHERD CHILDREN'S HOME ↗
- Who funds Sanctuary At Horse Hammock Inc ↗
- Who funds AUSTIN HATCHER FOUNDATION FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION ↗
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: Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Carl a & Theresa K Swafford Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Carl a & Theresa K Swafford Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- National Fallen Firefighters Foundation: 24% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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