Nebraska · Private foundation
Carl & Caroline Swanson Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $800,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $22M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Carl & Caroline Swanson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 16 | $1.6M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $1.8M | 35% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $1.5M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $1.4M | 7% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $1.3M | 7% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $1.2M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado State University Foundation | $5,150,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Corbett Medical Foundation | $1,065,000 | 7 | 38% |
| Food Bank for the Heartland | $216,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Omaha Equestrian Foundation | $170,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Reining Horse Foundation Inc | $135,000 | 7 | 12% |
| Ranching Heritage Association | $80,000 | 3 | 2% |
| American Quarter Horse Foundation | $70,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression | $30,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Ohio Quarter Horse Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 26% |
| Nap Educational Foundation | $30,000 | 6 | 7% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado State University Foundation | $5,150,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Corbett Medical Foundation | $1,065,000 | 7 | 38% |
| Food Bank for the Heartland | $216,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Omaha Equestrian Foundation | $170,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Reining Horse Foundation Inc | $135,000 | 7 | 12% |
| Ranching Heritage Association | $80,000 | 3 | 2% |
| American Quarter Horse Foundation | $70,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression | $30,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Ohio Quarter Horse Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 26% |
| Nap Educational Foundation | $30,000 | 6 | 7% |
| National Collegiate Equestrian Association | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Nebraska Humane Society | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tibetan Terrier Health and Welfare Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Carl & Caroline Swanson Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Carl & Caroline Swanson Foundation
- How much does Carl & Caroline Swanson Foundation give?
- Carl & Caroline Swanson Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $1,591,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Carl & Caroline Swanson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (49%), Health (23%), Animals (9%).
- Who are Carl & Caroline Swanson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Colorado State University Foundation ($5.2M), Corbett Medical Foundation ($1.1M), Food Bank for the Heartland ($216k).
- Does Carl & Caroline Swanson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Carl & Caroline Swanson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Carl & Caroline Swanson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Network for Good, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Carl & Caroline Swanson Foundation based?
- Carl & Caroline Swanson Foundation is based in NE.
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