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Charles B Sweatt Foundation Wells Fargo Dba

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.

$135k
Granted FY2025still arriving
64
Grants FY2025still arriving
16
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$267kPhilanthropy$142kArts & Culture$129kReligion$70kHealth$57kAnimals$47kInternational$24kEnvironment$22kOther$0
02FY2025 · 64 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k62 grants · $101k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $34k
$1,000
Median grant
16
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLORADO SEMINARY$20,000
ST MARTIN'S BY-THE-LAKE EPISCOPAL CHURCH$14,000
DUCKS UNLIMITED INC$6,000
GUNSTON HALL FOUNDATION$5,000
SOAPBOX THE FEMINIST FOUNDATION$5,000
FOUNDATION OF INTERNATIONAL FREEDOM$4,500
ST MATTHEWS CHURCH$4,000
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE DAUGHTERS$3,700
CHILDRENS CANCER RESEARCH FUND$3,000
LAKE VERMILION CULTURAL CENTER$3,000
VERDE VALLEY SCHOOL$3,000
CHICKEN EGG PICTURES INC$3,000
SKYS THE LIMIT FUND$2,500
WAYZATA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION$2,500
NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION$2,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SKYS THE LIMIT FUND: $3k → 8%SKY'S THE LIMIT FUND: $3k → 8%WESTERN COMMUNITIES ACTION NETWORK INC: $3k → 11%WECAN: $3k → 11%WESTERN COMMUNITIES ACTION NETWORK INC: $3k → 11%WESTERN COMMUNITIES ACTION NETWORK INC: $3k → 11%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
MT
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
SD
NJ
CT
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
AR
TN
NC
DC
HI
AL
GA
TX
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$585k · 84 repeat orgs$150k to everyone else

84 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2025, 53 since wound down; 33 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

84
44

Total granted

$585k
$75k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+25%

Still filing today

62%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHealthEnvironmentRecreation & SportsInternationalOther
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

  • SC
    SKIDMORE COLLEGE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $75k · revenue +7%
  • MS
    MILLBROOK SCHOOL
    3× · 2018–2022 · $38k · revenue +38%
  • NY
    New York University
    2× · 2017–2018 · $30k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • TH
    THE HARVEY SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +46%
  • SM
    SAINT MATTHEWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
    one grant, 2018 · $7k
  • SM
    SAINT MATTHEWS CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $7k
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
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
3
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
5
United States Naval Institute

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.

—
6
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
7
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
8
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
9
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
10
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
11
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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12
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Minneapolis Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Soapbox the Feminist Foundation Inc. 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

106 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. 106 of the 163 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
104/106
Grantees still filing
68/106
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MONTANA ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $35,000 · OtherMONTANA ACADEMY FOUNDATIONST MARTINS BY THE LAKE EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $27,000 · OtherST MARTINS BY THE LAKE EPISCOPAL CHURCHST MARTIN'S BY THE LAKE: $26,000 · OtherST MARTIN'S BY THE LAKEDUCKS UNLIMITED INC: $17,225 · OtherFOUNDATION OF INTERNATIONAL FREEDOM: $14,750 · Other+98 more: $258,550 · Other+98 moreSKIDMORE COLLEGE: $75,000 · EducationSKIDMORE COLLEGEMILLBROOK SCHOOL: $37,500 · EducationMILLBROOK SCHOOLNew York University: $30,000 · EducationNew York UniversityUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $20,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF DENVERTHE HARVEY SCHOOL: $10,000 · Education+14 more: $26,500 · Education+14 moreTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: $140,000 · PhilanthropyTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUN…CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND: $12,000 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'S CANCER RE…+2 more: $6,500 · PhilanthropyCITIZENS FOR BACKUS AB Inc: $7,000 · Arts & CultureCITIZENS …LAKE VERMILION CULTURAL CENTER: $7,000 · Arts & CultureLAKE VERM…NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $6,500 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL …HENNEPIN HISTORY MUSEUM: $6,000 · Arts & CultureHENNEPIN …KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART: $5,500 · Arts & CultureKATONAH M…GUNSTON HALL FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Arts & CultureGUNSTON H…MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $4,000 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA…WINONA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3,750 · Arts & CultureWINONA CO…MESERVE-KUNHARDT FOUNDATION: $3,500 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $3,000 · Arts & Culture+12 more: $18,550 · Arts & Culture+12 moreMOUNTAIN GORILLA CONSERVATION FUND: $25,875 · AnimalsEVERGREEN ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE: $2,000 · AnimalsAnimal Humane Society: $1,000 · AnimalsWILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER OF MINNESOTA: $1,000 · AnimalsWESTERN COMMUNITIES ACTION NETWORK INC: $12,000 · Human ServicesSKY'S THE LIMIT FUND: $5,000 · Human ServicesEvergreen Rotary Foundation Inc: $3,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF KONA INC: $2,750 · Human ServicesDucks Unlimited Inc: $6,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $2,500 · EnvironmentTHE ARTIST BOAT INC: $2,000 · EnvironmentWestchester Land Trust Inc: $2,000 · EnvironmentVOYAGEURS CONSERVANCY: $2,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,500 · EnvironmentNATURAL AREAS CONSERVANCY INC: $1,000 · Environment
Other$378,525Education$199,000Philanthropy$158,500Arts & Culture$69,800Animals$29,875Human Services$22,750Environment$17,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: $140,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSKIDMORE COLLEGE: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMILLBROOK SCHOOL: $37,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMONTANA ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetNew York University: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNTAIN GORILLA CONSERVATION FUND: $25,875 over 6y, 23% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWESTERN COMMUNITIES ACTION NETWORK INC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetVERDE VALLEY SCHOOL: $11,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $10,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HARVEY SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLUE HILL TROUPE LTD: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCITIZENS FOR BACKUS AB Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLAKE VERMILION CULTURAL CENTER: $7,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVASSAR COLLEGE: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHENNEPIN HISTORY MUSEUM: $6,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetWE WIN INSTITUTE INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetKATONAH MUSEUM OF ART: $5,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetGUNSTON HALL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSKY'S THE LIMIT FUND: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRIVER VALLEY RIDERS: $4,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetINNERCITY TENNIS FOUNDATION: $4,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRIDGEVIEW FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Westminster Schools Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWINONA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3,750 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMESERVE-KUNHARDT FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEvergreen Rotary Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES DRIVING FOR THE DISABLED INC: $3,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetLEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF MINNEAPOLIS INC: $3,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJOYCE UPTOWN FOODSHELF: $2,875 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPATH PEOPLE FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION HAWAII: $2,850 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHOSPICE OF KONA INC: $2,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHATHAM HALL: $2,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWAYZATA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: $2,500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWAYZATA SAILING FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMINNESOTA HIGH SCHOOL CYCLING LEAGUE: $2,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetALOHA PERFORMING ARTS COMPANY: $2,200 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $2,000 over 2y, 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 THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SKIDMORE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds MILLBROOK SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds MONTANA ACADEMY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds New York University ↗
  • Who funds MOUNTAIN GORILLA CONSERVATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DENVER ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN COMMUNITIES ACTION NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds VERDE VALLEY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC ↗
  • Who funds THE HARVEY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds BLUE HILL TROUPE LTD ↗
  • Who funds CITIZENS FOR BACKUS AB Inc ↗
  • Who funds LAKE VERMILION CULTURAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES ↗
  • Who funds Ducks Unlimited Inc ↗
  • Who funds VASSAR COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds HENNEPIN HISTORY MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds WE WIN INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds GUNSTON HALL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SKY'S THE LIMIT FUND ↗
  • Who funds SOAPBOX THE FEMINIST FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds RIVER VALLEY RIDERS ↗

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.

The Minneapolis Found…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Pohlad Family Foundat…Margaret a Cargill Fo…Xcel Energy FoundationThe Head Family Found…Ch Robinson Worldwide…Longview FoundationOtto Bremer TrustIbm International Fou…The New York Communit…Mightycause Charitabl…
The Minneapolis FoundationMN33.2× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Head Family Foundation · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Longview Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Ibm International Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Mightycause Charitable Foundation

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 Charles B Sweatt Foundation Wells Fargo Dba funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles B Sweatt Foundation Wells Fargo Dba. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • Society for the Preservation of New Engl: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
23report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 163 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home