Minnesota · Private foundation
David Swenson 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.
- $31k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,552
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,552
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $770k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations David Swenson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 98% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $31k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $30k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $34k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $26k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $29k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $9k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $55k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $500 | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Percussion Association | $55,156 | 2 | 35% |
| St Cloud Symphony Orchestra | $9,500 | 8 | 4% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($176k), not named here.
About David Swenson Foundation
- How much does David Swenson Foundation give?
- David Swenson Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $31,052 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does David Swenson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (73%), Arts & Culture (27%).
- Who are David Swenson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Minnesota Percussion Association ($55k), St Cloud Symphony Orchestra ($10k).
- Does David Swenson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does David Swenson 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.
- Where is David Swenson Foundation based?
- David Swenson Foundation is based in MN.
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