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Dennis Swartzlander & Terry Blanken Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Dennis Swartzlander & Terry Blanken Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$111k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

International$313kHealth$146kFood & Nutrition$62kHuman Services$47kEnvironment$41kHousing & Shelter$18kPublic Benefit$5kReligion$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k18 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $55k
$4,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$966k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PORCH$15,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AM$10,000
ALL HANDS AND HEARTS$10,000
COMPASS CENTER FOR WOMEN & FAMILIES$10,000
INTERFAITH COUNSEL SOCIAL SERVICES$5,000
TABLE$5,000
EMPOWERMENT INC$5,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$5,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$5,000
PARTNERS IN HEALTH$5,000
EARTH JUSTICE$4,000
SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION$4,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND$4,000
DURHAM RESCUE MISSION$2,500
02The need
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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 (FY17–24, $23k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 70% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%RESILIENCE ADVOCACY FOR ENDING VIOLENCE: $2k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $3k → 8%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $2k → 8%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $1k → 8%TABLE: $5k → 13%EMPOWERMENT INC: $5k → 13%EMPOWERMENT INC: $2k → 13%EMPOWERMENT INC: $1k → 13%EMPOWERMENT INC: $1k → 13%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

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
CT
CA
VA
NC
DC
GA
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$571k · 28 repeat orgs$78k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +70% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
6

Total granted

$571k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
+5%

Still filing today

86%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalHealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentOther
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

  • DIRECT RELIEF
    6× · 2017–2023 · $73k · revenue +94%
  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $70k · revenue +81%
  • The Fistula Foundation
    5× · 2017–2023 · $70k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • CF
    CAROLINA FORWARD FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -38%
  • Habitat for Humanity Orange County NC Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +5%
  • CC
    COMPASS CENTER FOR WOMEN AND FACILITIES
    one grant, 2021 · $2k
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
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
2
Pathfinder International

Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. driven by our country-led leadership and local…

International
3
Partners in Food Solutions

Improve the food value chain in developing countries by mobilizing corporate volunteers to share knowledge and expertise with small and growing food processors.

International
4
Counterpart International Inc

For over 60 years, counterpart international has partnered with communities worldwide to turn local ideas into lasting solutions, connecting local vision with global opportunity. (continued on schedule o)we believe people closest to the…

International
5
Project Hope - the People-to-People Health Foundation Inc

To conduct and support programs and activities aimed at solving some of the world's greatest public health challenges, with a specific focus on enabling health workers to have the greatest possible impact on the health of the people they…

International
6
Intrahealth International Inc

Our mission is to improve the performance of health workers and strengthen the systems in which they work.

Health
7
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
8
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
9
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
10
Pact Inc

Pact is a nonprofit organization that builds evidence-based, data-driven, and community-led solutions for human development (continued in schedule o)

International
11
International Development Enterprises

See schedule o for a more detailed description of ide's mission statement and achievements.

International
12
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

The mission of the global alliance for improved nutrition (gain) is to improve the consumption of healthier diets for all, especially the most vulnerable, by improving the availability, affordability, desirability, and sustainability of…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Women's Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Psychotherapy Action Network. 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

35 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. 35 of the 46 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
28/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DIRECT RELIEF: $73,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEFInternational Rescue Committee INC: $70,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INCCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $40,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHE…CAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $34,000 · InternationalCAMFED USA FOUNDATIONMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $30,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCSave The Children Federation Inc: $15,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc+2 more: $5,000 · InternationalThe Fistula Foundation: $70,000 · HealthThe Fistula FoundationPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $44,000 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPRO…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $27,500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATI…PLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTH ATLANTIC INC: $17,500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTH AT…+1 more: $1,000 · HealthEDNA ADAN MATERNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherEDNA ADAN MATERNITY…INTER-FAITH COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SERVICE INC: $14,000 · OtherINTER-FAITH COUNCIL…FRIENDS OF EDNA'S MATERNITY HOSPITAL: $10,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF EDNA'S M…THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $10,000 · OtherTHE WOMEN'S CENTER …ALL HANDS AND HEARTS: $10,000 · OtherALL HANDS AND HEART…Individual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant re…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $9,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVA…RESCUE MISSIONS MINISTRIES INC: $6,500 · OtherRESCUE MISSIONS MIN…INTERFAITH COUNSEL SOCIAL SERVICES: $5,000 · OtherINTER-FAITH FOOD SHELTER: $4,000 · Other+7 more: $14,500 · Other+7 morePORCH CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO: $26,500 · Food & NutritionPORCH INC: $15,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $4,500 · Food & NutritionFARMER FOODSHARE INC: $2,000 · Food & NutritionENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $12,000 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $12,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE: $8,000 · EnvironmentEMPOWERMENT INC: $9,000 · Human ServicesTABLE MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $5,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,000 · Human ServicesRESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE: $2,000 · Human ServicesTHE COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT FUND: $6,000 · Community ImprovementEL CENTRO HISPANO INC: $2,000 · Community ImprovementHISPANIC FEDERATION INC: $1,000 · Community ImprovementCAROLINA FORWARD FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Public Benefit
International$267,000Health$160,000Other$113,000Food & Nutrition$48,000Environment$32,000Human Services$23,000Community Improvement$9,000Public Benefit$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $73,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $70,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fistula Foundation: $70,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $44,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $40,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $34,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $27,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPORCH CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO: $26,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTH ATLANTIC INC: $17,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPORCH INC: $15,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTER-FAITH COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SERVICE INC: $14,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEMPOWERMENT INC: $9,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRESCUE MISSIONS MINISTRIES INC: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT FUND: $6,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTABLE MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCAROLINA FORWARD FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIPAS: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity Orange County NC Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFARMER FOODSHARE INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEL CENTRO HISPANO INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEXTRAORDINARY VENTURES: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPsychotherapy Action Network: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHISPANIC FEDERATION INC: $1,000 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.

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.

Strowd Roses IncTriangle Community Fo…United Way of the Gre…Shared Visions Founda…Carlson Family Founda…North Carolina Commun…Foundation for the Ca…Duke Energy FoundationOchiltree Foundation …Bertsch Family Charit…Yusko Family Foundati…The Mary Norris Preye…
Strowd Roses IncNC28.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Strowd Roses Inc · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc · Shared Visions Foundation Inc · Carlson Family Foundation · North Carolina Community Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · Duke Energy Foundation · Ochiltree Foundation of North Carolina · Bertsch Family Charitable Foundation Inc · Yusko Family Foundation · The Mary Norris Preyer 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 Dennis Swartzlander & Terry Blanken Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dennis Swartzlander & Terry Blanken Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
9report 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 46 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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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