· Private foundation
Ella and Les Swindell 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.
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.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| C HARRISON RAY SCHOLARSHIP FUND | $4,500 |
| WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL | $3,750 |
| HANNAHS HAVEN | $3,750 |
| THE SHEPHERDS CENTER | $2,750 |
| WYLDER NATIONAL FOUNDATION | $2,750 |
| THE COMMUNITY TABLE | $2,000 |
| CARTERET COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATI | $2,000 |
| EAST FORSYTH HIGH SCHOOL | $1,750 |
| SPCA OF WAKE COUNTY | $1,500 |
| ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION | $1,150 |
| MEBANE JEEP CLUB | $1,100 |
| FRIENDS HOME INC | $1,000 |
| HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS | $500 |
| SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK | $500 |
| BSA TROOP 958 | $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 (FY21–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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.
18 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 11 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, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SHSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK2× · 2024–2025 · $12k
- HHHANNAH'S HAVEN INC3× · 2022–2025 · $10k · revenue -25%
- UCUNC CHAPEL HILL CHARLES HARRISON RAY SCHOLARSHIP3× · 2019–2021 · $10k
Funded once
- AHASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INCgraduatedone grant, 2024 · $12k · revenue +53%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2024 · $5k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $3k
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 aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…
Acrp promotes excellence in clinical research. we support clinical research professionals through training and development, the exchange of ideas and expertise, and certification. we serve as the preferred source for quality tools,…
The mission of safe haven for cats is to use no-kill principles and education to save cats' lives through rescue, adoption, spay/neuter services and community programs.
The primary mission of the humane society is to end animal cruelty, neglect and overpopulation in south carolina.
The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…
The mission of the akc canine health foundation, inc. is to fund, advance, and communicate canine health research and science through knowledge and discovery.
To help conquer cancer and other diseases through the application of biostatistical principles and innovative data management methods.
To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.
The purposes of the laboratory are scientific, medical, charitable, and educational. our mission is to discover precise genomic solutions for disease and empower the biomedical community.
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 60 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 ASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds HANNAH'S HAVEN INC ↗
- Who funds WYLDER NATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds YOUTH WITH A MISSION OF COLO ↗
- Who funds WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds The Community Table Inc ↗
- Who funds CARTERET COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS HOMES INC ↗
- Who funds SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WAKE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds CAROBELL INC ↗
- Who funds Reelin' for Research Inc ↗
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: Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ella and Les Swindell Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ella and Les Swindell Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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