New Mexico · Private foundation
Fay Shwayder 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.
- $233k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $110,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Fay Shwayder Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $66k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $233k | 70% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $116k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $28k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $14k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $51k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $3k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $7k | 60% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Focusing Philanthropy Inc | $110,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Ltd | $90,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Curtis Institute of Music | $65,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Museum of New Mexico Foundation | $30,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Barnard College | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Site Santa Fe | $19,850 | 6 | 0% |
| Earth Education | $11,110 | 1 | 22% |
| The Horse Shelter | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Silver Bullet Productions | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Luna Composition Lab Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Focusing Philanthropy Inc | $110,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Ltd | $90,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Curtis Institute of Music | $65,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Museum of New Mexico Foundation | $30,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Barnard College | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Site Santa Fe | $19,850 | 6 | 0% |
| Earth Education | $11,110 | 1 | 22% |
| The Horse Shelter | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Silver Bullet Productions | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Luna Composition Lab Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Heart and Soul Animal Sanctuary | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Kitchen Angels Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| California Desert Chorale | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($122k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fay Shwayder Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Santa Fe Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Fay Shwayder Foundation
- How much does Fay Shwayder Foundation give?
- Fay Shwayder Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $232,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Fay Shwayder Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (88%), Arts & Culture (8%), Civil Rights (2%).
- Who are Fay Shwayder Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Focusing Philanthropy Inc ($110k), Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Ltd ($90k), Curtis Institute of Music ($65k).
- Does Fay Shwayder Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Fay Shwayder 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Fay Shwayder Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Santa Fe Community Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Fay Shwayder Foundation based?
- Fay Shwayder Foundation is based in NM.
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