· 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.
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.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $13k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $50k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $170k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FOCUSING PHILANTHROPY | $110,000 |
| SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC | $60,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| FSTV | $10,000 |
| THE HORSE SHELTER | $10,000 |
| SILVER BULLET PRODUCTIONS | $10,000 |
| NM COUMMUNITY TRUST | $5,000 |
| HEART AND SOUL ANIMAL SANTUARY | $2,500 |
| MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| SITE SANTA FE | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 6% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 51% of Fay Shwayder Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +79% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 7 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, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $168k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SFSANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL LTD4× · 2022–2025 · $90k · revenue +17%
- CICURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC2× · 2020–2024 · $65k · revenue +95%
- MOMUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION4× · 2017–2025 · $31k · revenue +79%
Funded once
- ANACLU NEW MEXICOone grant, 2024 · $50k
BARNARD COLLEGEgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +48%- EEEARTH EDUCATIONone grant, 2023 · $11k
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.
To further the operatic art form by presenting ensemble performances of the highest quality in a varied repertoire of new as well as rarely performed and standard works, to ensure excellence of opera's future through its apprentice…
The santa fe institute is a transdisciplinary research community that expands the boundaries of scientific understanding. its aim is to discover, comprehend, and communicate the common fundamental principles in complex physical,…
The santa fe botanical garden celebrates, cultivates and conserves the rich botanical heritage and biodiversity of our region. in partnership with nature, we demonstrate our commitment through education, science, conservation, community…
Santa fe pro musica brings together outstanding musicians to inspire and educate audiences of all ages through the performance of great music.
The san francisco conservatory of music (sfcm) educates exceptionally talented musicians from around the world to become artists of the highest caliber, as well as musical citizens prepared for the challenges of the twenty-first century.
Through a variety of media created by emerging and established artists, the center for contemporary arts of santa fe, inc. (center) presents the arts of our time as vital elements in the cultural dialogue in santa fe and throughout new…
See schedule 0founded in 1994, opera santa barbara is the signature provider of professional opera on the california central coast. we aspire to be a cultural leader in the santa barbara region, voicing and advancing our community's spirit…
The ojai music festival serves as a creative music laboratory for pioneering new works,championing adventurous programming, and working with today's emerging artists with events during the year and the ojai music festival serves as a…
Ballet tucson is dedicated to bringing iconic, world-class dance performances and rising star artists to tucson and to sharing explorative experiences that inspire hope and excitement in our community.
The new mexico philharmonic's mission is to enrich lives by providing excellent music, community engagement and educational opportunities.
New mexico school for the arts-art institute, assists passionate young artists in developing their full potential through a rigorous master of arts and academic education
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 32 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 SANTA FE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FOCUSING PHILANTHROPY INC ↗
- Who funds SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL LTD ↗
- Who funds CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BARNARD COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds SITE SANTA FE ↗
- Who funds EARTH EDUCATION ↗
- Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
- Who funds THE HORSE SHELTER ↗
- Who funds Silver Bullet Productions ↗
- Who funds LUNA COMPOSITION LAB INC ↗
- Who funds THE HEART AND SOUL ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
- Who funds KITCHEN ANGELS INC ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA DESERT CHORALE ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Fay Shwayder Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fay Shwayder Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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