Massachusetts · Private foundation
Gertrude & Edward Swartz Charitable Tr
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.
- $68k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $424k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations Gertrude & Edward Swartz Charitable Tr funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 | 25 | $66k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $61k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $56k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $58k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $59k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $44k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $42k | 9% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $40k | 5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Area Women's Center | $31,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $27,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Earthjustice | $24,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Northwest Harvest Emm | $24,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Community Food Bank Inc | $23,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $23,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Arizona Inc | $17,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Center for Biological Diversity Inc | $16,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Reproductive Freedom for All | $15,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $13,500 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Area Women's Center | $31,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $27,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Earthjustice | $24,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Northwest Harvest Emm | $24,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Community Food Bank Inc | $23,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $23,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Arizona Inc | $17,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Center for Biological Diversity Inc | $16,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Reproductive Freedom for All | $15,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Houston Food Bank | $13,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Theatre Under the Stars Inc | $11,500 | 9 | 0% |
| United Negro College Fund Inc | $11,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $10,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Trinity University | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Covid-19 Longhauler Advocacy Project Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Amnesty International of the USA Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Humane Borders Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tucson Centers for Women & Children Inc Dba Emerge Center Against Domestic Abuse | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($178k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gertrude & Edward Swartz Charitable Tr supplied at peak.
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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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Gertrude & Edward Swartz Charitable Tr
- How much does Gertrude & Edward Swartz Charitable Tr give?
- Gertrude & Edward Swartz Charitable Tr reported 26 grants totaling $68,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Gertrude & Edward Swartz Charitable Tr fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (18%), Environment (16%), Education (14%).
- Who are Gertrude & Edward Swartz Charitable Tr's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Houston Area Women's Center ($32k), Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc ($28k), Earthjustice ($25k).
- Does Gertrude & Edward Swartz Charitable Tr fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gertrude & Edward Swartz Charitable Tr 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 Gertrude & Edward Swartz Charitable Tr?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Gertrude & Edward Swartz Charitable Tr based?
- Gertrude & Edward Swartz Charitable Tr is based in MA.
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