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Harold W Sweatt Foundation at a glance

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Harold W Sweatt Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$264k
Granted FY2026still arriving
65
Grants FY2026still arriving
13
States reached
$27k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2026.

Education$184kAnimals$150kEnvironment$97kInternational$56kHealth$45kArts & Culture$31kYouth Development$20kFood & Nutrition$18kOther$0
02FY2026 · 65 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k60 grants · $190k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $74k
$3,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$3.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE$27,000
JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER$15,000
HEAVEN'S GAIT RANCH$12,000
NAPA VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$10,000
GREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION$10,000
AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$9,500
NATURE CONSERVANCY$8,000
Individual grant recipient$7,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$7,000
SCRIPPS COLLEGE$5,000
BATH & TENNIS CLUB HISTORIC BUILDING PRESERVATION FOUNDATION$5,000
NAPA HUMANE SOCIETY$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
ORANGUTAN FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL$5,000
RILEY'S URGENT FUND FOR FRIENDS (RUFF)$5,000
02The need
03

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 (FY24–26, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 61% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PREBORN: $2k → 16%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $4k → 11%WELLNESS IN ACTION: $2k → 10%JOINT URBAN MINISTRY PROJECT: $1k → 10%WELLNESS IN ACTION: $500 → 10%WELLNESS IN ACTION: $500 → 10%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

ME
VT
MT
MN
WI
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
DC
TX
FL
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$538k · 50 repeat orgs$182k to everyone else

50 repeat relationships: 44 still active in FY2026, 6 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
27

Total granted

$538k
$117k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

72%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $66k went to new ones.

50%100%’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’24’25’26
EnvironmentAnimalsEducationInternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesOther
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

  • TN
    THE NAPA VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2024–2026 · $35k · revenue +29%
  • TI
    THE INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION
    3× · 2024–2026 · $15k · revenue +46%
  • SC
    Scripps College
    2× · 2024–2026 · $10k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2025 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF TWIN CITIES
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -10%
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
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
2
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
3
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
4
Wildaid Inc

Wildaid's mission is to inspire change and empower the world to protect wildlife and vital habitats from critical threats.

Animals
5
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
6
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
7
Western Rivers Conservancy

Western rivers conservancy's mission is to protect outstanding river ecosystems in the western united states. continued on schedule o.we acquire land to conserve critical habitat, provide public access for compatible use and enjoyment, and…

Environment
8
Wildlands Trust Inc

The wildlands trust works throughout southeastern massachusetts to conserve and permanently protect native habitats, farmland, and lands of high ecologic and scenic value that serve to keep our communities healthy and our residents…

Environment
9
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
10
Fauna & Flora International Usa Inc

Our mission is to act to conserve threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take into account human needs.

Philanthropy
11
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
12
Montana Wildlife Federation

The montana wildlife federation is a statewide conservation organization dedicated to protecting wildlife, wildlife habitat, and public access for outdoor recreation.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sierra Club Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Wellness in Action. 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

69 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 69 of the 98 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
69/69
Grantees still filing
30/69
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE: $83,600 · OtherINTERNATIONAL COLLEGEIndividual grant recipient: $16,500 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · Other+51 more: $234,650 · Other+51 moreAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $28,250 · AnimalsAFRICAN WILDLI…INTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTER: $15,000 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL …THE INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION: $15,000 · AnimalsTHE INTERNATIO…RILEY'S URGENT FUND FOR FRIENDS: $9,000 · AnimalsRILEY'S URGENT…WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $5,000 · AnimalsTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $5,000 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc: $5,000 · Animals+5 more: $11,900 · Animals+5 moreTHE NAPA VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $35,000 · EducationTHE NAPA VALL…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLE…BUCKLEY INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 · EducationBUCKLEY INSTI…Scripps College: $10,000 · EducationScripps Colle…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $9,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF …VERMONT COMMONS SCHOOL: $5,000 · EducationVERMONT COMMO…+1 more: $2,000 · EducationGREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION: $28,000 · EnvironmentGREATER YELL…THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $10,000 · EnvironmentTHE CONSERVA…WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $8,750 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLI…OCEAN CONSERVANCY: $6,000 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSER…THE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE: $4,500 · EnvironmentTHE CORAL RE…NORTHERN WATERS LAND TRUST: $3,350 · EnvironmentGALLATIN VALLEY LAND TRUST: $3,250 · EnvironmentGallatin River Task Force: $3,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $2,750 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE: $2,750 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $2,750 · Environment+3 more: $5,000 · Environment+3 morePALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $17,000 · InternationalAMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID: $14,000 · InternationalFoundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc: $5,000 · InternationalMercy Corps: $5,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF: $5,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,500 · InternationalHeavens Gait Ranch Inc: $31,900 · Recreation & SportsKIDS ON THE BALL INC: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsJupiter Medical Center Inc: $30,000 · HealthEye Surgeons International: $5,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $5,000 · Health
Other$346,750Animals$94,150Education$86,000Environment$80,100International$48,500Recreation & Sports$41,900Health$40,000

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 budgetTHE NAPA VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetHeavens Gait Ranch Inc: $31,900 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $28,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION: $28,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $17,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTER: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID: $14,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBUCKLEY INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetScripps College: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS ON THE BALL INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetRILEY'S URGENT FUND FOR FRIENDS: $9,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFLYNN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS LTD: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $8,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetARTS COUNCIL OF BIG SKY: $5,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVERMONT COMMONS SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLET'S GROW KIDS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS CLUB OF NAPA INC BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NAPA VALLEY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAGE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN WATERS LAND TRUST: $3,350 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGALLATIN VALLEY LAND TRUST: $3,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGallatin River Task Force: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF SOUTH GEORGIA ISLAND: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMITTEE ON TEMPORARY SHELTER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $2,900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $2,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $2,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $2,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF BIG SKY EDUCATION: $2,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWELLNESS IN ACTION: $2,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWEST END HOUSE GIRLS CAMP INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetELEPHANT HAVENS WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFORESTS FOREVER FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetSHELBURNE FARMS: $2,000 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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

The Vermont Community…The Morris & Bessie A…Yellowstone Club Comm…Spanish Peaks Communi…Moonlight Community F…The Carter Family Fou…Antonio B and Rita M …One Valley Community …Ben & Jerry's Foundat…Knight Foundation CO …Michael D Arneson and…Daily Family Foundati…
The Vermont Community FoundationVT17.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 4 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Vermont Community Foundation · The Morris & Bessie Altman Foundation · Yellowstone Club Community Foundation · Spanish Peaks Community Foundation · Moonlight Community Foundation · The Carter Family Foundation · Antonio B and Rita M Pomerleau Foundation Inc · One Valley Community Foundation · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · Knight Foundation CO M Scholz · Michael D Arneson and Susan H Arneson · Daily Family Foundation

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 Harold W Sweatt Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harold W Sweatt Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Committee On Temporary Shelter Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Dismas of Vermont Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Burlington City Arts Foundation Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Shelburne Farms: 3% of income from government
  • Jupiter Medical Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Flynn Center for the Performing Arts Ltd: 0% of income from government
  • Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Vermont Public Co: 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Harold W Sweatt Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Harold W Sweatt Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 98 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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