· Private foundation
Harry & Jan Sweere Foundation
Its FY2024 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, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k10 grants · $49k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $245k
- $50k–250k19 grants · $1.7M
- $250k+4 grants · $2.2M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church | $1,219,371 |
| Project Video | $420,000 |
| Venture | $301,000 |
| Camp Omega | $279,000 |
| Franciscan Brothers of Peace | $225,000 |
| The Center for Victims of Torture | $220,000 |
| Show Hope Inc | $200,000 |
| The Sanneh Foundation | $100,000 |
| Catholic Charities | $85,000 |
| Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network | $80,000 |
| Pregnancy Choices For Lifecare | $79,000 |
| Edify | $75,000 |
| Campus Faith Clubs | $72,000 |
| Prenatal Partners For Life | $70,000 |
| Hope Academy | $65,000 |
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 (FY20–24, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% 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
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 12% of Harry & Jan Sweere Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 69% of the giving stays in MN; by stated purpose, 61%.
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 +50% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.
45 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $372k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PVPROJECT VIDEO INC5× · 2020–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +77% · 70% of their budget
- LILUTHERAN ISLAND CAMP INC4× · 2020–2023 · $1.2M · revenue +195%
- AHAnselm House3× · 2020–2022 · $1.1M · revenue +236%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $75k
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCone grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -40%- FFILMNORTHone grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -49%
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.
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…
World orphans vision is to empower the church to care for orphans and vulnerable families. we equip, inspire, and mobilize the church to care for orphans and vulnerable children. churches engaged. children restored. communities transformed…
Miracle hill ministries is committed to life transformation for children and adults experiencing homelessness. more information and program outcomes may be found at www.miraclehill.org.
The Orphan's Hands provides a safe home and education for orphaned youth at risk of being trafficked in high-risk countries while bringing the love and hope of Jesus.
Children's house international provides ethical adoption services, child focused recruitment, and family support. we support disadvantaged children with humanitarian aid in countries worldwide.
Mission is to provide women facing an unplanned pregnancy with truthful medical information and education. we are faith-based with a mission to encourage, through education and outreach, the recognition of human life from the moment of…
Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.
Methodist childrens homes seeks to bring restoration to children and youth who have been neglected or abused. by the end of their time with us, we hope to see that they find reconciliation with their biological families, love within an…
Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.
Isaiah house strives to help individuals struggling with general life challenges, specifically substance abuse and addiction by providing a christian, faith-based intervention and recovery residential treatment program. the goal is to…
Feed those in need, house those experiencing homelessness, and empower individuals to achieve independence.
Bringing hope, healing, and recovery to seattle's homeless through a christ-centered approach.
How this is measured
60 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. 60 of the 115 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 NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds PROJECT VIDEO INC ↗
- Who funds LUTHERAN ISLAND CAMP INC ↗
- Who funds Anselm House ↗
- Who funds SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE ↗
- Who funds TOGETHER FOR GOOD ↗
- Who funds VENTURE ↗
- Who funds THE CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE ↗
- Who funds THE SANNEH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOPE ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds CHALICE OF MERCY INC ↗
- Who funds Edify ↗
- Who funds CAMPUS FAITH CLUBS ↗
- Who funds PRENATAL PARTNERS FOR LIFE INC ↗
- Who funds 7 BELLS ↗
- Who funds REBUILD UKRAINE ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds TREEHOUSE ↗
- Who funds TERRI SCHIAVO LIFE & HOPE NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds JACK'S BASKET ↗
- Who funds Project Got Your Back ↗
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: The Minneapolis Foundation · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · American Gift Fund · Servant Foundation · The Jamf Nation Global Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Harry & Jan Sweere Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harry & Jan Sweere Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Int'l Orthodox Christian Charities Inc: 7% of income from government
How this is measured
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