Pennsylvania · Private foundation
McSwigan Family 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.
- $250k
- Granted FY2017
- 14
- Itemized grants FY2017
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2017
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of McSwigan Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Pittsburgh Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2017, the last year McSwigan Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $250k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2017
- $145k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2017
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2017
- $30,000
- States reached, FY2017
- 1
- Total assets, FY2017
- $3.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Center for Theater Arts | $23,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Reading Is Fundamental Pittsburgh | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Manchester Bidwell Corporation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gemini Theater Company | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Assemble Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 2% |
| National Aviary in Pittsburgh Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($70k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget McSwigan Family Foundation 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · Wi Patterson Charitable Fund · American Eagle Outfitters Foundation · Eqt Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About McSwigan Family Foundation
- How much does McSwigan Family Foundation give?
- McSwigan Family Foundation reported 14 itemized grants totaling $145,000, out of $250,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2017 IRS filing.
- What does McSwigan Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (93%), Arts & Culture (2%), Education (1%).
- Who are McSwigan Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Center for Theater Arts ($24k), Reading Is Fundamental Pittsburgh ($20k), Manchester Bidwell Corporation ($15k).
- Does McSwigan Family 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 McSwigan Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pittsburgh Foundation, Wi Patterson Charitable Fund, American Eagle Outfitters Foundation.
- Where is McSwigan Family Foundation based?
- McSwigan Family Foundation is based in PA.
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