Nevada · Private foundation
Michael Sweig 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.
- $437k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 11
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Michael Sweig Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 7 | $437k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $413k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $330k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $112k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $270k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $239k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $750,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Chicago Police Memorial Foundation | $127,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Cpm Foundation | $109,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Paws Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 22% |
| Orange County Sheriffs Advisory Council | $63,888 | 5 | 4% |
| Northwestern University | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Pancreas Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Newport Beach Police Foundation | $7,000 | 3 | 14% |
| Laura's House | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Douglas County Sheriffs Advisory Council | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $750,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Chicago Police Memorial Foundation | $127,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Cpm Foundation | $109,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Paws Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 22% |
| Orange County Sheriffs Advisory Council | $63,888 | 5 | 4% |
| Northwestern University | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Pancreas Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Newport Beach Police Foundation | $7,000 | 3 | 14% |
| Laura's House | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Douglas County Sheriffs Advisory Council | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| In Jesus Name Medical Ministry | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($577k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Michael Sweig 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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Michael Sweig Foundation
- How much does Michael Sweig Foundation give?
- Michael Sweig Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $437,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 11 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Michael Sweig Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (70%), Public Safety & Disaster (7%), Human Services (6%).
- Who are Michael Sweig Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Blood Cancer United Inc ($750k), Chicago Police Memorial Foundation ($127k), Cpm Foundation ($109k).
- Does Michael Sweig Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Michael Sweig 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 Michael Sweig Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Michael Sweig Foundation based?
- Michael Sweig Foundation is based in NV.
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