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Renee Kaswan Memorial 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.

$89k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
11
Grants FY2025
9
Organizations funded FY2024
56%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 19
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$2.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 56% of the organizations Renee Kaswan Memorial Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesPhilanthropyEducationEnvironmentArts & CultureAnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving11$89k18%
FY20249$78k56%
FY20238$74k13%
FY20229$42k56%
FY20218$72k25%
FY202016$220k56%
FY201919$207k53%
FY201816$108k50%
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Civil Rights$303kHealth$253kEducation$122kInternational$84kHuman Services$74kHousing & Shelter$38kAnimals$29kPhilanthropy$28kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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MA
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CA
MO
VA
DC
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 47 grantees
All grantees of Renee Kaswan Memorial Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law$160,00030%
Voteriders$110,00064%
The University of Georgia Foundation$100,00040%
Mending Kids International dba Mending Kids$75,11542%
The People Concern$35,00030%
One22 Inc$30,00012%
Helen Woodward Animal Center$26,00040%
Sin Barreras Without Barriers Inc$20,0002n/a
Ranken Jordan Pediatric Hospital Foundation$15,00028%
Pepperdine University$15,00010%
Charity on Top Foundation Inc$11,00021%
Community Entry Services Inc$10,70010%
Gideons Promise Inc$10,5002n/a
Wayne County Court Appointed Special Advocates$10,0001n/a
West Valley Boys & Girls Club Inc$7,50020%
Interface Children Family Services$5,20010%
Santa Claus Fund$5,00016%
The Everychild Foundation$5,00010%
National Park Foundation$5,00010%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$5,00010%
Innovations for Poverty Action a Nonprofit Corporation$5,00010%
Dharmata Foundation$5,0001n/a
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$5,00010%
Casa Ruby Inc$5,00010%
Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project$3,00010%
Harbor House$2,5001n/a
Malibu Foundation for Youth and Families$2,50020%
United Nations Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$1,82470%
San Diego Bird Alliance$1,67710%
Malibu Friends of Music$1,50011%
Dorobo Fund for Tanzania Inc$1,50010%
The Pilot Light Foundation$1,15021%
The Children Deserve a Chance Foundation$1,00010%
Piedmont Family YMCA Inc$1,00010%
The Nature of Wildworks$82510%
Pro Publica Inc$62030%
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center$50010%
The Lost Hills Sheriffs Foundation$3501n/a
Burning Man Project$25010%
Community Center for the Arts$2281n/a
Jackson Hole Community Radio Inc$20010%
Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation$20010%
Malibu Cart Inc$2001n/a
ACLU Foundation of Georgia Inc$16010%
Grand Teton Music Festival Inc$10010%
Harwich Police Association Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($312k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Renee Kaswan Memorial Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: $160,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetVoteriders: $110,000 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetThe University of Georgia Foundation: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMending Kids International dba Mending Kids: $75,115 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetThe People Concern: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOne22 Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetHelen Woodward Animal Center: $26,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRanken Jordan Pediatric Hospital Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetPepperdine University: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCharity on Top Foundation Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCommunity Entry Services Inc: $10,700 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWest Valley Boys & Girls Club Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetInterface Children Family Services: $5,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSanta Claus Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetThe Everychild Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInnovations for Poverty Action a Nonprofit Corporation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCasa Ruby Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWomen's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMalibu Foundation for Youth and Families: $2,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Nations Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,824 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSan Diego Bird Alliance: $1,677 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMalibu Friends of Music: $1,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDorobo Fund for Tanzania Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Pilot Light Foundation: $1,150 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetThe Children Deserve a Chance Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPiedmont Family YMCA Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Nature of Wildworks: $825 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPro Publica Inc: $620 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCedars-Sinai Medical Center: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBurning Man Project: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJackson Hole Community Radio Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetZeta Tau Alpha Foundation: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACLU Foundation of Georgia Inc: $160 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGrand Teton Music Festival Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHarwich Police Association Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 39.

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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.

Conrad N Hilton FoundationCA16.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · California Community Foundation · The Opatrny Family Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Tides Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust

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.

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About Renee Kaswan Memorial Foundation

How much does Renee Kaswan Memorial Foundation give?
Renee Kaswan Memorial Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $89,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Renee Kaswan Memorial Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Civil Rights (29%), Health (25%), Education (12%).
Who are Renee Kaswan Memorial Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law ($160k), Voteriders ($110k), The University of Georgia Foundation ($100k).
Does Renee Kaswan Memorial Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Renee Kaswan Memorial 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 Renee Kaswan Memorial Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Conrad N Hilton Foundation, Community Foundation of Jackson Hole, California Community Foundation.
Where is Renee Kaswan Memorial Foundation based?
Renee Kaswan Memorial Foundation is based in CA.

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 71 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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