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Renee Kaswan Memorial Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% 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
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $70k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEA3 FOUNDATION$20,000
THE PEOPLE CONCERN$10,000
FLOATING DOCTORS$10,000
WOMEN OF TOMORROW$10,000
WAYNE COUNTY COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES (CASA)$10,000
RANKEN JORDAN PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$10,000
HELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER$5,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE WEST VALLEY$5,000
CONEJO VALLEY ROTARY FOUNDATION$4,000
HARBOR HOUSE$2,500
COLLEGE CAREER & BEYOND$2,500
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 (FY17–25, $99k) 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%PIEDMONT FAMILY YMCA: $1k → 8%INTERFACE CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 10%ONE22: $30k → 5%HARBOR HOUSE: $3k → 10%WAYNE COUNTY COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES (CASA): $10k → 21%GIDEONS PROMISE: $10k → 13%GIDEONS PROMISE: $500 → 13%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $15k → 14%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $10k → 14%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $10k → 14%MALIBU CART: $200 → 14%EVERYCHILD FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%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

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MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
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IN
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CT
CA
MO
VA
DC
GA
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$865k · 26 repeat orgs$151k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
41

Total granted

$865k
$138k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+48%

Still filing today

58%
66%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • LC
    Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
    3× · 2019–2021 · $160k · revenue +40%
  • V
    VOTERIDERS
    6× · 2017–2023 · $110k · revenue ×24
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION
    4× · 2018–2023 · $100k · revenue +82%

Funded once

  • OI
    One22 Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $30k · revenue +192%
  • PU
    PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +51%
  • CE
    COMMUNITY ENTRY SERVICES INC
    one grant, 2019 · $11k · revenue 0%
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.

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Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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2
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
3
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
4
Robert a Toigo Foundation

Our mission is to shape the future of finance by developing leaders whose innovation, investment excellence, and human-centered leadership advance the industry and its adjacent sectors.

Education
5
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
6
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
7
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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8
People Inc

People inc. provides health and human services that enrich lives and communities through innovation and supportive services. with a goal to help people achieve greater independence and quality of life, people inc. provides day,…

Human Services
9
The Trust for Public Land

The trust for public land creates parks and protects land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come. in the past year, we helped communities to plan for parks and conservation, fund parks and conservation,…

Environment
10
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
11
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc

Rockefeller philanthropy advisors aims to accelerate philanthropy in pursuit of a just world

Philanthropy
12
Npr International Operations Inc

Npr international operations, inc. ("nprio") supports the international newsgathering activities of national public radio, inc. through bureaus and offices established locally in foreign countries.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Jackson Hole; the most unlike its peers is Malibu Friends of Music. 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

48 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. 48 of the 71 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/48
Grantees still filing
38/48
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FLOATING DOCTORS: $185,500 · OtherFLOATING DOCTORSLawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: $160,000 · OtherLawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under LawMending Kids International dba Mending Kids: $75,115 · OtherMending Kids International dba Mending KidsTEA3 FOUNDATION: $42,100 · OtherTEA3 FOUNDATIONWOMEN OF TOMORROW: $30,000 · Other+44 more: $124,754 · Other+44 moreTHE PEOPLE CONCERN: $35,000 · Human ServicesTHE PEOPLE CO…One22 Inc: $30,000 · Human ServicesOne22 IncSIN BARRERAS WITHOUT BARRIERS INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesSIN BARRERAS …GIDEONS PROMISE INC: $10,500 · Human ServicesGIDEONS PROMI…WAYNE COUNTY COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES: $10,000 · Human ServicesWAYNE COUNTY …Interface Children Family Services: $5,200 · Human ServicesThe Everychild Foundation: $5,000 · Human Services+3 more: $3,700 · Human ServicesTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSI…PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · EducationPEPPERDINE U…+1 more: $200 · EducationVOTERIDERS: $110,000 · Civil RightsVOTERIDERS+1 more: $160 · Civil RightsRanken Jordan Pediatric Hospital Foundation: $15,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $10,550 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $5,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PILOT LIGHT FOUNDATION: $1,150 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyHELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER: $26,000 · AnimalsCHARITY ON TOP FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 · Membership Benefit
Other$617,469Human Services$119,400Education$115,200Civil Rights$110,160Philanthropy$32,700Animals$26,000Membership Benefit$11,000

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 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 budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $10,550 over 1y, 0.0% 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 budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $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
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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Conrad N Hilton Found…Community Foundation …California Community …The Opatrny Family Fo…The McKnight Foundati…Silicon Valley Commun…Jewish Communal FundThe Robert Wood Johns…The San Francisco Fou…Arthur J Gallagher Fo…Tides FoundationNational Philanthropi…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Renee Kaswan Memorial Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Renee Kaswan Memorial Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.
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How do I get to Renee Kaswan Memorial Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Renee Kaswan Memorial 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 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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