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Schwan Family Foundation at a glance

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Schwan 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.

$108k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$55k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Community Improvement$260kEducation$134kHealth$115kRecreation & Sports$42kReligion$22kHuman Services$21kYouth Development$5kArts & Culture$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $42k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
$3,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$829k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL$55,205
ST PETRONILLE CATHOLIC SCHOOL$31,811
TRINITY HOUSE$10,000
AMBASSADORS FOOTBALL CLUB$6,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION$1,000
THE MOODY CHURCH$500
MARCH FOURTH$207
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY$200
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CAMP KESEM: $1k → 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

IL
NY
IN
OH
NJ
CA
CO
WV
SC
DC
TX
FL
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$667k · 14 repeat orgs$58k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +64% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
26

Total granted

$667k
$54k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
+2%

Still filing today

43%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesEnvironmentAnimalsArts & CultureOther
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

  • TC
    The Community Impact Fund
    2× · 2020–2021 · $260k · revenue +299% · 42% of their budget
  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR SARCOIDOSIS RESEARCH
    2× · 2021–2022 · $14k · revenue +470%
  • START EARLY
    2× · 2021–2022 · $1k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • LC
    LURIE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • WC
    WBEZ - CHICAGO PUBLIC RADIO
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • CY
    Chicago Youth Centers
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +17%
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.

1
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
2
Arc Research Institute

Our mission is to accelerate scientific progress, understand the root causes of disease, and narrow the gap between discoveries and impact on patients.

Health
3
American Cancer Society Inc

Improve the lives of people with cancer and their families through advocacy, research, and patient support, to ensure everyone has an opportunity to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer.

Health
4
Dana-Farber Children's Hospital Cancer Care Inc

To oversee, coordinate and support the Pediatric Oncology Programs at Boston Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.

Health
5
Curebound

Curebound's mission is to accelerate cancer research and save lives. we raise and invest strategic funding for innovative adult and pediatric cancer research with one vision: cures in our lifetime.

Health
6
Children's Cancer Research Fund

Children's cancer research fund fuels transformational research to bring better treatments and cures to children with cancer.

Philanthropy
7
Patient Access Network Foundation

As a leading charitable foundation and healthcare advocacy organization, the pan foundation is dedicated to accelerating access to treatment for those who need it most and empowering patients on their healthcare journeys. we provide…

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8
The N 1 Collaborative Inc

To make individualized medicines routinely and rapidly accessible to rare disease patients worldwide.

Health
9
Cog Research Foundation Llc

Cog research foundation, llc is a california 501(c)(3) entity founded in 2024 and designed to become the federal grantee organization for the children's oncology group (cog). the cog, a member of the national cancer institute (nci)…

Health
10
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
11
National Foundation for Cancer Research

To support cancer research and public education relating to prevention, earlier diagnosis, better treatments and ultimately, a cure for cancer.

Health
12
National Comprehensive Cancer Network

To define and advance quality, effective, equitable, and accessible cancer care and prevention so all people can live better lives.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Illinois Inc; the most unlike its peers is Humane World for Animals Inc. 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

24 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. 24 of the 44 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
12/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL: $103,790 · OtherST FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOLST PETRONILLE CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $103,642 · OtherST PETRONILLE CATHOLIC SCHOOLCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO FOUNDATION: $95,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO FOUNDATIONAMBASSADORS FOOTBALL CLUB: $48,000 · OtherAMBASSADORS FOOTBALL CLUBTRINITY HOUSE: $30,000 · OtherTRINITY HOUSELURIE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Other+23 more: $36,000 · Other+23 moreThe Community Impact Fund: $260,000 · PhilanthropyThe Community Impact FundFOUNDATION FOR SARCOIDOSIS RESEARCH: $13,500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $100 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'S HEMIPLEGIA AND STROKE ASSOCIATION: $4,271 · HealthHEALTHNET FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $800 · HealthPROJECT N95 INC: $780 · Health+2 more: $195 · HealthChicago Youth Centers: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE DIGDEEP RIGHT TO WATER PROJECT: $1,000 · EnvironmentTHE MORTON ARBORETUM: $390 · EnvironmentCamp Kesem National: $1,027 · Human ServicesANCHOR HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $100 · Human ServicesUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $1,000 · Education
Other$436,432Philanthropy$273,600Health$7,046Youth Development$5,000Environment$1,390Human Services$1,127Education$1,000

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 budgetThe Community Impact Fund: $260,000 over 2y, 42% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR SARCOIDOSIS RESEARCH: $13,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetChicago Youth Centers: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEMIPLEGIA AND STROKE ASSOCIATION: $4,271 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetCamp Kesem National: $1,027 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTART EARLY: $1,013 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DIGDEEP RIGHT TO WATER PROJECT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTHNET FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT N95 INC: $780 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $756 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGLEN ELLYN FOOD PANTRY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MORTON ARBORETUM: $390 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ABLEGAMERS FOUNDATION INC: $162 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $162 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTeam Bright Side Inc: $105 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANCHOR HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSICARES FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $20 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds The Community Impact Fund ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR SARCOIDOSIS RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds Chicago Youth Centers ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HEMIPLEGIA AND STROKE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Camp Kesem National ↗
  • Who funds START EARLY ↗
  • Who funds THE DIGDEEP RIGHT TO WATER PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds University of Illinois Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHNET FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT N95 INC ↗
  • Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗
  • Who funds GLEN ELLYN FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds THE MORTON ARBORETUM ↗
  • Who funds THE ABLEGAMERS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NETWORK FOR GOOD ↗
  • Who funds Team Bright Side Inc ↗
  • Who funds ST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ANCHOR HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC ↗

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.

AbbVie FoundationArthur J Gallagher Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Network for GoodThe Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
AbbVie FoundationIL13.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: AbbVie Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Network for Good · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Schwan Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Schwan Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.

    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 44 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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