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Sol & Doris R Swiss Foundation at a glance

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Sol & Doris R Swiss Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$11k
Granted FY2023
7
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2023.

Civil Rights$80kHealth$18kScience & Tech$15kHuman Services$13kYouth Development$4kArts & Culture$4kReligion$2kEducation$1kOther$0
02FY2023 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Creativity Explored$7,000
ACLU of Ohio Foundation$1,000
Lorain Coubnty Safe Harbor$1,000
Habitot Children's Museum$1,000
College and Community Fellowship$500
SEPA$425
Disability Rights Ohio$400
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–23, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Lorain Coubnty Safe Harbor: $1k → 13%LORAIN COUNTRY URBAN LEAGUE: $400 → 13%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

VT
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
NJ
CA
CO
MD
TN
DC
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$115k · 12 repeat orgs$23k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2023, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
15

Total granted

$115k
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+237%

Still filing today

58%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthCivil RightsEducationOther
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

  • AC
    AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF OHIO FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2018–2023 · $5k · revenue +34%
  • TC
    THE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $4k · revenue +11%
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO
    2× · 2020–2021 · $1k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • UA
    URGENT ACTION FUND FOR WOMEN'S RIGH
    one grant, 2021 · $12k
  • CF
    COMMUNICATION FIRSTgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue ×17
  • AW
    AUTISTIC WOMEN & NONBINARY NETWORK
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
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
Lead Ohio

At lead ohio our goal is to make a difference in communities across ohio by recruiting, training, supporting and empowering progressive leaders in all regions of the state.

Education
2
Central Ohio Workers Center Inc

The Central Ohio Worker Center is a non-profit organization that educates, empowers, and advocates for and with low-wage and immigrant workers in Central Ohio.

Civil Rights
3
American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Inc

Advocate for and effect systemic change to ensure justice and equity for all ohioans.

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4
League of Women Voters of New Jersey

Through grassroots people-powered advocacy and organizing, lwvnj trains, mobilizes, and educates advocates to have a greater voice in government and influence public policy.

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5
Women's Law Project

Women's law project creates a more just and equitable society by advancing the rights and status of all women throughout their lives. to this end, we engage in high-impact litigation, advocacy, and education. the core values of women's law…

Civil Rights
6
Colorado Campaign for Inclusive Excellence

The mission of the center for legal inclusiveness (cli) is to advance diversity in the legal profession by actively educating and supporting private and public sector legal organizations in their individual campaigns to create cultures of…

Civil Rights
7
Legal Aid of Western Ohio Inc

Legal aid of western ohio, inc. (lawo) is a non-profit law firm that champions equity and justice through client-centered community collaboration and transformative legal advocacy.

Crime & Legal
8
Cleveland Social Venture Partners

Collaborate Cleveland invests in local changemakers serving women and advancing gender justice in Cleveland while advocating for the long-term change of policies and practices that have historically disadvantaged women.

Philanthropy
9
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
10
League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area

The league of women voters is a nonpartisan political organization encouraging informed and active participation in government. it influences public policy through education and advocacy. we never support or oppose any political party or…

Civil Rights
11
Cleveland Jobs With Justice

To work as a coalition of labor unions, community organzation, and religious community to raise the public awarness of and build campaigns to promote workers rights an social justice issues.

Education
12
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality Inc

Advocates for basic legal equality, inc. (able) is a non-profit law firm that provides high quality legal assistance in civil matters to help eligible low-income individuals and groups in western ohio achieve self-reliance, and equal…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Cleveland Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Habitot Childrens Museum. 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

16 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. 16 of the 31 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
12/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

URGENT ACTION FUND FOR WOMEN'S HUMA: $71,100 · OtherURGENT ACTION FUND FOR WOMEN'S HUMAHIGHLANDER RESEARCH AND EDUCATION: $15,200 · OtherHIGHLANDER RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONURGENT ACTION FUND FOR WOMEN'S RIGH: $12,000 · OtherURGENT ACTION FUND FOR WOMEN'S RIGH+14 more: $9,325 · Other+14 moreCREATIVITY EXPLORED INC: $12,000 · HealthCREATIVITY…PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO: $1,000 · HealthPLANNED PA…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF OHIO FOUNDATION INC: $4,870 · Civil RightsTHE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP INC: $3,500 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITY OF HOPE: $500 · Youth DevelopmentSOCIETY FOR DISABILITY STUDIES: $2,000 · Human ServicesLORAIN COUNTY SAFE HARBOR CORP: $1,000 · Human ServicesLORAIN COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE INC: $400 · Human ServicesWORKMENS CIRCLE EDUCATIONAL CENTER OF OHIO: $1,300 · Arts & CultureHabitot Childrens Museum: $1,000 · Arts & CultureDOCS IN PROGRESS INC: $400 · Arts & CultureSPOKE ART INC (FKA MEDICINE WHEEL PRODUCTIONS INC): $400 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNICATION FIRST: $2,000 · EducationTHE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION: $400 · Philanthropy
Other$107,625Health$13,000Civil Rights$4,870Youth Development$4,000Human Services$3,400Arts & Culture$3,100Education$2,000Philanthropy$400

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 budgetCREATIVITY EXPLORED INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF OHIO FOUNDATION INC: $4,870 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP INC: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNICATION FIRST: $2,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHabitot Childrens Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLORAIN COUNTY SAFE HARBOR CORP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY OF HOPE: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDOCS IN PROGRESS INC: $400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPOKE ART INC (FKA MEDICINE WHEEL PRODUCTIONS INC): $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF OHIO: $400 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTASH INC: $200 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.

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.

Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA4.6× affinity10 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Sol & Doris R Swiss Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sol & Doris R Swiss Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • Spoke Art Inc (Fka Medicine Wheel Productions Inc): 22% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 31 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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