Washington · Private foundation
Svanee's Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2024
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,025,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 27
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations Svanee's Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 24 | $1.9M | 4% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $780k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $1.1M | 22% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $802k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $918k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pasado's Safe Haven | $1,331,195 | 5 | 7% |
| The Humane Society for Seattleking County | $1,286,325 | 5 | 8% |
| Kitsap Humane Society | $870,113 | 5 | 5% |
| Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka PAWS | $528,585 | 5 | 3% |
| Save a Forgotten Equine | $275,000 | 5 | 10% |
| Old Dog Haven | $120,046 | 5 | 2% |
| Center Valley Animal Rescue | $112,110 | 5 | 3% |
| Seattle Area Feline Rescue Fka Animal Talk Rescue | $92,136 | 5 | 4% |
| Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest | $78,896 | 5 | 1% |
| MustLuvBoxers Rescue | $50,000 | 1 | 19% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pasado's Safe Haven | $1,331,195 | 5 | 7% |
| The Humane Society for Seattleking County | $1,286,325 | 5 | 8% |
| Kitsap Humane Society | $870,113 | 5 | 5% |
| Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka PAWS | $528,585 | 5 | 3% |
| Save a Forgotten Equine | $275,000 | 5 | 10% |
| Old Dog Haven | $120,046 | 5 | 2% |
| Center Valley Animal Rescue | $112,110 | 5 | 3% |
| Seattle Area Feline Rescue Fka Animal Talk Rescue | $92,136 | 5 | 4% |
| Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest | $78,896 | 5 | 1% |
| MustLuvBoxers Rescue | $50,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Pawsitive Alliance | $25,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Rainier Animal Fund | $22,000 | 2 | 22% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Doney Memorial Pet Clinic Dba Doney Coe Pet Clinic | $15,528 | 3 | 2% |
| Whisker City | $10,226 | 3 | 4% |
| Greyhound Pets Inc | $10,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Mercer Island Eastside Orphans & Waifs | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Community Cat Coalition | $8,574 | 3 | 4% |
| Forgotten Dogs Rescue | $7,623 | 4 | 0% |
| Alley Cat Project | $6,623 | 4 | 2% |
| Charlies Foundation | $5,623 | 3 | n/a |
| Save-A-Mutt | $4,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Dog Gone Seattle | $3,574 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($613k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Svanee's 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: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Gary E Milgard Family Foundation - Mark · The Bungie Foundation · Glassybaby White Light Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Catania Family Foundation · Casey Family Programs · The Summerlee Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Humane World for Animals Inc
How this is measured
About Svanee's Foundation
- How much does Svanee's Foundation give?
- Svanee's Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $1,898,325 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 27 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Svanee's Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (97%).
- Who are Svanee's Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Pasado's Safe Haven ($1.3M), The Humane Society for Seattleking County ($1.3M), Kitsap Humane Society ($870k).
- Does Svanee's Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Svanee's 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 Svanee's Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Puget Sound Energy Foundation, Seattle Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Svanee's Foundation based?
- Svanee's Foundation is based in WA.
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