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Swamy 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.

$158k
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$32k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$430kEducation$304kFood & Nutrition$136kEnvironment$100kReligion$42kHuman Services$29kYouth Development$25kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k22 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $118k
$2,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLLEGE NOW CLEVELAND$32,000
GREATER CLEVELAND SHIVA VISHNU TEMP$26,502
HOSPICE OF WESTERN RESERVE$24,000
GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK$18,000
ALZHEIMERS FOUNDATION$17,000
OPEN DOORS ACADEMY$5,000
JOURNEY CENTER FOR SAFETY HEALING$2,750
EKAL VIDYALAYA FOUNDATION$2,555
ASSOC OF INDIAN PHYSICIAN IN N OHIO$2,500
CLEVELAND MOMS 4 MOMS$2,500
CHAGRIN FALLS MEALS ON WHEELS$2,200
HANNA PERKINS CENTER$2,200
ACHIEVEMENT CENTR FOR CHILDREN$2,200
PROVIDENCE HOUSE$2,000
GATES MILLS ELEMANTRY SCHOOL$1,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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%AUTISM SOCIETY OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $6k → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS: $500 → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS: $500 → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS: $500 → 17%CLEVELAND MOMS 4 MOMS: $5k → 17%CLEVELAND MOMS 4 MOMS: $3k → 17%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
OH
PA
CT
CA
NC
TX
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 46 repeat orgs$18k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +10% since the first grant, against -21% for those funded once.

46 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

46
10

Total granted

$1.1M
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
-21%

Still filing today

48%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
Food & NutritionYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesInternationalEducationHealthOther
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

  • GC
    GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $114k · revenue +10%
  • OD
    OPEN DOORS INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $21k · revenue +195%
  • AC
    ACHIEVEMENT CENTERS FOR CHILDREN
    9× · 2017–2025 · $17k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • AS
    AUTISM SOCIETY OF GREATER CLEVELANDgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue +27%
  • AC
    ANCHORPOINT COUNSELING SERVICES
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
  • AA
    ADOPT A FAMILY ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
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
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
2
Adoption Network Cleveland

Adoption network cleveland's mission is to connect and empower individuals, organizations, and communities impacted by adoption, kinship, and foster care, and we provide a source of healing for those in need.

Human Services
3
Allies for Every Child Inc

All children need a childhood. Allies for Every Child brings together and strengthens families, cultivating conditions for children to succeed in life. (Continues on Schedule O)

Human Services
4
Family Housing Network of Fort Collins Inc

Faith Family Hospitality's mission is to support families experiencing homelessness to achieve sustainable self-sufficiency in a timely and dignified manner. This interfaith volunteer effort coordinates the work of 30 diverse Fort Collins…

Human Services
5
Food in Need of Distribution Inc

Food in need of distribution, inc. (find food bank) is dedicated to relieving hunger, the causes of hunger, and the problems associated with hunger through awareness, education, and mobilization of resources and community involvement.

Food & Nutrition
6
San Francisco Food Bank

To end hunger in san francisco and marin counties by soliciting food donations nationally, distributing this food to qualifying public service agencies and neighborhood pantries, advocating for improved government food programs, and…

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7
Community Kitchen Pittsburgh

Community kitchen pittsburgh is a nonprofit food service company. because poverty, food insecurity and employment are entwined issues, we work across these focus areas, engaging in the following activities: "culinary based workforce…

Food & Nutrition
8
The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Inc

To provide a safe, affordable and comprehensive program of high-quality early childhood education, parental and family support, as well as academic enrichment and recreational programs.

Human Services
9
Creighton Community Foundation

Creighton community foundation's (ccf) core program "community works" leverages neighborhood schools to support vibrant communities in the poorest parts of urban phoenix, where neighborhoods suffer from poverty- driven disadvantage and…

Philanthropy
10
Children's Bureau Inc

Empowering individuals to build stronger families and communities.

Human Services
11
Children's Council of San Francisco

By advocating for quality early care and education, empowering families with information and financial support, and building the capabilities of educators, Children's Council of San Francisco ensures that every child in San Francisco has…

Human Services
12
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank; the most unlike its peers is The Blue Heart Foundation. 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

27 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. 27 of the 58 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
14/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLLEGE NOW CLEVELAND: $272,000 · OtherCOLLEGE NOW CLEVELANDHOSPICE OF WESTERN RESERVE: $191,000 · OtherHOSPICE OF WESTERN RESERVEGREATER CLEVELAND SHIVA VISHNU TEMP: $140,542 · OtherGREATER CLEVELAND SHIVA VISHNU TEMPALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION: $125,000 · OtherALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATIONALZHEIMERS FOUNDATION: $34,000 · Other+37 more: $196,221 · Other+37 moreGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $114,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER CLE…+2 more: $5,700 · Food & NutritionOPEN DOORS INC: $21,200 · Youth DevelopmentJUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH: $1,500 · Youth Development+1 more: $500 · Youth DevelopmentCLEVELAND MOMS 4 MOMS: $7,500 · Human ServicesAUTISM SOCIETY OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $6,000 · Human ServicesSHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS: $1,500 · Human ServicesFEDERATION OF INDIA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS OF NE OHIO: $13,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS: $10,000 · EducationSAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationREALITY CHANGERS: $500 · EducationEKAL VIDYALAYA FOUNDATION OF USA: $4,690 · InternationalEmbrace Waiting Children Inc: $2,700 · InternationalMERCADO GLOBAL INC: $2,200 · International
Other$958,763Food & Nutrition$119,700Youth Development$23,200Human Services$15,000Arts & Culture$13,000Education$11,500International$9,590

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $114,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetASSISTANCE IN HEALTHCARE INC: $30,310 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetOPEN DOORS INC: $21,200 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetACHIEVEMENT CENTERS FOR CHILDREN: $17,400 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCHAGRIN FALLS MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $13,900 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetFEDERATION OF INDIA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS OF NE OHIO: $13,000 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJOURNEY CENTER FOR SAFETY AND HEALING: $9,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCLEVELAND MOMS 4 MOMS: $7,500 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetPROVIDENCE HOUSE INC: $6,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM SOCIETY OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $6,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetCLEVELAND RAPE CRISIS CENTER: $5,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEKAL VIDYALAYA FOUNDATION OF USA: $4,690 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBABY2BABY: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORS NOURISHING NEIGHBORS: $2,700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $2,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION KINDNESS: $2,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEmbrace Waiting Children Inc: $2,700 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMERCADO GLOBAL INC: $2,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Blue Heart Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREALITY CHANGERS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA NEW WAY OF LIFE REENTRY PROJECT: $500 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 GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds ASSISTANCE IN HEALTHCARE INC ↗
  • Who funds OPEN DOORS INC ↗
  • Who funds ACHIEVEMENT CENTERS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds CHAGRIN FALLS MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
  • Who funds FEDERATION OF INDIA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS OF NE OHIO ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds JOURNEY CENTER FOR SAFETY AND HEALING ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND MOMS 4 MOMS ↗
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds AUTISM SOCIETY OF GREATER CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND RAPE CRISIS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds EKAL VIDYALAYA FOUNDATION OF USA ↗
  • Who funds BABY2BABY ↗
  • Who funds SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds JACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORS NOURISHING NEIGHBORS ↗
  • Who funds NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION KINDNESS ↗
  • Who funds Embrace Waiting Children 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.

The Cleveland Foundat…Murphy Family Foundat…Higley Fund of the Cl…The Reinberger Founda…The Lozick Family Fou…The Char and Chuck Fo…The Swagelok Foundati…Charities Aid Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…The Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…
The Cleveland FoundationOH17× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · Murphy Family Foundation · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · The Lozick Family Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 58 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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