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Swanson Biggs Adams Family Foundation at a glance

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Swanson Biggs Adams 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.

$250k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$220k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$745kHealth$183kArts & Culture$81kAnimals$70kReligion$59kHuman Services$44kYouth Development$8kCommunity Improvement$5k
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $220k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION$219,564
DRAKE UNIVERSITY$10,000
WILD HORSE EDUCATION$10,000
THE HOPE CENTER$5,000
SHALOM MINISTRIES INC$5,000
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, $37k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE HOPE CENTER: $5k → 15%THE HOPE CENTER: $5k → 15%MILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $3k → 12%THE HOPE CENTER: $5k → 15%THE HOPE CENTER: $5k → 15%THE HOPE CENTER: $5k → 15%THE HOPE CENTER: $3k → 15%THE HOPE CENTER: $3k → 15%THE HOPE CENTER: $3k → 15%DOROTHY'S HOUSE: $1k → 10%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

NH
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IA
CA
CO
NE
MO
AZ
KS
TN
OK
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 13 repeat orgs$58k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +63% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
10

Total granted

$1.1M
$48k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
+16%

Still filing today

77%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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
EducationAnimalsHuman ServicesReligionHealthOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $683k · revenue +70%
  • BF
    Bryan Foundation
    7× · 2018–2024 · $178k · revenue +97%
  • DRAKE UNIVERSITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $62k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • OP
    OSCAR'S PLACE ADOPTION CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • DG
    DRAFT GRATITUDE
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +19%
  • BC
    BLANK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
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
Hope Ranch for Women Inc

Hope ranch is dedicated to empowering women who have been exploited and abused to rise above their circumstances.

Human Services
2
The Nebraska Land Trust Inc

To foster the protection of agricultural, historical and natural resources on land in nebraska through education, partnering and permanent conservation.

Environment
3
Stand for Schools

Stand for schools supports nebraska's public schools, working to advance policies that make them stronger while opposing policies that would weaken them.

Education
4
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
5
Chain of Hope Kc

Outreach to help animals suffering in the urban core of kansas city.

Animals
6
Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation

The nebraska state historical society foundation's mission is to support the preservation, interpretation and appreciation of nebraska history.

Arts & Culture
7
Kansas Land Trust Inc

To protect and preserve lands of natural, ecological, scenic, historic, agricultural, or recreational significance in kansas.

Environment
8
The Ku Endowment Charitable Gift Fund

To strengthen the University and communities that have touched the lives of KU alumni and friends, the mission of The KU Endowment Charitable Gift Fund is to receive and administer gifts and bequests to further the charitable objectives of…

Philanthropy
9
Kitty City Kansas Rescue Incorporated

Find homes for homeless cats through adoptions

Animals
10
Platte Ranch Forever Home Sanctuary
Animals
11
Bright Futures Farm

Equine sanctuary. accepts elder equines in need of rehabilitation and/or retirement.

Animals
12
Institute of the Range & the American Mustang

Preservation of the natural range and maintenance of a wild horse sanctuary

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mile High Ministries; the most unlike its peers is Shalom Ministries 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

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 24 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
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

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $682,851 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATIONDRAKE UNIVERSITY: $62,000 · EducationDRAKE UNIVERSITY+2 more: $12,000 · EducationBryan Foundation: $178,200 · HealthBryan FoundationHISTORY NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $60,000 · OtherHISTORY NEBR…PLYMOUTH UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST: $11,500 · OtherPLYMOUTH UNI…OSCAR'S PLACE ADOPTION CENTER: $10,000 · OtherOSCAR'S PLAC…VOICE OF THE MARTYRS INC: $10,000 · OtherVOICE OF THE…WILD HORSE EDUCATION: $10,000 · OtherWILD HORSE E…ISSACHAR: $10,000 · OtherISSACHARBLANK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $5,000 · OtherISSACHAR CENTER FOR URBAN LEADERSHI: $5,000 · Other+3 more: $8,500 · Other+3 moreGLOBAL SANCTUARY FOR ELEPHANTS: $40,000 · AnimalsSKY DOG SANCTUARY INC: $20,000 · AnimalsDRAFT GRATITUDE: $10,000 · AnimalsTHE HOPE CENTER INC: $32,500 · Human ServicesMILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $3,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesShalom Ministries Inc: $15,000 · ReligionLANGHAM PARTNERSHIP USA INC NFP: $7,500 · Religion
Education$756,851Health$178,200Other$130,000Animals$70,000Human Services$36,500Religion$22,500

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $682,851 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBryan Foundation: $178,200 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetDRAKE UNIVERSITY: $62,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORY NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 4y, 32% of budgetGLOBAL SANCTUARY FOR ELEPHANTS: $40,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetTHE HOPE CENTER INC: $32,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetSKY DOG SANCTUARY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetShalom Ministries Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetWILD HORSE EDUCATION: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetDRAFT GRATITUDE: $10,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetLANGHAM PARTNERSHIP USA INC NFP: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDES MOINES CONSISTORY BLDG TRUST: $7,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetELEVATE METRO KC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLATINAS LATINOS AL EXITO INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSCKIC Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Bryan Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DRAKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HISTORY NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL SANCTUARY FOR ELEPHANTS ↗
  • Who funds THE HOPE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SKY DOG SANCTUARY INC ↗
  • Who funds Shalom Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds WILD HORSE EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds DRAFT GRATITUDE ↗
  • Who funds LANGHAM PARTNERSHIP USA INC NFP ↗
  • Who funds DES MOINES CONSISTORY BLDG TRUST ↗
  • Who funds ELEVATE METRO KC ↗
  • Who funds MILE HIGH MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds LATINAS LATINOS AL EXITO INC ↗
  • Who funds SCKIC 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.

Servant FoundationThe Signatry Charitab…The Blackbaud Giving …Paypal Charitable Giv…Natl Christian Charit…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Servant FoundationKS13.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Servant Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Swanson Biggs Adams Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Swanson Biggs Adams Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 24 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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