North Dakota · Private foundation
Swanson Cares
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.
- $37k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2024
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 79%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $3,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 19
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $22k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 79% of the organizations Swanson Cares funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k 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 | 28 | $37k | 61% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $37k | 79% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $19k | 81% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $17k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| TNT Kid's Fitness | $18,593 | 4 | 0% |
| BIO Girls Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Metro Sports Foundation Inc | $5,072 | 3 | 0% |
| Hero Healthcare Equipment Recycling Organization | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hospice of the Red River Valley | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $4,099 | 2 | 0% |
| Jasmin Services | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ajc Academy | $2,743 | 1 | n/a |
| Vitamin Angel Alliance Inc | $2,509 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 36 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($33k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Swanson Cares 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: Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation · Alex Stern Family Foundation · Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Corporation · Dakota Medical Foundation · Midcontinent Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Offutt Family Foundation · The Barry Foundation · Fred M Hector Jr Charitable Trust · United Way of Cass-Clay · Sanford Group Return · North Dakota Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About Swanson Cares
- How much does Swanson Cares give?
- Swanson Cares reported 28 grants totaling $37,040 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 19 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Swanson Cares fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (28%), Recreation & Sports (25%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are Swanson Cares's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: TNT Kid's Fitness ($19k), BIO Girls Inc ($6k), Metro Sports Foundation Inc ($5k).
- Does Swanson Cares fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 79% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Swanson Cares 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 Swanson Cares?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation, Alex Stern Family Foundation, Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Corporation.
- Where is Swanson Cares based?
- Swanson Cares is based in ND.
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