Colorado · Private foundation
Swanson 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.
- $169k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $755k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Swanson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $166k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $128k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $130k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $99k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $187k | 55% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $162k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mosaic | $601,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Our Saviors Lutheran Church | $56,500 | 6 | n/a |
| University of Colorado Foundation | $42,500 | 5 | 0% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Seafarers & International House Inc | $1,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Backcountry Hunters & Anglers | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lutheran Family Services of Ne Inc | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| The Food Bank for Larimer County | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Front Range Community College Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Colorado Open Lands | $500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mosaic | $601,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Our Saviors Lutheran Church | $56,500 | 6 | n/a |
| University of Colorado Foundation | $42,500 | 5 | 0% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Seafarers & International House Inc | $1,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Backcountry Hunters & Anglers | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lutheran Family Services of Ne Inc | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| The Food Bank for Larimer County | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Front Range Community College Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Colorado Open Lands | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Amici Cannis | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Homeward Alliance Inc | $206 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($148k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Swanson Family 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: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Swanson Family Foundation
- How much does Swanson Family Foundation give?
- Swanson Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $169,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Swanson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (88%), Education (5%), Health (3%).
- Who are Swanson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Mosaic ($601k), Our Saviors Lutheran Church ($57k), University of Colorado Foundation ($43k).
- Does Swanson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Swanson Family 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 Swanson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Swanson Family Foundation based?
- Swanson Family Foundation is based in CO.
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