Michigan · Private foundation
Swanson Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $3k
- Granted FY2022
- 4
- Grants FY2022
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $1,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 59
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 1
- Total assets, FY2022
- $3k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 75% of the organizations Swanson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 81% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 4 | $3k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $4k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 59 | $21k | n/a |
93% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2022.
Education$32kReligion$15kPhilanthropy$3kArts & Culture$2kMembership Benefit$1kHealth$800Human Services$575Community Improvement$550Other$0
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Temple Senior Project | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Russell Street Baptist Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| New Bride Baptist Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Oakwood University | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hartford Memorial Baptist Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Shalom Fellowship Intl | $450 | 1 | n/a |
| Unity Urban Ministerial School | $350 | 1 | 0% |
| Brazeal Dennard Chorale | $300 | 1 | 1% |
| Church of the New Covenant Baptist of Detroit | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| Centers for Family Development Inc | $150 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Temple Senior Project | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Russell Street Baptist Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| New Bride Baptist Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Oakwood University | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hartford Memorial Baptist Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Shalom Fellowship Intl | $450 | 1 | n/a |
| Unity Urban Ministerial School | $350 | 1 | 0% |
| Brazeal Dennard Chorale | $300 | 1 | 1% |
| Church of the New Covenant Baptist of Detroit | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| Centers for Family Development Inc | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Twelfth Street Missionary Baptist Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Tennessee Missionary Baptist Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| West Indian American Association Ofmichigan Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Wayside Missionary Baptist Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Samuel B Ware Community Center Inc | $75 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 51 recipients with no EIN on record ($23k), not named here.
About Swanson Foundation
- How much does Swanson Foundation give?
- Swanson Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $2,600 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 59 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does Swanson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2022, its largest causes are Education (56%), Religion (25%), Philanthropy (4%).
- Who are Swanson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2022: Liberty Temple Senior Project ($1k), Russell Street Baptist Church ($500), New Bride Baptist Church ($500).
- Does Swanson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Swanson 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.
- Where is Swanson Foundation based?
- Swanson Foundation is based in MI.
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