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Swartz 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.

$50k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$68kHuman Services$47kEducation$43kFood & Nutrition$40kRecreation & Sports$30kPhilanthropy$30kInternational$15kArts & Culture$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$4k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK$5,000
KAT6 FOUNDATION$5,000
ALOHA UNITED WAY INC$5,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC$5,000
HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$5,000
THE BRIGID ALLIANCE$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$3,000
UNH FOUNDATION INC$3,000
PA BREAST CANCER COALITION - CARY MASSA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND$2,500
RYE EDUCATION FOUNDATION$2,000
EMPOWER HER NETWORK INC$2,000
ROCKINGHAM COMMUNITY ACTION$1,600
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERFRIENDS OF ROCHESTER ATHLETICS$1,500
THE MESA FOUNDATION INC$1,200
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI ATHLETICSHURRICANE CLUB$1,200
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $42k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%EMPOWER HER NETWORK INC: $2k → 9%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $3k → 15%EMPOWER HER NETWORK INC: $2k → 9%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $3k → 15%EMPOWER HER NETWORK INC: $2k → 9%EMPOWER HER NETWORK INC: $2k → 9%EMPOWER HER NETWORK INC: $2k → 9%THE BRIGID ALLIANCE: $5k → 17%THE BRIGID ALLIANCE: $5k → 17%THE BRIGID ALLIANCE: $5k → 17%GATHER: $3k → 5%THE BRIGID ALLIANCE: $5k → 17%GATHER: $1k → 5%GATHER: $1k → 5%GATHER: $1k → 5%GATHER: $1k → 5%GATHER: $1k → 5%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
ID
NY
PA
CT
CA
KY
VA
MD
TN
DC
HI
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$217k · 20 repeat orgs$65k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
15

Total granted

$217k
$56k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+24%

Still filing today

75%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyInternationalFood & NutritionOther
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

  • TB
    THE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $20k · revenue +42%
  • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED
    5× · 2021–2025 · $17k · revenue +9%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $15k · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • MF
    MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +11%
  • LP
    LOMA PORTAL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +28%
  • PROJECT SUNSHINE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -10%
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
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
3
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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4
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
5
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
6
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
8
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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9
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
10
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
11
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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12
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of San Diego; the most unlike its peers is University of Miami. 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

29 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. 29 of the 39 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
17/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SDSU AZTEC CLUB - THE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION: $20,550 · OtherSDSU AZTEC CLUB - THE CAMPANILE FOUN…PA BREAST CANCER COALITION - CARY MASSA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $12,500 · OtherPA BREAST CANCER COALITION - CARY MA…UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERFRIENDS OF ROCHESTER ATHLETICS: $6,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERFRIENDS OF RO…MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO: $5,000 · OtherFND HOPE INC: $5,000 · OtherMAKE A WISH: $5,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SAN DIEGO INC: $5,000 · OtherKAT6 FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SAN DIEGO INC: $5,000 · OtherSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $5,000 · OtherRockingham Community Action: $3,600 · OtherCOWASS North America Incorporated: $7,500 · OtherCOWASS North America Incorporated+5 more: $11,600 · Other+5 moreTHE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE BRIGID ALLIAN…EMPOWER HER NETWORK INC DBA EMPOWERED NETWORK: $9,500 · Human ServicesEMPOWER HER NETWO…Gather: $7,500 · Human ServicesGatherBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesBLESSINGS IN A BA…SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE SERVICES INC: $2,400 · Human ServicesST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $15,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $15,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHO…PROJECT SUNSHINE INC: $5,000 · HealthPROJECT SUNSHINE…AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $5,000 · HealthAMYOTROPHIC LATE…CRISIS TEXT LINE INC: $3,000 · HealthCRISIS TEXT LINE…UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $17,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NE…RYE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $14,894 · EducationRYE EDUCATION FO…LOMA PORTAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationLOMA PORTAL FOUN…University of Miami: $3,000 · EducationUniversity of Mi…UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $3,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF RO…ALOHA UNITED WAY INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyALOHA UNITED…HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMU…PENNSYLVANIA BREAST CANCER COALITION: $2,500 · PhilanthropyPENNSYLVANIA…+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $15,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $4,000 · InternationalJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $15,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$96,750Human Services$46,900Health$43,000Education$42,894Philanthropy$33,500International$19,000Food & Nutrition$15,000

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 budgetTHE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $17,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetALOHA UNITED WAY INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRYE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $14,894 over 6y, 35% of budgetEMPOWER HER NETWORK INC DBA EMPOWERED NETWORK: $9,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGather: $7,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCOWASS North America Incorporated: $7,500 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOMA PORTAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetPROJECT SUNSHINE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SAN DIEGO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCRISIS TEXT LINE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA BREAST CANCER COALITION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKITCHENS FOR GOOD: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE SERVICES INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMesa Foundation: $2,400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSoutheast Land Trust of New Hampshire: $1,000 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.

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.

New Hampshire Charita…Sempra FoundationGe Aerospace Foundati…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
New Hampshire Charitable FoundationNH13× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 47%
  • Empower Her Network Inc Dba Empowered Network: 47% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Swartz Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Swartz Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 39 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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