Massachusetts · Private foundation
Swartz Foundation
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.
- $735k
- Granted FY2022
- 13
- Grants FY2022
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
78% of Swartz Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 7 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Swartz Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $735k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $278,507
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 30
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 3
- Total assets, FY2022
- $221M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 9% of the organizations Swartz Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 11 | $631k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $4.0M | 22% |
| FY2020 | 30 | $5.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Friends of Maoz-Seal Inc | $5,209,000 | 3 | 38% |
| American Friends of Latet Humanitarian Aid Inc | $1,830,000 | 2 | 40% |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | $1,450,000 | 1 | 2% |
| American Friends of Leket Israel Inc | $721,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Ogen Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Yeshivath Beth Yehudah | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Hachshara-Moshava of Ny Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Moishe House | $64,273 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 39 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Swartz Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Jack Chester Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Swartz Foundation
- How much does Swartz Foundation give?
- Swartz Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $734,507 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 30 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does Swartz Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (50%), Philanthropy (29%), Health (10%).
- Who are Swartz Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: American Friends of Maoz-Seal Inc ($5.2M), American Friends of Latet Humanitarian Aid Inc ($1.8M), American Israel Education Foundation Inc ($1.4M).
- Does Swartz Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Swartz 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 Swartz Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc, Jewish Communal Fund, Jack Chester Foundation.
- Where is Swartz Foundation based?
- Swartz Foundation is based in MA.
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