Maryland · Private foundation
Swenson 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.
- $78k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Swenson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 14 | $78k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $75k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $70k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $70k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $81k | 45% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $63k | 86% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $19k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $9k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaca Museum Inc | $95,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Friends of Camp Security | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania Nat'L Horse Show Foundation | $30,750 | 3 | 10% |
| Ataxia Telangiectasia Children's Project Inc | $27,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Danny & Rons Rescue | $21,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Maryland Horse Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| City Ranch Inc | $13,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Maryland Mustang Mission Inc | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Raven Ridge Wildlife Center Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 3% |
| York County Food Bank | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaca Museum Inc | $95,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Friends of Camp Security | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania Nat'L Horse Show Foundation | $30,750 | 3 | 10% |
| Ataxia Telangiectasia Children's Project Inc | $27,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Danny & Rons Rescue | $21,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Maryland Horse Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| City Ranch Inc | $13,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Maryland Mustang Mission Inc | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Raven Ridge Wildlife Center Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 3% |
| York County Food Bank | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| West Shore Wildlife Center | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bob Woodruff Family Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dig Deep | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Natural Lands Trust Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Junior Achievement of Wisconsin Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wellspring of Life Farm Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 3% |
| York Union Rescue Mission Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($178k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Swenson 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: Kinsley Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Swenson Family Foundation
- How much does Swenson Family Foundation give?
- Swenson Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $78,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Swenson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (39%), Animals (14%), Education (11%).
- Who are Swenson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Aaca Museum Inc ($95k), Friends of Camp Security ($40k), Pennsylvania Nat'L Horse Show Foundation ($31k).
- Does Swenson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Swenson 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 Swenson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kinsley Foundation, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, Network for Good.
- Where is Swenson Family Foundation based?
- Swenson Family Foundation is based in MD.
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