· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k11 grants · $38k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $40k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AACA MUSEUM INC | $15,000 |
| FRIENDS OF CAMP SECURITY | $15,000 |
| EASTERN MUSEUM OF MOTOR RACING | $10,000 |
| RAVENS RIDGE WILDLIFE CENTER | $5,000 |
| YORK COUNTY FOOD BANK | $5,000 |
| MARYLAND MUSTANG MISSION | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| FARM AND NATURAL LANDS TRUST | $4,000 |
| JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WISCONSIN | $3,000 |
| AT CHILDREN'S PROJECT | $3,000 |
| MICHAEL J FOX PARKINSON S FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| LIFEPATH CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES | $2,500 |
| DANNY AND RONS RESCUE | $1,500 |
| CATHOLIC HARVEST FOOD PANTRY | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PNPENNSYLVANIA NAT'L HORSE SHOW FOUNDATION3× · 2017–2021 · $31k · revenue ×43
- ATAtaxia Telangiectasia Children's Project Inc6× · 2020–2025 · $27k · revenue +24%
- DRDANNY & RONS RESCUE5× · 2021–2025 · $22k · revenue +24%
Funded once
- PPCADVone grant, 2023 · $5k
THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +28%- THTHE HORN FARM CENTERone grant, 2021 · $5k
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.
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.
See schedule ouniversity corporation for atmospheric research (ucar), on behalf of, and in cooperation with its member university members, is engaged in the management of long-term atmospheric and related research and educational…
The wildlife society's mission is to inspire, empower, and enable wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation.
To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.
Preserving and enhancing the habitat of wildlife, such as sandhill cranes, waterfowl, raptors, which habitat expenses are supported by agricultural activities.
To engage people in the wonders of the living world through personal encounters with animals, fostering empathy and lifelong support for conservation of wildlife and wild places.
Dutchess land conservancy (dlc) is dedicated to preserving the scenic, agricultural and environmental resources of dutchess county, new york, and the surrounding area. dlc, as a private non-profit land conservation organization, carries…
Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.
To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.
The mission of the akc canine health foundation, inc. is to fund, advance, and communicate canine health research and science through knowledge and discovery.
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…
Wetlands america trust, inc. is a nonprofit organization formed in 1985 to expand ducks unlimited, inc's mission to provide leadership in the protection of the natural balance of wetlands ecosystems ensuring the future viability of…
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 31 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds AACA MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds PENNSYLVANIA NAT'L HORSE SHOW FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Ataxia Telangiectasia Children's Project Inc ↗
- Who funds DANNY & RONS RESCUE ↗
- Who funds MARYLAND HORSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CITY RANCH INC ↗
- Who funds RAVEN RIDGE WILDLIFE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds YORK COUNTY FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WEST SHORE WILDLIFE CENTER ↗
- Who funds BOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds DIG DEEP ↗
- Who funds Natural Lands Trust Inc ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WISCONSIN INC ↗
- Who funds WELLSPRING OF LIFE FARM INC ↗
- Who funds YORK UNION RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds Massachusetts Institute of Technology ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Swenson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Swenson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
How this is measured
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