California · Private foundation
Swenson 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.
- $10k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,363
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,363
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $42k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations Swenson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 74% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $76k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $3k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $115k | 88% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $2k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Charter School Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 2% |
| San Jose Museum of Art Association | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Magical Bridge Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Pacific Clinics | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Foundation for Hispanic Education | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mbolden Change | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Rainbow Gold Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cancer Carepoint Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($61k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Swenson 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: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation · The Sobrato Family Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Swenson Foundation
- How much does Swenson Foundation give?
- Swenson Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $10,363 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Swenson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (25%), Health (17%), Public Safety & Disaster (12%).
- Who are Swenson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Ace Charter School Foundation Inc ($40k), San Jose Museum of Art Association ($25k), Magical Bridge Foundation ($25k).
- Does Swenson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Swenson 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 Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation, The Sobrato Family Foundation.
- Where is Swenson Foundation based?
- Swenson Foundation is based in CA.
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