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Swieca Children Foundation at a glance

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Swieca Children 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.

$4.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$4.6M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$23MReligion$424kInternational$113kHealth$98kPhilanthropy$65kArts & Culture$37kHuman Services$29kRecreation & Sports$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k18 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
  • $250k+1 grant · $4.6M
$500
Median grant
3
States reached
$78M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE SWIECA CF PHILANTHROPIC FUND AT FIDELITY CHARITABLE DONOR ADVISED FUND$4,625,397
IRA SOHN CONFERENCE FOUNDATION$15,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF OHR HATALMUD$5,700
Individual grant recipient$1,978
MEOR$1,854
GO FUND ME$1,825
Individual grant recipient$1,800
LONG BEACH VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT$1,800
GIVEBUTTER$742
PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC$500
Individual grant recipient$450
MOUNT MORIAH CEMETRY OF NEW JERSEY$300
Individual grant recipient$260
Individual grant recipient$255
CIJE$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 (FY17–23, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%QUEENS JEWISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL: $3k → 13%DAVIS MEMORIAL FUND: $200 → 6%ACHIEZER: $104 → 6%DAVIS MEMORIAL FUND: $100 → 6%ACHIEZER: $2k → 6%MOISE SAFRA CENTER: $5k → 17%MOISE SAFRA CENTER: $4k → 17%LAARETZ: $4k → 20%MOISE SAFRA CENTER: $171 → 17%BELEV ECHAD: $2k → 17%BELEV ECHAD: $95 → 17%JEWISH LATIN CENTER: $6k → 17%JEWISH LATIN CENTER: $2k → 17%JEWISH LATIN CENTER: $54 → 17%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

IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
MD
DC
TX
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$23M · 125 repeat orgs$491k to everyone else

125 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 110 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

125
232

Total granted

$23M
$489k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+41%

Still filing today

28%
19%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationInternationalReligionPhilanthropyHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
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

  • MI
    MEOR INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $67k · revenue +13%
  • ME
    MENACHEM EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2018–2021 · $28k · revenue +287%
  • UO
    University of Michigan
    2× · 2020–2021 · $20k · revenue +139%

Funded once

  • ST
    SHALOM TORAH CENTERS
    one grant, 2017 · $108k
  • AY
    AM YISRAEL FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $18k · revenue +785%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE IFL INC
    one grant, 2021 · $18k · revenue +20%
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
Sherit Isroel
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2
Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel
Philanthropy
3
University of Judaism Foundation
—
4
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
5
American Friends of Oseh Chayil

To further jewish education in israel

Religion
6
American Friends of Ish El Rayahu

To promote, benefit, and support Jewish religious, charitable & educational activities in Israel and the USA.

Religion
7
Friends of Yeshiva Beer Abraham

Furtherance of jewish education

Religion
8
Zohar Hatorah Inc

Religious School

Religion
9
Tal Hashamayim Foundation
Religion
10
Ohr Meir Ubracha

The organization provides financial assistance to victims of acts of terrorism in the state of israel.

Philanthropy
11
Yad Laniyim
Philanthropy
12
American Friends of Yeshiva Aish Hatorah
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Birthright Israel Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Yam Shlomo Inc. 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

87 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. 87 of the 366 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
26
Early backer (in before they grew)
85/87
Grantees still filing
64/87
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE SWIECA CF PHILANTHROPIC FUND AT VANGUARD CHARITABLE DONOR ADVISED FUND: $14,174,931 · OtherTHE SWIECA CF PHILANTHROPIC FUND AT VANGUARD CHARITABLE DONOR ADVISED FUNDTHE SWIECA CF PHILANTHROPIC FUND AT FIDELITY CHARITABLE DONOR ADVISED FUND: $8,150,312 · OtherTHE SWIECA CF PHILANTHROPIC FUND AT FIDELITY CHARITABLE DONOR ADVISED FUND+162 more: $1,183,621 · OtherMEOR INC: $67,101 · EducationMENACHEM EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $28,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $25,000 · EducationYESHIVA SHAAREI ARAZIM: $7,000 · Education+9 more: $28,806 · EducationBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $54,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $17,500 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $7,200 · InternationalCentral Fund of Israel: $5,000 · International+6 more: $8,990 · InternationalIra Sohn Conference Foundation Inc: $49,325 · HealthAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $10,000 · HealthUpper East Side Hatzolah Inc: $3,600 · HealthFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $50,000 · Community ImprovementAM YISRAEL FOUNDATION INC: $18,000 · ReligionPARTNERS IN TORAH: $14,400 · Religion+2 more: $2,080 · ReligionROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $12,500 · PhilanthropyPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $12,500 · PhilanthropyYaldei Shluchei Harebbe Special Needs Organization: $4,320 · PhilanthropyPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $2,300 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $1,123 · Philanthropy
Other$23,508,864Education$155,907International$92,690Health$62,925Community Improvement$50,000Religion$34,480Philanthropy$32,743

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetMEOR INC: $67,101 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $54,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIra Sohn Conference Foundation Inc: $49,325 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetMENACHEM EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $28,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $20,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetAM YISRAEL FOUNDATION INC: $18,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE IFL INC: $18,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOUR PLACE INC: $15,413 over 3y, 31% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC: $9,076 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMOISE SAFRA COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $8,391 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetALGEMEINER INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH LATIN CENTER INC: $7,419 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $7,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYESHIVA SHAAREI ARAZIM: $7,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARI FULD PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHERITAGE RETREATS INC: $4,400 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetYaldei Shluchei Harebbe Special Needs Organization: $4,320 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $4,061 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLA-ARETZ: $3,960 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHATZALAH OF THE ROCKAWAYS & NASSAU COUNTY INC: $3,808 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Frisch School: $3,706 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR INITIATIVES IN JEWISH EDUCATION: $3,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Next Generation INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNassau County Police Department Foundation Inc: $3,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Louis D Brandeis Center Inc: $3,600 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUpper East Side Hatzolah Inc: $3,600 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDARCHEI NOAM INC: $3,600 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTOURO UNIVERSITY: $3,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOMCHEI SHABBOS-YAD YESHAYA INC: $2,992 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGATESTONE INSTITUTE: $2,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BROWNSTONE EXPERIENCE FOUNDATIO: $2,600 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetEDUCATION REFORM NOW INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQUEENS JEWISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $2,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUrban Arts Partnership: $1,940 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetACHIEZER COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $1,904 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBELEV ECHAD INC: $1,895 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NISHMAT INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $1,800 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.

  • Who funds MEOR INC ↗
  • Who funds BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds Ira Sohn Conference Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds MENACHEM EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds AM YISRAEL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE IFL INC ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds OUR PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN TORAH ↗
  • Who funds ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Jewish Communal FundThe Ojc FundThe Slomo and Cindy S…Alyad Foundation IncCross River Community…Spodek Family Foundat…FjcThe Frieman FoundationThe Jmg FoundationThe Setton FoundationThe Goldman Sachs Cha…Jewish Community Foun…
Jewish Communal FundNY51.2× affinity60 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Ojc Fund · The Slomo and Cindy Silvian Foundation Inc · Alyad Foundation Inc · Cross River Community Foundation · Spodek Family Foundation · Fjc · The Frieman Foundation · The Jmg Foundation · The Setton Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • The Frisch School: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 Swieca Children Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Swieca Children 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 366 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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