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Swift Illges Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Swift Illges Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$92k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Philanthropy$126kHealth$104kYouth Development$83kReligion$80kEducation$67kFood & Nutrition$44kHuman Services$30kArts & Culture$26kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $36k
$5,200
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF THE CHATTACHOOCHEE VALLEY$16,200
COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$10,000
HIGHLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH$10,000
FEEDING THE VALLEY$8,200
COLUMBUS HOSPICE$6,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF COLUMBUS & PHENIX CITY INC$6,000
VALLEY RESCUE MISSION$5,200
THE SALVATION ARMY$5,200
SAFEHOUSE MINISTRIES$5,000
SPRINGER OPERA HOUSE$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
MERCYMED OF COLUMBUS$5,000
YOUNG LIFE - COLUMBUS$3,000
STEWART COMMUNITY HOME$2,500
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 19%. 1% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 19%YOUNG LIFE - ATLANTA: $5k → 14%NATIONAL INFANTRY FOUNDATION: $6k → 18%JACK O'KELLEY FOUNDATION: $5k → 27%THE WYNN HOUSE: $5k → 18%THE WYNN HOUSE: $5k → 18%FEEDING THE VALLEY: $9k → 18%FEEDING THE VALLEY: $8k → 18%COLUMBUS BOTANICAL GARDENS: $6k → 18%COLUMBUS BOTANICAL GARDENS: $6k → 18%FEEDING THE VALLEY: $6k → 18%COLUMBUS HOSPICE: $6k → 18%FEEDING THE VALLEY: $6k → 18%COLUMBUS HOSPICE: $6k → 18%COLUMBUS HOSPICE: $6k → 18%COLUMBUS HOSPICE: $5k → 18%COLUMBUS HOSPICE: $5k → 18%FEEDING THE VALLEY: $5k → 18%COLUMBUS BOTANICAL GARDENS: $5k → 18%FEEDING THE VALLEY: $5k → 18%FEEDING THE VALLEY: $5k → 18%COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 18%COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $9k → 18%COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 18%COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 18%COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 18%COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 18%MERCYMED OF COLUMBUS: $10k → 18%HIGHLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH: $10k → 18%MERCYMED OF COLUMBUS: $10k → 18%SAFEHOUSE MINISTRIES: $10k → 18%MERCYMED OF COLUMBUS: $10k → 18%MERCYMED OF COLUMBUS: $9k → 18%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF COLUMBUS & PHENIX CITY INC: $6k → 18%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF COLUMBUS & PHENIX CITY INC: $6k → 18%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF COLUMBUS & PHENIX CITY INC: $6k → 18%VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $5k → 18%MERCYMED OF COLUMBUS: $5k → 18%BROOKSTONE SCHOOL: $5k → 18%MERCYMED OF COLUMBUS: $5k → 18%UNITED WAY OF THE CHATTACHOOCHEE VALLEY: $16k → 18%UNITED WAY OF THE CHATTACHOOCHEE VALLEY: $16k → 18%UNITED WAY OF THE CHATTACHOOCHEE VALLEY: $16k → 18%UNITED WAY OF THE CHATTACHOOCHEE VALLEY: $16k → 18%UNITED WAY OF THE CHATTACHOOCHEE VALLEY: $16k → 18%UNITED WAY OF THE CHATTACHOOCHEE VALLEY: $16k → 18%UNITED WAY OF THE CHATTACHOOCHEE VALLEY: $16k → 18%PIEDMONT COLUMBUS REGIONAL FOUNDATION: $9k → 18%THE SALVATION ARMY: $5k → 18%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.
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$585k · 20 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against -5% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
6

Total granted

$585k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
-5%

Still filing today

55%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CulturePhilanthropyHealthFood & NutritionOther
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

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $113k · revenue +64%
  • MO
    MERCYMED OF COLUMBUS INC ATTN TONY NGUYEN
    7× · 2019–2025 · $52k · revenue +114%
  • FT
    Feeding the Valley Inc
    7× · 2019–2025 · $44k · revenue +843%

Funded once

  • NI
    NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATIONINC
    one grant, 2022 · $6k · revenue -5%
  • GM
    GEORGIA MENTAL HEALTH ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • JO
    JACK OKELLEY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $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.

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
Columbus Housing Initiative Inc

Stabilize neighborhoods through establishing financing, education, rehabilitation of existing housing and development of new housing

Housing & Shelter
2
Community Shelter Board

The community shelter board is ending homelessness by creating collaborations, innovating solutions, and investing in quality programs.

—
3
The Columbus Museum Inc

The columbus museum brings american art and history to life for the communities of the chattahoochee valley.

Arts & Culture
4
Columbus Neighborhood Health Center Inc

To serve the central ohio community with affordable, easy to access healthcare services.

Health
5
Chattahoochee Hospice Inc

The organization pledges to provide quality programs, service, and technology to meet the unique physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the terminally ill and their families, and to educate the community about end of life issues.

Human Services
6
Columbus Charities

Receive and provide contributions for charitable and educational activities

—
7
Columbus Regional Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence

To work towards the prevention and elimination of domestic and dating violence.

—
8
Columbus House Inc

Columbus house serves people experiencing homelessness or at imminent risk by providing life-saving outreach, shelter, and housing and by fostering their personal growth and independence. we advocate for and create affordable housing to…

Housing & Shelter
9
Colony Retirement Homes Iii Inc

Colony retirement homes iii is dedicated to providing affordable housing for seniors of low and moderate income.

—
10
Hospice of Southern West Virginia Inc

To serve the needs of individuals suffering from life-limiting illness as well as to serve the individuals caring for them. to place emphasis on comfort and quality of life while fulfilling the physical, psychological, social and spiritual…

—
11
Homes First

To create and maintain safe, healthy, and affordable rental homes for those who need them most.

Youth Development
12
Ross County Historical Society Inc

The Ross County Historical Societys mission is to preserve, educate, and promote the study of the city of Chillicothe, Ross County, and the surrounding region.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Wynn House 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

15 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. 15 of the 27 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
9/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HIGHLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH: $40,000 · OtherHIGHLAND COMMUNITY CHURCHSAFEHOUSE MINISTRIES INC: $40,000 · OtherSAFEHOUSE MINISTRIES INCBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF COLUMBUS & PHENIX CITY INC: $38,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF COLUMBUS & PHENIX CITY INCCOLUMBUS HOSPICE INC: $30,171 · OtherCOLUMBUS HOSPICE INCTHE SALVATION ARMY: $23,200 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYYOUNG LIFE - COLUMBUS: $18,000 · OtherYOUNG LIFE - COLUMBUSPIEDMONT COLUMBUS REGIONAL FOUNDATION: $13,000 · OtherAMOS CANCER CENTER: $12,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherTHE WYNN HOUSE INC: $10,000 · OtherTHE COLUMBUS BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $17,000 · OtherTHE COLUMBUS BOTANICAL GARDENS INCSPRINGER OPERA HOUSE ARTS ASSOCIATIONINC: $10,000 · Other+7 more: $33,874 · Other+7 moreUNITED WAY OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY INC: $113,300 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE CH…Columbus State University Foundation Inc: $39,435 · EducationColumbus Sta…BROOKSTONE SCHOOL INC: $27,500 · EducationBROOKSTONE S…MERCYMED OF COLUMBUS INC ATTN TONY NGUYEN: $51,741 · HealthMERCYMED …Feeding the Valley Inc: $44,200 · Food & NutritionVALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $23,200 · Housing & ShelterRIGHT FROM THE START: $16,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFE: $3,000 · Youth Development
Other$295,245Philanthropy$113,300Education$66,935Health$51,741Food & Nutrition$44,200Housing & Shelter$23,200Youth Development$19,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY INC: $113,300 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMERCYMED OF COLUMBUS INC ATTN TONY NGUYEN: $51,741 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetFeeding the Valley Inc: $44,200 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetColumbus State University Foundation Inc: $39,435 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCOLUMBUS HOSPICE INC: $30,171 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKSTONE SCHOOL INC: $27,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $23,200 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COLUMBUS BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $17,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetRIGHT FROM THE START: $16,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetTHE WYNN HOUSE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSPRINGER OPERA HOUSE ARTS ASSOCIATIONINC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATIONINC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHouse of Heroes Chattahoochee: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STEWART COMMUNITY HOME INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% 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 UNITED WAY OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds MERCYMED OF COLUMBUS INC ATTN TONY NGUYEN ↗
  • Who funds Feeding the Valley Inc ↗
  • Who funds Columbus State University Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS HOSPICE INC ↗
  • Who funds BROOKSTONE SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds THE COLUMBUS BOTANICAL GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds RIGHT FROM THE START ↗
  • Who funds THE WYNN HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds SPRINGER OPERA HOUSE ARTS ASSOCIATIONINC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATIONINC ↗
  • Who funds House of Heroes Chattahoochee ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds THE STEWART COMMUNITY HOME INC ↗

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.

Lockwood Partners Fou…Community Foundation …Bradley-Turner Founda…The Jordan Foundation…Jw & Ethel I Woodruff…John P and Dorothy S …Mildred Miller Fort F…Beloco Foundation IncThe Cms Foundation IncGeorgia Power Foundat…Gb & Ca Saunders Foun…George and Ann Swift …
Lockwood Partners Foundation IncGA34.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lockwood Partners Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc · Bradley-Turner Foundation Inc · The Jordan Foundation Inc · Jw & Ethel I Woodruff Foundation Inc · John P and Dorothy S Illges Foundation Inc · Mildred Miller Fort Foundation Inc · Beloco Foundation Inc · The Cms Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Gb & Ca Saunders Foundation Inc · George and Ann Swift Family Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.

    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 27 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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