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Swift Wings Foundation at a glance

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Swift Wings Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$144k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$109k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$1.0MPublic Benefit$250kEducation$50kPhilanthropy$45kArts & Culture$23kFood & Nutrition$20kInternational$18kReligion$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $109k
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EARTH DAY NETWORK$109,090
DRYLANDS AGROECOLOGY RESEARCH$25,000
FRONTLINE FARMING GREENHOUSE$10,000
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 (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 92% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%DEPLOY US INC: $50k → 16%SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $15k → 10%THE REGENERATION PROJECT: $5k → 10%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $10k → 17%SOUTHWEST VOTER REGIATRATION EDUCATION PROJECT: $100k → 16%EARTH DAY NETWORK: $109k → 14%AT THE TABLE COLORADO: $20k → 3%FRONTLINE FARMING GREENHOUSE: $10k → 10%IDANHA FILMS: $5k → 12%MEDIATORS FOUNDATION: $18k → 12%EARTHJUSTICE: $15k → 12%IDANHA FILMS: $18k → 15%EVANGELICALS FOR DEMOCRACY: $50k → 6%GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $25k → 6%DEPLOY US INC: $25k → 16%SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $15k → 10%INTERFAITH POWER & LIGHTTHE REGENERATION PROJECT: $5k → 10%EARTH DAY NETWORK: $109k → 14%FRONTLINE FARMING GREENHOUSE: $10k → 10%GENERATION EXCHANGE: $5k → 12%THE ALLIANCE CENTER: $5k → 12%GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $25k → 6%EARTH DAY NETWORK: $109k → 14%FRONTLINE FARMING GREENHOUSE: $10k → 10%DRYLANDS AGROECOLOGY RESEARCH: $25k → 12%EARTH DAY NETWORK: $109k → 14%EARTH DAY NETWORK: $109k → 14%EARTH DAY NETWORK: $109k → 14%EARTH DAY NETWORK: $100k → 14%EARTH DAY NETWORK: $100k → 14%EARTH DAY NETWORK: $89k → 14%AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST: $25k → 14%AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST: $25k → 14%RACHEL'S NETWORK: $25k → 14%RACHELS NETWORKENCOURAGE TOUR: $20k → 14%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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 8 repeat orgs$253k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
11

Total granted

$1.4M
$228k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+16%

Still filing today

75%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentEducationInternationalCivil RightsFood & NutritionPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • DI
    DEPLOYUS INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $75k · revenue ×18
  • AF
    AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST
    2× · 2019–2020 · $50k · revenue +302%
  • GM
    GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $50k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • SV
    Southwest Voter Registration Education Project Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue 0%
  • RN
    RACHEL'S NETWORK INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +5%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
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
Fresh Energy

Shape and drive bold policy solutions to achieve equitable carbon-neutral economies.

Environment
2
Third Way

To research and develop centrist policy ideas.

Civil Rights
3
Advocates for Climate Innovation
Philanthropy
4
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
5
Ceres Inc

Ceres is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more just, and resilient world. through education and research, we make the business case for action on the most pressing sustainability…

Environment
6
The Alliance for Just Deliberation On Solar Geoengineering Inc

The alliance for just deliberation on solar geoengineering (dsg) is a charitable, scientific and educational organization dedicated to building just and inclusive deliberation about research and potential use of solar geoengineering. solar…

Environment
7
Rainforest Action Network

Rainforest Action Network (RAN) works toward a world where the rights and dignity of all communities are respected and where healthy forests, a stable climate and wild biodiversity are protected and celebrated.

Environment
8
Environment Now
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9
The Ohio Environmental Council

To protect the environment and health of all ohio communities through legal and policy advocacy, decision-maker accountability, and civic engagement.

Environment
10
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
11
Environmental Defense Action Fund

To advocate for legislation and policies that protect the environment.

Environment
12
Clean Economy Fund

Cleanecon works to advance economic growth, shared prosperity, and a safe climate through groundbreaking policy change. policy and regulatory frameworks must change to accelerate building, innovating, and investing in clean technologies.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mediators Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Southwest Voter Registration Education Project 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

12 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. 12 of the 20 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
7/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EARTH DAY NETWORK INC: $943,630 · EnvironmentEARTH DAY NETWORK INCDEPLOYUS INC: $75,000 · EnvironmentDEPLOYUS INC+3 more: $45,000 · EnvironmentEvangelicals for Democracy: $150,000 · EducationEvangelicals f…GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · EducationGEORGE MASON U…FRONTLINE FARMING GREENHOUSE: $30,000 · OtherFRONTLINE …DRYLANDS AGROECOLOGY RESEARCH: $25,000 · OtherDRYLANDS A…IDANHA FILMS INC: $23,017 · OtherIDANHA FIL…Individual grant recipient: $20,288 · OtherIndividual…AT THE TABLE COLORADO: $20,000 · OtherAT THE TAB…EARTHJUSTICE: $15,000 · OtherEARTHJUSTI…THE REGENERATION PROJECT: $5,000 · OtherINTERFAITH POWER & LIGHTTHE REGENERATION PROJECT: $5,000 · Other+1 more: $4,792 · OtherSouthwest Voter Registration Education Project Inc: $100,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST: $50,000 · Food & NutritionRACHEL'S NETWORK INC: $25,000 · Public Safety & DisasterMEDIATORS FOUNDATION INC: $18,200 · International
Environment$1,063,630Education$200,000Other$148,097Civil Rights$100,000Food & Nutrition$50,000Public Safety & Disaster$25,000International$18,200

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 budgetEARTH DAY NETWORK INC: $943,630 over 9y, 3.3% of budgetEvangelicals for Democracy: $150,000 over 2y, 40% of budgetSouthwest Voter Registration Education Project Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetDEPLOYUS INC: $75,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetAMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRACHEL'S NETWORK INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMEDIATORS FOUNDATION INC: $18,200 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE REGENERATION PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Alliance For Collective Action: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

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.

ImpactassetsincSteiner King Foundati…The William & Flora H…The Denver FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
ImpactassetsincMD14.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Impactassetsinc · Steiner King Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report 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.

    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 20 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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