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Swimming With a Mission Inc

To help and honor veterans

$1.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$750k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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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.

Arts & Culture$4.8MHuman Services$3.0MAnimals$1.6MHousing & Shelter$636kRecreation & Sports$553kEducation$302kHealth$257kPhilanthropy$200kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k11 grants · $280k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $679k
  • $250k+1 grant · $750k
$40,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NAVY SEAL MUSEUM$750,000
OPERATION DELTA DOG$186,500
CAMP RESILIENCE$185,000
NORTHEAST PASSAGE$102,000
HERO PUPS$80,000
CURRIER MUSEUM OF ART$75,000
VETERANS COUNT$50,000
EQUINE IMMERSION PROJECT$45,000
HARBOR HOMES INC$40,000
LIBERTY HOUSE$40,000
MET FOUNDATION INC$40,000
AT LIBERTY CONNECTIONS$25,000
HIDDEN BATTLES$25,000
WARRIOR HEALTH FOUNDATION$25,000
AZIMUTH CHECK FOUNDATION$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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $2.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 8% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CLEAR PATH: $47k → 11%THE MET FOUNDATION: $60k → 14%PARARESCUE FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%EASTER SEALS: $1.1M → 7%AZIMUTH CHECK FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%THE MET FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%VETERANS COUNT: $100k → 7%AZIMUTH CHECK FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%VETERANS COUNT: $80k → 7%THE BRIDGE HOUSE: $26k → 10%VETERANS COUNT: $70k → 7%THE BRIDGE HOUSE INC: $15k → 10%VETERANS COUNT: $50k → 7%VETERANS COUNT: $50k → 7%VETERANS COUNT: $50k → 7%VETERANS COUNT: $50k → 7%CATHOLIC CHARITIES NEW HAMPSHIRE: $1.1M → 7%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

ME
NH
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
CT
CO
VA
NC
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$10M · 26 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +69% since the first grant, against +45% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
17

Total granted

$10M
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+69%
+45%

Still filing today

81%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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
Human ServicesPublic BenefitHealthArts & CultureAnimalsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • US
    UDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $3.8M · revenue +219%
  • ES
    Easter Seals New Hampshire Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +76%
  • OD
    OPERATION DELTA DOG INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $842k · revenue +226% · 27% of their budget

Funded once

  • NH
    New Hampshire Catholic Charities
    one grant, 2020 · $1.1M · revenue +14%
  • AA
    ANNIE'S ANGELS MEMORIAL FUND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +61%
  • CP
    CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $47k · revenue +47%
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
Homes for Heroes Foundation
Housing & Shelter
2
The Veterans and First Responders
Human Services
3
Hookin Veterans
Public Benefit
4
Warfighter Scuba

To provide scuba instruction for veterans with ptsd. the weightlessness of scuba provides a peaceful respite from the pressures and trauma of military service. scuba for amputees provides a freedom of movement not experienced for years…

Public Benefit
5
Hope4vets
Housing & Shelter
6
No Fallen Heroes Foundation Inc

Provide awareness of and support for mental health issues faced by combat veterans

Public Benefit
7
American Heroes Foundation

Raises funds and provides support to military veteran and first responder organizations, focusing on their physical, mental, and emotional well-being

Human Services
8
Wounded War Heroes

Wounded War Heroes was founded to show our appreciation to the men and women who have been wounded or injured as a result of serving our country, by providing them therapeutic outdoor experiences upon their return home from fighting for…

Public Benefit
9
Warfighter Outfitters

Warfighter Outfitters believe in the healing power of the outdoors. Since 2014, we have provided free fishing, hunting, and engagement trips to disabled veterans. On the water or in the woods, these veteran-only trips help service men and…

—
10
For Veterans Sake Foundation

For veteran's sake foundation is here to provide an alternative solution to dealing with pts (post traumatic stress). we use a combination of a (non-therapeutic) neuro-traumatic resourcing, service dogs and consulting. working with the…

Health
11
Homes Fit for Heroes Inc
Health
12
Support Our Soldiers

Provide financial support for veterans.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Homeland Heroes Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Met Foundation 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

39 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 39 of the 46 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.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/39
Grantees still filing
25/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC: $3,768,155 · OtherUDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INCCurrier Gallery of Art: $962,240 · OtherCurrier Gallery of ArtUNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: $252,000 · Other+17 more: $599,136 · Other+17 moreEaster Seals New Hampshire Inc: $1,510,275 · Human ServicesEaster Seals New Hampshire I…New Hampshire Catholic Charities: $1,060,000 · Human ServicesNew Hampshire Catholic Chari…THE MICHAEL E THORNTON FOUNDATION: $110,000 · Human Services+6 more: $222,581 · Human Services+6 moreOPERATION DELTA DOG INC: $841,500 · AnimalsOPERATION DEL…HERO PUPS INC: $551,353 · AnimalsHERO PUPS INCPATRIOT RESILIENT LEADER INSTITUTE: $514,770 · Public BenefitTHE HOMELAND HEROES FOUNDATION: $91,000 · Public BenefitTRAVIS MILLS FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Public BenefitCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $59,000 · Public BenefitELITE MEET INC: $35,000 · Public Benefit+1 more: $10,000 · Public BenefitHarbor Homes Inc: $500,000 · Housing & ShelterANNIE'S ANGELS MEMORIAL FUND INC: $100,000 · HealthAt Liberty Connections: $50,000 · HealthHouse in the Woods Inc: $42,000 · HealthWARRIOR HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · HealthFISHER HOUSE OF BOSTON INC: $15,000 · HealthGreater Lowell Community Foundation Inc: $105,000 · PhilanthropyMET FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · PhilanthropySEAL FUTURE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Philanthropy
Other$5,581,531Human Services$2,902,856Animals$1,392,853Public Benefit$784,770Housing & Shelter$500,000Health$247,000Philanthropy$160,000

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 budgetUDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC: $3,768,155 over 8y, 13% of budgetEaster Seals New Hampshire Inc: $1,510,275 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetNew Hampshire Catholic Charities: $1,060,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCurrier Gallery of Art: $962,240 over 4y, 8.9% of budgetOPERATION DELTA DOG INC: $841,500 over 5y, 27% of budgetHERO PUPS INC: $551,353 over 5y, 67% of budgetPATRIOT RESILIENT LEADER INSTITUTE: $514,770 over 5y, 46% of budgetHarbor Homes Inc: $500,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetTHE MICHAEL E THORNTON FOUNDATION: $110,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetGreater Lowell Community Foundation Inc: $105,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetANNIE'S ANGELS MEMORIAL FUND INC: $100,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetTHE HOMELAND HEROES FOUNDATION: $91,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetVOUCHERS FOR VETERANS: $85,000 over 6y, 25% of budgetTRAVIS MILLS FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $59,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAt Liberty Connections: $50,000 over 2y, 82% of budgetChildren of Fallen Patriots Foundation: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS INC: $46,531 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHouse in the Woods Inc: $42,000 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetThe Bridge House Inc: $41,050 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetMET FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetWARRIOR HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetELITE MEET INC: $35,000 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetCREATIVETS: $30,136 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetNATIONAL COAST GUARD MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetVETFLIX: $25,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetSWP INC dba SHADOW WARRIORS: $20,000 over 1y, 43% of budgetAZIMUTH CHECK FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 8.4% of budgetFISHER HOUSE OF BOSTON INC: $15,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetSEAL FUTURE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetELDERHEART INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPARARESCUE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetWar Paints Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetHONOR FLIGHT NEW ENGLAND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetPORTSMOUTH LODGE OF ELKS 97: $8,000 over 1y, 1.4% 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.

New Hampshire Charita…Robert Irvine Foundat…Cogswell Benevolent T…Great NH Restaurants …Arthur Jr Dobles & Ol…Bangor Savings Bank F…Eastern Bank Foundati…Tc Energy FoundationLincoln Financial Fou…ES Veterans Associati…Disabled Veterans Nat…Fidelity Foundation
New Hampshire Charitable FoundationNH21.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Robert Irvine Foundation Inc · Cogswell Benevolent Trust · Great NH Restaurants Charitable Trust · Arthur Jr Dobles & Olive G Dobles Crut · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Tc Energy Foundation · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · ES Veterans Association Inc · Disabled Veterans National Foundation · Fidelity 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 Swimming With a Mission Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Swimming With a Mission Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 18%
  • Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc: 18% of income from government
  • National Coast Guard Museum Association Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
3report 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.
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How do I get to Swimming With a Mission Inc?

Find your warmest path to Swimming With a Mission Inc 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 46 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 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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