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Swope Memorial Loan Fund at a glance

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Swope Memorial Loan Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$41k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Education$200kYouth Development$7kArts & Culture$2k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$7,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$448k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ROLLINS COLLEGE$10,000
SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY$10,000
LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY$7,000
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY$7,000
BOSTON COLLEGE$3,500
MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE$3,000
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 (FY25–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 74% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $7k → 16%MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE: $3k → 16%SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $10k → 21%LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $7k → 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

IL
WI
MI
MA
IA
IN
CO
MO
TN
NC
DC
LA
MS
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$148k · 17 repeat orgs$62k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
16

Total granted

$148k
$34k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+22%

Still filing today

29%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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
EducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • SL
    ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2017–2025 · $28k · revenue +24%
  • WU
    Webster University
    2× · 2020–2022 · $5k · revenue +3%
  • LE
    LINDENWOOD EDUCATION SYSTEM
    2× · 2019–2022 · $5k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
  • HL
    Hannibal LaGrange University
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue -31%
  • CC
    CULVER-STOCKTON COLLEGE
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +2%
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
Marquette University

As a Catholic, Jesuit university our mission is to search for truth, discover shareknowledge, foster personal professional excellence, promote a life of faith and developleadership expressed in service to others. See Schedule O.

Education
2
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
3
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

Education
4
Coker University

Coker university is a student-centered, comprehensive university. it is dedicated to providing every student an academic curriculum based upon a uniformly excellent liberal arts core that enhances the structured development of key personal…

Education
5
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
6
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
7
Augsburg University

Augsburg university educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.the augsburg experience is supported by an engaged community that is committed to intentional diversity in its…

Education
8
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
9
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
10
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
11
Wesleyan University

Wesleyan university is dedicated to providing an education in liberal arts by building a diverse, energetic community of students, faculty, and staff who value independence of mind and generosity of spirit. see additional description in…

Education
12
Augustana University Association

Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Louis University; the most unlike its peers is Burr Oak 4-H Club - Michigan State. 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

16 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. 16 of the 37 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
10/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY: $15,500 · OtherMISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITYMISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE: $12,000 · OtherMISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCEMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $12,000 · OtherMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYTENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY: $11,000 · OtherTENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI -: $9,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI -MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOL: $8,500 · OtherMISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLLAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $7,000 · OtherLAWRENCE UNIVERSITYCENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY: $7,000 · OtherCENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - ST LOUIS: $6,000 · OtherJACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY: $6,000 · OtherBALL STATE UNIVERSITY: $4,500 · Other+10 more: $23,250 · Other+10 moreST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $28,000 · EducationST LOUIS UNIVERSITYROLLINS COLLEGE: $10,000 · EducationROLLINS COLLEGEUniversity of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St Louis: $9,000 · EducationUniversity of Health Sciences and Pharmacy …Webster University: $5,000 · EducationWebster UniversityLINDENWOOD EDUCATION SYSTEM: $4,500 · EducationLINDENWOOD EDUCATION SYSTEMTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $3,500 · EducationCENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY: $3,500 · EducationHannibal LaGrange University: $3,000 · EducationCULVER-STOCKTON COLLEGE: $3,000 · EducationSOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $3,000 · Education+5 more: $8,000 · Education+5 moreBurr Oak 4-H Club - Michigan State: $7,000 · Youth Development
Other$121,750Education$80,500Youth Development$7,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $28,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetROLLINS COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St Louis: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWebster University: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLINDENWOOD EDUCATION SYSTEM: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHannibal LaGrange University: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCULVER-STOCKTON COLLEGE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetXAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOE COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $1,000 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 ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ROLLINS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St Louis ↗
  • Who funds Burr Oak 4-H Club - Michigan State ↗
  • Who funds Webster University ↗
  • Who funds LINDENWOOD EDUCATION SYSTEM ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Hannibal LaGrange University ↗
  • Who funds CULVER-STOCKTON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds COE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗

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.

William Edgar Charita…Tammy Stratman Brown …Tulsa Community Found…George & Hazel Barber…Lord Educational FundMissouri Colleges Fun…Folds of Honor Founda…United Way WorldwideCharities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
William Edgar Charitable FoundationMN15.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: William Edgar Charitable Foundation · Tammy Stratman Brown Charities · Tulsa Community Foundation · George & Hazel Barber Scholarship Trust · Lord Educational Fund · Missouri Colleges Fund Inc · Folds of Honor Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Swope Memorial Loan Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Swope Memorial Loan Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Trustees of Boston College: 2% of income from government
  • Rollins College: 0% of 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 · 0–50%
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 37 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home