New York · Public charity
The American-Scandinavian Foundation
The American-Scandinavian Foundation is a publicly-supported not-for-profit organization committed to promoting educational, cultural and professional exchange between the united states and the nordic countries (denmark, finland, iceland, norway and sweden). Asf offers fellowships, cultural grants, training/internships, publications,…
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 53%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $286k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,289
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $55M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 53% of the organizations The American-Scandinavian Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $113k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $286k | 62% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $489k | 53% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $296k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $231k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $61k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $190k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $224k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $122k | 40% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Nations International School | $947,390 | 8 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Opera Association Inc | $100,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Finlandia University | $84,675 | 2 | 0% |
| Haystack Mountain School of Crafts | $59,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The Cedar Cultural Center Inc | $55,210 | 3 | 3% |
| The Danish Immigrant Museum | $52,860 | 3 | 1% |
| North House Folk School | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Buxton in Bloom | $44,900 | 1 | 55% |
| Great River School Foundation | $39,400 | 1 | 15% |
| Sons of Norway | $39,225 | 1 | n/a |
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Where it is load-bearing
The American-Scandinavian Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 32 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Margaret a Cargill Foundation · The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation · Arts Midwest Incorporated · Ibm International Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Aetna Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About The American-Scandinavian Foundation
- How much does The American-Scandinavian Foundation give?
- The American-Scandinavian Foundation reported 13 itemized grants totaling $286,039, out of $1,693,294 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The American-Scandinavian Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (58%), Arts & Culture (39%), Health (2%).
- Who are The American-Scandinavian Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Nations International School ($947k), Metropolitan Opera Association Inc ($100k), Finlandia University ($85k).
- Does The American-Scandinavian Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The American-Scandinavian Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Margaret a Cargill Foundation, The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation, Arts Midwest Incorporated.
- Where is The American-Scandinavian Foundation based?
- The American-Scandinavian Foundation is based in NY.
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