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The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.3M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
125
Grants FY2025
138
Organizations funded FY2024
33%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$12,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
93 to 138
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
14
Total assets, FY2025
$2.4M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $771k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving124$2.2M27%
FY2024138$2.8M33%
FY2023137$2.7M42%
FY2022114$2.4M46%
FY202193$3.1M33%
FY2020110$3.7M43%
FY201996$2.3M25%
FY2018111$2.5M49%
92% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$16MEducation$4.0MInternational$1.1MReligion$516kEnvironment$250kScience & Tech$213kRecreation & Sports$195kHuman Services$60kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The American-Scandinavian Foundation$891,00093%
National Nordic Museum$808,447719%
The American Swedish Institute$340,00062%
Swedish American Museum Association of Chicago$280,00075%
Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc$220,00040%
Church of Sweden San Francisco$210,0008n/a
Bethany College$190,00050%
San Francisco Symphony$185,00070%
Augustana College$130,00050%
Bishop Hill Heritage Association$128,50085%
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All grantees of The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The American-Scandinavian Foundation$891,00093%
National Nordic Museum$808,447719%
The American Swedish Institute$340,00062%
Swedish American Museum Association of Chicago$280,00075%
Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc$220,00040%
Church of Sweden San Francisco$210,0008n/a
Bethany College$190,00050%
San Francisco Symphony$185,00070%
Augustana College$130,00050%
Bishop Hill Heritage Association$128,50085%
Sacred & Profane Chamber Chorus$121,000934%
Concordia College Corporation$120,00050%
San Francisco Performances Inc$101,00043%
San Francisco Ballet Association$100,00010%
Headlands Center for the Arts$100,00071%
Portland State University Foundation$88,00060%
The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc$80,00040%
The Silent Film Festival$80,00053%
New York Scandia Symphony$76,000725%
City Parks Foundation Inc$74,00080%
The Carnegie Hall Corporation$70,00050%
California Lutheran University$69,50070%
Kronos Performing Arts Association$55,00031%
California Film Institute$51,00060%
Friends of House of Sweden$50,000314%
Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio Inc$50,00019%
Dag Hammarskjold Fund for Journalists Inc$49,500817%
Jewish Film Institute$41,50041%
Scandinavian School in San Francisco$40,00013%
Tate Americas Foundation$40,00030%
Joyce Theater Foundation Inc$40,00030%
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art$40,00010%
Church of Sweden Los Angeles$40,0004n/a
Prison University Project Inc Dba Mount Tamalpais College$37,00030%
Lindsborg Old Mill and Swedish Heritage Museum Inc$35,00023%
Princeton and Park Avenue Chamber Music Foundation$30,0003n/a
The Cedar Cultural Center Inc$29,50061%
Frameline Inc$28,30060%
St Olavs Church Inc$27,5004n/a
University of Washington$27,2392n/a
Foundation for the Future of Literature and Literacy dba Bay Area Book Festival$25,50031%
Birger Sandzen Memorial Foundation$25,00013%
World Learning Inc$25,00010%
Minnesota Orchestral Association$25,0001n/a
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players$20,00013%
The Joffrey Ballet$20,00010%
Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Na$20,00021%
Scandinavian American Theater Company Inc$16,000313%
Scandinavian American Cultural & Historical Foundation$16,000610%
The Litquake Foundation$15,70041%
Axis Inc$15,5004n/a
Forum Theatre Inc$15,00015%
Bay Area Rainbow Symphony$15,00044%
San Francisco Chanticleer Inc$15,00010%
Unique Projects Inc$15,00012%
The Phillips Collection$15,00010%
The Contemporary Austin Museum Inc$15,00020%
The Contemporary Jewish Museum$12,50010%
Vocalessence$12,50020%
Worcester State Foundation Inc$12,00010%
Theater Resources Unlimited Inc$12,00015%
American Scandinavian Foundation of Los Angeles$12,0002n/a
Poetry Flash$11,50042%
Northwest Edvard Grieg Society$11,00023%
The Performance Zone Inc$10,00010%
LandPaths$10,00010%
Swiss Institute$10,00010%
Voces8 Foundation USA$10,00014%
Roger Tory Peterson Institute Found$10,00016%
The University of Georgia Foundation$10,00010%
American Conservatory Theatre Foundation$10,00010%
Thanks to Scandinavia Inc$10,00015%
Film Forum Inc$10,00010%
The Contemporary Arts Center$9,00010%
North House Folk School$7,00010%
Colorado Public Television$7,00010%
Museum of Northern Arizona Inc$6,00010%
Oregon Coast Childrens Theatre$6,00014%
One Longfellow Square$5,50021%
San Francisco International Arts Festival Inc$5,00012%
Montalvo Association$5,00010%
Swedish America Heritage Online$5,0001n/a
Other Minds$5,00011%
Houston International Dance Coalition$5,00011%
Shotgun Players$5,00010%
Intersection for the Arts$5,00010%
Voena$4,00011%
Battery Park City Parks Conservancy Corporation$4,00010%
Swedish American Historical Society$4,00018%
Swedish Roots in Oregon$3,0001n/a
Ojai Festivals Ltd$2,50010%
Dance Film SF Inc$2,50010%
Fractured Atlas Inc$1,50010%
Voci Womens Vocal Ensemble$1,2001n/a
San Francisco Film Society$1,00010%
Susquehanna Folk Music Society Inc$1,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 374 recipients with no EIN on record ($19M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 84 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe American-Scandinavian Foundation: $891,000 over 9y, 3.1% of budgetNational Nordic Museum: $808,447 over 7y, 19% of budgetThe American Swedish Institute: $340,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetSwedish American Museum Association of Chicago: $280,000 over 7y, 4.7% of budgetBrooklyn Academy of Music Inc: $220,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBethany College: $190,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSan Francisco Symphony: $185,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAugustana College: $130,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBishop Hill Heritage Association: $128,500 over 8y, 5.3% of budgetSacred & Profane Chamber Chorus: $121,000 over 9y, 34% of budgetConcordia College Corporation: $120,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Performances Inc: $101,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetSan Francisco Ballet Association: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHeadlands Center for the Arts: $100,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetPortland State University Foundation: $88,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Silent Film Festival: $80,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetNew York Scandia Symphony: $76,000 over 7y, 25% of budgetCity Parks Foundation Inc: $74,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Carnegie Hall Corporation: $70,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Lutheran University: $69,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetKronos Performing Arts Association: $55,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCalifornia Film Institute: $51,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of House of Sweden: $50,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetMargaret Jenkins Dance Studio Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetDag Hammarskjold Fund for Journalists Inc: $49,500 over 8y, 17% of budgetJewish Film Institute: $41,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetScandinavian School in San Francisco: $40,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetTate Americas Foundation: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJoyce Theater Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPrison University Project Inc Dba Mount Tamalpais College: $37,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetLindsborg Old Mill and Swedish Heritage Museum Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetThe Cedar Cultural Center Inc: $29,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetFrameline Inc: $28,300 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetFoundation for the Future of Literature and Literacy dba Bay Area Book Festival: $25,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBirger Sandzen Memorial Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetWorld Learning Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Contemporary Music Players: $20,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetThe Joffrey Ballet: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRoger Tory Peterson Institute of Na: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetScandinavian American Theater Company Inc: $16,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetScandinavian American Cultural & Historical Foundation: $16,000 over 6y, 9.8% of budgetThe Litquake Foundation: $15,700 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetForum Theatre Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetBay Area Rainbow Symphony: $15,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetSan Francisco Chanticleer Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUnique Projects Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 84.

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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.

The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationCA27.5× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The Bernard Osher Foundation · Phyllis C Wattis Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Fleishhacker Foundation · The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Norway House Foundation co Royal Norwegian Consulate General

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.

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About The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation

How much does The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation give?
The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation reported 125 grants totaling $2,252,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 93 and 138 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (66%), Education (16%), International (4%).
Who are The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The American-Scandinavian Foundation ($891k), National Nordic Museum ($808k), The American Swedish Institute ($340k).
Does The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, The Bernard Osher Foundation.
Where is The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation based?
The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation is based in CA.

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 471 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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