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The Daniel J Schwinn Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$14k
Granted FY2023
2
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172023.

Education$310kEnvironment$200kArts & Culture$151kHealth$20kInternational$16kPhilanthropy$13kReligion$10kYouth Development$5kOther$0
02FY2023 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k1 grant · $4k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$660k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION$10,000
THE PARKER FOUNDATION$3,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–20, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CRANBERRY SUNSET FARM: $3k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$704k · 13 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +98% since the first grant, against +28% for the ones you funded once.

13 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2023, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
10

Total granted

$704k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+98%
+28%

Still filing today

46%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TB
    THREE BAYS PRESERVATION INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $150k · revenue +20%
  • CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2019–2023 · $50k · revenue +122%
  • DO
    DAVID ORTIZ CHILDREN'S FUND
    2× · 2018–2021 · $16k · revenue +98%

Funded once

  • CE
    CLUB ESTEEM INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +4%
  • FU
    Fordham Universitygraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +28%
  • SC
    Space Coast Discovery Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +82%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
2
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
3
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
4
The Trustees of Reservations

Overview - founded in boston by pioneering landscape architect and open space visionary charles eliot in 1891, the trustees is the nation's first and the commonwealth's largest conservation and preservation nonprofit.

Environment
5
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
6
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
7
The Quebec-Labrador Foundation Inc

The program mission of the quebec-labrador foundation u.s. is defined by a regional component (new england and eastern canada), and an international component, which ties our regional model to a global conservation network. qlf's program…

Philanthropy
8
Lowell Observatory

The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…

Science & Tech
9
Seacoast Science Center Inc

It is the mission of the seacoast science center to spark curiosity, enhance understanding, and inspire conservation of our blue planet. the center's programming and exhibits encourage visitors and other program participants to recognize…

Arts & Culture
10
National Audubon Society Inc

We work towards a future where birds thrive across the americas because audubon is a powerful, diverse, and ever-growing force for conservation. (continued on schedule o).

Environment
11
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
12
Texas State Aquarium Association

The texas state aquarium's mission is engaging people with animals, inspiring appreciation for our seas, and supporting wildlife conservation. its vision is to be a global leader in fostering support for the conservation of the gulf of…

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fordham University and the most unlike its peers is Conservation Law 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

11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 23 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
9/11
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

HOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL ACADEMY INC — $263,500 · OtherHOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL ACADEMY INCOUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC SCHOOL — $38,200 · OtherOUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC SCHOOL+12 more — $46,450 · Other+12 moreTHREE BAYS PRESERVATION INC — $150,000 · EnvironmentTHREE BAYS PRESERVATION INCCONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC+1 more — $200 · EnvironmentEAA AVIATION FOUNDATION INC — $150,000 · Arts & CultureEAA AVIATION FOUNDATION…+1 more — $115 · Arts & CultureDAVID ORTIZ CHILDREN'S FUND — $15,500 · InternationalCLUB ESTEEM INC — $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentFordham University — $5,000 · EducationSpace Coast Discovery Inc — $5,000 · Health
Other$348,150Environment$200,200Arts & Culture$150,115International$15,500Youth Development$5,000Education$5,000Health$5,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHREE BAYS PRESERVATION INC — $150,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetEAA AVIATION FOUNDATION INC — $150,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDAVID ORTIZ CHILDREN'S FUND — $15,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCLUB ESTEEM INC — $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFordham University — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpace Coast Discovery Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCRANBERRY SUNSET FARM INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE — $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC — $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS — $115 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THREE BAYS PRESERVATION INC
  • Who funds EAA AVIATION FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds DAVID ORTIZ CHILDREN'S FUND
  • Who funds CLUB ESTEEM INC
  • Who funds Fordham University
  • Who funds Space Coast Discovery Inc
  • Who funds CRANBERRY SUNSET FARM INC
  • Who funds THE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation for Brevard IncFL13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Brevard Inc · Donors Trust Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Daniel J Schwinn Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 1%
  • Three Bays Preservation Inc18% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc1% of income from government
  • Museum of Fine Arts0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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How do I get to The Daniel J Schwinn Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Daniel J Schwinn Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 23 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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