· Private foundation
The Marilyn and Harry Swimmer Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k10 grants · $19k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Jewish Foundation of Charlotte | $10,000 |
| Temple Israel | $7,270 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,500 |
| Levine Jewish Community Center | $1,000 |
| Jewish Family Services | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| Face to Face Foundation | $1,000 |
| Hebrew Cemetary Association | $1,000 |
| Paula Takacs Foundation | $1,000 |
| Dahlia Grove Homeless Shelter | $1,000 |
| Drumstrong | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +122% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TITEMPLE ISRAEL6× · 2017–2024 · $39k
- LJLEVINE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER7× · 2017–2024 · $22k
- MMMISTY MEADOWS MITEY RIDERS INC3× · 2017–2020 · $21k · revenue -26%
Funded once
- JFJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER CHARLOone grant, 2018 · $7k
- JFJEWISH FEDERATION OF GRATER CHARLOTone grant, 2017 · $6k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $6k
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.
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.
Connecting humans with horses to transform lives and bring hope.
Provides therapeutic sessions utilizing horses our program offers therapeutic riding and experiential therapy and learning via Equine Assisted Psychotherapy and other activities, providing the opportunity to improve mental health and…
Humane Society of Charlotte mission is to champion the wellbeing of companion animals and strengthen their bond with the people who know, love, and need them.
The Shepherds Center of Charlotte enriches the lives of older adults by providing a network of support to increase social connection, expand access to critical resources, and combat the negative effects of isolation.
Established in 1986, Saratoga Therapeutic Equestrian Program (STEP) is a charitable not-for-profit 501 (c) (3) organization, registered in New York State and located at New Forest Equestrian Centre in Glenville, NY. STEP is dedicated to…
Therapy for Handicap
Equine sanctuary. accepts elder equines in need of rehabilitation and/or retirement.
Provides humane retirement opportunities for Thoroughbred horses.
Providing horse based therapy for handicapped and developmentally disabled adults and children.
To improve the well-being of people with special needs through a therapeutic equine experience.
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 44 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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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.
Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · Barbara & Jerry Levin Charitable Foundation · The Marc & Mattye Silverman Family Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Marilyn and Harry Swimmer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Marilyn and Harry Swimmer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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