Kansas · Private foundation
The Robert and Nancy Schwan Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $109k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $127k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations The Robert and Nancy Schwan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 11 | $109k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $110k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $96k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $65k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $68k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $87k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $57k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $45k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas Foodbank Warehouse Inc | $190,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Humankind Ministries Wichita Inc | $155,500 | 7 | 2% |
| Phillips Fundamental Learning Center Inc | $84,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Kansas Humane Society of Wichita Kansas | $70,500 | 4 | 0% |
| The Junior League of Wichita Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Victory in the Valley Inc | $18,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Wichita Art Museum Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Family Housing Network of Fort Collins Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Van Go Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wichita Cancer Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas Foodbank Warehouse Inc | $190,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Humankind Ministries Wichita Inc | $155,500 | 7 | 2% |
| Phillips Fundamental Learning Center Inc | $84,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Kansas Humane Society of Wichita Kansas | $70,500 | 4 | 0% |
| The Junior League of Wichita Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Victory in the Valley Inc | $18,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Wichita Art Museum Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Family Housing Network of Fort Collins Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Van Go Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wichita Cancer Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Food Bank for Larimer County | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Kansas Public Telecommunications Service | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wichita Police and Fire Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($76k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Robert and Nancy Schwan Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Berry Foundation Inc · Zack and Leilah Farha Charitable Foundation Inc · Annie Foundation · The Fidelity Bank Foundation · Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation · Bruce G Cochener Foundation · Servant Foundation · Wichita Foundation · The Devlin Family Foundation · K T Wiedemann Foundation Inc · Daniel J Taylor Family Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Robert and Nancy Schwan Foundation
- How much does The Robert and Nancy Schwan Foundation give?
- The Robert and Nancy Schwan Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $109,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Robert and Nancy Schwan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (33%), Housing & Shelter (25%), Animals (17%).
- Who are The Robert and Nancy Schwan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Kansas Foodbank Warehouse Inc ($190k), Humankind Ministries Wichita Inc ($156k), Phillips Fundamental Learning Center Inc ($85k).
- Does The Robert and Nancy Schwan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Robert and Nancy Schwan Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Robert and Nancy Schwan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353, Berry Foundation Inc, Zack and Leilah Farha Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Robert and Nancy Schwan Foundation based?
- The Robert and Nancy Schwan Foundation is based in KS.
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