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The Schwedel Foundation at a glance

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The Schwedel 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.

$89k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$304kReligion$129kPhilanthropy$109kHuman Services$71kHealth$47kFood & Nutrition$19kArts & Culture$12kPublic Safety & Disaster$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$2,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
50CAN$50,000
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$20,000
NEW CANAAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$8,000
SHELBOURNE FARMS$5,000
BETH SHOLOM B'NAI ISRAEL$2,500
KINGSWOOD OXFORD SCHOOL$2,000
CITY YEAR INC$1,000
WOODWAY SCHOLARSHIP FUND$500
PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY$135
NEW CANAAN NATURE CENTER$100
NEW CANAAN MUSEUM & HISTORICAL SOCIETY$100
NEW CANAAN CARES$100
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $6k → 6%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 6%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 6%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 6%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 6%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
MN
NY
MA
IA
PA
NJ
CT
MD
DC
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$502k · 42 repeat orgs$136k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

42 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 37 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
20

Total granted

$502k
$79k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
0%

Still filing today

48%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $57k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TN
    THE NEW CANAAN LIBRARY INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $122k · revenue +27%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University
    6× · 2017–2025 · $76k · revenue +5%
  • AF
    ACHIEVEMENT FIRST INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $29k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • C(
    CONNCAN (CO 50CAN)
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • N
    NCCF
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • MC
    MISCELLANEOUS CHARITY DISTRIBUTIONS (36)
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
3
Connecticut Council for Philanthropy

Ccp organizes, inspires, and equips a community of funders to learn, collaborate, and lead together for sustained impact and social change in connecticut.

Philanthropy
4
Nuvance Health Medical Practice Ct Inc

Improve the health of every person in our community through the efficient delivery of excellent, innovative and compassionate care.

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5
University of Hartford

Dedicated to learning, personal growth, knowledge creation, and the betterment of society. the university engages students in aquiring the knowledge, skills, and values necessary to thrive in and contribute to a pluralistic, complex world.

Education
6
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc

Connecticut public broadcasting, inc. will inform, educate and inspire the people of connecticut, connecting and empowering the people of ct through outstanding journalism, storytelling, education and experiences, to make our state a more…

Arts & Culture
7
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
9
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
10
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
11
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
12
National Association of Corporate Directors New England Chapter Inc

The organization promotes high professional standards and provides governance education to boards of directors and senior corporate management.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Canaan Land Conservation Trust Inc; the most unlike its peers is Parkinson's Body and Mind 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

35 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. 35 of the 71 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/35
Grantees still filing
24/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEMPLE SINAI: $100,959 · OtherTEMPLE SINAICONNCAN (CO 50CAN): $50,000 · OtherCONNCAN (CO 50CAN)BETH SHOLOM B'NAI ISRAEL: $17,600 · OtherBETH SHOLOM B'NAI ISRAELIndividual grant recipient: $14,600 · Other+44 more: $112,069 · Other+44 moreTHE NEW CANAAN LIBRARY INC: $121,750 · EducationTHE NEW CANAAN LIBRARY INCThe Trustees of Princeton University: $75,500 · EducationThe Trustees of Princeton University50CAN INC: $50,000 · Education50CAN INCACHIEVEMENT FIRST INC: $28,500 · EducationACHIEVEMENT FIRST INCKINGSWOOD OXFORD SCHOOL INC: $16,100 · EducationKINGSWOOD OXFORD SCHOOL INC+1 more: $1,500 · EducationNEW CANAAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $59,200 · PhilanthropyNEW CANAAN COM…JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER HARTFORD: $12,600 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERAT…HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING: $12,000 · PhilanthropyHARTFORD FOUND…THE OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC: $6,000 · PhilanthropyTHE OVARIAN CA…+2 more: $2,000 · PhilanthropyISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $11,620 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,500 · Human ServicesHartford Hospital: $8,500 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $6,000 · Health+3 more: $1,000 · HealthSHELBURNE FARMS: $5,000 · Environment+1 more: $100 · EnvironmentWADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ART: $3,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NEW CANAAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $750 · Arts & Culture
Other$295,228Education$293,350Philanthropy$91,800Human Services$17,120Health$15,500Environment$5,100Arts & Culture$3,750

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE NEW CANAAN LIBRARY INC: $121,750 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $75,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNEW CANAAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $59,200 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetACHIEVEMENT FIRST INC: $28,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKINGSWOOD OXFORD SCHOOL INC: $16,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER HARTFORD: $12,600 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $11,620 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHartford Hospital: $8,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $5,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSHELBURNE FARMS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOODSHARE INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ART: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOMFIELD VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE FUND INC C/O DANIEL ROSENTHAL: $1,750 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFUTURE 5 INC: $1,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEW CANAAN CARES INC: $1,100 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS CONNECTICUT INC: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Livestrong Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY INC UNITED WAY OF CENT & NE CONNECTICUT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Hartford Arts Council Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW CANAAN LAND CONSERVATION TRUST INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NEW CANAAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S BODY AND MIND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCancer Care Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWALKS FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Canaan Nature Center Association Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

  • Who funds THE NEW CANAAN LIBRARY INC ↗
  • Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
  • Who funds NEW CANAAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds 50CAN INC ↗
  • Who funds ACHIEVEMENT FIRST INC ↗
  • Who funds KINGSWOOD OXFORD SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER HARTFORD ↗
  • Who funds HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING ↗
  • Who funds ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds Hartford Hospital ↗
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC ↗
  • Who funds MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger ↗
  • Who funds SHELBURNE FARMS ↗
  • Who funds FOODSHARE INC ↗
  • Who funds WADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ART ↗

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.

Aetna Foundation IncHobbs Family Charitab…Cheryl Chase & Stuart…Sandra & Arnold Chase…The Debard Johnson Fo…O'Connor Family Found…The Morris Family Fou…MLE Foundation IncFairfield County's Co…The Ayco Charitable F…Ansonia Foundation Ad…The a James Bach and …
Aetna Foundation IncCT18.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Aetna Foundation Inc · Hobbs Family Charitable Trust · Cheryl Chase & Stuart Bear Family Foundation Inc · Sandra & Arnold Chase Family Foundation Inc · The Debard Johnson Foundation Inc · O'Connor Family Foundation · The Morris Family Foundation · MLE Foundation Inc · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Ansonia Foundation Advisory Ac · The a James Bach and Vona Hopkins Foundation Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Schwedel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Schwedel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Special Olympics Connecticut Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc: 24% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: 5% of income from government
  • Shelburne Farms: 3% of income from government
  • Hartford Hospital: 0% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Kingswood Oxford School Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Achievement First Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

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 71 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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