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The Susan Schwartz Family Foundation at a glance

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The Susan Schwartz Family 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.

$163k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$93k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0182% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$162kCivil Rights$29kEducation$23kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kInternational$18kArts & Culture$14kFood & Nutrition$10kHuman Services$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $37k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $93k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$93,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING$16,500
TEMPLE EMANUEL$6,000
JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE$5,000
RED CROSS HILL COUNTRY$5,000
GRASSROOTS INTERNATIONAL$5,000
FONTERRA FARMERS FOUNDATION$5,000
TEXAS CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT$2,500
CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL$2,500
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN$2,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%COMMUNITY HOMES FOR ADULTS: $3k → 14%COMMUNITY HOMES FOR ADULTS: $1k → 14%RED CROSS: $2k → 14%DWELL WITH DIGNITY: $6k → 14%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

IL
NY
MA
CA
DC
OK
TX
FL
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$686k · 17 repeat orgs$130k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
24

Total granted

$686k
$85k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+1%

Still filing today

59%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalAnimalsHuman ServicesEducationReligionArts & CultureOther
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

  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $13k · revenue ×15
  • SJ
    Southwest Jewish Congress
    2× · 2017–2018 · $7k · revenue +29%
  • NT
    NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK
    4× · 2018–2021 · $5k · revenue +92%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $18k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue -124%
  • TE
    TEMPLE EMMANUEL
    one grant, 2023 · $8k
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
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
2
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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3
The Jewish Women's Archive Inc

The jewish women's archive documents jewish women's stories, elevates their voices, and inspires them to be agents of change.jwa is dedicated to expanding and transforming the historical narrative by restoring jewish women and gender…

Arts & Culture
4
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
5
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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6
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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7
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
8
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
9
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
10
Fajr Scientific

To provide multi-specialty surgical care, humanitarian aid and educational support to people in low- and middle-income countries.

Science & Tech
11
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
12
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Spca of Texas; the most unlike its peers is The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 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

32 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. 32 of the 51 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
21/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $446,250 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCENTERS FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING: $111,500 · OtherCENTERS FOR SPIRITUAL LIVINGTEMPLE EMANUEL: $39,500 · OtherTEMPLE EMANUEL+27 more: $141,850 · Other+27 moreWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $13,000 · InternationalSouthwest Jewish Congress: $7,200 · InternationalGRASSROOTS INTERNATIONAL INC: $5,000 · InternationalA JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE: $5,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,000 · InternationalUNRWA USA NATIONAL COMMITTEE INC: $2,000 · International+2 more: $1,500 · InternationalUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · EducationEDUCATIONAL FIRST STEPS: $1,000 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationDWELL WITH DIGNITY INC: $6,389 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY HOMES FOR ADULTS INC: $3,582 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,500 · Human ServicesRISING STAR WORLD FOUNDATION CORP: $7,000 · Arts & CultureFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureOPERATION KINDNESS: $2,450 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,200 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc: $1,000 · AnimalsSPCA of Texas: $475 · AnimalsFRONTERA FARMER FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$739,100International$35,700Education$16,500Human Services$11,471Arts & Culture$8,000Animals$5,125Food & Nutrition$5,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSouthwest Jewish Congress: $7,200 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetRISING STAR WORLD FOUNDATION CORP: $7,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetDWELL WITH DIGNITY INC: $6,389 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetA JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY HOMES FOR ADULTS INC: $3,582 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC: $2,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION KINDNESS: $2,450 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKick Drugs Out of America Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNRWA USA NATIONAL COMMITTEE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJust Vision Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCATIONAL FIRST STEPS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAITH COMMONS: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDallas Center for Photography: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREENHILL SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPCA of Texas: $475 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $50 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.

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.

Communities Foundatio…Texas Instruments Fou…Dallas Jewish Communi…The Ayco Charitable F…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Endowment Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX17.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · Dallas Jewish Community Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Susan Schwartz Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Susan Schwartz Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 51 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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