California · Private foundation
The Swanson 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.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $22M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations The Swanson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $72k 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 | 5 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $1.5M | 14% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $1.4M | 17% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $1.2M | 80% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $800k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $650k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kqed Inc | $1,500,000 | 5 | 0% |
| San Francisco Ballet Association | $750,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Peninsula Family Service | $450,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Mills-Peninsula Hospital Foundation | $200,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation | $146,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.8M), not named here.
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About The Swanson Foundation
- How much does The Swanson Foundation give?
- The Swanson Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $1,224,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Swanson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (50%), Arts & Culture (29%), Education (10%).
- Who are The Swanson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Kqed Inc ($1.5M), San Francisco Ballet Association ($750k), Peninsula Family Service ($450k).
- Does The Swanson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Swanson 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.
- Where is The Swanson Foundation based?
- The Swanson Foundation is based in CA.
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