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The Swanton Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Swanton Family Foundation Inc

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.

$39k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$303kHuman Services$165kCrime & Legal$87kAnimals$59kHealth$54kYouth Development$31kArts & Culture$11kEmployment$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
$1,300
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HEALTH VILLAGE$29,755
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY$2,050
HIGH DESERT CHAMBER MUSIC$1,485
HUMANE SOCIETY OF CENTRAL OREGON$1,340
KIDS CENTER$1,300
SEVEN PEAKS SCHOOL$950
OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$517
SHEPARDS HOUSE$500
CASCADE COLLEGE$425
BRA SOCIETY$250
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 (FY17–25, $122k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 5% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%YOUNG WOMEN'S FREEDOM CENTER: $1k → 10%HEALTH VILLAGE: $30k → 7%HEALTH VILLAGE: $29k → 7%HEALTH VILLAGE: $27k → 7%HILLSIDES: $5k → 14%HEALTH VILLAGE: $26k → 7%CASA OF CENTRAL OREGON: $5k → 10%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

WA
MT
MN
IL
NY
OR
WY
NJ
CA
UT
CO
VA
AZ
DC
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$655k · 28 repeat orgs$93k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
36

Total granted

$655k
$88k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+13%

Still filing today

57%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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
EducationHuman ServicesAnimalsArts & CultureReligionCrime & LegalOther
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

  • HV
    HEATH VILLAGE INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $111k · revenue +27%
  • KIDS INTERVENTION AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE CENTER
    8× · 2017–2025 · $86k · revenue +70%
  • J BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INC
    5× · 2017–2023 · $31k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • KA
    KAREN ANN QUINLAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $13k · revenue -4%
  • BE
    BEND EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $9k
  • SC
    SPARROW CLUBS USA
    one grant, 2022 · $7k · revenue -6%
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
Western University of Health Sciences

To produce, in a humanistic tradition, health care professionals and biomedical knowledge that will enhance and extend the quality of life in our communities.

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2
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
3
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
4
University of Portland

The university of portland, an independently governed catholic university guided by the congregation of holy cross, addresses significant questions of human concern through interdisciplinary studies of the arts, sciences, and humanities…

Education
5
Claremont Graduate University

Claremont Graduate University prepares individuals to be leaders for positive change in the world. Unique in its transdisciplinary approach, the University is dedicated to the creation, dissemination, and application of new knowledge and…

Education
6
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
7
Harvey Mudd College

HMC seeks to educate engineers, scientists, and mathematicians well versed in all of these areas and in the humanities, social sciences and the arts so that they may assume leadership in their fields with a clear understanding of the…

Education
8
Cornell College

Cornell college offers an innovative and rigorous learning community where faculty and staff collaborate with students to develop the intellectual curiosity, creativity and moral courage necessary for a lifetime of learning and engaged…

Education
9
Ashland University

Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…

Education
10
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
11
Mills College

Mills college is an independent liberal arts college for women and gender nonbinary students, with graduate programs for all genders. the college educates students to think critically and communicate responsibly and effectively, to accept…

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12
University of Western States

The mission of the University of Western States is to advance the science and art of integrated health care through excellence in education and patient care.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Women's Freedom Center; the most unlike its peers is Roslyn Downtown Association. 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

29 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. 29 of the 69 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/29
Grantees still filing
20/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MOUNTAINSTAR FAMILY RESCUE NURSERY: $53,875 · OtherMOUNTAINSTAR FAMILY RESCUE NURSERYOREGON STATE UNIVERSITY: $34,000 · OtherOREGON STATE UNIVERSITYCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY: $33,000 · OtherCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYJ BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INC: $31,300 · OtherJ BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INCCHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY: $30,000 · OtherCHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITYHEALTH VILLAGE: $29,712 · OtherHEALTH VILLAGECASA OF CENTRAL OR: $29,080 · OtherCASA OF CENTRAL ORCASCADE COLLEGE: $16,584 · OtherOREGON ISTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $15,750 · OtherVIRGINIA TECH: $15,000 · Other+42 more: $106,454 · Other+42 moreHEATH VILLAGE INC: $111,255 · Human ServicesHEATH VILLAGE INCCASA OF CENTRAL OREGON: $5,200 · Human ServicesHILLSIDES: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,033 · Human ServicesMARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE: $35,000 · EducationMARYMOUNT MANHAT…UNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $30,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF DE…WESTMONT COLLEGE: $25,000 · EducationWESTMONT COLLEGEBETHEL UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationBETHEL UNIVERSIT…Grand Canyon University: $8,500 · EducationGrand Canyon Uni…+1 more: $1,937 · EducationKIDS INTERVENTION AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE CENTER: $85,905 · Crime & LegalKIDS INTERVEN…KAREN ANN QUINLAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $12,750 · PhilanthropyTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $517 · PhilanthropyHIGH DESERT MUSEUM: $7,085 · Arts & CulturePaper Mill Playhouse: $2,500 · Arts & CultureHIGH DESERT CHAMBER MUSIC INC: $1,485 · Arts & CultureHEART OF OREGON CORPS INC: $10,064 · Employment
Other$394,755Human Services$122,488Education$110,437Crime & Legal$85,905Philanthropy$13,267Arts & Culture$11,070Employment$10,064

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHEATH VILLAGE INC: $111,255 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS INTERVENTION AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE CENTER: $85,905 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetMARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJ BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INC: $31,300 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWESTMONT COLLEGE: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKAREN ANN QUINLAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $12,750 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetHEART OF OREGON CORPS INC: $10,064 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBETHEL UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGrand Canyon University: $8,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPARROW CLUBS USA: $7,225 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHIGH DESERT MUSEUM: $7,085 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCASA OF CENTRAL OREGON: $5,200 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHILLSIDES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGHOST TREE INVITATIONAL LTD: $4,304 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetBEND GIVES BACK INC: $3,050 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $2,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRoslyn Downtown Association: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPaper Mill Playhouse: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEVEN PEAKS SCHOOL: $1,937 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF CENTRAL OREGON: $1,490 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH DESERT CHAMBER MUSIC INC: $1,485 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S FREEDOM CENTER: $1,033 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARK COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 HEATH VILLAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds KIDS INTERVENTION AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds J BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DENVER ↗
  • Who funds WESTMONT COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds KAREN ANN QUINLAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER OF CENTRAL OREGON ↗
  • Who funds HEART OF OREGON CORPS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds BETHEL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Grand Canyon University ↗
  • Who funds SPARROW CLUBS USA ↗
  • Who funds HIGH DESERT MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF CENTRAL OREGON ↗
  • Who funds HILLSIDES ↗
  • Who funds GHOST TREE INVITATIONAL LTD ↗
  • Who funds BEND GIVES BACK INC ↗
  • Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗
  • Who funds Roslyn Downtown Association ↗

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.

The Roundhouse Founda…United Way of Deschut…The Anjulicia Foundat…The Oregon Community …First Interstate Banc…St Charles Health Sys…Maybelle Clark Macdon…The Autzen FoundationMarie Lamfrom Charita…Bend FoundationHelen M Clabough Char…The Crevier Family Fo…
The Roundhouse FoundationOR21.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Roundhouse Foundation · United Way of Deschutes County · The Anjulicia Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · St Charles Health System Inc · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · The Autzen Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Bend Foundation · Helen M Clabough Charitable Foundation · The Crevier Family Foundation

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 Swanton Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Swanton Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • J Bar J Youth Services Inc: 71% of income from government
  • Heart of Oregon Corps Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Family Resource Center of Central Oregon: 22% of income from government
  • High Desert Museum: 11% of income from government
  • Paper Mill Playhouse: 9% of income from government
  • The Oregon Community Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Casa of Central Oregon: 2% of income from government
  • High Desert Chamber Music Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Heath Village Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.
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Find your warmest path to The Swanton Family Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 69 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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