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The Swigert-Warren Foundation at a glance

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The Swigert-Warren 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.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
62
Grants FY2025still arriving
13
States reached
$275k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$4.5MEducation$1.6MAnimals$976kHealth$442kEnvironment$316kHousing & Shelter$273kFood & Nutrition$265kInternational$203kOther$0
02FY2025 · 62 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k23 grants · $80k
  • $10k–50k35 grants · $524k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $440k
  • $250k+1 grant · $275k
$10,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CATLIN GABEL SCHOOL$275,000
PORTLAND ART MUSEUM$200,000
LITERARY ARTS INC$140,000
FRIENDS OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE$100,000
NORTON MUSEUM OF ART$45,000
SCHWARZMAN ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER$45,000
THE SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTS$25,000
ALANO CLUB OF PORTLAND$25,000
THE CHILDREN'S SCHOOL$20,000
YOUTH VILLAGES - CHRISTIECARE OF OR$20,000
OREGON BALLET THEATRE$20,000
DEPONTE CREATIVITY PARTNERS$20,000
OPTHALMIC EDGE INC$20,000
GLOBAL ROOTS$15,000
MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM$15,000
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 (FY20–25, $205k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PDX SAINTS LOVE: $10k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $20k → 14%SAFETY COMPASS: $8k → 14%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA: $15k → 14%FRIENDS OF SWITCHPOINT INC: $10k → 10%MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM: $20k → 17%MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM: $20k → 17%MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM: $18k → 17%MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM: $15k → 17%MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM: $15k → 17%MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM: $15k → 17%RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $11k → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $10k → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $5k → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $5k → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $5k → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $3k → 12%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
NY
MA
OR
OH
CT
CA
UT
VA
MD
TN
DC
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.7M · 79 repeat orgs$563k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

79 repeat relationships: 51 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

79
40

Total granted

$8.7M
$477k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+6%

Still filing today

68%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $86k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterInternationalAnimalsOther
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

  • PORTLAND ART MUSEUM
    8× · 2018–2025 · $3.4M · revenue +35%
  • CATLIN GABEL SCHOOL
    6× · 2018–2025 · $690k · revenue +68%
  • OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $546k · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE ELK ROCK GARDEN
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • BIRD ALLIANCE OF OREGON INC
    one grant, 2022 · $38k · revenue -11%
  • AS
    AUDUBON SOCIETY
    one grant, 2021 · $35k
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
Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
2
Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association

Orla serves as the leading industry advocate, striving to protect, improve and promote oregon hospitality.

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3
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc

The oregon shakespeare festival creates world-class theater, revealing our collective humanity through illuminating interpretations of new and classic plays, and inspiring a love of our art form for current and future generations.

Arts & Culture
4
Portland Business Alliance

To ensure economic prosperity in the portland region by providing strong leadership, partnership, and programs that encourage business growth and vitality.

Community Improvement
5
Oregon Research Institute

Oregon research institute is an independent behavioral sciences research center dedicated to understanding human behavior and improving the quality of human life through the prevention and treatment of health, educational, and social…

Social Science
6
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
7
Oregon Center for Public Policy

The oregon center for public policy's mission is to achieve economic justice for all oregonians through research, analysis, and advocacy. ocpp works to change policies that foster economic security and stability for all oregonians. we do…

Employment
8
Portland State University Foundation

Portland state university foundation is responsible for raising and managing private resources to advance psu's priorities and mission to be a leading urban university.

—
9
Portland Farmers Market

Pfm operates world-class farmers markets that contribute to the success of local food growers and producers and create vibrant community gatherings. as a trade association, success for our vendors is our primary objective. listening and…

Community Improvement
10
Technology Association of Oregon

To support our members and promote the growth and quality of oregon's technology industry by providing opportunities for business and professional development through networking and informational programs.

—
11
Museum of Northwest Art

The museum of northwest art collects, preserves, interprets and exhibits art created in the pacific northwest, supports artists, and strives to integrate art into the lives of all people. the museum is free and open to the public seven…

Arts & Culture
12
Southern Oregon Land Conservancy Inc

To conserve and enhance land in southern oregon to sustain our human and natural communities forever.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wild Salmon Center; the most unlike its peers is Home Share Oregon. 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

92 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. 92 of the 131 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)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
92/92
Grantees still filing
61/92
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PORTLAND ART MUSEUM: $3,357,000 · Arts & CulturePORTLAND ART MUSEUMNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $202,500 · Arts & CultureThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $154,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON BALLET THEATRE: $145,000 · Arts & Culture+17 more: $376,700 · Arts & Culture+17 moreST THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC CHURCH: $400,000 · OtherST THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC CHURCHLITERARY ARTS INC: $240,000 · OtherLITERARY ARTS INCFriends of the Columbia Gorge: $231,500 · OtherFriends of the Columbia GorgeDE LA SALLE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $200,000 · OtherDE LA SALLE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLFRIENDS OF THE ELK ROCK GARDEN: $100,000 · OtherOHSU FOUNDATION: $92,500 · Other+68 more: $1,360,875 · Other+68 moreOREGON HUMANE SOCIETY: $545,875 · AnimalsOREGON HUMA…THE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER: $235,000 · AnimalsTHE ANIMAL …PANDRILLUS FOUNDATION: $100,000 · AnimalsPANDRILLUS …+3 more: $26,000 · AnimalsCATLIN GABEL SCHOOL: $690,000 · EducationCATLIN GA…THE CRAIG SCHOOL: $45,000 · EducationTHE CRAIG…+6 more: $57,100 · Education+6 moreWorld Spark: $120,000 · Housing & ShelterHome Share Oregon: $80,000 · Housing & ShelterROSE HAVEN CIC: $45,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE LORD'S PLACE INC: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter+3 more: $11,000 · Housing & ShelterMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $102,500 · Human ServicesRAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $39,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesAARP FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF SWITCHPOINT INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesPDX Saints Love: $10,000 · Human ServicesSAFETY COMPASS: $8,000 · Human ServicesGLOBAL ROOTS: $63,500 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $53,000 · InternationalMercy Corps: $37,000 · InternationalMEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL: $28,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $15,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $15,000 · International+1 more: $2,000 · International
Arts & Culture$4,235,200Other$2,624,875Animals$906,875Education$792,100Housing & Shelter$266,000Human Services$219,500International$213,500

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 budgetPORTLAND ART MUSEUM: $3,357,000 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetCATLIN GABEL SCHOOL: $690,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetOREGON HUMANE SOCIETY: $545,875 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetLITERARY ARTS INC: $240,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetTHE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER: $235,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Columbia Gorge: $231,500 over 5y, 12% of budgetNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $202,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $154,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetOREGON BALLET THEATRE: $145,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetTHE GEORGE WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $120,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $102,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPANDRILLUS FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetHome Share Oregon: $80,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetWILLIAM TEMPLE HOUSE: $80,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetECOTRUST: $65,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetGLOBAL ROOTS: $63,500 over 5y, 12% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $53,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALANO CLUB OF PORTLAND OREGON: $50,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLEGACY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CRAIG SCHOOL: $45,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetROSE HAVEN CIC: $45,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetRAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $39,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetBIRD ALLIANCE OF OREGON INC: $38,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMercy Corps: $37,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL: $28,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARYHILL MUSEUM OF ART: $26,500 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetDEPONTE CREATIVITY PARTNERS: $25,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetOREGON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKAYENTA ARTS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetOregon Society of Artists: $23,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetOLDFIELDS SCHOOL INC: $23,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK: $22,725 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST FAMILY SERVICES: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OREGON ZOO FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMT HOOD SKI PATROL INC: $20,000 over 4y, 8.3% of budgetOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBODYVOX INC: $17,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetELSO INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAARP FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH DESERT MUSEUM: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL: $11,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPORTLAND INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART: $10,500 over 3y, 0.2% 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 PORTLAND ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds CATLIN GABEL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds LITERARY ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Friends of the Columbia Gorge ↗
  • Who funds NORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
  • Who funds The Society of the Four Arts Inc ↗
  • Who funds OREGON BALLET THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds THE GEORGE WASHINGTON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds World Spark ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC ↗
  • Who funds PANDRILLUS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Home Share Oregon ↗
  • Who funds WILLIAM TEMPLE HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds ECOTRUST ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL ROOTS ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ALANO CLUB OF PORTLAND OREGON ↗
  • Who funds LEGACY HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CRAIG SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ROSE HAVEN CIC ↗
  • Who funds RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND ↗
  • Who funds BIRD ALLIANCE OF OREGON INC ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Corps ↗

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 Oregon Community …Marie Lamfrom Charita…The Autzen FoundationRose E Tucker Charita…The Jackson FoundationMaybelle Clark Macdon…Meyer Memorial TrustThe Swigert FoundationThe Harold & Arlene S…The Collins FoundationJuan Young TrustThe Reser Family Foun…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR51.7× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · The Autzen Foundation · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · The Jackson Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · Meyer Memorial Trust · The Swigert Foundation · The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Juan Young Trust · The Reser 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 Swigert-Warren Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Swigert-Warren Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 160%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Elso Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Wild Salmon Center: 49% of income from government
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Northwest Family Services: 35% of income from government
  • Outside in: 33% of income from government
  • Safety Compass: 25% of income from government
  • Young Audiences of Oregon Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • Human Solutions Inc Dba Our Just Future: 17% of income from government
  • Ecotrust: 14% of income from government
  • Medical Teams International: 14% of income from government
  • The Lord's Place Inc: 12% of income from government
  • High Desert Museum: 11% of income from government
  • Raphael House of Portland: 10% of income from government
  • Literary Arts Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Community Transitional School: 7% of income from government
  • Artichoke Community Music: 7% of income from government
  • North Coast Land Conservancy Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Portland Institute for Contemporary Art: 5% of income from government
  • Oregon Museum of Science and Industry: 4% of income from government
  • Bodyvox Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Portland Art Museum: 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Public Broadcasting: 1% of income from government
  • William Temple House: 0% of income from government
  • World Affairs Council of Oregon dba WorldOregon: 0% of income from government
  • Do Good Multnomah: 0% of income from government
  • Bird Alliance of Oregon Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Oregon Ballet Theatre: 0% of income from government
  • Oregon Symphony Association: 0% of income from government
  • Milton Academy: 0% of income from government
  • Catlin Gabel School: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
16get no government money at all
21report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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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How do I get to The Swigert-Warren Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Swigert-Warren Foundation 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 131 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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