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The Swyer Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Swyer Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
28
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$2.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$7.5MPhilanthropy$472kHealth$437kArts & Culture$200kInternational$168kHousing & Shelter$157kSocial Science$75kPublic Benefit$65kOther$0
02FY2024 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k18 grants · $68k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $245k
  • $250k+1 grant · $2.5M
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALBANY LAW SCHOOL$2,500,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF NE NEW YORK$95,000
FOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION$50,000
ST PETER'S HEALTH FOUNDATION$50,000
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES$50,000
CAPITAL ROOTS$25,000
NATURAL HERITAGE TRUST$15,000
IPH$12,500
FAMILIES IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE$12,500
THE LEGAL PROJECT$10,000
KOINONIA PRIMARY CARE$7,500
SARATOGA SPONSOR-A-SCHOLAR$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF ALBANY FOUNDATION$5,000
DOUBLE H RANCH$5,000
ARCHIVES PARTNERSHIP TRUST$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COMMUNITY HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%PARK PLAYHOUSE INC: $3k → 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.
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.8M · 26 repeat orgs$424k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
22

Total granted

$8.8M
$320k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+18%

Still filing today

58%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $104k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthPublic BenefitEnvironmentHuman ServicesOther
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

  • AL
    ALBANY LAW SCHOOL
    6× · 2019–2024 · $6.4M · revenue +13%
  • UA
    UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +95%
  • FP
    FOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $118k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • KA
    KENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $144k · revenue +56%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH INC
    one grant, 2019 · $75k · revenue +15%
  • NM
    NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DANCE
    one grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue -100%
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
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
2
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
3
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
4
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

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

Health
5
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
6
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
7
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
8
Saratoga Care Inc

To serve the people of the Saratoga region by providing them access to excellence in healthcare in a supportive and caring environment.

Health
9
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
10
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
11
The Academy of Political Science

The academy's primary exempt purpose is to contribute to the scholarly examination of political institutions, processes and public policies; enrich political discourseand channel the best social science research for use in public policy…

—
12
Fiscal Policy Institute Inc

Committed to improving public policies and private practices to better the economic and social conditions of all new yorkers. founded in 1991, fpi is committed to creating a strong economy in which prosperity is shared by all new yorkers.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University At Albany Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Siena University. 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

34 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 34 of the 59 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
18/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALBANY LAW SCHOOL: $6,396,604 · EducationALBANY LAW SCHOOLUNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOUNDATION: $1,024,528 · EducationUNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOUNDATION+2 more: $22,500 · EducationJEWISH FEDERATION OF NE NEW YORK: $373,000 · OtherJEWISH FEDERAT…ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $200,000 · OtherALBANY MEDICAL…ST PETER'S HEALTH FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherST PETER'S HEA…CAMPAIGN FOR THE REP: $50,000 · OtherUNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $66,000 · OtherUNITED JEWISH …CAPITAL ROOTS INC: $45,000 · Other+35 more: $320,950 · Other+35 moreSARATOGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CORPORATION OF YADDO: $21,000 · Arts & CultureALBANY INSTITUTE OF HISTORY AND ART: $18,500 · Arts & CultureAlbany Pro Musica Inc: $15,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL MUSEUM OF DANCE: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSARATOGA SPONSOR-A-SCHOLAR: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureFOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION INC: $117,500 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $50,000 · InternationalKENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING INC: $144,000 · Housing & ShelterDOUBLE H HOLE IN THE WOODS RANCH INC: $105,000 · Recreation & SportsCENTER FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH INC: $75,000 · Social Science
Education$7,443,632Other$1,154,950Arts & Culture$189,500International$167,500Housing & Shelter$144,000Recreation & Sports$105,000Social Science$75,000

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 budgetALBANY LAW SCHOOL: $6,396,604 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOUNDATION: $1,024,528 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetKENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING INC: $144,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetFOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION INC: $117,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetDOUBLE H HOLE IN THE WOODS RANCH INC: $105,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetSARATOGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCENTER FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH INC: $75,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetUNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $66,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL ROOTS INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCAPITAL DISTRICT WOMEN'S BAR ASSOCIATION: $27,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFAMILIES IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE INC: $23,500 over 2y, 9.9% of budgetTHE CORPORATION OF YADDO: $21,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetALBANY INSTITUTE OF HISTORY AND ART: $18,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetNATURAL HERITAGE TRUST: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlbany Pro Musica Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetEMPIRE CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL MUSEUM OF DANCE: $15,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetHARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL CLUB OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSARATOGA PLAN INC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSARATOGA SPONSOR-A-SCHOLAR: $10,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetSIENA UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKOINONIA PRIMARY CARE INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCENTER FOR DISABILITY SERVICESINC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJAKE'S HELP FROM HEAVEN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSARATOGA SPRINGS UNIVERSAL PRESERVATION HALL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFUTURE OF SMALL CITIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetTHE WARREN AND DENYSE MACKEY FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetPEACEFUL ACRES HORSES INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE ALBANY ACADEMIES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDESTROYER-ESCORT HISTORICAL MUSEUM: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 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.

The Community Foundat…Price Chopper's Golub…Neil Jane William Est…Review FoundationGe Aerospace Foundati…Keeler Motor Car Comp…Kiwi FoundationThe Bender Family Fou…Bbl Charitable Founda…The Ayco Charitable F…Malesardi Family Foun…Wsb Family Foundation
The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region IncNY41.8× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · Neil Jane William Estelle Golub Family Foundation Inc · Review Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Keeler Motor Car Company Charitable Foundation · Kiwi Foundation · The Bender Family Foundation · Bbl Charitable Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Malesardi Family Foundation · Wsb 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 Swyer Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Swyer Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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.

    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 59 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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