New York · Private foundation
The William E & Ann L Swan 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.
- $93k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 73%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $278k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 73% of the organizations The William E & Ann L Swan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 84% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 16% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $271k 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 | $93k | 60% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $321k | 73% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $1.3M | 69% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $3.7M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $105k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $49k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $66k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $95k | 36% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Men's Christian Association Buffalo Niagara | $2,505,000 | 3 | 9% |
| St Marys High School | $612,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens Society Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 12% |
| St Leo the Great | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mercy Hospital Foundation | $215,000 | 4 | 19% |
| St Gregory the Great | $215,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $150,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Investigative Post Inc | $85,000 | 3 | 9% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Men's Christian Association Buffalo Niagara | $2,505,000 | 3 | 9% |
| St Marys High School | $612,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens Society Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 12% |
| St Leo the Great | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mercy Hospital Foundation | $215,000 | 4 | 19% |
| St Gregory the Great | $215,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $150,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Investigative Post Inc | $85,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Kevin Guest House Inc | $80,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Wings Flights of Hope | $60,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Robert H Jackson Center Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Sisters of St Francis of the Neumann Communities | $32,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kids Escaping Drugs Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Foundation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo N Y | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Our Lady of Victory Homes of Charity Inc | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Francis High School | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The National Federation for Just Communities of Wny Inc | $9,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Hilbert College | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of Western New York Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fsga Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gerard Place Housing Development Fund Company Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sandy Hook Promise Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kenan Center Inc | $2,750 | 3 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($663k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The William E & Ann L Swan Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · The John R Oishei Foundation · The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · E&W G Foundation · Ferguson Electric Foundation · Nfada Charitable Foundation · The Margaret L Wendt Foundation · First Niagara Foundation · The Western New York Foundation · Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The William E & Ann L Swan Foundation
- How much does The William E & Ann L Swan Foundation give?
- The William E & Ann L Swan Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $92,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The William E & Ann L Swan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (50%), Health (11%), Education (11%).
- Who are The William E & Ann L Swan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Young Men's Christian Association Buffalo Niagara ($2.5M), St Marys High School ($613k), Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens Society Inc ($500k).
- Does The William E & Ann L Swan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 73% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The William E & Ann L Swan 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The William E & Ann L Swan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc, The John R Oishei Foundation, The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation.
- Where is The William E & Ann L Swan Foundation based?
- The William E & Ann L Swan Foundation is based in NY.
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