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The William E & Ann L Swan Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$2.9MHealth$647kEducation$638kReligion$527kEnvironment$500kPublic Safety & Disaster$100kInternational$100kArts & Culture$85kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $34k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$278k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$50,000
ST MARY'S HIGH SCHOOL$33,500
WINGS FLIGHT OF HOPE$5,000
BELLVIEW YOUTH BASEBALL$3,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$1,000
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 (FY17–24, $2.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 9%YMCA BUFFALO NIAGARA: $2.5M → 13%YMCA BUFFALO NIAGARA: $3k → 13%YMCA BUFFALO NIAGARA: $3k → 13%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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.2M · 18 repeat orgs$1.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
25

Total granted

$4.2M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+4%

Still filing today

44%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $54k 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
HealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsInternationalArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • IP
    INVESTIGATIVE POST INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $85k · revenue +4%
  • KG
    KEVIN GUEST HOUSE INC
    3× · 2019–2023 · $80k · revenue +40%
  • WINGS FLIGHTS OF HOPE
    3× · 2023–2025 · $60k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY BOTANICAL GARDENS SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $500k · revenue -43%
  • SL
    ST LEO THE GREAT
    one grant, 2022 · $250k
  • RT
    RESPONSE TO LOVE CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
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
St Francis Hospital Foundation Inc

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
2
Isabella Geriatric Center Inc

Operating as isabella center for rehabilitation and nursing care, isabella is a 705-bed not-for-profit organization that is a member of the mjhs health system family. isabella is committed to providing exceptional short-term, sub-acute…

Human Services
3
St Joseph's Medical Pc

We, st. joseph's medical and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. st. joseph's medical is a member of st. joseph's health and trinity health.

Health
4
St Charles Hospital Corp

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
5
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
6
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
7
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
8
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
9
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
10
Mjhs Medical Associates Pc

The purpose for which the corporation is formed is to practice the profession of medicine for affiliates of metropolitan jewish health system, inc., which provide medical and health services.

Health
11
St Joseph's Hospital of Tampa Foundation Inc

St. joseph's hospitals foundation secures, manages and stewards philanthropic support to benefit the health care mission of st. joseph's hospital, st. joseph's women's hospital, st. joseph's children's hospital of tampa, st. joseph's…

Health
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The National Federation for Just Communities of Wny Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wings Flights of Hope. 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

21 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. 21 of the 46 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
11/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION BUFFALO NIAGARA: $2,505,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION BUFFALO NIAGARA+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesST MARYS HIGH SCHOOL: $612,500 · OtherST MARYS HIGH SCHOOLST LEO THE GREAT: $250,000 · OtherST LEO THE GREATST GREGORY THE GREAT: $215,000 · OtherST GREGORY THE GREATTHE SALVATION ARMY: $150,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $115,000 · OtherCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATIONRESPONSE TO LOVE CENTER: $100,000 · OtherCHILDRENS HOSPITAL & BUFFALO FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherOLV FR BAKER CHARITIES: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · Other+24 more: $319,250 · Other+24 moreBUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY BOTANICAL GARDENS SOCIETY INC: $500,000 · EnvironmentBUFFALO A…MERCY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $215,000 · PhilanthropyMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $100,000 · InternationalKEVIN GUEST HOUSE INC: $80,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $25,000 · HealthKIDS ESCAPING DRUGS INC: $25,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthINVESTIGATIVE POST INC: $85,000 · Arts & CultureROBERT H JACKSON CENTER INC: $50,000 · Arts & Culture
Human Services$2,506,000Other$2,061,750Environment$500,000Philanthropy$215,000International$200,000Health$141,000Arts & Culture$135,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION BUFFALO NIAGARA: $2,505,000 over 3y, 8.7% of budgetBUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY BOTANICAL GARDENS SOCIETY INC: $500,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetMERCY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $215,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINVESTIGATIVE POST INC: $85,000 over 3y, 9.4% of budgetKEVIN GUEST HOUSE INC: $80,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetWINGS FLIGHTS OF HOPE: $60,000 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetROBERT H JACKSON CENTER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS ESCAPING DRUGS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL FEDERATION FOR JUST COMMUNITIES OF WNY INC: $9,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetHILBERT COLLEGE: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFSGA FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGERARD PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKENAN CENTER INC: $2,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND 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.

  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION BUFFALO NIAGARA ↗
  • Who funds BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY BOTANICAL GARDENS SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds MERCY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds INVESTIGATIVE POST INC ↗
  • Who funds KEVIN GUEST HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds WINGS FLIGHTS OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds ROBERT H JACKSON CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds KIDS ESCAPING DRUGS INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATIONAL FEDERATION FOR JUST COMMUNITIES OF WNY INC ↗
  • Who funds HILBERT COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds FSGA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GERARD PLACE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY INC ↗

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.

Community Foundation …The John R Oishei Fou…The Peter and Elizabe…The Ralph C Wilson Jr…E&W G FoundationFerguson Electric Fou…Nfada Charitable Foun…The Margaret L Wendt …First Niagara Foundat…The Western New York …Foundation for Jewish…Mother Cabrini Health…
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo IncNY31.3× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 William E & Ann L Swan Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The William E & Ann L Swan Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 46 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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