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van Swaay charitable 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.

$23k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$27kEmployment$10kFood & Nutrition$10kRecreation & Sports$9kYouth Development$8kHealth$8kEducation$7kReligion$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$130k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Food For Thought denver$5,000
Imagination Library denver$5,000
Foster Light Kansas City$2,500
Barrier Free Divers$2,000
Wildwood Outdoor Education Center$1,000
Inheritance of Hope$1,000
Buckley Spouses Alliance$1,000
Friends of the Dillon Ranger Projec$1,000
The Wash Project$1,000
Friends of Parkville Animal Shelter$1,000
Launch Community Through Skateboard$600
Music Theater Kansas City$600
Healthy Kids Running Series Aurora$550
Girls Inc of Metro Denver$500
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 (FY22–24, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 52% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%True U Crew: $500 → 7%Artists Helping the Homeless: $1k → 15%Artists Helping the Homeless: $1k → 15%Foster Adopt Connect: $2k → 15%Mothers Refuge: $1k → 15%Safehome: $2k → 5%Village Shalom: $3k → 5%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
PA
CA
CO
MO
MD
KS
GA
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.

34%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$40k · 8 repeat orgs$77k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +11% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
35

Total granted

$40k
$63k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+3%

Still filing today

100%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsHealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • FF
    Food For Thought Denver
    2× · 2020–2025 · $10k · revenue +9%
  • GORGE MAKERSPACE
    2× · 2022–2024 · $7k · revenue +110%
  • FH
    FREEDOM HOUSE MINISTRIES
    2× · 2022–2023 · $6k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • MR
    MATTIE RHODES MEMORIAL SOCIETY D/B/A MATTIE RHODES CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue +49%
  • AA
    ART AS MENTORSHIP INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +89%
  • S
    Sacred
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
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
Almost Home

Almost Home empowers young moms to become self-sufficient and create a better future for themselves and their children.

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2
Rebuilding Together Metro Denver Inc

Repairing homes, revitalizing communities, rebuilding lives.

Community Improvement
3
Welcome House Inc

The Welcome House is a non-profit, sober living, recovery program (incorporated in 1971) with the sole purpose of educating and rehabilitating the adult male alcoholic/ addict and the expressed mission of returning the individual to…

Health
4
A Safe Place Inc

Safe Place supports survivors of sex trafficking and exploitation through relationships, empowerment, and opportunities.

Crime & Legal
5
Every Shelter Inc

Every Shelter's mission is to build a localized refugee-aid ecosystem centered around the needs, preferences, and aspirations of refugees.

Education
6
Youth Volunteer Corps

We engage youth in team-based service experiences that build life and work skills while inspiring a lifetime ethic of service.

Human Services
7
Transitions

Transitions works to end poverty and homelessness for women and children in Spokane, Washington.

Human Services
8
She Is Safe Inc

She Is Safe prevents, rescues and restores women and girls from abuse and exploitation in high risk communities across the globe, equipping them to build lives of freedom and faith for a strong future. We accomplish our work in partnership…

International
9
Alternatives to Violence Inc

Alternatives to violence provides shelter, advocacy, education and resources for people impacted by domestic violence, sexual assault and n trafficking.

Human Services
10
Voice of the Youth Inc

Helping low income individuals and families, by providing mentor, leadership, work development, life skills programs, and resources for underserved communities.

Youth Development
11
Transformations by Kcmo Angels

The KCMO Angels mission is to walk alongside children, youth, and families in the foster care community by offering consistent support through intentional giving, relationship building, and mentorship.

—
12
Homeward Pikes Peak

Homeward Pikes Peak empowers individuals and families to access stable housing, increase mental health, recovery, and economic stability.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Safehome Inc; the most unlike its peers is Team Fidelis Inc. 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

40 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. 40 of the 53 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/40
Grantees still filing
24/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Food For Thought Denver: $9,800 · EducationFood For Thought DenverGORGE MAKERSPACE: $7,000 · EducationGORGE MAKERSPACEFREEDOM HOUSE MINISTRIES: $6,000 · EducationFREEDOM HOUSE MINISTRIESImagination Library of Denver: $5,000 · EducationImagination Library of DenverOPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC: $2,000 · EducationOPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INCVAN GO INC: $1,250 · EducationSacred: $3,000 · OtherSacredH I R E: $2,800 · OtherH I R EYouth Rise KC: $2,800 · OtherYouth Rise KCMoving to End Sexual Assault: $2,800 · OtherMoving to End Sexual AssaultAUTISM SOCIETY OF COLORADO: $2,500 · OtherAUTISM SOCIETY OF COLORADOFoster Light Kansas City: $2,500 · OtherFoster Light Kansas CityVERONICA'S VOICE INC: $2,000 · OtherTHE GOLDEN SCOOP LLC: $2,000 · OtherASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY: $2,000 · OtherCamp Fire of Kansas City: $1,500 · OtherSHELTER KC: $1,500 · OtherRebuilding Together Kansas City Inc: $1,500 · OtherTHE STOP TRAFFICKING PROJECT INC: $2,800 · OtherTHE STOP TRAFFICKING PROJECT INCTeam Fidelis Inc: $2,000 · Other+11 more: $10,050 · Other+11 moreVILLAGE SHALOM INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesVILLAGE SHALO…ARTISTS HELPING THE HOMELESS INC: $2,200 · Human ServicesARTISTS HELPI…FOSTERADOPT CONNECT INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesFOSTERADOPT C…LEAD TO READ INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesLEAD TO READ …SAFEHOME INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesSAFEHOME INCMothers Refuge: $1,300 · Human ServicesMothers Refug…SAVE: $1,000 · Human ServicesSAVENow I Lay Me Down to Sleep: $625 · Human ServicesTRUE U CREW: $500 · Human ServicesBARRIER FREE DIVERS INC: $6,800 · Recreation & SportsBARRIER FRE…The Cycle Effect: $3,200 · Recreation & SportsThe Cycle E…City Surf Project: $1,300 · Recreation & SportsCity Surf P…Launch Community Through Skateboard: $600 · Recreation & SportsMATTIE RHODES MEMORIAL SOCIETY D/B/A MATTIE RHODES CENTER: $3,800 · HealthINHERITANCE OF HOPE INC: $3,000 · HealthWASH PROJECT: $2,200 · HealthART AS MENTORSHIP INC: $3,200 · Arts & CultureBASE ACADEMY OF MUSIC: $1,500 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION DENVER: $500 · Arts & CultureCHARITABLE VENTURES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $2,200 · Community ImprovementFront Porch Alliance - Kansas City Inc: $1,200 · Community ImprovementMISSION ST LOUIS: $1,000 · Community Improvement
Education$31,050Other$41,750Human Services$14,125Recreation & Sports$11,900Health$9,000Arts & Culture$5,200Community Improvement$4,400

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFood For Thought Denver: $9,800 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGORGE MAKERSPACE: $7,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetBARRIER FREE DIVERS INC: $6,800 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetFREEDOM HOUSE MINISTRIES: $6,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetImagination Library of Denver: $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMATTIE RHODES MEMORIAL SOCIETY D/B/A MATTIE RHODES CENTER: $3,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetART AS MENTORSHIP INC: $3,200 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Cycle Effect: $3,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINHERITANCE OF HOPE INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVILLAGE SHALOM INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STOP TRAFFICKING PROJECT INC: $2,800 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAUTISM SOCIETY OF COLORADO: $2,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCHARITABLE VENTURES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $2,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARTISTS HELPING THE HOMELESS INC: $2,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOSTERADOPT CONNECT INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeam Fidelis Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetVERONICA'S VOICE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE GOLDEN SCOOP LLC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLEAD TO READ INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF KANSAS CITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBASE ACADEMY OF MUSIC: $1,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSAFEHOME INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTER KC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRebuilding Together Kansas City Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCity Surf Project: $1,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMothers Refuge: $1,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVAN GO INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFront Porch Alliance - Kansas City Inc: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAVE: $1,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetEMERGING BUILDERS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMISSION ST LOUIS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNow I Lay Me Down to Sleep: $625 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLaunch Community Through Skateboard: $600 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION DENVER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER: $500 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.

Greater Kansas City C…United Way of Greater…R a Long Foundation 6…Oppenstein Brothers F…Servant FoundationThe Kansas City Royal…The H & R Block Found…Health Forward Founda…The Sunderland Founda…Ewing Marion Kauffman…Commerce Bancshares F…The Curry Family Foun…
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO35.8× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · R a Long Foundation 600 Plaza West Bldg · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · Servant Foundation · The Kansas City Royals Foundation · The H & R Block Foundation · Health Forward Foundation · The Sunderland Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · The Curry 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 van Swaay charitable foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from van Swaay charitable foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%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
    0get no government money at all
    13report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to van Swaay charitable foundation?

    Find your warmest path to van Swaay charitable 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 53 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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