Colorado · Private foundation
Wayne Swanson Charitable Fund
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $219k
- Granted FY2021
- 11
- Grants FY2021
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 30% of the organizations Wayne Swanson Charitable Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 10 | $204k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $4k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $53k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $53k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $60k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthjustice | $150,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Trout Unlimited Inc | $90,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Steamboat Art Museum | $27,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Community Radio for Northern Colorado | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Opera Steamboat | $22,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Rocky Mountain Youth Corps | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lift Up of Routt County | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Orchestra | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($39k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wayne Swanson Charitable Fund 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.
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How this is measured
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About Wayne Swanson Charitable Fund
- How much does Wayne Swanson Charitable Fund give?
- Wayne Swanson Charitable Fund reported 11 grants totaling $219,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Wayne Swanson Charitable Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Environment (70%), Arts & Culture (25%), Youth Development (4%).
- Who are Wayne Swanson Charitable Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Earthjustice ($150k), Trout Unlimited Inc ($90k), Steamboat Art Museum ($27k).
- Does Wayne Swanson Charitable Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wayne Swanson Charitable Fund 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 Wayne Swanson Charitable Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, Craig-Scheckman Family Foundation, The Duffey Foundation Inc.
- Where is Wayne Swanson Charitable Fund based?
- Wayne Swanson Charitable Fund is based in CO.
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