Vermont · Public charity
White Swan Foundation Inc
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- $189k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 70%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $167k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 12
- Total assets, FY2024
- $169k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 70% of the organizations White Swan Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $72k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $167k | 65% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $107k | 70% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $122k | 73% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $70k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $56k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods C/O Melanie Stevenson | $59,800 | 5 | 5% |
| 1 Vote Counts | $45,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Agua Para la Vida | $35,500 | 3 | 7% |
| Alight | $34,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Reproductive Health Access Project Inc | $33,600 | 4 | 1% |
| Razom Inc | $26,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New North Carolina Project | $22,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Steps to End Domestic Violence Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget White Swan Foundation Inc 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: Tides Foundation · New Venture Fund · Boston Foundation Inc · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · Clif Family Foundation · Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc · The Vermont Community Foundation · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Impactassetsinc
How this is measured
About White Swan Foundation Inc
- How much does White Swan Foundation Inc give?
- White Swan Foundation Inc reported 17 itemized grants totaling $166,800, out of $188,517 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does White Swan Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (22%), Environment (16%), Health (10%).
- Who are White Swan Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods C/O Melanie Stevenson ($60k), 1 Vote Counts ($45k), Agua Para la Vida ($36k).
- Does White Swan Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 70% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as White Swan Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tides Foundation, New Venture Fund, Boston Foundation Inc.
- Where is White Swan Foundation Inc based?
- White Swan Foundation Inc is based in VT.
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