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The Swartz Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 11-6447242 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
- Total grants paid
- $3M
- Grants reported
- 25
- Median grant
- $112K
- Future commitments
- None reported
Giving by tax year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | $1M |
| 2023 | 15 | $2M |
Where The Swartz Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
The biggest individual grants on file, as reported by the foundation to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Tax year | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Univ of Calif San Diego | La Jolla, CA | Fund Research | 2023 | $360K |
| University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | Fund Research | 2023 | $200K |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technolo | Cambridge, MA | Fund Research | 2024 | $165K |
| Shanah Swartz-Gordon Fidelity DAF | Lloyd Harbor, NY | Fund Research | 2024 | $150K |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | Humanitarian aid. | 2023 | $150K |
| Brandeis University | Waltham, MA | Fund Research | 2024 | $135K |
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | Fund Research | 2024 | $135K |
| Brandeis University | Waltham, MA | Fund Research | 2023 | $135K |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | Fund Research | 2023 | $135K |
| New York University | New York, NY | Fund Research | 2023 | $135K |
| Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | Fund Research | 2023 | $124K |
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | Fund Research | 2023 | $115K |
| California Institute of Tech | Pasadena, CA | Fund Research | 2023 | $112K |
| Columbia Universtiy | New York, NY | Fund Research | 2023 | $110K |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | Fund Research | 2024 | $106K |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Cold Spring Harbor, NY | Fund Research | 2024 | $104.2K |
| University of California Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | Fund Research | 2023 | $100K |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | Fund Research | 2023 | $100K |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Cold Spring Harbor, NY | Fund Research | 2023 | $96K |
| New York University | New York, NY | Fund Research | 2024 | $75K |
| The Salk Institute | La Jolla, CA | Fund Research | 2024 | $75K |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | Fund research | 2023 | $74K |
| Univ of Calif San Diego | La Jolla, CA | Fund Research | 2024 | $40.8K |
| Boston University | Boston, MA | Fund Research | 2023 | $35K |
| The Brearley School | New York, NY | Scholarship Fund | 2024 | $30K |
How to apply
This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
About this data
Figures are aggregated from The Swartz Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF e-file archive.