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Alice Rowan Swanson Foundation

Name: Alice Rowan Swanson Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

93
grants reported: $461,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

4 grants matching “bombe” · $8,000

$2,000
Bikes Not Bombs · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Bikes Not Bombs · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Bikes Not Bombs · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Bikes Not Bombs · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

United States Fund for Unicef4 grants · $45,000
American Near East Refugee Aid4 grants · $40,000
Oxfam-America4 grants · $40,000
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA3 grants · $40,000
Middle East Childrens Alliance4 grants · $35,000
Friends of Oroko Village3 grants · $25,000
The Lilies Foundation4 grants · $23,000
American National Red Cross4 grants · $20,000
Joy of Music Program4 grants · $20,000
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund4 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$114,000

2022

$117,000

2023

$117,500

2024

$112,500

2025

Grant history

All 93 reported grants, largest first.

$15,000
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
American Near East Refugee Aid · Washington, DC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Middle East Childrens Alliance · Berkeley, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Oxfam-America · Boston, MA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
American Near East Refugee Aid · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Friends of Oroko Village · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Middle East Childrens Alliance · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Oxfam-America · Boston, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
American Near East Refugee Aid · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Friends of Oroko Village · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Middle East Childrens Alliance · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Oxfam-America · Boston, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
American Near East Refugee Aid · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc - Doctors Without · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Oxfam-America · Albert Lea, MN · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$8,000
The Lilies Foundation · Sidney, ME · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
American National Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Engineers Without Borders USA · Denver, CO · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Friends of Oroko Village · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Joy of Music Program · Worcester, MA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund · New York, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
American National Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Engineers Without Borders USA · Denver, CO · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Joy of Music Program · Worcester, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
The Lilies Foundation · Sidney, ME · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
American National Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Joy of Music Program · Worcester, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Seeds of Peace · Newark, NJ · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
The Lilies Foundation · Sidney, ME · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
American National Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Joy of Music Program · Worcester, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Middle East Childrens Alliance · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Seeds of Peace · Newark, NJ · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
The Lilies Foundation · Sidney, ME · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Virginia Thurston Healing Garden · Harvard, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Engineers Without Borders USA · Denver, CO · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Virginia Thurston Healing Garden · Harvard, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Engineers Without Borders USA · Denver, CO · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Metavivor Research and Support · Annapolis, MD · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Virginia Thurston Healing Garden · Harvard, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Music Worcester · Worcester, MA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Seeds of Peace · Washington, DC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Worcester Polytechnic Institute · Worcester, MA · 2025
Mass Academy of Math and Science fund
$2,500
Music Worcester · Worcester, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Seeds of Peace · Newark, NJ · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Worcester Polytechnic Institute · Worcester, MA · 2024
Mass. Academy of Math and Science Fund
$2,500
Music Worcester · Worcester, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Worcester Polytechnic Institute · Worcester, MA · 2023
For Mass Academy of Math and Science
$2,500
Music Worcester · Worcester, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Worcester Polytechnic Institute · Worcester, MA · 2022
For Mass. Academy of Math and Science
$2,000
Bikes Not Bombs · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Bolokada and Friends Village Project · Hebron, CT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research · New York, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Muscular Dystrophy Association · Chicago, IL · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee · Cambridge, MA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Washington Area Bicyclist Association · Washington, DC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Bikes Not Bombs · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Bolokada and Friends Village Project · Hebron, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Muscular Dystrophy Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Washington Area Bicyclist Association · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Bikes Not Bombs · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Bolokada and Friends Village Project · Hebron, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Center for Nonviolent Solutions · Worcester, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Muscular Dystrophy Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Sister Communities of San Ramon Nicaragua · Roanoke Rapid, NC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Washington Area Bicyclist Association · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Bikes Not Bombs · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Bolokada and Friends Village Project · Hebron, CT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Center for Nonviolent Solutions · Worcester, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Muscular Dystrophy Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Outward Bound International · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Sister Communities of San Ramon Nicaragua · Durham, NC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Unitarian Universalist Massachusetts Action Networ · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Washington Area Bicyclist Association · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted

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