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Private foundation (trust)EIN 810535708Est. 2000-10

MAX AND BETTY SWANSON FOUNDATION

MISSOULA, MT 59802

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$3.9M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$140K

FY 2024

Grants Made

60

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$2K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$500–$16K

Typical

Deadlines

Open / rolling

Applications

Focus Areas

Corporate Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$275K

Total Expenses

$252K

Qualifying Distributions

$173K

Distributable Amount

$182K

Min. Investment Return

$185K

Undistributed Income

$148K

Payout rate 95%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.95%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

60 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $500 through median $1K to maximum $16K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2024. Peak $173K in 2023. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

293 grants

UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA
$90K
12 grants
GREATER MISSOULA FAMILY YMCA
$41K
4 grants
CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER
$38K
5 grants
LOVING LOIC FOUNDATION
$35K
2 grants
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATION
$28K
4 grants
DALY MANSION
$22K
5 grants
HUMANE SOCIETY
$22K
5 grants
MISSOULA COMMUNITY CHORUS
$15K
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

293 grants

<$10K
282
grants
$10–50K
11
grants
$50–250K
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

3 states

Montana
$724K
99% of total
Nebraska
$9K
1% of total
Virginia
$1K
0% of total

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