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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 27-2782745

Alice Rowan Swanson Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 21 grants and $112,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $112,500

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $1,875,308

  • Tax year 2024

    $117,500

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $1,850,757

  • Tax year 2023

    $117,000

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $1,935,884

  • Tax year 2022

    $114,000

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $1,948,418

  • Tax year 2021

    $97,000

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $2,041,427

  • Tax year 2020

    $90,000

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $1,877,309

  • Tax year 2019

    $93,000

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $1,768,720

  • Tax year 2018

    $90,000

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $1,816,374

Grants paid in 2025

21 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Medecins Sans Frontieres USA IncNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $15,000
  2. American Near East Refugee Aid IncWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  3. Middle East Childrens AllianceBerkeley, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  4. Oxfam-America IncBoston, MA

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  5. United States Fund for UNICEFNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  6. The Lilies FoundationSidney, ME

    General & Unrestricted

    $8,000
  7. American National Red CrossBoone, IA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  8. Engineers Without Borders USA IncDenver, CO

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  9. Friends of Oroko VillageChestnut Hill, MA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  10. Joy of Music Program IncWorcester, MA

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  11. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund IncNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  12. Planned Parenthood Federation of America IncNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  13. Music Worcester IncWorcester, MA

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  14. Seeds of Peace IncWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,500
  15. Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MA

    Mass Academy of Math and Science fund

    $2,500
  16. Bikes Not Bombs IncRoxbury, MA

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000
  17. Bolokada and Friends Village Project IncHebron, CT

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000
  18. Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinsons ResearchNew York, NY

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000
  19. Muscular Dystrophy AssociationChicago, IL

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000
  20. Unitarian Universalist Service Committee IncCambridge, MA

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000
  21. Washington Area Bicyclist AssociationWashington, DC

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. International aid8 grants $64,50066% of the total
  2. Arts and culture4 grants $14,50015% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $8,0008% of the total
  4. Health2 grants $7,0007% of the total
  5. Medical research1 grant $2,0002% of the total
  6. Sports and recreation1 grant $2,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts7 grants $29,000
  2. District of Columbia4 grants $19,500
  3. New York3 grants $17,000
  4. Maryland1 grant $15,000
  5. California1 grant $10,000
  6. Maine1 grant $8,000
  7. Colorado1 grant $5,000
  8. Iowa1 grant $5,000
  9. Connecticut1 grant $2,000
  10. Illinois1 grant $2,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Melinda Rowan SwansonVP, Dir Hours 1Pay $0
  • Brian SwansonDir, Pres, Sec Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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