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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 94-3211277

The Swanson Foundation

A private foundation in Burlingame, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $1.2 million 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $1,224,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $21,766,023

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,572,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $21,122,751

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,500,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $21,173,499

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,250,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $22,060,598

  • Tax year 2021

    $800,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $22,122,004

  • Tax year 2020

    $650,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $21,776,623

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. MIT - Ras (1969) Biotech Center of the Koch Inst of Integ Cancer ResearchCambridge, MA

    Education

    $500,000
  2. KqedSan Francisco, CA

    Public service

    $300,000
  3. San Francisco BalletSan Francisco, CA

    Education

    $250,000
  4. Damon Runyon Cancer Research FoundationNew York, NY

    Health care

    $74,000
  5. Mills Peninsula Hospital FoundationBurlingame, CA

    Health care

    $50,000
  6. Tahoe Truckee Community FoundationTruckee, CA

    Public service

    $50,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $300,00071% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $74,00017% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $50,00012% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California4 grants $650,000
  2. Massachusetts1 grant $500,000
  3. New York1 grant $74,000

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

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

  • Judy C SwansonCEO/PRESIDENT Hours 2Pay $0
  • Tracy GedenbergSECRETARY Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Alexandria BreitmanCFO/TREASURER Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Christine SherryVICE PRESIDENT Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Erica Swanson GorskiDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Megan ThomaCFO/TREASURER Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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