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Knapp-Swezey Foundation Inc

Patchogue, NY · EIN 11-3038738. Reported 205 grants totalling $58.2M to 78 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$25,000median grant
$58.2Mgranted, 2020-2024
78recipients, as named on its returns
59%of grantees funded again the next year
$18.9Massets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Knapp-Swezey Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $12,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $20.0M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
4 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
6 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
14 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
63 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
48 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
34 grants
$100,000 and Up
36 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Nyu HospitalPatchogue, NY$20.0M222024
Stony Brook FoundationStony Brook, NY$12.0M332024
Community Funds IncCommack, NY$5,000,000112023
YMCA of Long IslandGlen Cove, NY$5,000,000112023
Ighl FoundationEast Moriches, NY$2,408,000332023
Patchogue VillagePatchogue, NY$1,866,224552024
Nature ConservencyEast Hampton, NY$1,326,763552024
Boys & Girls Club of the Bellport AreaBellport, NY$1,295,000552024
Colby-Sawyer CollegeNew London, NH$1,025,000222023
Camp PaqutuckHolbrook, NY$691,000552024
Long Island MuseumStonybrook, NY$635,000442023
Gateway PlayhouseBellport, NY$590,000332023
St Joseph's CollegePatchogue, NY$575,000222021
Bayport Blue Point Public LibraryBlue Point, NY$500,000112020
Long Island Community FoundationMelville, NY$460,000222023
Long Island CaresHauppauge, NY$350,393442024
Patchogue-Medford Youth and Community ServicesPatchogue, NY$295,000552024
Island HarvestMineola, NY$290,000552024
American Red CrossYaphank, NY$250,000442024
United WayDeer Park, NY$250,000332023
Li Youth MentoringBrentwood, NY$185,000552024
Suffolk County Girl ScoutsRiverhead, NY$180,000222023
New Beginnings Community CenterMedford, NY$175,000552024
Guide Dog FoundationSmithtown, NY$165,000442024
South Country Education FoundationBellport, NY$155,000332023
Bayport-Blue Point SchoolBayport, NY$145,366222024
Girls Inc of Long IslandDeer Park, NY$145,000552024
Long Island Community HospitalEast Patchogue, NY$122,280442023
Mercy Center MinistriesPatchogue, NY$110,000552024
Mercy HavenIslip Terrace, NY$110,000552024
Canine CompanionsMedford, NY$100,000222024
Family Service LeagueHuntington, NY$100,000112020
Literacy SuffolkBellport, NY$95,000552024
Patchogue Arts CouncilPatchogue, NY$95,000332022
New HourBrentwood, NY$85,000332023
Plaza Cinema and Arts CenterPatchogue, NY$80,000332024
Angela's HouseHauppauge, NY$78,000112021
Patchogue Community Service FoundationPatchogue, NY$75,000552024
Planned ParenthoodSmithtown, NY$75,000222021
Sunshine Prevention CenterPort Jefferson, NY$75,000552024
Response of Suffolk CountyStony Brook, NY$57,500222021
Family & Children's AssociationHolbrook, NY$55,000332022
Hope HousePort Jefferson, NY$55,000332024
Congregational Church of PatchoguePatchogue, NY$53,000222023
Seatuck Enviromental AssociationIslip, NY$52,900112024
Li CaresHauppauge, NY$50,000112020
Developmental Disabilities InstituteSmithtown, NY$47,400222024
Sharing a MealSayville, NY$45,000552024
Lighthouse MissionPatchogue, NY$40,000222023
Moriches Community CenterCenter Moriches, NY$40,000222022
Pac MocaPatchogue, NY$40,000222024
Practical Resources for ChurchesPatchogue, NY$40,000442024
Atlantic Wind SymphonySayville, NY$35,000442024
Center for Environmental Education & DiscoveryBrookhaven, NY$35,000332024
TsliBrentwood, NY$35,000112020
Options for Community LivingRonkonkoma, NY$30,000112024
Pal O Mine Equestrian IncIslandia, NY$30,000222023
Concern for Independent LivingMedford, NY$25,000112021
Patchogue Family YMCAPatchogue, NY$25,000112020
BaffaSayville, NY$20,000442024
Patchogue Neighbors Inn Co the InnHempstead, NY$20,000222024
Suffolk Community College FoundationSelden, NY$20,000112022
Boy Scouts of America Suffolk CountyMedford, NY$15,000222024
Patchogue TheatrePatchogue, NY$12,000112020
Patchogue Neighbors Soup Kitchen IncEast Patchogue, NY$11,500222023
Beacon HouseBay Shore, NY$10,000112020
Brookhaven Arts CouncilFarmingville, NY$10,000112023
Federation of OrganizationsWest Babylon, NY$10,000112020
Rotary Club of PatchoguePatchogue, NY$10,000112021
Friends of Wertheim EstateBrookhaven, NY$5,500112021
East End HospiceWesthampton Beach, NY$5,000112020
North Shore Chamber ChoirMiller Place, NY$5,000112024
ProntoBay Shore, NY$5,000112021
Mather Memorial HospitalPort Jefferson, NY$4,680112021
Patchogue Lioness Lions ClubPatchogue, NY$2,500442024
Spotlight on ChildrenPatchogue, NY$2,500112020
Post Morrow FoundationBrookhaven, NY$1,000112023
Bellport High SchoolBrookhaven, NY$500112020

53 of 78 (68%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 59%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 78 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Human Services
34 grants
Education
19 grants
Arts & Culture
7 grants
Housing & Shelter
5 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
5 grants
Health Care
4 grants
Mental Health
2 grants
Youth Development
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202047$2,273,891$25,000
202141$3,400,876$25,000
202237$2,868,292$20,000
202344$47.4M$45,000
202436$2,269,276$25,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

98% of its giving went to organizations in New York. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

New York
$57.1M
New Hampshire
$1.0M

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund19 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc14 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc13 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust12 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program11 shared recipientsThe New York Community Trust11 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Knapp-Swezey Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 2549, Patchogue, NY, 11772. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 11-3038738 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.

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