Swanson Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237007629
IRS 990-PF coverage
2018–2020
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2020
Location
Detroit, MI, USA
Phone
3132729000
Rating
42
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$3,850

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Swanson Foundation is a nonprofit. Location: Detroit, MI. EIN 237007629. Tax year 2020 Form 990-PF reports $0 revenue and $3.9K expenses.

What it reported funding in 2020

The foundation reported 4 grants totaling $3,850. The stated grant purpose was donation.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 100% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of spending goes to grants. Assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants and the available information about grant readiness automatic revocation leaves an important question unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: NotEnoughData
  • Cost Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency: NotEnoughData
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 22

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: Limited

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Limited

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 8; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 0.11; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: Filed grants detail
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2018 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 22/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.