GRETCHEN SWANSON FAMILY FOUNDATION INC

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Plain text GRETCHEN SWANSON FAMILY FOUNDATION INC. furp.org, nonprofit organization profile, tax years 2018–2024. https://furp.org/org/gretchen-swanson-family-foundation-inc-476024650. Retrieved 2026-11-15.

APA furp.org. (n.d.). GRETCHEN SWANSON FAMILY FOUNDATION INC [Nonprofit organization profile; tax years 2018–2024]. Retrieved November 15, 2026, from https://furp.org/org/gretchen-swanson-family-foundation-inc-476024650

MLA “GRETCHEN SWANSON FAMILY FOUNDATION INC.” furp.org, tax years 2018–2024, https://furp.org/org/gretchen-swanson-family-foundation-inc-476024650. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

Retrieved 2026-11-15; covers tax years 2018–2024. Data: furp.org (index © the FURP Alliance; the records are public domain).

2024 · Form 990PF · revenue $7.3M ($7.5M in 2025 dollars) · expenses $4.8M · assets $19.4M

EIN
47-6024650
Address
4935 BATTLEFIELD DR, OMAHA, NE 68152-1556
NTEE code
T22 Private Independent Foundations (Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations) inferred (by a small language model from the name and 990 text, confidence 0.60; not an IRS classification)
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
June 1959 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (private foundation) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Private non-operating foundation
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Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 8 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

8 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Laura L Bucholz PRESIDENT2018-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Lawrence K Sheehan SECRETARY2021-2024 1 $0 reported 2
Jonathan P Ehly TREASURER2021-2024 1 $0 reported 2
Frederick S Bucholz DIRECTOR2018-2024 1 $0 reported 2
Bessie Johns Bucholz DIRECTOR2018-2024 1 $0 reported 1
John F Bucholz DIRECTOR2018-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Michael Jones (former) SECRETARY2018-2020 1 $0 reported 2
Edward Fitzpatrick (former) TREASURER2018-2020 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LAURA L BUCHOLZ PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
LAWRENCE K SHEEHAN SECRETARY1 $0-$0 $02
JONATHAN P EHLY TREASURER1 $0-$0 $02
FREDERICK S BUCHOLZ DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $02
BESSIE JOHNS BUCHOLZ DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
JOHN F BUCHOLZ DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LAURA L BUCHOLZ PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
LAWRENCE K SHEEHAN SECRETARY1 $0-$0 $02
JONATHAN P EHLY TREASURER1 $0-$0 $02
FREDERICK S BUCHOLZ DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $02
BESSIE JOHNS BUCHOLZ DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
JOHN F BUCHOLZ DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LAURA L BUCHOLZ PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
LAWRENCE K SHEEHAN SECRETARY1 $0-$0 $02
JONATHAN P EHLY TREASURER1 $0-$0 $02
FREDERICK S BUCHOLZ DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $02
BESSIE JOHNS BUCHOLZ DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
JOHN F BUCHOLZ DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LAURA L BUCHOLZ PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
LAWRENCE K SHEEHAN SECRETARY1 $0-$0 $02
JONATHAN P EHLY TREASURER1 $0-$0 $02
FREDERICK S BUCHOLZ VICE PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $02
BESSIE JOHNS BUCHOLZ DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
JOHN F BUCHOLZ DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
2020 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LAURA L BUCHOLZ PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
MICHAEL JONES SECRETARY1 $0-$0 $02
EDWARD FITZPATRICK TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
BESSIE J BUCHOLZ DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
FREDERICK S BUCHOLZ DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $02
JOHN F BUCHOLZ DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
2019 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LAURA L BUCHOLZ PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
MICHAEL JONES SECRETARY1 $0-$0 $02
EDWARD FITZPATRICK TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
BESSIE J BUCHOLZ DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
FREDERICK S BUCHOLZ DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $02
JOHN F BUCHOLZ DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
2018 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
LAURA L BUCHOLZ PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
MICHAEL JONES SECRETARY1 $0-$0 $02
EDWARD FITZPATRICK TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
BESSIE J BUCHOLZ DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
FREDERICK S BUCHOLZ DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $02
JOHN F BUCHOLZ DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2024 · 31 grants to organizations · $4.6M
2023 · 33 grants to organizations · $2.4M
2022 · 25 grants to organizations · $1.3M
2021 · 29 grants to organizations · $2.2M
2020 · 26 grants to organizations · $1.6M
2019 · 21 grants to organizations · $1.6M
2018 · 23 grants to organizations · $1.3M

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

No contributors are listed on Schedule B in the e-filed returns we have for this organization.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990PF period ending 2024-12-31 · amended · view filing · original 990 ↗
$7,281,580$4,825,584 $19,384,913$19,384,913 -- $0--
2024 · Form 990PF period ending 2024-12-31 · superseded · view filing · original 990 ↗
$7,281,580$4,002,848 $19,349,262$19,349,262 -- $0--
2023 · Form 990PF period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$2,121,615$2,613,445 $16,274,119$16,274,119 -- $0--
2022 · Form 990PF period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,386,420$1,543,756 $16,785,193$16,785,193 -- $0--
2021 · Form 990PF period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$4,277,942$2,451,008 $17,049,319$17,049,319 -- $0--
2020 · Form 990PF period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,640,717$1,733,200 $14,247,707$14,247,707 -- $0--
2019 · Form 990PF period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$2,141,020$1,777,907 $14,377,369$14,377,369 -- ---
2018 · Form 990PF period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$656,569$1,417,628 $14,024,079$14,024,079 -- ---

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

Funders of this organization

Not reported: no grants to this organization appear in the filings we have (tax years 2010 to 2025).

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Same category: NTEE code and revenue

Ranked without any AI: same NTEE code first, then the same NTEE group; then revenue within 2x, 5x or 10x; then the same state; then similar name and mission text. NTEE: the IRS’s code when it lists one, otherwise FURP’s inferred code. Same state only · More (100)

OrganizationStateNTEELatest revenueLatest expensesTop-paid titleTop payWhy similar
CARL AND CAROLINE SWANSON FOUNDATION INCNET22 $6,365,504$1,902,354 PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code T22, revenue within 2x, same state, similar name
MOGLIA FAMILY FOUNDATIONNET22 $5,555,604$5,023,135 FINANCIAL ANALYST$99,965 Same NTEE code T22, revenue within 2x, same state
CLAIRE M HUBBARD FOUNDATIONNET22 $5,776,685$8,121,728 PRESIDENT/DIR$0 Same NTEE code T22, revenue within 2x, same state
JOHN AND ELIZABETH LAURITZEN FOUNDATIONNET22 $6,721,628$7,668,574 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code T22, revenue within 2x, same state
ROCHE FAMILY FOUNDATION INCNJT22 $7,216,301$251,855 PRES/DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code T22, revenue within 2x, similar name
WILSON FAMILY FOUNDATION INCCAT22 $5,548,246$2,338,410 Chief Executive Officer$0 Same NTEE code T22, revenue within 2x, similar name
DICKINSON FAMILY FOUNDATION INCNJT22 $5,915,774$1,087,392 TRUSTEE$70,000 Same NTEE code T22, revenue within 2x, similar name
SCHIFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INCNJT22 $6,522,514$602,886 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code T22, revenue within 2x, similar name
STUART FAMILY FOUNDATION INCNYT22 $8,256,490$9,160,717 PRESIDENT,DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code T22, revenue within 2x, similar name
STEVE AND GRETCHEN STENEHJEM FAMILY FOUNDATIONNDT22 $5,422,364$398,860 Chairman$0 Same NTEE code T22, revenue within 2x, similar name
GANATRA FAMILY FOUNDATION INCNCT22 $6,636,794$213,203 VICE PRESIDE$0 Same NTEE code T22, revenue within 2x, similar name
FUSCO FAMILY FOUNDATION INCTXT22 $8,063,690$1,243,319 PRESIDENT & TREAS.$0 Same NTEE code T22, revenue within 2x, similar name
GILBANE FAMILY FOUNDATION INCRIT22 $8,458,040$248,945 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code T22, revenue within 2x, similar name
KNOPF FAMILY FOUNDATION INCMAT22 $7,803,268$4,242,891 TRUSTEE$0 Same NTEE code T22, revenue within 2x, similar name
CAPEK FAMILY FOUNDATION INCCAT22 $6,265,279$610,154 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code T22, revenue within 2x, similar name
CRANE FAMILY FOUNDATION INCMDT22 $6,189,034$7,059,742 DIRECTOR$353,125 Same NTEE code T22, revenue within 2x, similar name
DAVIE FAMILY FOUNDATION INCFLT22 $5,946,799$615,313 DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code T22, revenue within 2x, similar name
HOGAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INCFLT22 $9,483,046$379,925 DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code T22, revenue within 2x, similar name
HASLAM FAMILY FOUNDATION INCTNT22 $10,199,226$8,139,936 DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code T22, revenue within 2x, similar name
PRICE 4 FAMILY FOUNDATION INCDET22 $7,932,252$0 DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code T22, revenue within 2x, similar name
EDMONDS FAMILY FOUNDATION INCINT22 $6,124,497$3,311,533 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code T22, revenue within 2x, similar name
GARY W PARR FAMILY FOUNDATION INCFLT22 $10,125,905$1,181,368 CHAIRMAN$0 Same NTEE code T22, revenue within 2x, similar name
BEVERIDGE FAMILY FOUNDATION INCMAT22 $6,642,021$3,796,321 PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR$248,569 Same NTEE code T22, revenue within 2x, similar name
ARSENAULT FAMILY FOUNDATION INCCOT22 $6,428,056$5,664,260 CHAIRMAN/PRE$0 Same NTEE code T22, revenue within 2x, similar name
IVERSEN FAMILY FOUNDATIONSCT22 $7,098,541$1,222,657 PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, TREASURER$0 Same NTEE code T22, revenue within 2x, similar name

Who funds organizations like this

Grantors that funded the 100 most similar organizations. Ranked by total given to them. Foundations (990-PF) and donor-advised fund sponsors only. Same matching as Funders above (by EIN, or by name for foundations).

GrantorTotal givenGrantsOrganizations fundedTypeYearsWhich ones
ESB CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $10,000,0004 1Private foundation2021–2024 RAMSAY FAMILY FOUNDATION
THE GILBANE FAMILY FOUNDATION $7,338,9921 1Private foundation2023–2023 GILBANE FAMILY FOUNDATION INC
STONE MAP AND ATLAS FOUNDATION $2,900,0001 1Private foundation2023–2023 MICHAEL AND KAREN STONE FAMILY FOUNDATION INC
JAMES & LISA LILLIE CHARITABLE $2,898,4532 1Private foundation2017–2017 LILLIE FAMILY FOUNDATION
THE@LISA AND STEVE ALTMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION $480,5331 1Private foundation2016–2016 MICHAEL AND KAREN STONE FAMILY FOUNDATION INC
FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE OPEN SOCIETY $250,0001 1Private foundation2023–2023 ARSENAULT FAMILY FOUNDATION INC
THE PRUET FOUNDATION $40,0001 1Private foundation2018–2018 MANNING FAMILY FOUNDATION
PORTICUS NORTH AMERICA FOUNDATION $21,0001 1Private foundation2017–2017 GEORGE FAMILY FOUNDATION
THE 1440 FOUNDATION $21,0001 1Private foundation2017–2017 GEORGE FAMILY FOUNDATION
EAGLE AND THE HAWK FOUNDATION $5,0001 1Private foundation2015–2015 GEORGE FAMILY FOUNDATION

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990PF · $4,825,584 spent · pay $0 · grants $4,613,208 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $4,613,208 95.6%
Fees: other professional $209,542 4.3%
Fees: accounting $2,834 0.1%
Total$4,825,584100%

View the filing

2023 · Form 990PF · $2,613,445 spent · pay $0 · grants $2,433,227 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $2,433,227 93.1%
Fees: other professional $177,279 6.8%
Fees: accounting $2,939 0.1%
Total$2,613,445100%

View the filing

2022 · Form 990PF · $1,543,756 spent · pay $0 · grants $1,332,481 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $1,332,481 86.3%
Fees: other professional $175,813 11.4%
Taxes $33,211 2.2%
Fees: accounting $2,251 0.1%
Total$1,543,756100%

View the filing

2021 · Form 990PF · $2,451,008 spent · pay $0 · grants $2,244,031 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $2,244,031 91.6%
Fees: other professional $202,009 8.2%
Fees: accounting $4,225 0.2%
Taxes $743 0.0%
Total$2,451,008100%

View the filing

2020 · Form 990PF · $1,733,200 spent · pay $0 · grants $1,584,461 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $1,584,461 91.4%
Fees: other professional $145,431 8.4%
Fees: accounting $2,000 0.1%
Taxes $1,095 0.1%
Other expenses $213 0.0%
Total$1,733,200100%

View the filing

2019 · Form 990PF · $1,777,907 spent · pay $0 · grants $1,637,500 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $1,637,500 92.1%
Fees: other professional $134,979 7.6%
Fees: accounting $3,700 0.2%
Taxes $1,728 0.1%
Total$1,777,907100%

View the filing

2018 · Form 990PF · $1,417,628 spent · pay $0 · grants $1,250,300 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $1,250,300 88.2%
Fees: other professional $133,516 9.4%
Taxes $31,003 2.2%
Fees: legal $2,809 0.2%
Total$1,417,628100%

View the filing

In the news

14 news articles name this organization (May 2016 to December 2024); the latest 10:

News article metadata and links: The GDELT Project (https://www.gdeltproject.org/). Matched by: Exact name match: "gretchen swanson family foundation". A shared name is not proof of the same organization; how the matching works. Most in the news.

Also on this site Fuzzy

RecordName as filedWhereDatasetMatched by
NonprofitCARL AND CAROLINE SWANSON FOUNDATION INCNENonprofits (IRS Form 990)same street address and ZIP code, 4935 BATTLEFIELD DR 68152 (FUZZY: a shared address, not proof of a shared organization)

Matched by an identifier (EIN, CIK, CRD), by name and state or city, or by street address; a shared name or address is not proof of the same person or organization. Every link says how it was made; how the cross-referencing works.

Others with the same interests

NTEE code Private Independent Foundations, NE first:

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Interests: Private Independent Foundations · Philanthropy

The area Census

Douglas CountyOmaha cityCensus Tract 73.03

County outline, the place (blue), the tract (orange) and the ZIP center (dot).

In Census Tract 73.03, Douglas County, Nebraska, place (city or town) Omaha, NE, county Douglas County, NE, state Nebraska; placed by its ZIP code (county and tract) and city name (place). The tract is the tract holding most of the record's ZIP code (FURP does not geocode street addresses).

  • Revenue of $7,281,580 is $15 per resident of Omaha, NE (population 488,837).
  • That revenue equals 0.05% of all household income in Omaha, NE (201,698 households at the median $73,201, about $14,764,495,298).
MeasureCensus tract
Census Tract 73.03, Douglas County, Nebraska
Place (city or town)
Omaha, NE
County
Douglas County, NE
State
Nebraska
Population B010033,075488,837590,7361,978,707
Population, 2020 census P13,037486,051584,5261,961,504
Median age B0100248.835.335.637.2
Under 18 B0100123.1%24.2%25.3%24.5%
65 and over B0100127.8%14.5%14.1%16.7%
Households B110011,234201,698238,430797,847
Foreign born B050023.6%11.3%10.6%8.0%
Median household income B19013$111,136$73,201$80,391$76,475
Median family income B19113$126,982$99,432$108,805$99,751
Per capita income B19301$77,226$43,638$46,334$41,751
Poverty rate B170016.8%13.5%11.8%10.6%
Unemployment rate B230252.0%4.2%3.8%3.0%
Civilian labor force B230251,419264,681320,0241,056,746
Mean commute (minutes) B0801320.619.620.019.2
Bachelor's degree or higher B1500352.0%40.1%42.1%34.6%
Housing units B250011,255213,023251,553863,444
Owner-occupied B2500393.8%57.4%61.5%66.5%
Renters B250036.2%42.6%38.5%33.5%
Median home value B25077$376,100$245,500$266,100$238,600
Median gross rent B25064$1,768$1,187$1,201$1,072
White, not Hispanic B0300283.3%63.4%65.8%75.3%
Black B030021.5%11.4%10.2%4.6%
Hispanic or Latino B030023.0%16.2%14.5%12.7%
Asian B030023.3%4.0%4.4%2.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native B030020.2%0.2%0.2%0.6%

Data: IPUMS NHGIS (ACS 2020-2024 and the 2020 census); each figure links to its table for that area at data.census.gov. Records are placed by ZIP code and city name, not street address. More: everything FURP has in Census Tract 73.03, Douglas County, Nebraska.

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