SWAN Philanthropic Impact Fund supports innovative solutions that improve the health & well-being of our planet and its inhabitants.

Three Simple Steps:

  1. Donor makes an irrevocable charitable contribution to the SWAN Philanthropic Fund, which is administered by industry leader ImpactAssets.

  2. SWAN Philanthropic Fund makes grant recommendations, and ImpactAssets invests on SWAN’s behalf.

  3. The Fund is evergreen and regenerates, with all revenue going directly back to fund future grants and investments.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • ImpactAssets is an independent 501(c)3 organization with over $2 billion under management.

    Other major philanthropic fund administrators, such as Fidelity Charitable, support investment options only in public companies.

  • Donations to the Philanthropic Fund can take many forms, for example, cash, stock, bonds, mutual fund shares, money in IRAs and 401(k)s, real estate, crypto currency, and funds from your personal Donor Advised Fund (DAF).

  • Donations are deposited at the charitable asset management firm Impact Assets which has over $2B under management. 

    SWAN requests that Impact Assets make the selected investment and then Impact Assets completes its own due diligence process.

    The SWAN Philanthropic Fund can also make charitable gifts to non-profit organizations, including the SWAN Impact Network, a 501c3, to cover the costs that SWAN incurs in managing the Philanthropic Fund.

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  • SWAN Advisory Committee decides where to make recommendations.

  • If you donate at least $25,000 to the SWAN Philanthropic Fund from your personal DAF, you option to designate any potential return of capital to your individual donor- advised fund, pro rata, or regranted through the SWAN Philanthropic Fund.