Marion E. Kenworthy-Sarah H. Swift Foundation

Background

The Kenworthy-Swift Foundation was created in 1962 to provide mental health services to young individuals in New York City. ¹ Today, in addition to pursuing its original mission, the Kenworthy-Swift Foundation supports organizations that provide transgender youth programming, ² organizations that emphasize racial identities and differences, and organizations that seek to limit traditional public safety and criminal justice procedures such as cash bail. ³

Funding

In 2020 the Kenworthy-Swift Foundation received $8,730 in contributions, ⁴ collected $372,334 in interest on securities and dividends, ⁵ incurred $470,641 in expenses, ⁶ and held $9,645,539 in net assets. ⁷

Advocacy Support

Criminal Justice

In 2020, the Kenworthy-Swift Foundation contributed to the Center for Justice Innovation ($18,000), ³ a nonprofit that proposes alternatives to cash bail and which seeks to divert criminals out of the criminal justice system through alternatives to traditional sentencing. ⁸

LGBT Policy

In 2020, the Kenworthy-Swift Foundation contributed to Hetrick-Martin Institute ($10,000), an organization that provides housing for LGBT youth, as well as “health and wellness” services, including transgender hormone therapy ⁹ and “family planning” services. ¹⁰ The Kenworthy-Swift Foundation also contributed to Covenant House NY ($20,000). ³ Covenant House NY is a shelter for LGBT youth that provides programming in conjunction with left-of-center organizations such as The Door ($20,000), an organization that provides sexual health counseling, including abortion counseling; ¹¹ the Transgender Training Institute; and Trucolors United. ¹²

Youth Mental Health and Housing

In 2020 the Kenworthy-Swift Foundation contributed to nonprofits that participate in general education, children’s education, and services related to assisting at risk youth and women. ³

Organizations supported by the Kenworthy-Swift Foundation include the Center for Safety and Change ($25,000), Kingsbridge Heights Community Center ($20,000), Citizens Committee for Children ($20,000), Connecticut Children’s Hospital ($18,000), Safe Horizon ($18,000), Bronxworks ($15,000), New York Foundling ($13,500), Room to Grow ($13,500), Youth Communication ($10,000), Possibility Project ($9,000), Center for Family Justice ($9,000), and the Visiting Nurse Services of New York ($9,000).

Miscellaneous Grantmaking

In addition to the Kenworthy-Swift Foundation’s general grantmaking, it contributed to New York University ($25,000); the Sandy Hook Promise Foundation ($20,000), ³ an organization that supports gun control policies including stricter background checks to purchase firearms and laws that dictate firearm home storage requirements; ¹³ and the New York-Presbyterian Fund ($15,000). ³

Leadership

Kathryn Conroy is the executive director of the Kenworthy-Swift Foundation. ¹ Prior to joining the foundation, Conroy was the executive director and CEO of Help for Children (formerly known as Hedge Funds Care), ¹⁴ a grantmaking organization that seeks to prevent and address child abuse and maltreatment. ¹⁵