Schwetke Foundation Mission and History
The Charles D. Schwetke Foundation will fulfill Claudine Schwetke Loyd's wishes that her wealth be used to benefit local, non-profit charities around San Antonio.
Claudine Schwetke Loyd was the only child of Charles D. Schwetke and Lillie Mae Schwetke. Charles and Lillie, through their hard work and prudent money management amassed considerate wealth. At their death, this wealth was bestowed upon Claudine. Using the lessons learned from her parents, including strong Christian values, Claudine proved to be a faithful steward of this money. She worked hard and spent conservatively. The funds left to her did not dwindle, they grew.
Before her passing, Claudine began the work of establishing a charity, named in her father's honor, that would distribute the assets of her estate. That charity is the Charles D. Schwetke Foundation (the "Foundation"). Her desire for the Foundation is that it would use her wealth to make grants to non-profit organizations, preferably located in the State of Texas, ideally within Bexar County or the city of San Antonio. Not only was San Antonio a city that she called home, she loved it deeply. She became a certified city tour guide for many years and did much to give back to it.
The Foundation, located in Colleyville, Texas, will honor Claudine's wishes, and the legacy of her father, by using her wealth to provide grants to organizations in Bexar County, Texas, and surrounding areas. Those organizations will share her values of hard work, conservative spending, and honesty above reproach. Grant recipients will be chosen based on the same values that Charles, Lillie, and Claudine shared - honesty, hard work, and prudent spending habits. Claudine's express wishes were that her wealth not be used to benefit big, wasteful charitable organizations.