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Abigail Rose Solomon Foundation at a glance

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Abigail Rose Solomon Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$94k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$14k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Human Services$175kEducation$63kArts & Culture$45kHealth$40kPhilanthropy$25kCrime & Legal$16kReligion$11kCivil Rights$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k19 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $46k
$2,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$590k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH BOARD FOR FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES$14,170
GOFUNDMEORG$12,000
MQ FOUNDATION$10,000
FRIENDS OF BOSS$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
PARK AVENUE SYNAGOGUE$5,000
FUND FOR CITY OF NEW YORK$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
SANCTURY FOR FAMILIES$5,000
THE FLOW$5,000
THE BREARLY SCHOOL$4,200
BERKSHIRE FILM & MEDIA COLLABORAIVE$2,500
FIRST RESPONDERS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION$2,500
FRESH AIR FUND$1,500
NEW YORK STAGE & FILM$1,029
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 20% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE: $3k → 8%CHAI 4 EVER: $500 → 11%CHAI 4 EVER: $500 → 11%SAVE HORIZON: $1k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
CO
TN
SC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$313k · 22 repeat orgs$97k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
21

Total granted

$313k
$52k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+8%

Still filing today

68%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyHuman ServicesCivil RightsHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TB
    THE BREARLEY SCHOOL
    5× · 2021–2025 · $19k · revenue +27%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF BOSSINC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $18k · revenue +2%
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $13k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • CF
    CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • PP
    PARITY PRODUCTIONS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +4%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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New York Foundation for the Arts Inc

Established in 1971, the mission of the new york foundation for the arts (nyfa) is to empower artists in all disciplines, as well as cultural workers, to achieve success on their own terms by providing critical support, resources, and…

Arts & Culture
2
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc

Mtc's work includes producing and developing new work on and off-broadway, nurturing artists throughout their careers, and positively impacting the lives of many through innovative education programs. we are committed to equity, diversity…

Arts & Culture
3
Women's Project & Productions Inc

Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…

Arts & Culture
4
The New Group Inc

The new group is an artist-driven company with a commitment to developing and producing powerful, contemporary theater. while constantly evolving, we maintain an ensemble approach to all our work and an articulated style of emotional…

Arts & Culture
5
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
6
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
7
New York Theatre Workshop Inc

To provoke, produce and cultivate the work of artists whose visions inspire and challenge all of us.

Arts & Culture
8
The Baruch College Fund

The baruch college fund is an organization engaged in generating, encouraging and promoting the educational welfare of the students of the bernard m. baruch college of the city university of new york.

Education
9
Sarah Lawrence College

At sarah lawrence college, our mission is to graduate citizens of the world who are diverse in every definition of the word, who take intellectual and creative risks, and who are able to focus exceptional intellectual discipline (continued…

Education
10
En Garde Arts Inc

To produce bold theatre experiences that reach across artistic, physical and social boundries. We aim to increase empathy and open-mindedness by illuminating nuanced perspectives and unspoken truths behind the salient issues of our time.…

Arts & Culture
11
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
12
The New School

The new school's mission is to prepare our students to understand, contribute to, and succeed in a rapidly changing society, and thus make the world a better and more just place. (continued on schedule o)

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Actors' Fund of America; the most unlike its peers is Parity Productions Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

36 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 56 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
19/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH BOARD FOR FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES: $161,490 · OtherJEWISH BOARD FOR FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICESIndividual grant recipient: $12,000 · OtherPARK AVENUE SYNAGOGUE INC: $10,500 · OtherMARTHA'S VINEYARD PLAYHOUSE INC: $10,000 · OtherCENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH: $10,000 · Other+24 more: $59,520 · Other+24 moreTHE BREARLEY SCHOOL: $18,850 · EducationTHE BREARLEY SC…FRIENDS OF BOSSINC: $18,350 · EducationFRIENDS OF BOSS…PARK CHILDREN'S DAY SCHOOL: $10,500 · EducationPARK CHILDREN'S…THE FLOW: $5,000 · EducationTHE FLOWETHICAL CULTURE FIELDSTON SCHOOL: $2,500 · Education+3 more: $2,250 · EducationUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $13,480 · PhilanthropyUNITED JE…GOFUNDMEORG: $12,000 · PhilanthropyGOFUNDMEO…FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyFUND FOR …STUDENT LEADERSHIP NETWORK INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropySTUDENT L…ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $10,000 · Arts & CulturePARITY PRODUCTIONS INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureThe Civilians Inc: $3,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Museum of Natural History: $2,650 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK STAGE AND FILM INC: $1,029 · Arts & CultureTRIPLEX CINEMA INC: $1,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $1,100 · Arts & CultureNational Law Enforcement and Firefighters Childrens Foundation: $15,000 · Crime & LegalMQ FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $5,000 · HealthSANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCHAMPIONS OF CHANGE INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesSAFE HORIZON INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesCHAI 4EVER INC: $1,000 · Human Services
Other$263,510Education$57,450Philanthropy$35,480Arts & Culture$23,779Crime & Legal$15,000Health$15,000Human Services$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE BREARLEY SCHOOL: $18,850 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF BOSSINC: $18,350 over 4y, 7.1% of budgetNational Law Enforcement and Firefighters Childrens Foundation: $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $13,480 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGOFUNDMEORG: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARK CHILDREN'S DAY SCHOOL: $10,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD PLAYHOUSE INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMQ FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRESH AIR FUND: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARITY PRODUCTIONS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTUDENT LEADERSHIP NETWORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FLOW: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Civilians Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHAMPIONS OF CHANGE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $2,650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetETHICAL CULTURE FIELDSTON SCHOOL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilliams College: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK STAGE AND FILM INC: $1,029 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAFE HORIZON INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK ABORTION ACCESS FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBERKSHIRE FILM AND MEDIA COLLABORATIVE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTRIPLEX CINEMA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHAI 4EVER INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHEATRE MASTERS HANSEN: $600 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetLUNA STAGE COMPANY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEBREW COLLEGE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Jewish Communal FundLNS&ARS FoundationThe Shubert Foundatio…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY15.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · LNS&ARS Foundation · The Shubert Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Abigail Rose Solomon Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Abigail Rose Solomon Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Martha's Vineyard Playhouse Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Chai 4EVER Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Williams College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Abigail Rose Solomon Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Abigail Rose Solomon Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 56 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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