California · Private foundation
Cindy and Fred Soldwedel 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.
- $11k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 86%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $480
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 14
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $370k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 86% of the organizations Cindy and Fred Soldwedel Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 64% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $11k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $12k | 86% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $7k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Marino Community Church Presbyterian a Corp | $10,100 | 4 | n/a |
| Pasadena Humane | $5,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Monte Vista Grove Homes | $4,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Pasadena | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Southern California Public Radio | $1,660 | 2 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Columbia Memorial Space Science Lear Columbia Memorial Science Center | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys Republic | $500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Marino Community Church Presbyterian a Corp | $10,100 | 4 | n/a |
| Pasadena Humane | $5,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Monte Vista Grove Homes | $4,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Pasadena | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Southern California Public Radio | $1,660 | 2 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Columbia Memorial Space Science Lear Columbia Memorial Science Center | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys Republic | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $450 | 2 | 0% |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | $400 | 2 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($5k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cindy and Fred Soldwedel Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
Compare Cindy and Fred Soldwedel Foundation with peer funders
About Cindy and Fred Soldwedel Foundation
- How much does Cindy and Fred Soldwedel Foundation give?
- Cindy and Fred Soldwedel Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $11,056 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 14 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Cindy and Fred Soldwedel Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (28%), Animals (14%), Education (14%).
- Who are Cindy and Fred Soldwedel Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: San Marino Community Church Presbyterian a Corp ($10k), Pasadena Humane ($5k), Monte Vista Grove Homes ($5k).
- Does Cindy and Fred Soldwedel Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cindy and Fred Soldwedel Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Cindy and Fred Soldwedel Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ahmanson Foundation, California Community Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Cindy and Fred Soldwedel Foundation based?
- Cindy and Fred Soldwedel Foundation is based in CA.
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