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David M & Hope G Solinger 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.

$195k
Granted FY2023
39
Grants FY2023
39
Organizations funded FY2023
95%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
7 to 39
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
12
Total assets, FY2023
$98k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 95% of the organizations David M & Hope G Solinger Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 88% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $171k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
AnimalsHealthHuman ServicesInternationalEnvironmentFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202339$195k95%
FY20229$93k89%
FY20217$21k0%
FY20207$21k14%
FY20197$21k0%
FY20187$21k0%
FY20177$21kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Health$95kArts & Culture$70kEnvironment$41kHuman Services$40kInternational$38kFood & Nutrition$33kHousing & Shelter$25kCrime & Legal$17kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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IL
NY
MA
OR
IN
CA
KY
VA
AZ
AR
DC
LA
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 45 grantees
All grantees of David M & Hope G Solinger Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Council of Peoples Organization Inc$40,00020%
National Abortion Federation$20,00010%
National Network of Abortion Funds Inc$20,00010%
Feeding America$20,00010%
Whitney Museum of American Art$15,00060%
Coalition for the Homeless Inc$10,00010%
Technoserve Inc$10,00010%
Food Bank for New York City$10,00010%
Christian Herald Association Inc$10,00010%
The Bridge Fund of New York Inc$10,00010%
Sun River Health Foundation$10,00012%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10,00020%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$10,00010%
Museum of Modern Art$8,75050%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$8,00010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$8,00010%
Rabbi RM Goldstein Fund$7,00019%
Children's Hospital Corporation$6,00020%
Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison Inc$5,00010%
The Fortune Society Inc$5,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$5,00010%
A Fund Inc$5,00011%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$5,00010%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$5,00010%
City Harvest Inc$3,00010%
Human Rights Watch Inc$3,00010%
Human Rights First$3,00010%
Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc$3,00010%
Children's Tumor Foundation$3,00050%
International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc$2,00010%
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence$2,00010%
The Legal Aid Society$2,00010%
The Fistula Foundation$2,00010%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$2,00010%
The Humane Society of New York$1,00010%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$1,00010%
Mara Elephant Project USA Inc$1,00010%
Reproductive Freedom for All$1,00010%
Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc$1,00010%
Cheetah Conservation Fund$1,00010%
Humane World for Animals Inc$1,00010%
Living With Wolves Ltd$1,00010%
Friends of the High Line Inc$50010%
New York Public Radio$50010%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($95k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget David M & Hope G Solinger Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCouncil of Peoples Organization Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNational Abortion Federation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNational Network of Abortion Funds Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWhitney Museum of American Art: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCoalition for the Homeless Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTechnoserve Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank for New York City: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Bridge Fund of New York Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSun River Health Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $8,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRabbi RM Goldstein Fund: $7,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHudson Link for Higher Education in Prison Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Fortune Society Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Fund Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetEverytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Biological Diversity Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCity Harvest Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHuman Rights First: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGuiding Eyes for the Blind Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Tumor Foundation: $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Fund for Animal Welfare Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGiffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Legal Aid Society: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fistula Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRefugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Humane Society of New York: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMara Elephant Project USA Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReproductive Freedom for All: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Legal Defense Fund Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCheetah Conservation Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLiving With Wolves Ltd: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the High Line Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Public Radio: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 45.

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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.

Lynn Stern & Jeremy Lang Family Foundation IncNY13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lynn Stern & Jeremy Lang Family Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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.

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How do I get to David M & Hope G Solinger Foundation?

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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.

About David M & Hope G Solinger Foundation

How much does David M & Hope G Solinger Foundation give?
David M & Hope G Solinger Foundation reported 39 grants totaling $195,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 39 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does David M & Hope G Solinger Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Health (24%), Arts & Culture (18%), Environment (10%).
Who are David M & Hope G Solinger Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Council of Peoples Organization Inc ($40k), National Abortion Federation ($20k), National Network of Abortion Funds Inc ($20k).
Does David M & Hope G Solinger Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 95% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does David M & Hope G Solinger 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 David M & Hope G Solinger Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lynn Stern & Jeremy Lang Family Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
Where is David M & Hope G Solinger Foundation based?
David M & Hope G Solinger Foundation is based in NY.

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 53 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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