Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Harvey and Essie Sollinger Fdn
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.
- $171k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $21,382
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $51,317
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 6
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Harvey and Essie Sollinger Fdn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $137k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $61k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $6k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keneseth Israel | $76,457 | 3 | n/a |
| Kentucky School for the Blind Charitable | $31,857 | 3 | 3% |
| Metro United Way Inc | $23,974 | 2 | 0% |
| United Way of Kentucky Inc | $7,883 | 2 | 1% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($64k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About Harvey and Essie Sollinger Fdn
- How much does Harvey and Essie Sollinger Fdn give?
- Harvey and Essie Sollinger Fdn reported 6 grants totaling $171,056 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 6 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Harvey and Essie Sollinger Fdn fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (32%), Religion (30%), Human Services (25%).
- Who are Harvey and Essie Sollinger Fdn's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Keneseth Israel ($76k), Kentucky School for the Blind Charitable ($32k), Metro United Way Inc ($24k).
- Does Harvey and Essie Sollinger Fdn fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Harvey and Essie Sollinger Fdn 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 Harvey and Essie Sollinger Fdn?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Harvey and Essie Sollinger Fdn based?
- Harvey and Essie Sollinger Fdn is based in PA.
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