Ohio · Private foundation
Jo Woodward Solem Memorial 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.
- $152k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 13
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations Jo Woodward Solem Memorial Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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 | $152k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $137k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $115k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $350k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Historical Society | $160,000 | 1 | 55% |
| The Childrens Advocacy Center of Portage County Inc | $131,000 | 4 | 27% |
| Friends Fighting Hunger | $32,500 | 4 | n/a |
| The Cleveland Animal Protective League | $22,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Educational Artistry | $16,380 | 3 | n/a |
| Axess Family Services Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Family & Community Services Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ben Curtis Family Foundation | $12,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Cuyahoga Valley Farmers Markets | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Ravenna School District | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Historical Society | $160,000 | 1 | 55% |
| The Childrens Advocacy Center of Portage County Inc | $131,000 | 4 | 27% |
| Friends Fighting Hunger | $32,500 | 4 | n/a |
| The Cleveland Animal Protective League | $22,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Educational Artistry | $16,380 | 3 | n/a |
| Axess Family Services Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Family & Community Services Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ben Curtis Family Foundation | $12,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Cuyahoga Valley Farmers Markets | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Ravenna School District | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| K-I-C-K Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Neighborhood Bridges | $3,042 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($323k), 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About Jo Woodward Solem Memorial Foundation
- How much does Jo Woodward Solem Memorial Foundation give?
- Jo Woodward Solem Memorial Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $152,202 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 13 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Jo Woodward Solem Memorial Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (41%), Crime & Legal (21%), Health (15%).
- Who are Jo Woodward Solem Memorial Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Kent Historical Society ($160k), The Childrens Advocacy Center of Portage County Inc ($131k), Friends Fighting Hunger ($33k).
- Does Jo Woodward Solem Memorial Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jo Woodward Solem Memorial 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 Jo Woodward Solem Memorial Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Jo Woodward Solem Memorial Foundation based?
- Jo Woodward Solem Memorial Foundation is based in OH.
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