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Sokol Family Foundation Kelly Sokol

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.

$1.9M
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$4.1MHousing & Shelter$1.5MInternational$1.2MHuman Services$625kPhilanthropy$500kArts & Culture$111kEnvironment$75kHealth$35kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $220k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.6M
$100,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$38M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION$1,000,000
FOR KIDS$325,000
AMERICAN HIMALAYAN FOUNDATION$310,000
SALVATION ARMY$120,000
PARK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$100,000
VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART$35,000
TIDEWATER$15,000
VIRGINIA SPORTS HALL OF FAME$10,000
BIGFORK FOOD BANK$5,000
BIGFORK CULTURAL CENTER$3,000
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SALVATION ARMY: $120k → 12%PARK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100k → 10%BIGFORK FOOD BANK: $5k → 18%AMERICAN HIMALAYAN FOUNDATION: $310k → 10%SALVAGE USA: $5k → 11%K9'S FOR WARRIORS: $5k → 6%FOR KIDS: $338k → 9%HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION: $1.0M → 9%VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $35k → 10%CHKD: $25k → 19%HER SHELTER: $7k → 20%SALVATION ARMY: $120k → 12%PARK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100k → 10%BIGFORK CULTURAL CENTER: $3k → 18%AMERICAN HIMALAYAN FOUNDATION: $310k → 10%FOR KIDS: $333k → 9%HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION: $1.0M → 9%VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $35k → 10%CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF THE KING'S DAUGHTERS: $10k → 19%HER SHELTER: $6k → 20%PARK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100k → 10%AMERICAN HIMALAYAN FOUNDATION: $310k → 10%FOR KIDS: $325k → 9%HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION: $1.0M → 9%VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $15k → 10%TIDEWATER: $50k → 20%PARK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100k → 10%AMERICAN HIMALAYAN FOUNDATION: $100k → 10%FOR KIDS: $316k → 9%HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION: $1.0M → 9%TIDEWATER: $15k → 20%PARK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100k → 10%AMERICAN HIMALAYAN FOUNDATION: $100k → 10%FOR KIDS: $200k → 9%SALVATION ARMY: $120k → 9%FOODBANK OF SOUTHEASTERN VA: $6k → 19%TIDEWATER: $10k → 20%AMERICAN HIMALAYAN FOUNDATION: $30k → 10%SALVATION ARMY: $120k → 9%VIRGINIA SPORTS HALL OF FAME: $10k → 10%SALVATION ARMY: $100k → 9%VIRGINIA SPORTS HALL OF FAME: $10k → 10%NORFOLK ACADEMY: $100k → 19%SALVATION ARMY: $25k → 9%VIRGINIA SPORTS HALL OF FAME: $10k → 10%SALVATION ARMY: $20k → 9%NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION: $15k → 10%NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%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.
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.6M · 14 repeat orgs$117k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
5

Total granted

$7.6M
$114k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+19%

Still filing today

64%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationAnimalsFood & NutritionInternationalHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • HA
    HORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $4.0M · revenue +36%
  • VM
    VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
    3× · 2022–2025 · $85k · revenue +115%
  • CH
    Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters
    2× · 2020–2023 · $35k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • TN
    THE NORFOLK ACADEMY
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue -2%
  • SU
    SALVAGE USA
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • K9S FOR WARRIORS INC
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +19%
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.

1
Federation of Virginia Food Banks

Facilitating statewide collaboration among Virginia's food banks, partners, and neighbors to improve nutrition security and empower strong, healthy communities.

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2
Virginia Peninsula Foodbank

To distribute food effectively through collaborative efforts that minimize hunger, promote nutrition and encourage self-reliance through education.

Food & Nutrition
3
Virginia Sports Hall of Fame Foundation Inc

The mission of the virginia sports hall of fame foundation is to serve as a non-profit resource which celebrates athletic excellence in the commonwealth of virginia, while inspiring the public through programming and engaging entertainment.

Recreation & Sports
4
Vcu Health Tappahannock Hospital

To deliver important healthcare services with exceptional quality and patient-centered care.

Health
5
Sfc Virginia

Sfc virginia is a foster-based animal rescue group in fredericksburg, va. founded in june 2019 with a focus on saving dogs and cats from rural and otherwise underserved shelters in the state, we strive to provide quality medical care…

Animals
6
Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association

Collaborating with our members and stakeholders, vhha works to ensure the sustainability of virginia's health care system and improve the health of all virginians.

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7
Virginia Foundation for Agriculture Innovation and Rural Sustainability

To assist rural virginians in developing and advancing their agricultural, economic and social interests to enhance their quality of life.

Environment
8
Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems

The northeastern regional association of coastal and ocean observing systems' (neracoos) mission is to produce, integrate and communicate high- quality information that helps ensure safety, economic and environmental resilience, and…

Science & Tech
9
Portsmouth Humane Society Inc

Provide shelter, care, and treatment to homeless animals in the city of portsmouth community through permanent adoptions, spay/neuter programs, and community education.

Animals
10
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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11
Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons Inc

THE ANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS ACTIVELY RESCUES CATS AND DOGS, PROVIDES QUALITY CARE AND OFFERS SANCTUARY UNTIL LOVING HOMES CAN BE FOUND. ARF's work with animals, within our community and throughout the organization is guided by…

Animals
12
Norfolk State University Research and Innovation Foundation

To provide brands and services that promote applied research and technological innovations that, in turn, contribute positively to the economic strength of the hampton roads region and the commonwealth of virginia.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Forkids Inc; the most unlike its peers is Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters. 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

14 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. 14 of the 21 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC: $4,000,000 · EducationHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC+1 more: $100,000 · EducationFORKIDS INC: $1,512,100 · Housing & ShelterFORKIDS INCThe American Himalayan Foundation: $1,160,000 · InternationalThe American Him…SALVATION ARMY: $625,000 · OtherSALVATION …TIDEWATER: $75,000 · OtherTIDEWATERVIRGINIA SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC: $30,000 · Other+9 more: $50,000 · Other+9 morePARK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500,000 · PhilanthropyVIRGINIA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $85,000 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $2,500 · Arts & CultureChildren's Hospital of the King's Daughters: $35,000 · Health
Education$4,100,000Housing & Shelter$1,512,100International$1,160,000Other$780,000Philanthropy$500,000Arts & Culture$107,500Health$35,000

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 budgetHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC: $4,000,000 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetFORKIDS INC: $1,512,100 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetThe American Himalayan Foundation: $1,160,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetPARK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetTHE NORFOLK ACADEMY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVIRGINIA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $85,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetChildren's Hospital of the King's Daughters: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOODBANK OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIGFORK FOOD BANK INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL RESOURCES OF TIDEWATER: $3,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetBIGFORK ART AND CULTURAL CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 1.7% 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.

American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH9.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Sokol Family Foundation Kelly Sokol 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 21 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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