California · Private foundation
Solo Deo
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.
- $35k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,300
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $11,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $644k
- 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 Solo Deo funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 | 18 | $35k | 28% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $28k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $21k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $29k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $20k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $21k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $21k | 39% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $26k | 47% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rafiki Foundation Inc | $29,102 | 9 | 0% |
| Every Neighborhood Partnership | $17,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Mercy Ships International | $15,166 | 6 | 0% |
| International Justice Mission | $13,200 | 7 | 0% |
| Lakeside Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First Baptist Church | $4,300 | 2 | n/a |
| A Primally Playful Foundation | $3,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Gentle Barn Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Hunger Fund | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Yolo County Library Foundation | $1,800 | 4 | 2% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rafiki Foundation Inc | $29,102 | 9 | 0% |
| Every Neighborhood Partnership | $17,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Mercy Ships International | $15,166 | 6 | 0% |
| International Justice Mission | $13,200 | 7 | 0% |
| Lakeside Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First Baptist Church | $4,300 | 2 | n/a |
| A Primally Playful Foundation | $3,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Gentle Barn Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Hunger Fund | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Yolo County Library Foundation | $1,800 | 4 | 2% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento Inc | $1,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Danny & Rons Rescue | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| 3strands Global Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bulldog Club of America Rescue Network Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Communicare Health Centers | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| United Nations Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mount Hermon Association Incorporated | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $500 | 2 | n/a |
| Yolo Food Bank | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Santa Cruz County Parks | $445 | 1 | 0% |
| Bible Study Fellowship | $125 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($118k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Solo Deo 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.
Open a dossier: Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Sacramento Region Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Solo Deo
- How much does Solo Deo give?
- Solo Deo reported 18 grants totaling $34,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Solo Deo fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (35%), Religion (23%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are Solo Deo's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rafiki Foundation Inc ($29k), Every Neighborhood Partnership ($18k), Mercy Ships International ($15k).
- Does Solo Deo fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Solo Deo 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 Solo Deo?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Sacramento Region Community Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is Solo Deo based?
- Solo Deo is based in CA.
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