Illinois · Private foundation
Solomon Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $62k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $52,941
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $52,941
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Solomon Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 2 | $62k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $56k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $108k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $28k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $159k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $54k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $43k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $57k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Suburban Temple | $288,011 | 8 | n/a |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $14,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Israaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mira Foundation USA Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Gottlieb Memorial Hospital | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Animal Aid Unlimited | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The 100 Club of Illinois | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Shalva Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Israel Cancer Research Fund Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($239k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Solomon Family Foundation 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.
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How this is measured
About Solomon Family Foundation
- How much does Solomon Family Foundation give?
- Solomon Family Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $61,977 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Solomon Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (51%), Philanthropy (4%), Education (3%).
- Who are Solomon Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: West Suburban Temple ($288k), Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($14k), Israaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance Inc ($7k).
- Does Solomon Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Solomon Family 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 Solomon Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Solomon Family Foundation based?
- Solomon Family Foundation is based in IL.
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