Maryland · Private foundation
Solon E Summerfield Foundation Inc
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.
- $6.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 61
- Grants FY2024
- 55
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $75,818
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $771,936
- Organizations funded a year
- 38 to 55
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $34M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 35% of the organizations Solon E Summerfield Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.8M 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 | 55 | $6.7M | 18% |
| FY2023 | 55 | $8.4M | 35% |
| FY2022 | 45 | $6.4M | 22% |
| FY2021 | 46 | $5.6M | 11% |
| FY2020 | 44 | $4.6M | 20% |
| FY2019 | 38 | $3.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | $2,290,115 | 5 | 0% |
| Harbor Fund Inc | $1,503,238 | 2 | 93% |
| The Door - a Center of Alternatives Inc | $1,413,007 | 6 | 2% |
| Fund for the City of New York Inc | $1,388,867 | 2 | 1% |
| The Bottom Line Inc | $1,326,034 | 6 | 2% |
| Green City Force Inc | $1,324,120 | 6 | 8% |
| New York Foundling | $1,299,780 | 6 | 0% |
| Henry Street Settlement | $1,290,623 | 6 | 1% |
| The Kansas University Endowment Association | $1,281,820 | 6 | 0% |
| Arbor Brothers Inc Dba Arbor Rising | $1,085,091 | 6 | 8% |
Show all 61 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Solon E Summerfield Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 53 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Pinkerton Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Robin Hood Foundation · Harbor Fund Inc · Altman Foundation · The New York Community Trust · The Ira Decamp Foundation Xxxxx2009 · Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc · Brooklyn Community Foundation · Marion E Kenworthy Sarah H Swift Foundation · Arbor Brothers Inc Dba Arbor Rising · Tiger Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Solon E Summerfield Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About Solon E Summerfield Foundation Inc
- How much does Solon E Summerfield Foundation Inc give?
- Solon E Summerfield Foundation Inc reported 61 grants totaling $6,706,185 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 38 and 55 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Solon E Summerfield Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (27%), Human Services (20%), Youth Development (14%).
- Who are Solon E Summerfield Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Research Foundation of the City University of New York ($2.3M), Harbor Fund Inc ($1.5M), The Door - a Center of Alternatives Inc ($1.4M).
- Does Solon E Summerfield Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Solon E Summerfield Foundation Inc 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 Solon E Summerfield Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pinkerton Foundation, The Hyde and Watson Foundation, Robin Hood Foundation.
- Where is Solon E Summerfield Foundation Inc based?
- Solon E Summerfield Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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