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Soter Kay Foundation F/K/A Sarah Ross Soter Foundation at a glance

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Soter Kay Foundation F/K/A Sarah Ross Soter 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.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.8MReligion$832kHealth$811kPhilanthropy$795kFood & Nutrition$547kEducation$462kEnvironment$224kPublic Safety & Disaster$173kOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $249k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $967k
$25,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH$200,000
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$200,000
HARBOR SPRINGS LYRIC THEATRE$100,000
MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION$100,000
THE CROSSROADS CLUB INC$91,500
THE AMERICAN RED CROSS$75,000
NORTON MUSEUM OF ART$50,000
MID-OHIO FOOD BANK$50,000
THE TOWN OF PALM BEACH UNITED WAY$50,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO$50,000
LITTLE TRAVERSE CONSERVANCY$36,500
ST JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF HARBOR SPRINGS$30,000
THE MANNA FOOD PROJECT$25,000
THE HANLEY FOUNDATION$25,000
COLUMBUS FOUNDATION$25,000
02The need
03

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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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $153k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE AMERICAN RED CROSS: $75k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $13k → 14%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $25k → 15%ACTION FOR CHILDREN: $15k → 15%CARIDAD CENTER: $25k → 11%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
IN
OH
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.0M · 30 repeat orgs$704k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
11

Total granted

$5.0M
$249k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+14%

Still filing today

70%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $455k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentOther
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

  • AN
    ANN NORTON SCULPTURE GARDENS INC
    4× · 2017–2023 · $509k · revenue +85%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    4× · 2017–2022 · $375k · revenue +33%
  • TO
    Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $345k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • RA
    ROSS ART MUSEUM
    one grant, 2021 · $68k
  • AV
    AMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +8%
  • SH
    STARR HOUSE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $30k
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
Philanthropy Ohio

To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.

Philanthropy
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
4
Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
5
Palm Healthcare Foundation Inc

Palm Health Foundation invests in bold, community-led solutions that improve health and well-being in Palm Beach County. (Continued on Schedule O)Established in 2001 from the sale of Good Samaritan and St. Mary's hospitals, the Foundation…

Health
6
University of Florida Health Corporation

UF Health's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic,…

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7
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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8
Miami Valley Hospital Foundation

Enhance the patient and family experience at miami valley hospital by raising community support for cutting-edge programs and services which help build healthy communities.

Health
9
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
10
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
11
Tampa Bay Partnership Inc

The tampa bay partnership is a privately funded, ceo-driven regional advocacy organization, committed to creating a unified, competitive and prosperous tampa bay.

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12
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Canine Companions for Independence Inc; the most unlike its peers is Harmony Project. 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

40 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. 40 of the 53 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/40
Grantees still filing
30/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $590,000 · OtherHOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCHANN NORTON SCULPTURE GARDENS INC: $508,800 · OtherANN NORTON SCULPTURE GARDENS INCMid-Ohio Foodbank: $250,000 · OtherMid-Ohio FoodbankBROAD STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $179,000 · OtherBROAD STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHWELLINGTON SCHOOL: $120,000 · OtherTHE RYAN LICHT SANG BIPOLAR FOUNDATION: $95,000 · OtherTHE AMERICAN RED CROSS: $80,000 · OtherPalm Beach County Food Bank Inc: $135,000 · OtherPalm Beach County Food Bank Inc+16 more: $417,000 · Other+16 moreCOLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART: $600,000 · Arts & CultureCOLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ARTNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $319,000 · Arts & CultureNORTON MUSEUM OF ART IN…HARBOR SPRINGS LYRIC THEATRE: $100,000 · Arts & CultureHARBOR SPRINGS LYRIC TH…The Society of the Four Arts Inc: $80,000 · Arts & CultureThe Society of the Four…HARBOR SPRINGS AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $75,000 · Arts & CultureHARBOR SPRINGS AREA HIS…+3 more: $13,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Heart Association Inc: $375,000 · HealthAmerican Heart As…MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $200,000 · HealthMCLAREN NORTHERN …CROSSROADS CLUB INC: $116,500 · HealthCROSSROADS CLUB I…THE RYAN LICHT SANG BIPOLAR FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 · HealthTHE RYAN LICHT SA…PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO: $50,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOO…MICHIGAN DYSLEXIA INSTITUTE INC: $39,500 · HealthRehabilitation Center for Children and Adults Inc: $30,000 · HealthTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $345,000 · PhilanthropyTown of Pal…UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $200,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY …HANLEY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyCOLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $12,500 · PhilanthropyOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $200,000 · EducationOHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $104,960 · EducationPALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC: $22,500 · EducationLittle Traverse Conservancy Inc: $219,000 · EnvironmentAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $87,500 · Human ServicesCaridad Center Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesACTION FOR CHILDREN: $15,000 · Human Services
Other$2,374,800Arts & Culture$1,187,000Health$891,000Philanthropy$607,500Education$327,460Environment$219,000Human Services$152,500

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 budgetCOLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART: $600,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetANN NORTON SCULPTURE GARDENS INC: $508,800 over 4y, 13% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $375,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $345,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $319,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMid-Ohio Foodbank: $250,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Traverse Conservancy Inc: $219,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetMCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $200,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPalm Beach County Food Bank Inc: $135,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWELLINGTON SCHOOL: $120,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCROSSROADS CLUB INC: $116,500 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetOHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $104,960 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHARBOR SPRINGS LYRIC THEATRE: $100,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $87,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE RYAN LICHT SANG BIPOLAR FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetHARBOR SPRINGS AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $75,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetTHE MANNA FOOD PROJECT INC DBA - THE MANNA FOOD PROJECT: $74,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMICHIGAN DYSLEXIA INSTITUTE INC: $39,500 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetRehabilitation Center for Children and Adults Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHANLEY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCaridad Center Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC: $22,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACTION FOR CHILDREN: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEXLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetATHLETES FOR A BETTER WORLD INC: $7,500 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetWEST PALM BEACH LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPalm Beach Fellowship of Christians and Jews Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPeggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARMORY ART CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

The Mary Alice Fortin…Community Foundation …Reynolds Family Found…Columbus FoundationThe Nancy Brinker Cha…Mestal FoundationMark E Bryant Charita…United Way of Central…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…
The Mary Alice Fortin FoundationFL19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Mary Alice Fortin Foundation · Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · Reynolds Family Foundation · Columbus Foundation · The Nancy Brinker Charitable Foundation · Mestal Foundation · Mark E Bryant Charitable Trust · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Soter Kay Foundation F/K/A Sarah Ross Soter Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Soter Kay Foundation F/K/A Sarah Ross Soter Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Armory Art Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Caridad Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc: 0% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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.

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 53 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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