Skip to content
The Richard Salomon Family Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

The Richard Salomon Family 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.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
34
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$850k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$3.9MArts & Culture$793kHealth$738kFood & Nutrition$80kEmployment$55kHuman Services$55kInternational$50kYouth Development$35kOther$0
02FY2024 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k24 grants · $455k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $460k
  • $250k+1 grant · $850k
$20,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BROWN UNIVERSITY$850,000
ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY$175,000
BOSTON COLLEGE$100,000
PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION$100,000
WINDWARD SCHOOL$85,000
NORTON MUSEUM OF ART$45,000
METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE$30,000
OHIO UNIVERSITY$25,000
PRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF PALM BEACH$25,000
MV YOUTH$25,000
FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION$25,000
THE WILLOWS COMMUNITY SCHOOL$25,000
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$25,000
SAINT ANN'S SCHOOL$20,000
ZENO MOUNTAIN FARM$20,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $103k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%MANIFESTWORKS: $40k → 14%LEARNING ALLY: $15k → 11%MANIFESTWORKS: $15k → 14%LEARNING ALLY: $15k → 11%LEARNING ALLY: $8k → 11%LEARNING ALLY: $5k → 11%LEARNING ALLY: $5k → 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

VT
WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
NJ
CT
RI
CA
MO
VA
NM
MS
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.9M · 38 repeat orgs$196k to everyone else

38 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
19

Total granted

$3.9M
$176k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+71%

Still filing today

71%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesHealthInternationalOther
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

  • TR
    THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $875k · revenue +1%
  • PC
    PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $400k · revenue +57%
  • TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $330k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • MA
    MUSEUM ASSOCIATES
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +21%
  • US
    UNITED STATES ARTIST INC - ARTIST RELIEF FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
  • SANTA FE INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +461%
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
Boston Architectural College

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

—
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
California Institute of Contemporary Art
—
4
New York Academy of Art

The new york academy of art is a unique graduate school that combines intensive technical training in the fine arts with active critical discourse. we believe that rigorously trained artists are best able to realize their artistic vision.…

—
5
Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Mcad provides a transformative education within a community of support for creative students of all backgrounds to work, collaborate, and lead with confidence in a dynamic, interconnected world.

Education
6
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
7
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
8
New York Studio School

The new york studio school is committed to giving a significant education to the aspiring artist, a preamble to a lifetime's engagement in drawing, painting, and sculpture. (see schedule o for continuation)

—
9
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
10
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
11
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.

—
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greenwich Academy Inc; the most unlike its peers is Nyc Marine Corps Birthday Gala Inc. 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

39 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. 39 of the 61 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/39
Grantees still filing
33/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $875,000 · EducationTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITYTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $330,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGEWINDWARD SCHOOL: $285,000 · EducationWINDWARD SCHOOLGREENWICH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $100,000 · EducationMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · EducationPARK CENTURY SCHOOL: $67,500 · Education+4 more: $127,500 · Education+4 moreBROWN UNIVERSITY: $1,665,000 · Community ImprovementBROWN UNIVERSITYTHE WILLOWS COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $120,000 · OtherTHE WILLOWS COMM…FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $110,000 · OtherFRED HUTCHINSON …OHIO UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · OtherOHIO UNIVERSITYZENO MOUNTAIN FARM: $80,000 · OtherZENO MOUNTAIN FA…SOUTHERN CA TRI COUNTIES BRANCH OF INTL DYSLEXIA: $75,000 · OtherSOUTHERN CA TRI …REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $50,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE U…University of Michigan: $50,000 · OtherUniversity of Mi…BROOKLYN FRIENDS SCHOOL: $45,000 · Other1ST BATTALION 25TH MARINES ASSOCIATION: $40,000 · OtherMV YOUTH INC: $30,000 · Other+22 more: $152,999 · Other+22 moreNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $195,000 · Arts & CultureNORTON MUSEUM …METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE INC: $193,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLIS ENS…Museum of Modern Art: $75,000 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Mode…RECESS ACTIVITIES INC: $65,000 · Arts & CultureRECESS ACTIVIT…The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc: $50,000 · Arts & CultureThe Preservati…ARTSHACK BROOKLYN INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $25,000 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $87,000 · Arts & Culture+6 morePROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $400,000 · PhilanthropyARTCOUNCIL INC DBA ARTADIA: $55,000 · PhilanthropyMANIFESTWORKS: $55,000 · Human ServicesLearning Ally Inc: $47,500 · Human ServicesCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $50,000 · International
Education$1,885,000Community Improvement$1,665,000Other$852,999Arts & Culture$725,000Philanthropy$455,000Human Services$102,500International$50,000

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 budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $1,665,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $875,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $400,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $330,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWINDWARD SCHOOL: $285,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $195,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMETROPOLIS ENSEMBLE INC: $193,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetTHE WILLOWS COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $120,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGREENWICH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $100,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $75,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPARK CENTURY SCHOOL: $67,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetRECESS ACTIVITIES INC: $65,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetWEST JUPITER COMMUNITY GROUP INC: $62,500 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetMANIFESTWORKS: $55,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetARTCOUNCIL INC DBA ARTADIA: $55,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $50,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLearning Ally Inc: $47,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSAINT ANN'S SCHOOL: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARTSHACK BROOKLYN INC: $35,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetMV YOUTH INC: $30,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetNEW YORK STEM CELL FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRIVER VALLEY ARTS COLLECTIVE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetSANTA FE INSTITUTE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREENWICH ACADEMY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERTWINE ARTS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEAD STRONG PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDEMOCRACY NOW PRODUCTIONS INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIRVINE ICE FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNYC MARINE CORPS BIRTHDAY GALA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCENTO AMICI: $5,000 over 1y, 3.8% 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 Goldman Sachs Cha…The Annenberg Foundat…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Bessemer Giving F…National Philanthropi…California Community …The Ayco Charitable F…Jewish Communal FundAmerican Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Charities Aid Foundat…Renaissance Charitabl…
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY15.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Annenberg Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · California Community Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Renaissance 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 The Richard Salomon Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Richard Salomon Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Learning Ally Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Richard Salomon Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Richard Salomon Family Foundation Inc 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 61 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.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Richard Salomon Family’s filings →

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home