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The Sheldon H Solow Foundation at a glance

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The Sheldon H Solow Foundation

$701
Granted FY2021
1
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$701
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Education$279kHealth$275kArts & Culture$166kHuman Services$147kEnvironment$126kCivil Rights$35kInternational$30kReligion$28kOther$0
02FY2021 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$701
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOLOW ART AND ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION$701
02The need
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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 (FY17–20, $127k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FRIENDS OF GEORGICA POND FOUNDATION: $50k → 7%FRIENDS OF GEORGICA POND FOUNDATION: $50k → 7%FRIENDS OF GEORGICA POND FOUNDATION: $25k → 7%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $2k → 17%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.
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$896k · 14 repeat orgs$237k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2021, 14 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
16

Total granted

$896k
$236k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+37%

Still filing today

86%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $701 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesCrime & LegalSocial ScienceHealthOther
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

  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $126k · revenue +227%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF GEORGICA POND FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2017–2020 · $125k · revenue +64%
  • TH
    The Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale Foundation Inc
    3× · 2017–2019 · $120k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • WC
    WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE
    one grant, 2019 · $75k
  • TB
    THE BARUCH COLLEGE FUND
    one grant, 2017 · $35k · revenue -10%
  • ST
    SAVE THE CHILDREN - AVENUE ALTRUISM AWARDS
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
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.

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American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
2
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
3
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
4
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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5
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…

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6
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
7
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…

Education
8
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust

The museum of jewish heritage - a living memorial to the holocaust is new york's contribution to the global responsibility to never forget. see schedule o for additional information.

Arts & Culture
9
National Science and Technology Medals Foundation Inc

The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…

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10
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
11
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
12
The Architectural League of New York

The architectural league of new york supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. as a vital, independent forum, the league stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today's (continued on…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Henry Street Settlement; the most unlike its peers is The Soloviev Foundation. 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

23 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. 23 of the 32 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
19/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STUDENT ADVOCACY INC: $100,000 · EducationSTUDENT ADVOCACY INCNew York University: $78,700 · EducationNew York UniversityYESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $65,000 · EducationYESHIVA UNIVERSITYTHE BARUCH COLLEGE FUND: $35,000 · EducationTHE BARUCH COLLEGE FUND+1 more: $5,000 · EducationWEILL CORNELL MEDICINE: $75,000 · OtherWEILL CORNELL MEDICINESAVE THE CHILDREN - AVENUE ALTRUISM AWARDS: $25,000 · OtherSAVE THE CHILDREN - AVENUE A…SAMUEL WAXMAN CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $19,100 · OtherSAMUEL WAXMAN CANCER RESEARC…CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE: $16,000 · OtherCENTRAL SYNAGOGUENEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL: $10,000 · OtherANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $35,000 · OtherANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUEPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $30,000 · OtherPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS I…CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $25,000 · OtherCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELSCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $25,000 · OtherCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC+9 more: $31,451 · Other+9 moreMuseum of Modern Art: $120,000 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Modern…THE JEWISH MUSEUM: $30,000 · Arts & CultureTHE JEWISH MUSEU…The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $15,000 · Arts & CultureThe United State…The Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale Foundation Inc: $120,000 · Crime & LegalThe Hebrew H…AVENUES FOR JUSTICE INC: $10,000 · Crime & LegalAVENUES FOR …FRIENDS OF GEORGICA POND FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF G…+1 more: $1,900 · Human ServicesALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $125,950 · Social ScienceALZHEIMER'S …GIFT OF LIFE MARROW REGISTRY INC: $40,000 · Health
Education$283,700Other$291,551Arts & Culture$165,000Crime & Legal$130,000Human Services$126,900Social Science$125,950Health$40,000

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 budgetALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $125,950 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF GEORGICA POND FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 over 3y, 8.6% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $120,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale Foundation Inc: $120,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSTUDENT ADVOCACY INC: $100,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetNew York University: $78,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $65,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIFT OF LIFE MARROW REGISTRY INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BARUCH COLLEGE FUND: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMUEL WAXMAN CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $19,100 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAVENUES FOR JUSTICE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONE HUNDRED BLACK MEN INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $1,900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOLOVIEV FOUNDATION: $701 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.

Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…
Jewish Communal FundNY14.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Sheldon H Solow Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sheldon H Solow Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report 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.
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    How do I get to The Sheldon H Solow Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Sheldon H Solow Foundation 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 32 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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