Florida · Private foundation
The Solomon Level 8 Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $39k
- Granted FY2018
- 21
- Grants FY2018
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 62%
- First-time grantees FY2018
Read this first · the figures below need context
78% of The Solomon Level 8 Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Community Foundation Of Tampa Bay Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year The Solomon Level 8 Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 15 organizations, $39k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2018
- $180
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 9
- Total assets, FY2018
- $275k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 62% of the organizations The Solomon Level 8 Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 71% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 21 | $39k | 62% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $16k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington University | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lehigh University | $15,100 | 4 | 0% |
| The Florida Orchestra | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Starting Right Now | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Tampa Jewish Family Services Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of South Florida Foundation Inc | $1,950 | 6 | 0% |
| United Way Suncoast Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Joseph's Hospital of Tampa Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Labrador Retriever Rescue of Florida Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $680 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 41 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($66k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Solomon Level 8 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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · Frank E Duckwall Foundation · Top Jewish Foundation Inc · Pinellas Community Foundation · Castor-Bell-Lewis Family Foundation Inc · Edward & Blossom Leibowitz Family Foundation Inc · The Saunders Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Colorado Gives Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
About The Solomon Level 8 Foundation
- How much does The Solomon Level 8 Foundation give?
- The Solomon Level 8 Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $38,854 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does The Solomon Level 8 Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (37%), Philanthropy (24%), Education (19%).
- Who are The Solomon Level 8 Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Washington University ($55k), Lehigh University ($15k), The Florida Orchestra ($5k).
- Does The Solomon Level 8 Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 62% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Solomon Level 8 Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Solomon Level 8 Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc, Frank E Duckwall Foundation, Top Jewish Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Solomon Level 8 Foundation based?
- The Solomon Level 8 Foundation is based in FL.
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