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The Solomon Level 8 Foundation at a glance

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The Solomon Level 8 Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$39k
Granted FY2018
21
Grants FY2018
9
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

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

11
’17
15
’18
17
’19
10
’20
3
’21
1
’22
8
’23
2
’24
3
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

International$151kPhilanthropy$99kEducation$76kReligion$60kArts & Culture$7kHuman Services$3kHealth$3kHousing & Shelter$3kOther$0
02FY2018 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k20 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
$180
Median grant
9
States reached
$275k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$25,000
CONGREGATION RODEPH SHOLOM$7,500
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY$2,500
TAMPA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES$1,000
labrador retriever rescue of florid$500
Florida Southern College$360
UNIV OF SOUTH FLORIDA FOUNDATION$350
AMERICAN RED CROSS$215
Synagogue of the Summit$200
WUSF$200
Glacier Nat'l Park Conservancy$180
YOUNG ISRAEL OF TAMPA$180
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$150
ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER$100
Muscular Dystrophy Association$100
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 (FY17–23, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MENORAH MANOR: $180 → 12%TAMPA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $1k → 13%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $200 → 6%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $100 → 6%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $100 → 6%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $100 → 6%TAMPA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 13%GROW INTO YOU FOUNDATION: $500 → 13%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

MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
PA
CT
CA
CO
MO
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 37% of The Solomon Level 8 Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Solomon Level 8 Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$132k · 27 repeat orgs$26k to everyone else

27 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2018, 10 since wound down; 42 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call). Read against FY2018, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
7

Total granted

$132k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
+80%

Still filing today

56%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 16% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

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EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2018–2022 · $55k · revenue +76%
  • LU
    LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2017–2020 · $15k · revenue +69%
  • TJ
    TAMPA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC
    2× · 2018–2023 · $2k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • SR
    STARTING RIGHT NOW
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +6%
  • SJ
    ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL OF TAMPA FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +994%
  • BM
    BLOSSOM MONTESSORI SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $540
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
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
2
University of Miami

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

Education
3
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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4
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
5
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
6
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc

Embry-riddle is the world leader in aviation and aerospace higher education. its mission is to teach the science, practice and business of aviation and aerospace, preparing students for productive careers and leadership roles in business,…

Education
7
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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8
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
10
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.

—
11
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc; the most unlike its peers is University of Michigan. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

38 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. 38 of the 79 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/38
Grantees still filing
31/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $150,400 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEIS…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAMPA BAY INC: $97,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAM…+3 more: $2,050 · PhilanthropyWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $55,000 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSIT…LEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $15,100 · EducationLEHIGH UNIVERSITY+6 more: $3,050 · EducationCONGREGATION RODEPH SHOLOM: $49,314 · OtherCONGREGATION RODEPH …Individual grant recipient: $8,100 · OtherIndividual grant rec…STARTING RIGHT NOW: $2,500 · Other+50 more: $12,416 · Other+50 moreTHE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA: $5,000 · Arts & CultureFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $500 · Arts & CultureTAMPA MUSEUM OF ART INC: $210 · Arts & CultureFLORIDA WEST COAST PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $200 · Arts & CultureTAMPA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesGROW INTO YOU FOUNDATION INC: $500 · Human ServicesISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $500 · Human ServicesMenorah Manor Inc: $180 · Human ServicesST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL OF TAMPA FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $680 · HealthMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $300 · HealthDOMUS PACIS FAMILY RESPITE INC: $200 · Health+1 more: $50 · Health
International$150,400Philanthropy$99,050Education$73,150Other$72,330Arts & Culture$5,910Human Services$3,180Health$2,230

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 budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $150,400 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAMPA BAY INC: $97,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $55,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $15,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTAMPA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of South Florida Foundation Inc: $1,950 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY SUNCOAST INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SUMMIT FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL OF TAMPA FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLABRADOR RETRIEVER RESCUE OF FLORIDA INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $680 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGROW INTO YOU FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetEmory University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTAMPA MUSEUM OF ART INC: $210 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA WEST COAST PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDOMUS PACIS FAMILY RESPITE INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMenorah Manor Inc: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLACIER NATIONAL PARK CONSERVANCY: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER: $129 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBAY AREA LEGAL SERVICES INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMART BELLIES: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BERKELEY CARROLL SCHOOL: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRANT HALLIBURTON FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWATER 4 MERCY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $85 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUDEO CHRISTIAN HEALTH CLINIC INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HADASSAH FOUNDATION INC: $50 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBICYCLE COLORADO: $40 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAGLE SUMMIT WILDERNESS ALLIANCE: $25 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.

Community Foundation …Frank E Duckwall Foun…Top Jewish Foundation…Pinellas Community Fo…Castor-Bell-Lewis Fam…Edward & Blossom Leib…The Saunders Foundati…Raymond James Charita…Publix Super Markets …Colorado Gives Founda…Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…
Community Foundation of Tampa Bay IncFL16.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Solomon Level 8 Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Solomon Level 8 Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Bay Area Legal Services Inc: 14% of income from government
  • United Way Suncoast Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Grow Into You Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Florida Southern College: 0% of income from government
  • Menorah Manor Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Tampa Museum of Art Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
5report 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

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How do I get to The Solomon Level 8 Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Solomon Level 8 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 79 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home