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The Solomon Wilson Family Foundation In

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$292k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$75k
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 2025.

Education$2.7MPhilanthropy$1.0MArts & Culture$684kHuman Services$250kScience & Tech$235kEmployment$125kInternational$125kHealth$95kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $80k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $200k
$20,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$578k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GOOD SHEPHERED SERVICES$75,000
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA$75,000
CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS$50,000
PIONEER WORKS ART FOUNDATION$25,000
THE SYLVIA CENTER$20,000
BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY$15,000
WOMEN IN NEED$10,000
TECHNYC FOUNDATION$10,000
RADIUS BOOKS$7,000
NEW YORKERS FOR PARKS$5,000
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 (FY19–25, $390k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%HOT BREAD KITCHEN LTD US: $20k → 20%GOOD SHEPHERED SERVICES: $75k → 17%GOOD SHEPHERED SERVICES: $75k → 17%GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES: $50k → 17%GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES: $50k → 17%WOMEN IN NEED: $10k → 17%WOMEN IN NEED INC: $5k → 17%WOMEN IN NEED INC: $5k → 17%Hot Bread Kitchen: $50k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
OH
CT
CA
VA
MD
NM
DC
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.4M · 15 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
34

Total granted

$4.4M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+24%

Still filing today

87%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $92k 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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesScience & TechCivil RightsOther
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

  • GG
    GOTHAM GIVES INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $1.0M · revenue +14%
  • GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES
    4× · 2020–2025 · $250k · revenue +5%
  • SF
    Scratch Foundation
    4× · 2017–2022 · $200k · revenue +587%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE HIGH LINE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $253k · revenue -8%
  • NS
    NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL & MUSEUM AT THE WTC
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +19%
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
Workforce Professionals Training Institute

Wpti's mission is to build the capacities of people, programs, and organizations that provide job training, placement, and career guidance for individuals and to advocate for policies that promote economic opportunities for all.

Employment
2
The Poptech Institute

Poptech's mission is to accelerate the positive impact of world-changing people, projects and ideas. founded in 1996 by bob metcalfe (inventor, ethernet) and john sculley (apple, pepsi), poptech originally provided a forum to critically…

Education
3
New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
4
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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5
Studio in a School Association Inc

From classrooms to careers, studio in a school expands access to visual arts education and professions in the arts by partnering with practicing artists, schools, and cultural institutions.

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6
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
7
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
8
Berggruen Institute
Education
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 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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11
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
12
Women's Project & Productions Inc

Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Edward Charles Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Unleashed Productions 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

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 54 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/40
Grantees still filing
29/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NYC FOUNDATION FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE: $2,331,046 · OtherNYC FOUNDATION FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE+23 more: $846,538 · Other+23 moreGOTHAM GIVES INC: $1,000,000 · PhilanthropyGOTHAM GIVES INCCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $75,000 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID FOUNDATI…+3 more: $45,000 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF THE HIGH LINE INC: $252,600 · Arts & CultureSHED NYC INC: $55,000 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Arts & CulturePIONEER WORKS ART FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Arts & CultureSundance Institute: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $24,500 · Arts & CultureGOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES: $250,000 · Human ServicesHOT BREAD KITCHEN LTD: $70,000 · Human ServicesEDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN IN NEED INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesUNIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE: $100,000 · EducationBROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $60,000 · EducationSCRIPTED INC DBA CODE NATION: $50,000 · EducationMOUSE INC: $25,000 · EducationPRATT INSTITUTE: $25,000 · EducationTECHIE YOUTH CORP DBA TECHIE YOUTH: $15,000 · EducationPACE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationROOM TO READ: $10,000 · EducationScratch Foundation: $200,000 · Science & TechEngine Foundation: $25,000 · Science & TechTHE SYLVIA CENTER: $91,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$3,177,584Philanthropy$1,120,000Arts & Culture$447,100Human Services$390,000Education$295,000Science & Tech$225,000Food & Nutrition$91,000

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 budgetGOTHAM GIVES INC: $1,000,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE HIGH LINE INC: $252,600 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetGOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES: $250,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetScratch Foundation: $200,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE SYLVIA CENTER: $91,000 over 5y, 8.5% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOT BREAD KITCHEN LTD: $70,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetBROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHED NYC INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPath Forward: $55,000 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSCRIPTED INC DBA CODE NATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budget21 In 21 Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetFRIENDS OF HUDSON RIVER PARK INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE JED FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMOUSE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLETS TALK MENOPAUSE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetEngine Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetSundance Institute: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPRATT INSTITUTE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN IN NEED INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOPENCOLLECTIVE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetTECHIE YOUTH CORP DBA TECHIE YOUTH: $15,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetUNLEASHED PRODUCTIONS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORKERS FOR PARKS: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPACE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN QUEENS CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROOM TO READ: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHEATRE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE INC: $2,500 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 Ford FoundationTides FoundationJewish Communal FundAltman FoundationPinkerton FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…American Endowment Fo…
The Ford FoundationNY16× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ford Foundation · Tides Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Altman Foundation · Pinkerton Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Wilson Family Foundation In funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Solomon Wilson Family Foundation In. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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
⤢ 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 54 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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