Ohio · Private foundation
The Soo Foundation Inc
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.
- $214k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 58%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,800
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $54,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 58% of the organizations The Soo Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 18 | $214k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $193k | 58% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $164k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $149k | 31% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $147k | 83% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $41k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $80k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $179k | 33% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeshe Nying Po Incorporated | $214,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Unc Health Foundation Inc | $210,000 | 3 | 1% |
| California Institute of Integral Studies | $183,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Milarepa Osel Cho Dzong | $101,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Impact Missions | $54,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Triangle Special Hockey Association | $45,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Raleigh Radiance | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Durham Public Schools Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 3% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 33 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($411k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Soo Foundation Inc 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: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Durham Merchants Association Charitable Foundation · The Forest At Duke Inc · Duke University Health System Inc · Duke University · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
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About The Soo Foundation Inc
- How much does The Soo Foundation Inc give?
- The Soo Foundation Inc reported 18 grants totaling $213,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Soo Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (24%), Health (20%), Education (18%).
- Who are The Soo Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Yeshe Nying Po Incorporated ($215k), Unc Health Foundation Inc ($210k), California Institute of Integral Studies ($183k).
- Does The Soo Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Soo Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Soo Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Triangle Community Foundation Inc, Duke Energy Foundation, Durham Merchants Association Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Soo Foundation Inc based?
- The Soo Foundation Inc is based in OH.
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