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The Soul Support Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$15k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it funds
0182% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$15kReligion$7kFood & Nutrition$4kHuman Services$4kCrime & Legal$3kPhilanthropy$3kArts & Culture$3kInternational$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$750
Median grant
7
States reached
$138k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HADAR INSTITUTE$5,000
GLOBAL VILLAGE CONNECT$2,250
TUCSON HEBREW ACADEMY$1,800
SOUTH COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY$1,700
HARRELL FOUNDATION$1,000
JEWISH WOMEN'S FOUNDATION$750
Individual grant recipient$600
JEWISH FEDERATION OF THE BERKSHIRES$500
EDUCATION MATTERS INC$500
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SQUAD INC$500
18 DEGREES$250
PEACE THROUGH COMMUNITY INC$200
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 (FY22–25, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%GLOBAL VILLAGE CONNECT: $2k → 11%GLOBAL VILLAGE CONNECT: $500 → 11%RAINBOW DEFENSE FUND: $500 → 15%RAINBOW DEFENSE FUND: $500 → 15%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

MN
WI
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
AZ
DC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

32%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$16k · 8 repeat orgs$34k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
33

Total granted

$16k
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+12%

Still filing today

63%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureInternationalEducationHealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionOther
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

  • HI
    HADAR INSTITUTE
    2× · 2024–2025 · $6k
  • TH
    TUCSON HEBREW ACADEMY
    2× · 2023–2025 · $3k · revenue -12%
  • GV
    GLOBAL VILLAGE CONNECT
    2× · 2024–2025 · $3k · revenue 0%

Funded once

  • SC
    ST CATHERINE SCHOOL
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • TS
    The Shalem Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue -49%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $2k
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
The Israel Innovation Fund Inc

Our vision is to reignite the zionist spirit and meet the needs of jewish civilization in the twenty-first century by connecting people around the world through the vibrancy and creativity of contemporary israeli culture.

Arts & Culture
2
The Jerusalem Connection
—
3
American Friends of Ish El Rayahu

To promote, benefit, and support Jewish religious, charitable & educational activities in Israel and the USA.

Religion
4
Friends of Jerusalem

Friends of Jerusalem's mission is to provide assistance to the needs and indigent living in Jerusalem and all of Israel.

Human Services
5
American Friends of Torah and Tefilah Ramat Eshkol Inc

To promote and support jewish religious charitable and educational activities in israel & usa.

Religion
6
American Friends of the Jerusalem Great Synagogue Inc

To provide for the needs of the great synagogue in jerusalem israel.

Religion
7
Sherit Isroel
—
8
Jewish Food Society Inc

Jewish food society works to preserve and celebrate jewish culinary heritage from around the world in order to increase awareness and deepen connections to jewish life. jfs is committed to showcasing the diversity of the jewish experience,…

Arts & Culture
9
Partners in Torah

Offering jewish adults a personal connection to judaism,fostering a sense of belonging to the greater jewishcommunity, and building bridges between jews of allbackgrounds. to date, over 74,000 men and women from 39countries have been…

Religion
10
Adi Israel Foundation Inc

Aleh Israel Foundation, Inc.(The Foundation)is a Foundation that provides support to rehabilitative centers caring for most severely disabled children in Israel.

International
11
The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life Inc
Religion
12
Jewish Film Institute

The Jewish Film Institute champions bold films and filmmakers that expand and evolve the Jewish story for audiences everywhere. Through its exhibition and artist development programs, JFI celebrates the spirit of film, inquiry,…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of the Berkshires; the most unlike its peers is The Harrell 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

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 47 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST CATHERINE SCHOOL: $10,000 · OtherST CATHERINE SCHOOLHADAR INSTITUTE: $6,100 · OtherHADAR INSTITUTEIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFRIENDS OF ONO COLLEGE: $1,800 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,400 · Other+28 more: $12,770 · Other+28 moreGLOBAL VILLAGE CONNECT: $2,750 · Human ServicesRAINBOW DEFENSE FUND INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesThe Shalem Foundation: $3,000 · Crime & LegalTUCSON HEBREW ACADEMY: $2,800 · EducationLITERACY INC: $100 · EducationPITTSFIELD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC: $1,700 · Food & NutritionALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $500 · Food & NutritionSHAKESPEARE & COMPANY INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureBERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP INC: $500 · Arts & CultureAMERICA-ISRAEL CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC: $200 · Arts & CultureNEW JEWISH NARRATIVE INC: $500 · InternationalCentral Fund of Israel: $500 · InternationalThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $250 · International
Other$35,570Human Services$3,750Crime & Legal$3,000Education$2,900Food & Nutrition$2,200Arts & Culture$1,700International$1,250

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 budgetThe Shalem Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTUCSON HEBREW ACADEMY: $2,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL VILLAGE CONNECT: $2,750 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRAINBOW DEFENSE FUND INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSHAKESPEARE & COMPANY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget18 DEGREES INC: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW JEWISH NARRATIVE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION WARRIOR RESOLUTION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHancock Shaker Village Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA-ISRAEL CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITERACY INC: $100 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.

  • Who funds The Shalem Foundation ↗
  • Who funds TUCSON HEBREW ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL VILLAGE CONNECT ↗
  • Who funds PITTSFIELD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds RAINBOW DEFENSE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds 18 DEGREES INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF THE BERKSHIRES ↗
  • Who funds NEW JEWISH NARRATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds BERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SQUAD INC ↗
  • Who funds Central Fund of Israel ↗
  • Who funds ALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC ↗
  • Who funds The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION WARRIOR RESOLUTION ↗

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 FundNY23.4× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · The Greater Barrington Foundation Inc Dba the Barrington Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Dobbins Foundation Co Michele Dodge Director · Kmd Foundation · Jane and Jack Fitzpatrick Trust · The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · Fjc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 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 Soul Support Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Soul Support Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • 18 Degrees Inc: 60% of income from government
  • Hancock Shaker Village Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Shakespeare & Company Inc: 1% of income from government
  • All Faiths Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Berkshire Theatre Group Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 47 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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