Funding search · EIN 341481699 · Forest, OH

The Soo Foundation

Name: The Soo Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

53
grants reported: $728,600
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

arbor coker disaster relief stupa catherine center dixie

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

North Carolina Botanical Garden Fnd3 grants · $182,000
Yeshe Nyingpo4 grants · $107,500
American Red Cross4 grants · $75,000
Milarepa Osel Cho Dzong4 grants · $72,000
Impact Missions1 grant · $54,000
Unc Health Foundation1 grant · $30,000
Raleigh Radiance3 grants · $30,000
Assoc for Frontal Temporal Degenera1 grant · $15,000
Dudjom Troma Foundation1 grant · $12,500
John Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center1 grant · $12,000

Giving over time

$159,000

2022

$163,600

2023

$192,500

2024

$213,500

2025

Grant history

All 53 reported grants, largest first.

$95,000
North Carolina Botanical Garden Fnd · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
Coker Arbor & Dixie LP Soo Pavilion
$65,000
North Carolina Botanical Garden Fnd · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
Coker Arbor Restoration & Memorial Donation
$54,000
Impact Missions · Bethesda, MD · 2025
General
$37,500
Yeshe Nyingpo · New York, NY · 2023
General
$30,000
Unc Health Foundation · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
The Carolina Clinic
$30,000
Yeshe Nyingpo · New York, NY · 2022
General
$25,000
American Red Cross · Dayton, OH · 2024
Disaster Relief
$24,000
Milarepa Osel Cho Dzong · Happy Valley, TN · 2025
Stupa Fund
$22,000
North Carolina Botanical Garden Fnd · Chapel Hill, NC · 2025
Coker Arbor & Dixie LP Soo Pavilion
$20,000
American Red Cross · Dayton, OH · 2025
General
$20,000
Yeshe Nyingpo · New York, NY · 2025
General
$20,000
Yeshe Nyingpo · New York, NY · 2024
General
$20,000
Milarepa Osel Cho Dzong · Knoxville, TN · 2022
Stupa & Retreat Center
$15,000
American Red Cross · Dayton, OH · 2023
Disaster Relief
$15,000
American Red Cross · Dayton, OH · 2022
Disaster Relief
$15,000
Assoc for Frontal Temporal Degenera · King of Prussia, PA · 2022
General
$14,000
Milarepa Osel Cho Dzong · Tallassee, TN · 2024
Stupa Fund
$14,000
Milarepa Osel Cho Dzong · Knoxville, TN · 2023
Retreat Center Building Fund
$12,500
Dudjom Troma Foundation · Jackson Heights, NY · 2023
General
$12,000
John Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center · Baltimore, MD · 2025
Pancreatic Cancer Research in Memory of Catherine Nerantzis
$10,000
Hirshberg Fnd for Pancreatic Resear · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General
$10,000
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network · Boone, IA · 2025
Donation in Memory of Catherine Nerantzis
$10,000
Raleigh Radiance · Durham, NC · 2024
General
$10,000
The Patricia Liberatore Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$10,000
Raleigh Radiance · Durham, NC · 2023
General
$10,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
General
$10,000
Raleigh Radiance · Durham, NC · 2022
General
$10,000
World Vision · Federal Way, WA · 2022
General
$8,800
Dudjom Foundation · 2025
Rinpoche's Mission
$7,500
Dispute Settlement Center · Carrboro, NC · 2025
General
$5,000
Animal Protection Society of Durham · Durham, NC · 2025
General
$5,000
Homes of Hope India · Wilmington, NC · 2025
General
$5,000
Tillery Compassionate Care · Albemarle, NC · 2024
General
$5,000
Animal Protection Society of Durham · Durham, NC · 2023
General
$5,000
Chapel Hill Carrboro Public School · Carrboro, NC · 2022
General
$5,000
Chapel Hill Public Library Foundati · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
General
$5,000
Durham Library Foundation · Durham, NC · 2022
General
$3,600
Prayer Rock Foundation · Kula, HI · 2023
General
$3,500
Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church · Bethesda, MD · 2024
Interfaith Refugee Fund
$3,500
Home of Hope India · Wilmington, NC · 2024
General
$3,500
Youth Villages · Wilmington, NC · 2024
General
$3,000
Ackland Art Museum · Chapel Hill, NC · 2025
General
$3,000
Alliance Francaise of Raleigh-Durha · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General
$3,000
Religious Coalition for Nonviolent · Durham, NC · 2025
General
$2,500
Hiranyagarbha Yuga Ashram · Callaway, VA · 2025
General
$2,500
Life Skills Foundation · Durham, NC · 2025
General
$2,000
Wcpe · Wake Forest, NC · 2022
Education Fund
$1,500
Planned Parenthood · Seattle, WA · 2024
General
$1,500
Summit Sierra High School Expeditio · Seattle, WA · 2024
General
$1,200
Prayer Rock Foundation · Kula, HI · 2025
General
$1,000
The Carolina Philharmonic · Pinehurst, NC · 2023
Education Endowment
$1,000
Floyd County Library Fund · Floyd, VA · 2022
General
$1,000
The Carolina Philharmonic · Pinehurst, NC · 2022
General

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