Funding search · EIN 131797260 · Bethesda, MD

Solon E Summerfield Foundation

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

183
grants reported
$21.5M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Newark Opportunity Youth Network4 grants · $1.1M
  • The New York Foundling4 grants · $1.0M
  • Green City Force3 grants · $1.0M
  • The Door - a Center of Alternatives4 grants · $918,207
  • Henry Street Settlement6 grants · $840,704
  • Bottom Line5 grants · $806,860
  • Research Foundation of the City University of New York4 grants · $785,000
  • Fund for the City of New York1 grant · $771,936
  • Arbor Rising4 grants · $657,103
  • Fund for the City of New York4 grants · $616,931

Giving over time

$6.4M
2022
$8.4M
2023
$6.7M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 183 grants.

  • $771,936

    Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024

    Program support - the center for fair futures

  • $500,000

    Research Foundation of Cuny · New York, NY · 2023

    Program support - cuny school of professional studies

  • $500,000

    Newark Opportunity Youth Network · Newark, NJ · 2022

    Building ecosystems for opportunity youth

  • $372,000

    Nyc Health Hospitals · New York, NY · 2024

    Program support - behavioral health nursing career ladder

  • $338,578

    The New York Foundling · New York, NY · 2022

    Program support - road to success

  • $338,322

    Green City Force · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $335,695

    The New York Foundling · New York, NY · 2024

    Program support - road to success

  • $334,410

    Green City Force · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $334,285

    The New York Foundling · New York, NY · 2023

    Program support - road to success

  • $333,653

    Green City Force · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Program support - gcf service corps

  • $331,226

    The Center for Fair Futures · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $320,715

    The Door - a Center of Alternatives · New York, NY · 2023

    Program support - culinary arts training program and mental health services

  • $319,795

    The Door - a Center of Alternatives · New York, NY · 2022

    Program support - culinary arts training program and mental health services

  • $300,000

    Newark Opportunity Youth Network · Newark, NJ · 2024

    Program support - building ecosystems for opportunity youth.

  • $300,000

    Newark Opportunity Youth Network · Newark, NJ · 2023

    Program support - building ecosystems for opportunity youth.

  • $280,478

    Henry Street Settlement · New York, NY · 2023

    Program support - expanded horizons college success program and community covid response team

  • $279,056

    Henry Street Settlement · New York, NY · 2022

    Program support - expanded horizons college success program and community covid response team

  • $254,442

    Arbor Rising · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $250,000

    Research Foundation of the City University of New York · New York, NY · 2024

    Program support - cuny school of professional studies

  • $250,000

    Suny Impact Foundation · Albany, NY · 2023

    Program support - asap

  • $250,000

    Suny Impact Foundation · Albany, NY · 2023

    Program support - ace

  • $250,000

    Research Foundation of the City University of New York · New York, NY · 2022

    Program support - cuny school of professional studies

  • $249,876

    Arbor Rising · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $230,687

    Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023

    Program support - the center for fair futures

  • $220,000

    The Fostering Connection · Fair Lawn, NJ · 2024

    Program support - mental health services

  • $220,000

    The Fostering Connection · Fair Lawn, NJ · 2023

    Program support - mental health services

  • $210,000

    Research Foundation of the City University of New York · New York, NY · 2022

    Program support - college access: research & action programs

  • $201,879

    The Door - a Center of Alternatives · New York, NY · 2023

    Program support - mental health services

  • $200,751

    Bottom Line · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    The Bell · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    The Marcy Lab School · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    The Marcy Lab School · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    Reel Works · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $200,000

    The Marcy Lab School · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $192,902

    Goddard Riverside Community Center · New York, NY · 2023

    Program support - options center

  • $187,651

    Goddard Riverside Community Center · New York, NY · 2022

    Program support - the options center

  • $178,000

    Nyc Health Hospitals · New York, NY · 2023

    Program support - behavioral health nursing career ladder

  • $172,614

    Jewish Home Lifecare Manhattan · New York, NY · 2022

    Program support - geriatrics career development

  • $166,667

    The Arab-American Family Support Center · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Program support - mental health services

  • $166,667

    Arab American Family Support Center · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Program support - mental health services

  • $162,724

    The Kansas University Endowment Association · Lawrence, KS · 2022

    Endowment/general operating support

  • $155,652

    Newark City of Learning Collaborative (Nclc) · New Brunswick, NJ · 2024

    Program support - college bridge

  • $152,665

    Bottom Line · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $152,665

    Exalt Youth · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $152,665

    Jewish Home Lifecare Manhattan · New York, NY · 2023

    Program support - skillspring

  • $151,838

    Bottom Line · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Endowment

  • $151,247

    Bottom Line · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Emergency fund endowment

  • $150,729

    Arbor Rising · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,729

    Exalt Youth · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,729

    Jewish Home Lifecare Manhattan · New York, NY · 2024

    Program support - skillspring

  • $150,359

    Bottom Line · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Endowment

  • $150,000

    Fractured Atlas · New York, NY · 2024

    Program support - scope of work

  • $150,000

    The Knowledge House · Bronx, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Code Nation - New York · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Fjc · New York, NY · 2023

    Program support - the bell

  • $150,000

    Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023

    Program support - college access: research & action

  • $150,000

    The Knowledge House · Bronx, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $150,000

    Fjc · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support - the bell

  • $144,620

    Fund for Public Schools · New York, NY · 2023

    Program support - futurereadynyc

  • $127,813

    East Side House Settlement · Bronx, NY · 2023

    Program support - post-secondary pathways and community teaching kitchen

  • $127,813

    Genesys Works · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $127,813

    Imentor New York · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $126,929

    Imentor Nyc · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $126,244

    Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023

    Program support - college access: research & action

  • $125,911

    Kansas University Endowment Association · Lawrence, KS · 2023

    Endowment/general operating support

  • $125,000

    Inspiring Futures · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $125,000

    Fractured Atlas · New York, NY · 2023

    Program support - scope of work

  • $125,000

    Scope of Work · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $124,361

    Mt Sinai Adolescent Health Center · New York, NY · 2023

    Program support - mental health services

  • $123,333

    Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center · New York, NY · 2024

    Program support - mental health services

  • $123,296

    Genesys Works · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $122,832

    East Side House Settlement · Bronx, NY · 2022

    Program support - post-secondary pathways and community teaching kitchen

  • $122,369

    Summer Search · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $121,748

    Summer Search · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $118,009

    College Access Research & Action (Cara) · New York, NY · 2024

    Program support - implementing college bridge in newark

  • $114,246

    Code Nation · New York, NY · 2022

    Program support - new york

  • $110,000

    Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023

    Program support - student success network

  • $103,158

    Henry Street Settlement · New York, NY · 2024

    Program support - mental health services

  • $103,158

    Hetrick-Martin Institute · New York, NY · 2024

    Program support - mental health services

  • $102,452

    American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2024

    Program support - native pathways program

  • $101,777

    American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2023

    Program support - native pathways program

  • $101,777

    Legal Outreach · Queens, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $101,496

    Legal Outreach · Queens, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $101,496

    The Opportunity Network · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $100,995

    Henry Street Settlement · New York, NY · 2023

    Program support - mental health services

  • $100,995

    Hetrick-Martin Institute · New York, NY · 2023

    Program support - mental health services

  • $100,712

    Legal Outreach · Queens, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    At the Table · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    Drive Change · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    Workforce Professionals Training Institute · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    At the Table · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    Drive Change · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    Reel Works · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Program support - mediamkrs

  • $100,000

    At the Table · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    Drive Change · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    Onegoal · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $100,000

    The Knowledge House · Bronx, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $98,544

    American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2022

    Program support - native pathways program

  • $98,312

    Exalt Youth · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $97,552

    Rutgers University Foundation · New Brunswick, NJ · 2023

    Program support - newark city of learning collaborative

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.