Solidago Foundation
Northampton, MA · EIN 20-2963670. Reported 90 grants totalling $4,597,130 to 68 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Solidago Foundation, the IRS classifies it under community improvement rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE S20) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 68 distinct organizations, with 34% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 16% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $25,000. Half of what it reported fell between $25,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $10,000 and the largest $1,475,233. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circle for Justice Innovations | Brooklyn, NY | $1,557,130 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Blueprint North Carolina | Durham, NC | $300,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| See Forward Fund Inc | Northampton, MA | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rural Arizona Engagement | Coolidge, AZ | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Progeorgia State Table Inc | Atlanta, GA | $135,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| 9 to 5 National Association of Working Women | Milwaukee, WI | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Arizona Center for Empowerment | Phoenix, AZ | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Peoples Action Institute | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arizona Democracy Resource Center | Phoenix, AZ | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Popular Democracy | Washington, DC | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Network on Women in Prison | Emeryville, CA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta Inc | Norcross, GA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Spirit in Action | Asheville, NC | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Best Practices Policy Project | Morristown, NJ | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Carolina Federation | Durham, NC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Carolina Federation Fund | Durham, NC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Georgia Project Incorporated | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| One Arizona | Phoenix, AZ | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Trans(forming) | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| We Are Down Home | Greensboro, NC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sisters Unchained Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Unapologetically H E R S | San Leandro, CA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Women Against Mass Incarceration | Chesapeake, VA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Black Male Initiative Geaorgia Inc | Fairburn, GA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sacred Purposes Inc | Rapid City, SD | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Georgia Strategic Alliance for New Direction and Unified Policies | Atlanta, GA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Instituto Lab LLC | Phoenix, AZ | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arizona Advocacy Foundation | Phoenix, AZ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Decarcerate Miami Inc | Miami, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Desiree Alliance | Branch, AR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Free Hearts | Nashville, TN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jail Project of Texas | Cypress, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Justice Committee Inc | Jackson Hts, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Justice for Families Ltd | Bronx, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lending Hands | Charlottesville, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Life After Release | Clinton, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Life Coach Each One Teach One Reentry Fellowship | Louisville, KY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mano Amiga Sm | San Marcos, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mekong Inc | Bronx, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Operation Liberation | Kansas City, MO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peace Development Fund Inc | Amherst, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Philadelphia Leadership Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Post-Conviction Advocates | Long Beach, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Black Sex Worker Collective | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Ordinary People Society Inc | Dothan, AL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Outlaw Project | Phoenix, AZ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Prison Project Formerly Incarcerated Restoring Rights Engagement (tppfi | Santa Cruz, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Reaching Educating for Community Hope Foundation | Jackson, MS | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Transcending Barriers Atlanta | Douglasville, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Virginia Organizing Inc | Charlottesvle, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Woman With a Plan | Lawrenceville, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| A Little Piece of Light Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Anti Police-Terror Project Inc | Oakland, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Families for Justice As Healing Inc | Roxbury, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Martin Luther King SR Community Resources Collaborative | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Queens Butterfly | Omaha, NE | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | Calabasas, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beyond the Walls Movement Nfp | Carbondale, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Religious Campaign Against Torture | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nc Survivors Union Inc | Greensboro, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood Funders Group | Berkeley, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sisters of Hope Corporation | Pensacola, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southern Women in Motion Foundation Inc | Fairburn, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Uptown Peoples Law Center | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Warm Cookies of the Revolution | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
16 of 68 (24%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Black Male Initiative Georgia (bmiga)
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT C3 WORK
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 50 of 68 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 14 | $650,000 | $40,000 |
| 2022 | 37 | $1,415,000 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 25 | $465,000 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 14 | $2,067,130 | $42,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
36% of its giving went to organizations in New York. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
Down to the city
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $25,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in New York.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Solidago Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 150 Main Street 24, Northampton, MA, 01060.
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