Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros Founda
New York, NY · EIN 80-0464952. Reported 221 grants totalling $45.1M to 160 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros Founda checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
5 of the organizations Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros Founda funded make grants themselves, and it reported 7 grants totalling $5,367,700 to them. That is 14% of the $37.2M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The New York Community Trust | community foundation | New York | $3,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | Its form does not ask |
| Give Lively Foundation Inc | grantmaking organization | New York | $2,236,700 | 3 | 3 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Impactassetsinc | federated giving programme | Maryland | $105,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Fund for the City of New York Inc | community foundation | New York | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| Paypal Charitable Giving Fund | grantmaking organization | District of Columbia | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $50,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $25,000 and $250,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $3,000,000.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Give Lively Foundation | New York, NY | $3,236,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York Community Trust | New York, NY | $3,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | Cincinnati, OH | $2,941,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Friends of the High Line Inc | New York, NY | $2,450,250 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Inc | New York, NY | $2,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Conference on Citizenship | Washington, DC | $2,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Giving Tuesday | Brooklyn, NY | $1,950,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | New York, NY | $1,355,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fwdus Education Fund | Washington, DC | $1,250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Generation Citizen Inc | New York, NY | $1,100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| International Rescue Committee | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| New Public | Oakland, CA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Summit Metro Parks Foundation | Akron, OH | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Women for Women International | Washington, DC | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Safe Passage Project | New York, NY | $700,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT | $693,680 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc | New York, NY | $600,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sanctuary for Families Inc | New York, NY | $600,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | $550,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Protect Democracy Project | Washington, DC | $550,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City | New York, NY | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Women for Afghan Women | Flushing, NY | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Home Project USA Inc | Chicago, IL | $450,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Panorama Global | Seattle, WA | $450,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Smile & Olive Foundation | Cockeysville, MD | $360,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Village Community School | New York, NY | $360,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Transform Finance | New York, NY | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Blue Star Families | Encinitas, CA | $327,126 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Care USA | New York, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Institute for Citizens and Scholars | Princeton, NJ | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Justice for Migrant Women | Fremont, OH | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Solar Sister | Bristol, RI | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tahirih Justice Center | Falls Church, VA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Too Young to Wed | Mohegan Lake, NY | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Transportation Alternatives Inc | New York, NY | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women's Earth Alliance | Berkeley, CA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Freedom for All Americans Education Fund | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Longpath Labs Ltd | Hastings on Hudson, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc | Baltimore, MD | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ohio Progressive Collaborative Education Fund | Columbus, OH | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wellness in the Schools | New York, NY | $240,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Trustees of Hamilton College | Clinton, NY | $206,056 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The New 42ND Street Inc | New York, NY | $201,450 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Corazon Healdsburg | Healdsburg, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transgender Community Center | New York, NY | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Equality Now | New York, NY | $195,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Karama | San Diego, CA | $180,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Population Council Inc | New York, NY | $180,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Coro New York Leadership Center Inc | New York, NY | $177,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Our American Future Foundation | Washington, DC | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Martha's Vineyard Community Services | Oak Bluffs, MA | $160,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| B Lab Company | Berwyn, PA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Educate Girls | Austin, TX | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fairvote | Silver Spring, MD | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Documentary Association | Los Angeles, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Southern Black Girls and Women's Consortium | Selma, AL | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Campaign Legal Center | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Upwardly Global | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Worec Saathi Inc | Elizabeth, NJ | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts | Wheatley Heights, NY | $141,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kent State University Foundation | Kent, OH | $130,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Friends of Hudson River Park | New York, NY | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Seachange Capital Partners | New York, NY | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Women's Earth and Climate Action Network | Mill Valley, CA | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Impactassets Inc | Bethesda, MD | $105,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Amherst College | Amherst, MA | $100,039 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bridge Institute US Inc | Dover, DE | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the High Line | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Multiplier | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The New York Women's Foundation | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Young Concert Artists | Silver Spring, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Independent Artists Inc | New York, NY | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Howard University | Washington, DC | $78,892 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Colorado State University Pueblo Foundation | Pueblo, CO | $75,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio | Columbus, OH | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Healdsburg School | Healdsburg, CA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $59,130 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greenwich House Inc | New York, NY | $54,510 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Impactassets Inc | Princeton, NJ | $53,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cornell University | Boone, IA | $51,800 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Planned Parenthood of New York City Inc | New York, NY | $51,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank | Akron, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Sunbeams School System US Nfp | Oak Park, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Martha's Vineyard Community Services | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maysles Institute Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Milton Academy | Milton, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oberlin College | Oberlin, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater New York | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seventh Regiment Armory Conservatory Inc (dba Park Avenue Armory) | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Joyce Theatre Foundation | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Young Concert Artists Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Museum of Contemporary Art | New York, NY | $46,190 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Uhai Eashri USA Inc | New York, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Usdan Camp | Wheatley Heights, NY | $30,100 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New York City Ballet | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fund for the City of New York | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girl Scouts Council of Greater New York Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Imentor | Bethesda, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Minister Elders and Deacons of the Reformed Protest Dutch Church of the Cit | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| New York Live Arts Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Partners in Health | Brewer, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| PS1 Contemporary Art Center Inc | Long Island, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Public Art Fund Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seventh Regiment Armory Conservancy Inc Dba Park Avenue Armory | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Brotherhood Sister Sol | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Village Community School | Middletown, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Win (women in Need Inc) | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Win (women in Need) Inc | Newport Beach, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Martha's Vineyard Museum | Vineyard Haven, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Town of Edgartown | Edgartown, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trustees of Mount Holyoke College | South Hadley, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Western Reserve Academy | Hudson, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Young Men's & Women's Hebrew Association | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Akron Art Museum | Akron, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Imentor Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Let's Get Ready Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bard Graduate Center | New York, NY | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Haleakala Inc (dba the Kitchen) | New York, NY | $5,700 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Constellation Project Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Literary Arts | Portland, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Presspass | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jdrf International | New York, NY | $3,020 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation | New York, NY | $2,800 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Atlantic Theatre Company | New York, NY | $2,740 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fourth Universalist Society in the City of New York | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| New York City Center Inc | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New York Theatre Workshop | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Youth Understanding Diabetes Abroad Inc | Gaithersburg, MD | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Asphalt Green Inc | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hands Along the Nile Development Services Inc | Alexandria, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Memorial Sloan Ketering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Asian Pacific | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Audobon Society | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Paypal Giving Fund | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Kabbalah Centre | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| League of Women Voters of New York | White Plains, NY | $515 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Parent Teacher Association of the Neighborhood School Inc | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trees New York | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Utah State University | Logan, UT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brooklyn Academy of Music | Brooklyn, NY | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northwell Health Foundation | Westbury, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Enterprise Community Partners Inc | Columbia, MD | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grameen America Inc | New York, NY | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Whitney Museum | New York, NY | $140 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Black & Missing Foundation Inc | Hyattsville, MD | $103 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Coalition to Stop Gun Violence | Baltimore, MD | $103 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Inc | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Reach for Home | Healdsburg, CA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sidewalk Inc | San Antonio, TX | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
40 of 160 (25%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 22%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 161 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 47 | $10.2M | $50,000 |
| 2021 | 32 | $4,480,287 | $39,221 |
| 2022 | 45 | $10.9M | $50,000 |
| 2023 | 45 | $6,345,470 | $50,000 |
| 2024 | 52 | $13.2M | $135,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
57% of its giving went to organizations in New York.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros Founda's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Co Jscm 888 7TH Avenue 40TH Fl, New York, NY, 10106. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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