Solon E Summerfield Foundation Inc C/O Intentional Philanthropy
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About Solon E Summerfield Foundation Inc C/O Intentional Philanthropy
The Solon E. Summerfield Foundation made a single, substantial program-support grant to the Fund for the City of New York to support the Center for Fair Futures, indicating a focused interest in urban youth justice and reentry/court-involved youth services. Although based in Bethesda, MD, the foundation’s one recorded gift targets a New York City–based intermediary delivering programs and policy work for vulnerable young people. The large, unrestricted-style support suggests the foundation favors impactful, capacity-building investments in a specific program rather than broad, diversified giving.
Focus Areas
Youth justice reform / services for court-involved youth (Center for Fair Futures)Juvenile reentry and transitional supports in New York CityCapacity-building support for urban nonprofit intermediaries
Who They Fund
opportunity youth / out-of-school or disconnected youthhigh-school-to-college students and college-access participantspost-secondary and adult learners (career changers)aspiring healthcare workers (nursing, geriatrics)
About Solon E Summerfield Foundation Inc C/O Intentional Philanthropy
A recurring pattern in the Solon E Summerfield Foundation Inc C/o Intentional Philanthropy’s recent grants is sustained support for youth-serving intermediaries and college-to-career pipelines in New York and New Jersey. The largest recorded grant, $771,936 to Fund for the City of New York Inc, supported the Center for Fair Futures, a program tied to court-involved youth and reentry-related services. The foundation also backed New York City institutions working on education and youth development, including the Research Foundation of CUNY and The New York Foundling, as well as Newark Opportunity Youth Network in Newark, NJ. Across these gifts, the foundation appears to favor program support and general operating support rather than short-term project funding alone. Its recent giving includes multi-year commitments to the same organizations, suggesting continuity rather than one-off awards. The grants also point to an interest in intermediaries that coordinate services, education, and transition support for young people, especially in urban settings. With annual grants of $21,451,459 and total assets of $33,823,777, the foundation operates at a meaningful scale while keeping a relatively concentrated funding footprint.
What Solon E Summerfield Foundation Inc C/O Intentional Philanthropy Funds
In youth justice and reentry work, the foundation gave $771,936 to Fund for the City of New York Inc for the Center for Fair Futures, following earlier support of $230,687 for the same program. For college access and completion, it made a $500,000 grant to the Research Foundation of CUNY for the CUNY School of Professional Studies and a separate $210,000 grant for College Access: Research & Action Programs. Workforce-oriented support shows up in grants to NYC Health Hospitals for a Behavioral Health Nursing Career Ladder and to The Door - a Center of Alternatives Inc for its Culinary Arts Training Program. Mental health also appears as a repeated theme: The Fostering Connection received support for mental health services, and The Door received a second grant for mental health services.
How Solon E Summerfield Foundation Inc C/O Intentional Philanthropy Gives
Typical grant sizes are clustered above six figures: the p25 is $21,250, the median is $101,246, and the p75 is $160,209. The recent record shows repeat awards to the same organizations across 2023, 2024, and 2025, including multiple grants to the same New York and New Jersey recipients. That pattern points to ongoing relationships rather than isolated gifts. The foundation is a regular funder and also makes program-related investments. It funds individuals as well. Its grantmaking in the available record is dominated by program support and general operating support, with some larger multi-year style commitments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$6.7M
Total Assets
$33.8M
Total Revenue
$6.9M
Total Expenses
$8.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $21K and $160K, with a median of $101K.
25th Percentile
$21K
Median
$101K
75th Percentile
$160K
Geographic Reach
National8 states funded
About 0% of grants go to recipients in NY.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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