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Arlene & Arnold Goldstein Charitable Trust at a glance

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Arlene & Arnold Goldstein Charitable Trust

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$230k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Science & Tech$1.0MEnvironment$385kPhilanthropy$105kCivil Rights$60kAnimals$55kHuman Services$45kFood & Nutrition$20kInternational$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $175k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BIG LIFE FOUNDATION$50,000
GREAT PLAINS FOUNDATION$25,000
ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITIUTE$10,000
EVERGREEN COLLABORATIVE$10,000
COMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND$10,000
CLIMATE DEFENSE PROJECT$10,000
UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS$10,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES$10,000
EARTHJUSTICE$10,000
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$10,000
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$10,000
ANTI-DEFEMATION LEAGUE$10,000
CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE$10,000
FOOD AND WATER WATCH$10,000
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE: $5k → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE: $5k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

41%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$705k · 16 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
4

Total granted

$705k
$1.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+71%

Still filing today

81%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’22’23’24
EnvironmentAnimalsCivil RightsCrime & LegalSocial SciencePublic BenefitOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • BL
    BIG LIFE FOUNDATION USA
    5× · 2019–2024 · $250k · revenue +133%
  • EARTHJUSTICE
    4× · 2020–2024 · $40k · revenue +16%
  • SP
    SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $40k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • CU
    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY-COLLEGE OF PHYS
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M
  • EP
    ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +41%
  • WC
    WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +167%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
3
Center for International Environmental Law Inc

To investigate, research, write, publish, present conferences and teach with respect to global, regional, transboundary, and comparative environmental issues and to make the findings from such activities available to the general public; to…

International
4
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
5
National Caucus of Environmental Legislators

The national caucus of environmental legislators empowers a nonpartisan network of legislative champions to protect, conserve, and improve the natural and human environment.

Education
6
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
7
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
8
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide

Educational & charitable. to provide legal and scientific information to public interest attorneys and scientists in numerous countries.

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9
Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest

The environmental law & policy center (elpc) is the midwest's leading public interest environmental legal advocacy and ecobusiness innovation organization, and among the nation's leaders. we develop and lead successful strategic…

Environment
10
Conservation Law Foundation Inc

Conservation law foundation, inc. (clf) protects new england's environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. we use the law, science, and markets to create solutions that preserve and restore our natural resources,…

Environment
11
Climate Catalyst Inc

Climate catalyst sparks collective action to tackle the biggest climate challenges we face today: cutting emissions in heavy industries.

Environment
12
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Friends of the Earth; the most unlike its peers is Natural Resources Defense Council Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 22 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY-COLLEGE OF PHYS: $1,000,000 · OtherCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY-COLLEGE OF PHYSGREAT PLAINS FOUNDATION: $105,000 · OtherGREAT PLAINS FOUNDATION+5 more: $100,000 · Other+5 moreBIG LIFE FOUNDATION USA: $250,000 · AnimalsBIG LIFE FOUNDATION…ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $25,000 · AnimalsANIMAL LEGAL DEFENS…ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE: $25,000 · AnimalsANIMAL WELFARE INST…+1 more: $5,000 · AnimalsEARTHJUSTICE: $40,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $30,000 · EnvironmentEVERGREEN COLLABORATIVE: $20,000 · EnvironmentCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentClimate Defense Project: $20,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $5,000 · EnvironmentSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $40,000 · Crime & LegalANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $20,000 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $10,000 · Civil RightsCOMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND: $20,000 · Public BenefitFOOD & WATER WATCH: $20,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,205,000Animals$305,000Environment$135,000Crime & Legal$40,000Civil Rights$30,000Public Benefit$20,000Food & Nutrition$20,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBIG LIFE FOUNDATION USA: $250,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD & WATER WATCH: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEVERGREEN COLLABORATIVE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetClimate Defense Project: $20,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Rockefeller Philanthr…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors IncNY13.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Arlene & Arnold Goldstein Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arlene & Arnold Goldstein Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Arlene & Arnold Goldstein Charitable Trust?

    Find your warmest path to Arlene & Arnold Goldstein Charitable Trust through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 22 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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