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Arlene & Arnold Goldstein Family Foundation at a glance

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Arlene & Arnold Goldstein Family Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$214k
Granted FY2017
26
Grants FY2017
8
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k17 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $71k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREAT PLAINS FOUNDATION$50,000
BIG LIFE FOUNDATION USA$50,000
Individual grant recipient$11,096
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$10,000
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH$10,000
CAIR FOUNDATION$10,000
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$10,000
ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE$10,000
FOOD WATER ACTION FUND$10,000
PHYLLIS ALBSTEIN FUND BRAIN SCIENCE$5,000
MEALS ON WHEELS$5,000
YIVO INSTITUTE JEWISH RESEARCH$5,000
SAVE A CHILD'S HEART FOUNDATION$5,000
CHAI LIFELINE$5,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELE$5,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–17, $5k) 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%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELE: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
OR
CA
MD
DC
AL
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 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 Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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2
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
3
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
4
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
5
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
6
American Israel Public Affairs Committee

To strengthen and expand the u.s.-israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of the united states and israel.

International
7
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
8
International Crisis Group

Crisis group works to prevent and resolve deadly conflict around the world by informing and influencing the perceptions and actions of policymakers and other key conflict actors. to this end, we endeavour to talk to all sides and provide…

International
9
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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10
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
11
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
12
Center for Arms Control and

A nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to enhancing international peace and security in the 21st century, thereby retaining its focus on nuclear weapons but expanding to include other present emerging security threats.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Human Rights Watch Inc; the most unlike its peers is Chabad's Children of Chernobyl. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

15 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. 15 of the 26 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREAT PLAINS FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherGREAT PLAINS FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $11,096 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFOOD WATER ACTION FUND: $10,000 · OtherFOOD WATER ACTION FUNDPHYLLIS ALBSTEIN FUND BRAIN SCIENCE: $5,000 · OtherYIVO INSTITUTE JEWISH RESEARCH: $5,000 · OtherSAVE A CHILD'S HEART FOUNDATION US INC: $5,000 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELS: $5,000 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES: $5,000 · OtherCHAI LIFELINE INC: $5,000 · Other+8 more: $10,450 · Other+8 moreBIG LIFE FOUNDATION USA: $50,000 · AnimalsBIG LIFE FOUNDATION USACAIR-FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $1,000 · Civil RightsHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $10,000 · InternationalCHABAD'S CHILDREN OF CHERNOBYL: $1,000 · InternationalNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentTREE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FUND: $500 · EnvironmentSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $10,000 · Crime & LegalECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE: $10,000 · Social Science
Other$111,546Animals$50,000Civil Rights$11,000International$11,000Environment$10,500Crime & Legal$10,000Social Science$10,000

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: $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCAIR-FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAI LIFELINE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE A CHILD'S HEART FOUNDATION US INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHABAD'S CHILDREN OF CHERNOBYL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTREE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FUND: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOLICE ASSOCIATION OF THE TOWN OF HARRISON NEW YORK INC: $100 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Arlene & Arnold Goldstein Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Arlene & Arnold Goldstein Family Foundation 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 26 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2021) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2017, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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