California · Private foundation
Charles & Barbara Goodman Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $340k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $110,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 23
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Charles & Barbara Goodman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $83k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $340k | 7% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $298k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $284k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $268k | 53% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $201k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $186k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marin General Hospital Foundation | $200,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Vivalon | $160,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Shifting Gears USA | $35,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Sonoma Equine Rescue Rehab & Adoption Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 2% |
| By the Bay Health | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Marin Art and Garden Center | $5,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Kentfield-Greenbrae Historical Soci | $5,000 | 1 | 99% |
| Norcal Golden Retriever Rescue Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Marin History Museum | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Town of Ross Property Owners Association | $4,500 | 5 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marin General Hospital Foundation | $200,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Vivalon | $160,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Shifting Gears USA | $35,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Sonoma Equine Rescue Rehab & Adoption Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 2% |
| By the Bay Health | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Marin Art and Garden Center | $5,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Kentfield-Greenbrae Historical Soci | $5,000 | 1 | 99% |
| Norcal Golden Retriever Rescue Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Marin History Museum | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Town of Ross Property Owners Association | $4,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Mission High Foundation | $3,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| North Bay Childrens Center Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Charles & Barbara Goodman Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · The Kennenth and Joan Gosliner Foundation · Hobsonlucas Family Foundation · Nasaw Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare Charles & Barbara Goodman Foundation with peer funders
About Charles & Barbara Goodman Foundation
- How much does Charles & Barbara Goodman Foundation give?
- Charles & Barbara Goodman Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $340,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 23 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Charles & Barbara Goodman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (36%), Health (26%), Arts & Culture (16%).
- Who are Charles & Barbara Goodman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Marin General Hospital Foundation ($200k), Vivalon ($160k), Shifting Gears USA ($35k).
- Does Charles & Barbara Goodman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Charles & Barbara Goodman Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Charles & Barbara Goodman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, The Kennenth and Joan Gosliner Foundation, Hobsonlucas Family Foundation.
- Where is Charles & Barbara Goodman Foundation based?
- Charles & Barbara Goodman Foundation is based in CA.
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