· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k5 grants · $9k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $171k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $160k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MARIN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION (CTE) | $110,000 |
| VIVALON | $50,000 |
| FROMM INSTITUTE FOR LIFELONG LEARNING | $40,000 |
| SCHOOLS RULE MARIN | $28,000 |
| DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (NURSING PROGRAM) | $25,000 |
| MSA FOUNDATION (NOVATO HS ARTS PROGRAM) | $22,000 |
| MARIN IJ GIVING MARIN | $20,000 |
| MELISSA PRANDI CHILDREN INSTITUTE (UGANDA) | $15,000 |
| SHIFTING GEARS USA | $11,000 |
| ACD AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM | $10,000 |
| SONOMA EQUINE RESCUE REHAB & ADOPTION | $5,000 |
| MISSION HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| ROSS PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION | $1,000 |
| MARIN ART & GARDEN CENTER | $1,000 |
| NORTH BAY CHILDRENS CENTER | $250 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $171k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +243% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MGMARIN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION3× · 2020–2022 · $200k · revenue +243%
- VVivalon5× · 2021–2025 · $160k · revenue +66%
- SGSHIFTING GEARS USA4× · 2021–2025 · $35k · revenue +124%
Funded once
- MCMARIN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATIONone grant, 2021 · $50k
- DUDOMINICAN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (LIBRARY FUND)one grant, 2023 · $15k
- MCMARIN COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATIONone grant, 2023 · $15k
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.
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.
MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…
To be the destination for health and healing in the north bay.
Mission statement: mission: caring for our patients first and our people always. vision: to be the most comprehensive, integrated and connected health system for getting and staying well. values: excellence - we deliver high-quality,…
To provide services to the public that enable the understanding and appreciation of the history of San Francisco.
The Novato Historical Guild's mission is to collect, preserve and make reasonably available to the public, exhibits and information related to the historical and social development of the Novato valley, Hamilton Field and the adjacent…
Marin open studios is a non-profit visual arts organization dedicated to engaging and supporting marin county artists and their audiences through events, programs and services. marin open studios champions a diverse and inclusive community…
The Museum inspires wonder, discovery, and stewardship of our natural world. The Museum is a catalyst for conservation and a valued learning resource, facilitating active scientific and historical inquiry for all ages.
GSMRM displays and operates model railroad layouts in three model scales, showing historical and current railroad scenes from the Bay Area, California, and other areas.
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 38 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds MARIN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Vivalon ↗
- Who funds SHIFTING GEARS USA ↗
- Who funds Sonoma Equine Rescue Rehab & Adoption Inc ↗
- Who funds BY THE BAY HEALTH ↗
- Who funds Marin Art and Garden Center ↗
- Who funds KENTFIELD-GREENBRAE HISTORICAL SOCI ↗
- Who funds Norcal Golden Retriever Rescue Inc ↗
- Who funds Marin History Museum ↗
- Who funds TOWN OF ROSS PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Mission High Foundation ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH BAY CHILDRENS CENTER INC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Charles & Barbara Goodman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles & Barbara Goodman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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