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Charles and Laura Goldstein Philanthropic Foundation at a glance

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Charles and Laura Goldstein Philanthropic Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$148k
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$44k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$700kHealth$328kArts & Culture$170kHuman Services$20kEnvironment$14kYouth Development$8kHousing & Shelter$8kReligion$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $107k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VALLEYWISE HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER$44,333
COPA HEALTH$15,544
GLOBAL FUND FOR MENTALLY DISABLED$13,325
ASU FOUNDATION$12,600
THE MARC FOUNDATION$11,500
EVENTBRITE- GAMMY AND JERRY$10,000
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY$7,500
SOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH$7,073
ARIZONA CITIZENS FOR THE ARTS$6,480
JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES$5,000
PHOENIX ART MUSEUM$4,950
NEW WAY ACADEMY$2,580
BANNER HEALTH FOUNDATION$1,500
NEW HORIZONS HEALTH$1,345
SOUTHWEST SHAKESPEARE COMPANY$1,250
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 (FY17–24, $27k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MARC COMMUNITY RESOURCE: $3k → 7%THE MARC FOUNDATION: $12k → 11%MARC COMMUNITY RESOURCE: $5k → 11%RESILIENT HEALTH: $2k → 11%CHILDHELP: $187 → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDRENS SERVICES: $2k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDRENS SERVICES: $2k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDRENS SERVICES: $1k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDRENS SERVICES: $1k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDRENS SERVICES: $52 → 11%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

NY
CT
CA
VA
MD
AZ
DC
GA
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 27 repeat orgs$84k to everyone else

27 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
29

Total granted

$1.1M
$48k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+28%

Still filing today

70%
34%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterCivil RightsOther
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

  • ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $603k · revenue +196%
  • SS
    SOUTHWEST SHAKESPEARE COMPANY INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $108k · revenue +8%
  • CH
    COPA HEALTH INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $38k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • GF
    GLOBAL FUND FOR THE MENTALLY
    one grant, 2019 · $17k
  • MC
    MARC COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -3%
  • FO
    FUTURE OF ARIZONA
    one grant, 2022 · $4k
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
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
2
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
3
Arizona Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics

Azaap is committed to improving the health of arizona children and supporting the pediatric professionals who care for them.

Health
4
American Council of Engineering Companies of Arizona

To assist member firms in achieving higher professional, ethical business and economic standards, enabling member firms to provide quality consulting and engineering services for their clients and the public.

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5
Arizona Science Center

To inspire, educate and engage curious minds through science.

Arts & Culture
6
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation

Phoenix children's hospital foundation supports phoenix children's hospital through fundraising ensuring that the hospital continues to stay on the leading edge of pediatric medicine and is equipped to fulfill its mission to advance hope,…

Health
7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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8
Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce

Greater phoenix chamber of commerce (the chamber) catalyzes regional prosperity with forward-thinking public policy, intentional economic growth, and diverse, prepared talent.

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9
Greater Phoenix Economic Council

The organization's mission is to attract and grow quality businesses and advocate for greater phoenix's competitiveness.

Community Improvement
10
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation

Established in 2006, the banner alzheimer's foundation (baf) secures and stewards charitable gifts to advance the mission of banner alzheimer's institute (bai), including groundbreaking research initiatives and pioneering prevention…

Health
11
Arizona Opera Company

Arizona opera elevates the transformative power of storytelling through music - cultivating community and strengthening a state and people as adventurous and diverse as the place they call home.

Arts & Culture
12
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Valleywise Health Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Living in Fulfilled Enlightenment. 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

37 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 37 of the 69 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
26/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $602,587 · EducationARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVER…THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $82,500 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK+2 more: $8,527 · EducationVALLEYWISE HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER: $139,914 · OtherVALLEYWISE HEALTH MEDICAL C…GLOBAL FUND FOR MENTALLY DISABLED: $47,470 · OtherGLOBAL FUND FOR MENTALLY DI…GLOBAL FUND FOR THE MENTALLY: $16,515 · OtherGLOBAL FUND FOR THE MENTALL…ARIZONA CITIZENS FOR ARTS: $12,277 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $12,028 · Other+36 more: $75,121 · Other+36 moreSOUTHWEST SHAKESPEARE COMPANY INC: $107,509 · Arts & CultureSOUTHWEST SH…PHOENIX ART MUSEUM: $14,740 · Arts & CulturePHOENIX ART …Arizona Citizens for the Arts: $6,480 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $11,532 · Arts & Culture+4 moreCOPA HEALTH INC: $37,707 · HealthSOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER: $23,086 · HealthASSOCIATION FOR THE CHRONICALLY MENTALLY ILL: $17,900 · HealthBanner Health Foundation: $3,000 · Health+5 more: $2,550 · HealthTHE MARC FOUNDATION: $11,500 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC: $6,052 · Human ServicesMARC COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesIMPACT INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesRESILIENT HEALTH INC FKA PSA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: $1,500 · Human Services+1 more: $187 · Human ServicesTrends Charitable Fund: $13,672 · PhilanthropyDESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $8,500 · Environment
Education$693,614Other$303,325Arts & Culture$140,261Health$84,243Human Services$26,739Philanthropy$13,672Environment$8,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $602,587 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHWEST SHAKESPEARE COMPANY INC: $107,509 over 7y, 7.8% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $82,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOPA HEALTH INC: $37,707 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER: $23,086 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR THE CHRONICALLY MENTALLY ILL: $17,900 over 4y, 73% of budgetPHOENIX ART MUSEUM: $14,740 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTrends Charitable Fund: $13,672 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetTHE MARC FOUNDATION: $11,500 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetDESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BE KIND PEOPLE PROJECT FOUNDATION: $7,527 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES INC: $7,430 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetArizona Citizens for the Arts: $6,480 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC: $6,052 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE PHOENIX: $5,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARC COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetArizona Theatre Company: $3,530 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW WAY ACADEMY: $3,352 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCOTTSDALE ARTS: $3,164 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDSPLAY INC: $3,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBanner Health Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $2,678 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIMPACT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetACT ONE: $1,738 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRESILIENT HEALTH INC FKA PSA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIVING IN FULFILLED ENLIGHTENMENT: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTREATMENT ADVOCACY CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRING CHANGE 2 MIND: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA WOMEN'S BOARD: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $430 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF ARIZONA INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDHELP INC: $187 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED 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.

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.

Arizona Community Fou…Virginia G Piper Char…Margaret T Morris Fou…The Herberger Foundat…Thunderbirds CharitiesThe Rob Walton Founda…Mercy CareBurton Family Foundat…Jewish Community Foun…The Papp Family Found…Moreno Family Foundat…Flinn Foundation
Arizona Community FoundationAZ34.2× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · Margaret T Morris Foundation · The Herberger Foundation · Thunderbirds Charities · The Rob Walton Foundation · Mercy Care · Burton Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix · The Papp Family Foundation · Moreno Family Foundation · Flinn Foundation

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 Charles and Laura Goldstein Philanthropic Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles and Laura Goldstein Philanthropic Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%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
    0get no government money at all
    9report 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

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    Find your warmest path to Charles and Laura Goldstein Philanthropic 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 69 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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