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Gertrude N & Seebert J Goldowsky Foundation

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.

$144k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
38
Grants FY2024
31
Organizations funded FY2023
13%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
16 to 39
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$2.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 13% of the organizations Gertrude N & Seebert J Goldowsky Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’21’22’23
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving35$133k11%
FY202331$137k13%
FY202239$188k18%
FY202135$75k94%
FY201920$11k45%
FY201816$11k56%
FY201721$20kn/a
86% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$209kHealth$107kEducation$105kArts & Culture$84kReligion$51kHousing & Shelter$16kHuman Services$14kFood & Nutrition$7kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island$171,70041%
The Miriam Hospital Foundation$55,50031%
Congregation of the Sons of Israel and David Dba Temple Beth-El$40,6254n/a
The Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center$16,00042%
The Rhode Island Free Clinic Inc$16,00040%
Providence Public Library$15,00030%
Inspiring Minds$15,00031%
The Rhode Island Public Health Foundation$11,50040%
Jewish Collaborative Services$11,30010%
The Providence Community Health Centers Inc$9,50040%
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All grantees of Gertrude N & Seebert J Goldowsky Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island$171,70041%
The Miriam Hospital Foundation$55,50031%
Congregation of the Sons of Israel and David Dba Temple Beth-El$40,6254n/a
The Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center$16,00042%
The Rhode Island Free Clinic Inc$16,00040%
Providence Public Library$15,00030%
Inspiring Minds$15,00031%
The Rhode Island Public Health Foundation$11,50040%
Jewish Collaborative Services$11,30010%
The Providence Community Health Centers Inc$9,50040%
Providence Athenaeum$7,00040%
Providence Preservation Society$6,75040%
Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association$6,50040%
Crossroads Rhode Island$6,10040%
Community Libraries of Providence$5,00040%
Touro Synagogue Foundation$3,00031%
Rhode Island Chamber Music Concerts$2,2504n/a
Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre$2,00020%
John Hope Settlement House$2,00040%
Nonviolence Institute$1,50020%
Blackstone Parks Conservancy$1,10041%
Urban League of Rhode Island$1,00023%
Providence Promise$1,00010%
The Rhode Island Historical Society$50010%
Jewish Federation of Eastern Connecticut Inc$50010%
United Church of Christ Beneficent Church$1001n/a
The Houston Food Bank$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 60 recipients with no EIN on record ($166k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gertrude N & Seebert J Goldowsky Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island: $171,700 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetThe Miriam Hospital Foundation: $55,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetThe Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center: $16,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetThe Rhode Island Free Clinic Inc: $16,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetProvidence Public Library: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetInspiring Minds: $15,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetThe Rhode Island Public Health Foundation: $11,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Collaborative Services: $11,300 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Providence Community Health Centers Inc: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetProvidence Athenaeum: $7,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetProvidence Preservation Society: $6,750 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetRhode Island Community Food Bank Association: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCrossroads Rhode Island: $6,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Libraries of Providence: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTouro Synagogue Foundation: $3,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJohn Hope Settlement House: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNonviolence Institute: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBlackstone Parks Conservancy: $1,100 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetUrban League of Rhode Island: $1,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetProvidence Promise: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Rhode Island Historical Society: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Federation of Eastern Connecticut Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 24.

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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.

The Champlin FoundationPA38.4× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Champlin Foundation · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · The Pearle W & Martin M Silverstein Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · Ress Family Foundation · Pobble Stone Foundation · Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation · Helene & Bertram Bernhardt Foundation · The Weisberg Family Foundation · Ira S& Anna Galkin Charitable Tr

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.

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How do I get to Gertrude N & Seebert J Goldowsky Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Gertrude N & Seebert J Goldowsky 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.

About Gertrude N & Seebert J Goldowsky Foundation

How much does Gertrude N & Seebert J Goldowsky Foundation give?
Gertrude N & Seebert J Goldowsky Foundation reported 38 grants totaling $143,800 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 39 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Gertrude N & Seebert J Goldowsky Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (31%), Health (16%), Education (16%).
Who are Gertrude N & Seebert J Goldowsky Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island ($172k), The Miriam Hospital Foundation ($56k), Congregation of the Sons of Israel and David Dba Temple Beth-El ($41k).
Does Gertrude N & Seebert J Goldowsky Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Gertrude N & Seebert J Goldowsky 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 Gertrude N & Seebert J Goldowsky Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Champlin Foundation, The Rhode Island Community Foundation, The Pearle W & Martin M Silverstein Foundation.
Where is Gertrude N & Seebert J Goldowsky Foundation based?
Gertrude N & Seebert J Goldowsky Foundation is based in RI.

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 91 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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