Illinois · Private foundation
Goddard Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $125k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 30
- Grants FY2026
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 35
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 12
- Total assets, FY2026
- $3.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 13% of the organizations Goddard Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 28 | $119k | 11% |
| FY2025 | 23 | $98k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 32 | $116k | 3% |
| FY2023 | 35 | $110k | 54% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $44k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $37k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $38k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $38k | 13% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois Policy Institute | $72,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Heritage Foundation | $61,000 | 10 | 0% |
| United Way of Rock River Valley | $60,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $37,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Rockford University | $32,000 | 6 | 0% |
| University of the South | $30,000 | 10 | 0% |
| National Foundation for Gun Rights Inc | $21,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Shattuck-St Mary's School | $20,000 | 10 | 0% |
| St Andrew's-Sewanee School | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 35 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($142k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Goddard Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Community Foundation of Northern IL · Bergstrom Inc Charitable Foundation Xxxxx2008 · The Kjellstrom Family Foundation · Kristin L Anderson Charitable Foundation · Tracy E Anderson Charitable Foundation · The David & Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation · Sjostrom & Sons Foundation · Jeffrey R Anderson Charitable Foundation · Blazer Foundation · Guy Reno Family Foundation · Ralph J Baudhuin Foundation · John & Linda Anderson Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
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About Goddard Family Foundation
- How much does Goddard Family Foundation give?
- Goddard Family Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $125,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 35 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Goddard Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Public Benefit (28%), Education (24%), Philanthropy (9%).
- Who are Goddard Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Illinois Policy Institute ($72k), The Heritage Foundation ($61k), United Way of Rock River Valley ($61k).
- Does Goddard Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Goddard Family 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 Goddard Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Northern IL, Bergstrom Inc Charitable Foundation Xxxxx2008, The Kjellstrom Family Foundation.
- Where is Goddard Family Foundation based?
- Goddard Family Foundation is based in IL.
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