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Godshalk Family Charitable Foundation U/Agr Dtd 12/23/2005 at a glance

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Godshalk Family Charitable Foundation U/Agr Dtd 12/23/2005

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.

$15k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Health$58kEducation$19kAnimals$11kArts & Culture$9kEnvironment$6kInternational$5kPhilanthropy$3kCrime & Legal$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$200
Median grant
8
States reached
$302k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS SURGERY FOUNDATION$5,000
CURE ALZHEIMERS FUND$1,500
MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM$1,500
TOWER SCHOOL$1,000
GLOUCESTER ADVENTURE INC$1,000
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$650
BERMUDA RACE FOUNDATION$500
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC$500
ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE$500
BEVERLY BOOTSTRAPS$500
BONNELL COVE FOUNDATION$200
THE ATLANTIC ROUND INC$200
BEACON ACADEMY INC$150
AKASHINGA$150
RESOURCE AREA FOR TEACHING$150
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 (FY17–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NATIONAL EDUCATION FOR ASSISTANCE DOG SERVICES: $150 → 11%NATIONAL EDUCATION FOR ASSISTANCE DOG SERVICES: $150 → 11%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $2k → 17%THE TEAK FELLOWSHIP: $167 → 17%THE TEAK FELLOWSHIP: $150 → 17%THE TEAK FELLOWSHIP: $150 → 17%THE TEAK FELLOWSHIP: $150 → 17%THE TEAK FELLOWSHIP: $150 → 17%THE TEAK FELLOWSHIP: $150 → 17%THE TEAK FELLOWSHIP: $150 → 17%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

ME
WA
NY
MA
OR
IA
PA
CT
RI
CA
VA
MD
DC
AL
TX
FL
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$95k · 30 repeat orgs$28k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
26

Total granted

$95k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+23%

Still filing today

83%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthAnimalsInternationalEducationCrime & LegalEnvironmentOther
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

  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $15k · revenue +224%
  • TG
    THE GLOUCESTER ADVENTUREINC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $8k · revenue +52%
  • TB
    THE BRAIN ANEURYSM FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $7k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • SP
    SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • WC
    WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +64%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Incgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +62%
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
3
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
4
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
5
Observer Research Foundation America

Organization mission the observer research foundation america orf america is an independent, non-partisan, and nonprofit organization in washington dc dedicated to addressing policy challenges facing the united states, india, and their…

International
6
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
7
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
8
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
9
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
10
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
11
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
12
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wikimedia Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc. 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

46 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. 46 of the 60 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/46
Grantees still filing
33/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $22,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS SURGERY FOUNDATION: $8,000 · OtherBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS SURGERY FOUNDATIONTOWER SCHOOL: $6,500 · OtherTOWER SCHOOL+29 more: $19,968 · Other+29 moreALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $15,400 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESE…THE BRAIN ANEURYSM FOUNDATION INC: $6,500 · HealthTHE BRAIN ANEURYSM FOUND…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,250 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDER…Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,500 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Insti…CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $917 · Health+1 more: $167 · HealthSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationSEATTLE PUB…WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $800 · EducationWIKIMEDIA F…RESOURCE AREA FOR TEACHING: $750 · EducationRESOURCE AR…PROPRIETORS OF THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM: $600 · Education+1 more: $300 · EducationWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $4,650 · AnimalsWILDLIFE C…WOUNDED PAW PROJECT: $2,500 · AnimalsWOUNDED PA…AKASHINGA INC: $1,950 · AnimalsAKASHINGA …ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE: $1,250 · AnimalsANIMAL WEL…MERCY FOR ANIMALS INC: $750 · AnimalsMERCY FOR …Humane World for Animals International: $750 · AnimalsHumane Wor…THE GLOUCESTER ADVENTUREINC: $8,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $350 · Arts & CultureMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,067 · InternationalMercy Corps: $1,000 · InternationalHOPE FOR HAITI INC: $1,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $500 · International+1 more: $150 · InternationalNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $2,417 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $1,217 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $250 · Environment
Other$56,468Health$26,734Education$12,450Animals$11,850Arts & Culture$8,350International$4,717Environment$3,884

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $15,400 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GLOUCESTER ADVENTUREINC: $8,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BRAIN ANEURYSM FOUNDATION INC: $6,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $4,650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED PAW PROJECT: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $2,417 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,067 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAKASHINGA INC: $1,950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $1,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSELECTIVE MUTISM ASSOCIATION: $1,250 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $1,217 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBONNELL COVE FOUNDATION: $1,200 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc: $1,067 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TEAK FELLOWSHIP INC: $1,067 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR HAITI INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $917 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES: $917 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRESOURCE AREA FOR TEACHING: $750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY FOR ANIMALS INC: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals International: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE INC: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROPRIETORS OF THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM: $600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEVERLY BOOTSTRAPS COMMUNITY SERVICES I: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEADS INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBEACON ACADEMY INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSARCOMA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCollegiate Offshore Sailing Circuit Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc: $167 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM 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.

Boston Foundation IncGs Donor Advised Phil…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Boston Foundation IncMA12.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Godshalk Family Charitable Foundation U/Agr Dtd 12/23/2005 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Godshalk Family Charitable Foundation U/Agr Dtd 12/23/2005. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Mystic Seaport Museum Inc: 5% of income from government
  • American Academy of Arts & Sciences: 3% of income from government
  • Neads Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Beacon Academy Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Proprietors of the Boston Athenaeum: 0% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Hope for Haiti Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.

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 60 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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