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Goff Family 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.

$513k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
91
Grants FY2024
91
Organizations funded FY2023
20%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$500
Largest grant, FY2024
$325,000
Organizations funded a year
88 to 91
FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
18
Total assets, FY2024
$1.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Goff Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $98k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23
EducationHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentArts & CultureOther
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 arriving90$511k6%
FY202391$432k20%
FY202288$385k13%
FY202188$250kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Education$1.3MEnvironment$50kArts & Culture$37kHuman Services$36kScience & Tech$19kHousing & Shelter$17kYouth Development$16kReligion$15kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 74 grantees
All grantees of Goff Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Save Our Schools Arizona Network$930,000468%
University of Arizona Foundation$170,00020%
Friends of Public Radio Arizona$22,00040%
Law College Association of the University of Arizona$20,21020%
One Hundred Angels$17,100418%
Tonto Gravity Riders$14,3004n/a
Humanist Society of Greater Phoenix Inc$14,07548%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$10,20040%
Central Arizona Shelter Services Inc$9,10040%
St Mary's Food Bank Alliance$9,00040%
Sounds Academy$8,40941%
Umom New Day Centers Inc$6,70040%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$5,80040%
Finca International Inc$4,90040%
Arizona Science Center$4,80040%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley Inc$4,80040%
Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest$4,61040%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$4,35040%
Childrens Action Alliance Inc$4,02540%
The Grand Canyon Trust Inc$4,00040%
Southwest Human Development Incorporated$3,80040%
Creighton Community Foundation$2,80040%
Reading Is Fundamental Inc$2,40040%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$2,40020%
Population Connection$2,40040%
National Parks Conservation Association$2,40040%
McDowell Sonoran Conservancy$2,20040%
Khan Academy Inc$2,10040%
Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness$2,00040%
The American Humanist Association$2,00040%
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance$2,00040%
Valley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association$2,00040%
The Wilderness Society$2,00040%
Phoenix Community ToolBank Inc$1,60040%
Women for Women International$1,40040%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$1,40020%
Pci-Media Impact Inc$1,40040%
The Foster Alliance$1,20040%
Friends of the Tonto National Forest Inc$1,20040%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$1,20040%
Grand Canyon Conservancy$1,15040%
My Brothers Keeper Inc$1,13040%
Charity Navigator$1,01620%
Make Way For Books$1,01620%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$1,00040%
Maricopa Audubon Society Co Emily Thomas$1,00041%
National Park Foundation$1,00040%
Center for National Independence in Politics$1,00040%
Sandra Day O'Connor Institute for American Democracy$1,00040%
Debenneville Pines Inc$1,00040%
Glen Canyon Institute$1,00020%
Expect More Arizona$1,00020%
Breakthrough T1d$90040%
National Audubon Society Inc$90040%
Donorschooseorg$85030%
Center for Inquiry Inc$80040%
Trees Matter$80040%
Liberty Wildlife Inc$77520%
100 Black Men of Phoenix$65831%
The Carter Center Inc$60020%
Musical Instrument Museum$60020%
Native Seedssouthwestern Endangered$52320%
Society for Science & the Public$50020%
Network for Public Education Inc$50010%
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America Inc$50020%
Arizona Housing Coalition$40010%
Asian Americans for Equality Inc$30910%
Diocesan Council for the Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocese Phoenix$30010%
States Newsroom$30010%
Phoenix Childrens Chorus Inc$28810%
Desert Star Institute for Family Planning Inc$25010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$15010%
Valley Youth Theatre$12510%
American Cancer Society Inc$10610%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 48 recipients with no EIN on record ($246k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Goff Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 73 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSave Our Schools Arizona Network: $930,000 over 4y, 68% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $170,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Public Radio Arizona: $22,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLaw College Association of the University of Arizona: $20,210 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetOne Hundred Angels: $17,100 over 4y, 18% of budgetHumanist Society of Greater Phoenix Inc: $14,075 over 4y, 7.6% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $10,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Arizona Shelter Services Inc: $9,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSt Mary's Food Bank Alliance: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSounds Academy: $8,409 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetUmom New Day Centers Inc: $6,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Biological Diversity Inc: $5,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFinca International Inc: $4,900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetArizona Science Center: $4,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of the Valley Inc: $4,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetArizona Center for Law in the Public Interest: $4,610 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $4,350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChildrens Action Alliance Inc: $4,025 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Grand Canyon Trust Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSouthwest Human Development Incorporated: $3,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCreighton Community Foundation: $2,800 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetReading Is Fundamental Inc: $2,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam J Brennan Center for Justice Inc: $2,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPopulation Connection: $2,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $2,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMcDowell Sonoran Conservancy: $2,200 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKhan Academy Inc: $2,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNortheastern Minnesotans for Wilderness: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Humanist Association: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetValley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wilderness Society: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Community ToolBank Inc: $1,600 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWomen for Women International: $1,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $1,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPci-Media Impact Inc: $1,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foster Alliance: $1,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Tonto National Forest Inc: $1,200 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $1,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGrand Canyon Conservancy: $1,150 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMy Brothers Keeper Inc: $1,130 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCharity Navigator: $1,016 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMake Way For Books: $1,016 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMaricopa Audubon Society Co Emily Thomas: $1,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for National Independence in Politics: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSandra Day O'Connor Institute for American Democracy: $1,000 over 4y, 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 73.

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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.

Arizona Community FoundationAZ38.8× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Thunderbirds Charities · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · John F Long Foundation Inc · Ellis Center for Educational Excellence · Valley of the Sun United Way · American Express Foundation · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · The Steele Foundation Inc · Helios Education Foundation · Burton Family Foundation · Libra 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.

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How do I get to Goff Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Goff Family 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 Goff Family Foundation

How much does Goff Family Foundation give?
Goff Family Foundation reported 91 grants totaling $513,065 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 88 and 91 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does Goff Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (83%), Environment (3%), Arts & Culture (2%).
Who are Goff Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Save Our Schools Arizona Network ($930k), University of Arizona Foundation ($170k), Friends of Public Radio Arizona ($22k).
Does Goff Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Goff 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 Goff Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Community Foundation, Thunderbirds Charities, Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust.
Where is Goff Family Foundation based?
Goff Family Foundation is based in AZ.

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 123 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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