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Golden Family Foundation at a glance

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Golden Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$43k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Youth Development$98kPhilanthropy$85kHousing & Shelter$49kHuman Services$23kArts & Culture$19kRecreation & Sports$10kReligion$10kHealth$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
$3,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$762k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The O'Connor House$20,000
Boy Scouts of America Crossroads of America Council$15,000
Pawleys Island Festival of Music and Art Inc$3,000
Scleroderma Research Foundation$2,500
Wounded Warrior Project$2,500
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 (FY22–23, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%The O'Connor House: $16k → 5%The O'Connor House: $13k → 5%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.
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$265k · 7 repeat orgs$40k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
5

Total granted

$265k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+313%

Still filing today

71%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
PhilanthropyHealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsArts & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CO
    CROSSROADS OF AMERICA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $31k · revenue +17%
  • PI
    PAWLEYS ISLAND FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AND ART INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $19k · revenue +49%
  • SR
    Scleroderma Research Foundation
    2× · 2018–2024 · $5k · revenue +177%

Funded once

  • SP
    SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • PF
    PREVAIL FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +598%
  • ZL
    ZIONSVILLE LIONS PARK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +313%
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
Indiana University Health West Hospital Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
2
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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3
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
4
Indiana University Health Foundation Inc

Indiana university health foundation leverages the power of philanthropy to support the iu health goal of making indiana one of the healthiest states in the nation.

Health
5
Indiana University Health Frankfort Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
6
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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7
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
8
Indiana University Health White Memorial Hospital Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
9
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
10
Npr International Operations Inc

Npr international operations, inc. ("nprio") supports the international newsgathering activities of national public radio, inc. through bureaus and offices established locally in foreign countries.

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11
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
12
Cicp Foundation Inc

Cicp foundation, inc. (the foundation) operates exclusively for the benefit of and carries out the mission of central indiana corporate partnership, inc. (cicp) by engaging in and supporting activities in furtherance of purposes that are…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is The O'connor House. 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

10 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. 10 of the 13 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
8/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Boy Scouts of America Crossroads of America Counc: $67,000 · OtherBoy Scouts of America Crossroads of America Coun…CROSSROADS OF AMERICA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC: $31,000 · OtherCROSSROADS OF AMERICA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMER…The O'Connor House: $20,000 · OtherThe O'Connor HouseSECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherSECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH+1 more: $2,500 · OtherUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $75,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA I…PREVAIL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyPREVAIL FOUNDATION INCTHE O'CONNOR HOUSE: $48,500 · Human ServicesTHE O'CONNOR HOUSEWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesPAWLEYS ISLAND FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AND ART INC: $18,500 · Arts & CultureZIONSVILLE LIONS PARK INC: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsMAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthScleroderma Research Foundation: $4,500 · Health
Other$130,500Philanthropy$85,000Human Services$51,000Arts & Culture$18,500Recreation & Sports$10,000Health$9,500

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $75,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE O'CONNOR HOUSE: $48,500 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetCROSSROADS OF AMERICA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC: $31,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPAWLEYS ISLAND FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AND ART INC: $18,500 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetPREVAIL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetZIONSVILLE LIONS PARK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetMAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetScleroderma Research Foundation: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,500 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.

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Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA4.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Golden Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Golden Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Golden Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Golden 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.

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 13 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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