Idaho · Private foundation
Golden 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.
- $41k
- Granted FY2023
- 7
- Grants FY2023
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
51% of Golden Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Spur Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 8 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Golden Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $41k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
- Total assets, FY2023
- $721k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Golden 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; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 7 | $41k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $83k | 86% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $722k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $140k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $123k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $122k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $123k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Luke's Wood River Foundation Inc | $90,000 | 2 | 2% |
| San Diego Humane Society and Spca | $75,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends of Vista Hill Foundation | $55,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Presbyterian Church of the Big Wood | $38,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Angel Faces | $35,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Point Loma Association %Brad Nelson | $30,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Forever Balboa Park | $29,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Burn Institute | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Elderhelp of San Diego | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Sun Valley Summer Symphony Inc | $23,050 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 37 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($805k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Golden Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: The San Diego Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Spur Community Foundation Inc · The Cushman Foundation · The Springcreek Foundation · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Goldman Family Foundation Inc · Heller Foundation of San Diego
How this is measured
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About Golden Foundation
- How much does Golden Foundation give?
- Golden Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $41,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Golden Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (50%), Health (19%), Animals (6%).
- Who are Golden Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: St Luke's Wood River Foundation Inc ($90k), San Diego Humane Society and Spca ($75k), Friends of Vista Hill Foundation ($55k).
- Does Golden Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Golden 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 Golden Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Diego Foundation, Rancho Santa Fe Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego.
- Where is Golden Foundation based?
- Golden Foundation is based in ID.
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