Texas · Private foundation
Golden Rule Family Foundation
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.
- $290k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Golden Rule Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $290k | 86% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $120k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $263k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEO Philanthropy Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Connecting Point of Park Cities | $60,000 | 2 | 4% |
| The Refuge for Dmst | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation | $30,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Inc | $27,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Foster Village Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| News | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Southwestern Medical Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Family Reentry Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Spirit Reins Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 26 grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($106k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Golden Rule 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: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Golden Rule Family Foundation
- How much does Golden Rule Family Foundation give?
- Golden Rule Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $290,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Golden Rule Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (26%), Education (22%), Philanthropy (15%).
- Who are Golden Rule Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: NEO Philanthropy Inc ($100k), Connecting Point of Park Cities ($60k), The Refuge for Dmst ($30k).
- Does Golden Rule Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Golden Rule 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 Golden Rule Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, Network for Good.
- Where is Golden Rule Family Foundation based?
- Golden Rule Family Foundation is based in TX.
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