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Golden Rule Family Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through 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.

Health$103kEducation$86kPhilanthropy$60kCrime & Legal$50kHuman Services$40kHousing & Shelter$35kArts & Culture$20k
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k13 grants · $240k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$20,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$5.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEO PHILANTHROPY$50,000
ADVENTURE SCIENTISTS$30,000
CONNECTING POINT OF PARK CITIES$30,000
AHA$25,000
FOSTER VILLAGE INC$25,000
NEWS$25,000
SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION$20,000
CLIMB WYOMING$15,000
DENVER URBAN GARDENS$15,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY$15,000
DALLAS ARBORETUM$10,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF DALLAS INC$10,000
BIG THOUGHT$10,000
CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$10,000
02The need
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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, $135k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%NEWS: $25k → 9%FOSTER VILLAGE INC: $25k → 10%MONARCH JUSTICE CENTER: $20k → 9%SHIELDS FOR KIDS: $5k → 16%CONNECTING POINT OF PARK CITIES: $30k → 14%CONNECTING POINT OF PARK CITIES: $30k → 14%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 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
Mary's Shelter

Believing in the value of every life, mary's path empowers vulnerable teen mothers in foster care and their babies to create lives of dignity, hope and self-sufficiency.

Human Services
2
The Safe Children Foundation

The mission of safespot children's advocacy center is to provide a safe environment and support services for child abuse victims and their families as they navigate the investigation and aftermath of abuse.

Human Services
3
Options Inc

Options has been improving the lives of hundreds of people with disabilities through maximizing life skills, meaningful work and activities, community inclusion, and providing support beyond the family.

Human Services
4
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
5
Opportunity Partners

Mission: together we advance the quality of life for people with disabilities. vision: people of all abilities thrive in the world. values: impact- generate solutions that make a difference. choice - create opportunities for people to lead…

Employment
6
The Bridge Project Inc

The bridge project, inc. (the organization") is a non-profit organization that seeks to solve child poverty in the united states. launched in june 2021 by the monarch foundation, it is new york's first consistent unconditional cash…

Philanthropy
7
Habitat for Humanity of Orange County Inc

Habitat for humanity's mission is to give witness to the christian gospel by working with god's people to build decent habitats for those who are inadequately sheltered in orange county.

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8
Child Abuse Network Inc dba Child Advocacy Network

In Tulsa County there are several agencies that address prevention and treatment of child abuse, but the Child Advocacy Network (CAN) is the ONLY nonprofit that provides intervention services for children and their nonoffending…

Crime & Legal
9
Family and Child Guidance Center

Our mission is to provide quality mental health services to children and adults in low income families who are impacted by severe and persistent mental illness, emotional disturbances, child abuse and neglect, high-risk behaviors and…

Health
10
Denver Children's Advocacy Center

Dcac works to improve the lives of children traumatized by sexual abuse, neglect and violence-as well as those who are at high-risk with prevention, education, and direct services. our mission is to prevent abuse strengthen families…

Employment
11
Joseph J Peters Institute

JJPI is a specialized organization that provides prevention and treatment services in the areas of sexual and interpersonal violence, post-traumatic stress disorder and other forms of trauma, infant and early childhood mental health, and…

Crime & Legal
12
City Report Inc

CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Monarch Justice Center; the most unlike its peers is Connecting Point of Park Cities. 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

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 33 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/27
Grantees still filing
14/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE REFUGE FOR DMST: $30,000 · OtherTHE REFUGE FOR DMSTAHA: $25,000 · OtherAHADYSLEXIA INSTITUTE OF MINNESOTA - THE READING CENTER: $20,000 · OtherDYSLEXIA INSTITUTE OF MINNESOTA - THE READING…FAMILY REENTRY INC: $20,000 · OtherFAMILY REENTRY INCSPIRIT REINS INC: $20,000 · OtherSPIRIT REINS INCSTORYTELLER CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $20,000 · OtherSTORYTELLER CHILDRENS CENTER INCSOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY - DEDMAN SCHOOL OF LAW: $20,000 · OtherSOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY - DEDMAN SCHOOL…HISPANIC WOMEN'S NETWORK OF TEXAS: $15,000 · OtherHISPANIC WOMEN'S NETWORK OF TEXASHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $15,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA BARBAR…Individual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFOUNDATION FOR LEARNING & YOUTH TRAVEL EDUCATION: $11,000 · OtherSOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherSOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATIONDIGNITYMOVES: $20,000 · OtherDIGNITYMOVESJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF DALLAS INC: $10,000 · OtherCONFERENCE ON CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN INC: $10,000 · Other+1 more: $4,600 · OtherCONNECTING POINT OF PARK CITIES: $60,000 · Human ServicesCONNECTING POINT OF PARK…FOSTER VILLAGE INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesFOSTER VILLAGE INCNEWS: $25,000 · Human ServicesNEWSMONARCH JUSTICE CENTER: $20,000 · Human ServicesMONARCH JUSTICE CENTERCLIMB DBA CLIMB WYOMING: $15,000 · Human ServicesCLIMB DBA CLIMB WYOMINGShields for Kids Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesNEO Philanthropy Inc: $100,000 · Public BenefitNEO Philanthropy…ADVENTURERS AND SCIENTISTS FOR CONSERVATION: $30,000 · EnvironmentADVENTURE…DENVER URBAN GARDENS: $15,000 · EnvironmentDENVER UR…DALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentDALLAS AR…PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC: $27,500 · HealthROAD 2 RECOVERY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthOPERA SANTA BARBARA: $20,000 · Arts & CultureBIG THOUGHT: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE EMILY PROGRAM FOUNDATION: $15,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Other$275,600Human Services$150,000Public Benefit$100,000Environment$55,000Health$47,500Arts & Culture$30,000Philanthropy$25,000

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 budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTING POINT OF PARK CITIES: $60,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetTHE REFUGE FOR DMST: $30,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetADVENTURERS AND SCIENTISTS FOR CONSERVATION: $30,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC: $27,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEWS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFAMILY REENTRY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSPIRIT REINS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetOPERA SANTA BARBARA: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSTORYTELLER CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetDIGNITYMOVES: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMONARCH JUSTICE CENTER: $20,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCLIMB DBA CLIMB WYOMING: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF DALLAS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetROAD 2 RECOVERY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG THOUGHT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONFERENCE ON CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetShields for Kids Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BIRTHDAY PARTY PROJECT: $4,600 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Communities Foundatio…National Philanthropi…Network for GoodAmerican Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX12.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Rule Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Golden Rule 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%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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.
    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Golden Rule Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Golden Rule 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 33 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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