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Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Foundation 2 Inc

Its FY2021 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.3M
Granted FY2020
52
Grants FY2020
50
Organizations funded FY2020
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Median grant, FY2020
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2020
$650,203
States reached, FY2020
13
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
MT
NY
MA
PA
CT
RI
CO
VA
MD
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Earthjustice$650,20310%
Search for Common Ground$200,00011%
Center for American Progress$100,00010%
The Commit Foundation$50,00011%
Williams College$50,00010%
Whitney Museum of American Art$50,00010%
Ecoamerica$50,00012%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$50,00010%
Degania Foundation Inc$50,000132%
The Parrish Art Museum Inc$50,00011%
Show all 32 grantees
All grantees of Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Foundation 2 Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Earthjustice$650,20310%
Search for Common Ground$200,00011%
Center for American Progress$100,00010%
The Commit Foundation$50,00011%
Williams College$50,00010%
Whitney Museum of American Art$50,00010%
Ecoamerica$50,00012%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$50,00010%
Degania Foundation Inc$50,000132%
The Parrish Art Museum Inc$50,00011%
Leap Inc$33,00011%
Israel Policy Forum Inc$25,00011%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$25,00010%
The Brotherhood Sister Sol Inc$25,00010%
350org$25,00010%
Washington Institute for Near East Policy$20,00010%
The Jewish Museum$18,00010%
Institute for Jewish Spirituality Inc$18,00011%
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation$10,00011%
Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation$10,00010%
Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership Corporation$10,00010%
Community Security Service$10,00011%
Boys Town Jerusalem Foundation of America$10,00010%
Education for Employment$10,00010%
Project Kesher$10,00011%
The Southampton Hospital Foundation Inc$10,00010%
New Renaissance Basketball Association Inc$5,0001n/a
National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund$5,00010%
Getting Out and Staying Out Inc$5,00010%
Peconic Land Trust Inc$3,60010%
Conservative Synagogue of the Hamptons Inc$3,2501n/a
Goddard Riverside Community Center$2,50010%

Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($652k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Foundation 2 Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 30 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEarthjustice: $650,203 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSearch for Common Ground: $200,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCenter for American Progress: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Commit Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWilliams College: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWhitney Museum of American Art: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEcoamerica: $50,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDegania Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetThe Parrish Art Museum Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetLeap Inc: $33,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetIsrael Policy Forum Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Brotherhood Sister Sol Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget350org: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWashington Institute for Near East Policy: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Jewish Museum: $18,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInstitute for Jewish Spirituality Inc: $18,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAuschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetShatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHarlem Lacrosse and Leadership Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Security Service: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBoys Town Jerusalem Foundation of America: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEducation for Employment: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetProject Kesher: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Southampton Hospital Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Breast Cancer Coalition Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGetting Out and Staying Out Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPeconic Land Trust Inc: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGoddard Riverside Community Center: $2,500 over 1y, 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 30.

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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.

Jewish Communal FundGoldman-Sonnenfeldt F…The Harry and Jeanett…National Philanthropi…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Silicon Valley Commun…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…
Jewish Communal FundNY23.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Foundation Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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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About Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Foundation 2 Inc

How much does Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Foundation 2 Inc give?
Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Foundation 2 Inc reported 52 grants totaling $2,345,917 in its FY2020 IRS filing.
What does Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Foundation 2 Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2020, its largest causes are Environment (31%), Education (19%), International (13%).
Who are Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Foundation 2 Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2020: Earthjustice ($650k), Search for Common Ground ($200k), Center for American Progress ($100k).
Does Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Foundation 2 Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Foundation 2 Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Foundation Inc, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc.
Where is Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Foundation 2 Inc based?
Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Foundation 2 Inc is based in NY.

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 52 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2021) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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