California · Private foundation
Goldsmith Family Charitable Trust
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $531k
- Granted FY2019
- 16
- Grants FY2019
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Goldsmith Family Charitable Trust’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Jewish Community Foundation Of Los Angeles, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Goldsmith Family Charitable Trust named its own grantees at scale: 14 organizations, $531k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2019
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $509,212
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 39
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 7
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 50% of the organizations Goldsmith Family Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 16 | $531k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $38k | 47% |
| FY2017 | 39 | $160k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
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 FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otis College of Art and Design | $596,712 | 3 | 1% |
| People for the American Way Foundation | $32,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wilshire Boulevard Temple | $9,620 | 2 | n/a |
| Vista del Mar Child and Family Services | $8,500 | 3 | 0% |
| American Friends of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Friends of the Israel Museum | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Reproductive Freedom for All | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Concern Foundation | $2,250 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 40 grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($24k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Goldsmith Family Charitable Trust 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.
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How this is measured
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About Goldsmith Family Charitable Trust
- How much does Goldsmith Family Charitable Trust give?
- Goldsmith Family Charitable Trust reported 16 grants totaling $530,782 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 39 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Goldsmith Family Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Philanthropy (89%), Education (9%), Arts & Culture (1%).
- Who are Goldsmith Family Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Otis College of Art and Design ($597k), People for the American Way Foundation ($32k), Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts ($30k).
- Does Goldsmith Family Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Goldsmith Family Charitable Trust 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 Goldsmith Family Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Goldsmith Family Charitable Trust based?
- Goldsmith Family Charitable Trust is based in CA.
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