North Carolina · Private foundation
Goldston 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.
- $55k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $70k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Goldston Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $55k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $43k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $46k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $73k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $52k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $24k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $39k | 53% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $50k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wingate University | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Saving Grace Animals for Adoption | $53,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Children's Bible Ministries of Nc Inc | $40,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Cure International Inc | $34,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary | $29,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Bay Leaf Baptist Church | $26,000 | 6 | n/a |
| The Iron Academy | $13,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Sandy Creek Foundation | $13,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Mission Triangle Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $9,000 | 7 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wingate University | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Saving Grace Animals for Adoption | $53,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Children's Bible Ministries of Nc Inc | $40,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Cure International Inc | $34,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary | $29,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Bay Leaf Baptist Church | $26,000 | 6 | n/a |
| The Iron Academy | $13,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Sandy Creek Foundation | $13,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Mission Triangle Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $9,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina Incorporated | $8,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Mission Increase | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Onehope Inc | $4,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Turning Point Counseling Inc | $4,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Gideons International | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Interlocking Ministries Inc | $1,300 | 4 | 0% |
| Open Door Eastern European Ministri | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Central Missionary Clearinghouse Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| First Baptist Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Edward via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Music School Inc | $800 | 4 | 0% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Trinity Baptist Church | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Woodland Baptist Church | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| North Carolina Symphony Society Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($73k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Goldston 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: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Servant Foundation · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Goldston Family Foundation
- How much does Goldston Family Foundation give?
- Goldston Family Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $55,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Goldston Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (36%), Education (24%), Animals (13%).
- Who are Goldston Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wingate University ($70k), Saving Grace Animals for Adoption ($53k), Children's Bible Ministries of Nc Inc ($40k).
- Does Goldston Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Goldston 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 Goldston Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Servant Foundation.
- Where is Goldston Family Foundation based?
- Goldston Family Foundation is based in NC.
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