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Goldthwaite Foundation at a glance

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Goldthwaite Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$100k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$234kPhilanthropy$138kEnvironment$49kInternational$18kHealth$10kFood & Nutrition$5kReligion$5kHuman Services$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$638k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS OF CANADA CO LESLEY INGLIS$50,000
RED OAKS SCHOOL INC$30,000
BROADREACH FOUNDATION$10,000
NURTURING MINDS INC$6,500
STONY BROOK FOUNDATION$3,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CHARITY GLOBAL INC: $2k → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
WA
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CA
AZ
NC
FL
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$323k · 6 repeat orgs$140k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +148% since the first grant, against +60% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
21

Total granted

$323k
$137k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+148%
+60%

Still filing today

100%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationEnvironmentPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsArts & CultureInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • LU
    LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2017–2020 · $135k · revenue +69%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS OF CANADA
    2× · 2023–2024 · $80k · revenue ×24
  • BF
    BROADREACH FOUNDATION
    3× · 2019–2024 · $45k · revenue +151% · 98% of their budget

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF VANCOUVER FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $55k · revenue +390%
  • AMERICAN FRIENDS OF CANADIAN CONSERVATION
    one grant, 2023 · $32k · revenue -19%
  • CITY OF OAKS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue -47%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its 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
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc

The Fossey Fund is dedicated to the conservation and study of gorillas in Africa through a successful, people-centered approach: 1) Providing daily protection to gorillas, 2) Scientific research providing critical data on gorillas and…

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2
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
3
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
4
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
5
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
6
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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7
African Parks Foundation of America

To engage the united states and its citizens in the work of african parks and to promote access to american experience and expertise in the african parks actiities by 1) raising funds for specific projects, activities, training, equipment…

Recreation & Sports
8
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
9
Climate Foundation

To research and develop healthy climate solutions comprising global food security, ecosystem regeneration and carbon balance in seas and soils.

Science & Tech
10
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
11
United States Endowment for Forestry

The endowment works collaboratively with partners in the public and private sectors to advance systemic, transformative, and sustainable change for the health and vitality of the nation's working forests and forest reliant communities.

Environment
12
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Broadreach Foundation. 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

24 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 28 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
19/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $135,000 · EducationLEHIGH UNIVERSITYBROADREACH FOUNDATION: $45,000 · EducationBROADREACH FOUNDATIONTHE RED OAKS SCHOOL INC: $37,500 · EducationTHE RED OAKS SCHOOL INCNURTURING MINDS INC: $15,500 · EducationNURTURING MINDS INC+3 more: $8,500 · EducationFRIENDS OF COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS OF CANADA: $80,000 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS …FRIENDS OF VANCOUVER FOUNDATION: $55,000 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF VANCOUVER FOUNDATION+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FRIENDS OF CANADIAN CONSERVATION: $32,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN FR…CITY OF OAKS FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · EnvironmentCITY OF OAK…+2 more: $1,000 · EnvironmentBERKSHIRE SCHOOL PARENTS FUND: $8,000 · OtherANGEL CHARITY: $5,000 · OtherSTONY BROOK FOUNDATION: $3,000 · OtherCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $1,500 · OtherCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $750 · Other+6 more: $1,950 · OtherChildren's Cancer Association: $10,000 · Arts & CultureINTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionATLANTIC CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC DBA THE APPRENTICESHOP: $2,500 · International
Education$241,500Philanthropy$135,500Environment$48,000Other$20,200Arts & Culture$10,000Food & Nutrition$5,000International$2,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $135,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS OF CANADA: $80,000 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF VANCOUVER FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetBROADREACH FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 3y, 98% of budgetTHE RED OAKS SCHOOL INC: $37,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF CANADIAN CONSERVATION: $32,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNURTURING MINDS INC: $15,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCITY OF OAKS FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetChildren's Cancer Association: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BERKSHIRE SCHOOL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDURHAM ACADEMY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTONY BROOK FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetATLANTIC CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC DBA THE APPRENTICESHOP: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALLIANCE FOR MORRIS COUNTY PARKS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York-New Jersey Trail Conference Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreat Swamp Watershed Association: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…The Pfizer Foundation…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Charities Aid Foundation AmericaVA10.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Goldthwaite Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Goldthwaite Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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 · 0–30%
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.

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 28 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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