· Private foundation
Goodall Family Charitable 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k5 grants · $12k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $63k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| VENTURA BOTANICAL GARDENS | $62,500 |
| CA NATURE MUSEUM | $20,000 |
| THE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION CALIFORNI | $10,000 |
| CENTER FOR NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP | $5,000 |
| LISTEN4GOOD | $4,000 |
| MUSEUM OF VENTURA COUNTY | $2,500 |
| BELLOSGUARDO FOUNDATION | $600 |
| ADMIRAL NIMITZ FOUNDATION | $250 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 22% of Goodall Family Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 88% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 83%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- VBVENTURA BOTANICAL GARDENS INC6× · 2019–2025 · $256k · revenue +843%
- CNCALIFORNIA NATURE ART MUSEUM5× · 2019–2023 · $70k · revenue +42%
- CLCALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY6× · 2018–2023 · $68k · revenue +14%
Funded once
- WAWILDING ART MUSEUMone grant, 2018 · $20k
- MUMARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY REINSCH LIBRARone grant, 2017 · $3k
- IIIllinois Institute of Technologygraduatedone grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +28%
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.
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.
Claremont Graduate University prepares individuals to be leaders for positive change in the world. Unique in its transdisciplinary approach, the University is dedicated to the creation, dissemination, and application of new knowledge and…
California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…
The Museum inspires wonder, discovery, and stewardship of our natural world. The Museum is a catalyst for conservation and a valued learning resource, facilitating active scientific and historical inquiry for all ages.
The monterey museum of art cultivates curiosity in the visual arts and engages community with the diversity of california art - past, present, and future.
To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.
To further the scientific, literary, educational and charitable purposes of california state university, monterey bay, including fundraising, development, endowment management, financial assistance, public relations and other support.
Laguna college of art & design prepares individuals for careers as creative artists and designers in a culturally and ethnically diverse world through a curriculum that emphasizes acquiring skills based on observation, representation, and…
The mission of the Organization is to identify new avenues to serve the art, science, and technology community. The Organization is recognized as a global leader in the interdisciplinary world of art, science, and technology. For over 50…
Established in 1962, the foundation is the central foundation for the california state university (csu) system and serves the office of the chancellor. the foundation exists to support excellence in teaching and learning, and to serve the…
The California Surf Museum serves as an international repository and resource center on the lifestyle sport of surfing through capturing,preserving and chronicling its art, culture and heritage for the education and enjoyment of current…
The california museum - home of the california hall of fame - engages, educates and enlightens people about california's rich history, its diversity, and its unique influence on the world of ideas, innovation, art, and culture. through…
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 30 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds VENTURA BOTANICAL GARDENS INC ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA NATURE ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds The University Foundation California State University Chico ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF VENTURA COUNTY ↗
- Who funds Listen4Good ↗
- Who funds Illinois Institute of Technology ↗
- Who funds SPORTING CALIFORNIA INC ↗
- Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds kidSTREAM ↗
- Who funds MAKER NEXUS ↗
- Who funds ADMIRAL NIMITZ FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BELLOSGUARDO FOUNDATION INC ↗
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: National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Goodall Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Goodall Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Trustees of the Smith College: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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