Connecticut · Private foundation
Gould Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2021
- 18
- Grants FY2021
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Gould Family Foundation’s FY2022 grant dollars went to The New York Community Trust, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Gould Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 14 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $450,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 28
- FY2020 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 4
- Total assets, FY2021
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 17% of the organizations Gould Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 18 | $1.5M | 17% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $1.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Halo Trust (Usa) Inc | $650,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Wesleyan University | $400,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Earthjustice | $300,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Literary Classics of the US Inc D/B/A Library of America | $185,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Water Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of the Earth | $150,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Dalton Schools Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Museum of Photographic Arts | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Halo Trust (Usa) Inc | $650,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Wesleyan University | $400,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Earthjustice | $300,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Literary Classics of the US Inc D/B/A Library of America | $185,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Water Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of the Earth | $150,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Dalton Schools Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Museum of Photographic Arts | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Federation of American Scientists | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Shepaug River Association Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Warren Public Library Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 14% |
| Danbury Animal Welfare Society | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ignite | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Honor the Earth | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Ican Fund Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Strays & Others Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 16% |
| Wild Bird Fund Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($500k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gould 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: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Gould Family Foundation
- How much does Gould Family Foundation give?
- Gould Family Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $1,500,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 28 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2021.
- What does Gould Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2021, its largest causes are Philanthropy (92%), International (2%), Environment (2%).
- Who are Gould Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2021: The Halo Trust (Usa) Inc ($650k), Wesleyan University ($400k), Earthjustice ($300k).
- Does Gould Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gould Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Gould Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Gould Family Foundation based?
- Gould Family Foundation is based in CT.
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