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Gould Family Foundation Inc

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.

$72k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
26
Grants FY2025
6
Organizations funded FY2024
67%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,850
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,444
Organizations funded a year
6 to 29
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$826k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Gould Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentHousing & ShelterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving26$72k65%
FY20246$27k67%
FY202329$34k72%
FY20226$5k67%
FY202121$73k71%
FY202016$15k75%
FY201925$53k92%
FY201810$46k80%
92% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$97kYouth Development$53kCrime & Legal$22kPublic Safety & Disaster$22kInternational$22kHousing & Shelter$18kHuman Services$16kCivil Rights$15kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
MO
VA
MD
NM
SC
DC
AL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Bamyan Foundation$25,000113%
The Fortune Society Inc$17,00020%
826dc Inc$15,00022%
Conservation Endowment Fund$11,04022%
Museum of Photographic Arts$11,00020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$10,4441n/a
The Salvation Army$10,4061n/a
California Fire Foundation$10,2981n/a
Project Access Inc$10,00020%
A Reason To Survive$10,0001n/a
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All grantees of Gould Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Bamyan Foundation$25,000113%
The Fortune Society Inc$17,00020%
826dc Inc$15,00022%
Conservation Endowment Fund$11,04022%
Museum of Photographic Arts$11,00020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$10,4441n/a
The Salvation Army$10,4061n/a
California Fire Foundation$10,2981n/a
Project Access Inc$10,00020%
A Reason To Survive$10,0001n/a
International Rescue Committee INC$9,94540%
Theater & Arts Foundation of San Diego County Dba la Jolla Playhouse$7,50020%
Khmer Arts Academy$7,5001n/a
Doors of Change$7,50022%
The Aja Project$7,50012%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$6,30030%
Montessori School of Ojai$6,00020%
Arts for All Inc$5,00014%
Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra Inc$5,0001n/a
Artivist Foundation$5,0001n/a
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival$5,00020%
Beauty 2 The Streetz$5,00010%
Albany Music Fund$4,50062%
East Bay Center for the Performing Arts$4,00020%
Bread for the City Inc$3,58450%
Ojai Festivals Ltd$3,50020%
Street Level Health Project$3,0001n/a
Don Diego Scholarship Foundation$3,00031%
Monument Crisis Center$3,00010%
Scripps Health$3,00010%
American Friends Service Committee$3,0001n/a
Multicultural Institute$3,00010%
Ps Arts$2,70010%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$2,50020%
Imagination Stage Inc$2,50010%
Humble Design Inc$2,0611n/a
Rotary Club of Ojai West Foundation Inc$2,00012%
Downtown Women's Center$1,8721n/a
Altadena Girls$1,8501n/a
Head Strong Project Inc$1,80010%
Anti-Defamation League$1,52110%
Proper Help Inc$1,5001n/a
Chicago Abortion Fund$1,50020%
Cheetah Conservation Fund$1,20010%
Help of Ojai Inc$1,03310%
Just in Time for Foster Youth$1,03010%
Pro Publica Inc$1,00010%
Vital Voices Global Partnership Inc$1,00010%
Words Alive$1,00010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$1,00010%
Clean Air Task Force Inc$1,00010%
Immigrant Legal Resource Center$1,0001n/a
Jewish Community of Ojai$1,0001n/a
Casa de Esperanza$1,00010%
Humane Society of Ventura County$1,00010%
Childrens Discovery Museum$1,00012%
National Public Radio Inc$1,00010%
The Black Neighborhood$1,0001n/a
Equal Justice Initiative$1,00010%
Del Mar Foundation$80010%
House of Ruth$77220%
Friendship Place$75010%
Coalition for Rainforest Nations Secretariat$52010%
The Carpenters Boat Shop$51010%
School of Leadership-Afghanistan Inc$50010%
Chicago Women's Health Center$5001n/a
Friendship Place Inc$50010%
SchoolCARE$50010%
Camfed USA Foundation$50010%
Yuba Sutter Gleaners Food Bank Inc$25010%
Uyghur Human Rights Project$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 44 recipients with no EIN on record ($90k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gould Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBamyan Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetThe Fortune Society Inc: $17,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget826dc Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetConservation Endowment Fund: $11,040 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetMuseum of Photographic Arts: $11,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetProject Access Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $9,945 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTheater & Arts Foundation of San Diego County Dba la Jolla Playhouse: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDoors of Change: $7,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetThe Aja Project: $7,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $6,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMontessori School of Ojai: $6,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetArts for All Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetOrcas Island Chamber Music Festival: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBeauty 2 The Streetz: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAlbany Music Fund: $4,500 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetEast Bay Center for the Performing Arts: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBread for the City Inc: $3,584 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOjai Festivals Ltd: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDon Diego Scholarship Foundation: $3,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMonument Crisis Center: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetScripps Health: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMulticultural Institute: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPs Arts: $2,700 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSandy Hook Promise Foundation: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetImagination Stage Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRotary Club of Ojai West Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHead Strong Project Inc: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $1,521 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Abortion Fund: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCheetah Conservation Fund: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHelp of Ojai Inc: $1,033 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJust in Time for Foster Youth: $1,030 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPro Publica Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVital Voices Global Partnership Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWords Alive: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClean Air Task Force Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCasa de Esperanza: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHumane Society of Ventura County: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildrens Discovery Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNational Public Radio Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDel Mar Foundation: $800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHouse of Ruth: $772 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriendship Place: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCoalition for Rainforest Nations Secretariat: $520 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Carpenters Boat Shop: $510 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 54.

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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.

The San Diego FoundationCA17× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · Boys and Girls Aid Society of San Diego Ltd · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The California Endowment · The Parker Foundation · Alameda County Community Food Bank · Price Philanthropies Foundation · The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · East Bay Community 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.

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How do I get to Gould Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Gould Family Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Gould Family Foundation Inc

How much does Gould Family Foundation Inc give?
Gould Family Foundation Inc reported 26 grants totaling $71,900 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Gould Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (25%), Youth Development (14%), Crime & Legal (6%).
Who are Gould Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Bamyan Foundation ($25k), The Fortune Society Inc ($17k), 826dc Inc ($15k).
Does Gould Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Gould Family Foundation Inc 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 Gould Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Diego Foundation, Boys and Girls Aid Society of San Diego Ltd, Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation.
Where is Gould Family Foundation Inc based?
Gould Family Foundation Inc is based in CA.

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 116 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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