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Harry and Barbara Goldman Foundation Co Lynne G Silbert President at a glance

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Harry and Barbara Goldman Foundation Co Lynne G Silbert President

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.

$38k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$253kHealth$74kReligion$37kInternational$32kArts & Culture$26kHuman Services$21kFood & Nutrition$12kRecreation & Sports$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $27k
$500
Median grant
6
States reached
$759k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ENGNCNTR LTD$15,000
NEW ISRAEL FUND$12,000
IKAR$3,549
MALIBU JEWISH CENTER SYNAGOGUE$2,350
CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER$2,000
BODY WEATHER LABORATORY$1,000
CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY$500
JEWISH FEDERATION OF LOS ANGELES$500
LOS ANGELES FOOD BANK$300
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA$300
FEEDING AMERICA$300
MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION$200
PBS Socal$180
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 (FY17–18, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $50 → 14%COVENANT HOUSE: $500 → 17%FOOD ON FOOT: $1k → 14%ONE VOICE: $12k → 14%GO CAMPAIGN: $5k → 14%ONE VOICE: $1k → 14%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

IL
NY
PA
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC
OK
GA
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$393k · 32 repeat orgs$69k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 23 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
26

Total granted

$393k
$50k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+21%

Still filing today

50%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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
InternationalHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • WU
    WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2019–2023 · $125k · revenue +45%
  • CS
    CROSSROADS SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND SCIENCES
    4× · 2017–2023 · $65k · revenue +24%
  • DH
    DIDI HIRSCH PSYCHIATRIC SERVICE
    2× · 2019–2021 · $31k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • IM
    Inclusion Matters by Shanes Inspiration
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +7%
  • TI
    The Institute for Sustained Attention Incgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +237%
  • GC
    Go Campaign
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue -37%
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
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
2
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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3
Sesame Workshop

Sesame workshop's mission is to help kids grow smarter, stronger and kinder. (see schedule o)

Arts & Culture
4
We Are Family Foundation

The we are family foundation celebrates the vision of a global family by creating and supporting programs that inspire and educate people about mutual respect, understanding and appreciation of cultural diversity.

Civil Rights
5
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
6
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
7
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
8
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
9
World Learning Inc

Creating a more sustainable, peaceful, and just world through education, development, and exchange since 1932. as both an accredited academic institution and an international ngo, world learning, inc. offers the best of theory and practice…

International
10
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
11
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
12
Los Angeles World Affairs Council and Town Hall

The organization is a non-partisan, membership based speakers' forum that connects business leaders, community members, and engaged individuals with shared interest in local, national, and global affairs. it provides an open and accessible…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles; the most unlike its peers is Body Weather Laboratory. 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

40 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. 40 of the 63 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/40
Grantees still filing
27/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $125,000 · EducationWESLEYAN UNIVERSITYCROSSROADS SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND SCIENCES: $65,000 · EducationCROSSROADS SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND SCIENCESENGNCNTR LTD: $15,000 · EducationENGNCNTR LTDVILLAGE COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $15,000 · EducationVILLAGE COMMUNITY SCHOOLMALIBU JEWISH CENTER SYNAGOGUE: $25,806 · OtherMALIBU JEWISH CENTER SYNAGOGUEAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSI: $20,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVER…CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY: $15,500 · OtherCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITYWOMEN'S CANER RESEARCH FUND: $8,750 · OtherWOMEN'S CANER RESEARCH FUNDTHE JEWISH FEDERATION: $8,000 · OtherTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONISRAID: $6,040 · OtherLOS ANGELES FOOD BANK: $5,050 · OtherCREATIVE VISIONS: $5,000 · OtherBETTER ANGELS INC: $7,500 · OtherCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $5,000 · Other+27 more: $36,779 · Other+27 moreDIDI HIRSCH PSYCHIATRIC SERVICE: $30,500 · HealthDIDI HIRSC…CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $15,000 · HealthCEDARS-SIN…+1 more: $500 · HealthNEW ISRAEL FUND: $21,500 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,488 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,000 · InternationalAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $1,600 · International+5 more: $1,430 · InternationalOne Voice: $13,180 · Human ServicesGo Campaign: $5,400 · Human ServicesFOOD ON FOOT: $1,000 · Human Services+2 more: $550 · Human ServicesThe Institute for Sustained Attention Inc: $10,000 · Arts & CultureBODY WEATHER LABORATORY: $4,500 · Arts & CultureSundance Institute: $1,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $200 · Arts & CultureInclusion Matters by Shanes Inspiration: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Education$220,000Other$143,425Health$46,000International$29,018Human Services$20,130Arts & Culture$16,200Recreation & Sports$10,000

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 budgetWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $125,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSROADS SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND SCIENCES: $65,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDIDI HIRSCH PSYCHIATRIC SERVICE: $30,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $21,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY: $15,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetENGNCNTR LTD: $15,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVILLAGE COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOne Voice: $13,180 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetInclusion Matters by Shanes Inspiration: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Institute for Sustained Attention Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetGo Campaign: $5,400 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBODY WEATHER LABORATORY: $4,500 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $4,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION: $4,050 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBig Sunday: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSTORAHTELLING LAB SHUL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,488 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $1,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $1,550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSundance Institute: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD ON FOOT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $800 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRAZOM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUR HOUSE GRIEF SUPPORT CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MAYOR'S FUND FOR LOS ANGELES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFEED THE CHILDREN INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR THE STUDY OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN GROUPS: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOLDIERS PROJECT: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetT'RUAH: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $50 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.

  • Who funds WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds DIDI HIRSCH PSYCHIATRIC SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds NEW ISRAEL FUND ↗
  • Who funds CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds ENGNCNTR LTD ↗
  • Who funds CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds VILLAGE COMMUNITY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds One Voice ↗
  • Who funds Inclusion Matters by Shanes Inspiration ↗
  • Who funds The Institute for Sustained Attention Inc ↗
  • Who funds BETTER ANGELS INC ↗
  • Who funds Go Campaign ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds BODY WEATHER LABORATORY ↗
  • Who funds MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds J STREET EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Big Sunday ↗
  • Who funds STORAHTELLING LAB SHUL INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds Sundance Institute ↗
  • Who funds FOOD ON FOOT ↗

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 Annenberg Foundat…California Community …Gs Donor Advised Phil…Wolfen Family Foundat…Squid & Squash Founda…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Silicon Valley Commun…Jewish Communal FundVanguard Charitable E…Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…
The Annenberg FoundationPA17.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Annenberg Foundation · California Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Wolfen Family Foundation · Squid & Squash Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Harry and Barbara Goldman Foundation Co Lynne G Silbert President funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harry and Barbara Goldman Foundation Co Lynne G Silbert President. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wesleyan University: 1% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 63 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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