Maryland · Public charity
Journey for Good Foundation Inc
Founded in 2015 and headquartered in bethesda, maryland, journey for good foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable oragnization intently focused on fighting poverty in the local community with food, shelter, education, and workforce development opportunities. We fund the work of nonprofits based on these five core pillars of giving:(1)…
- $2.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 103
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 62
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $2.6M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 62
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 33
- Total assets, FY2025
- $931k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations Journey for Good Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $570k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 101 | $2.5M | 38% |
| FY2024 | 62 | $1.4M | 44% |
| FY2023 | 32 | $473k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $368k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $193k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $295k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 34 | $683k | 62% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $427k | 56% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation | $300,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Emma's Torch Ltd | $270,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Grace-Mar Services Inc | $226,500 | 6 | 11% |
| The Lamb Center | $180,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Horizons Greater Washington Inc | $145,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Together We Bake | $125,000 | 7 | 2% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $121,174 | 4 | 0% |
| Peace 4 Kids | $120,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Black Girls Cook | $115,000 | 4 | 27% |
| The Store Inc | $110,000 | 4 | 3% |
Show all 156 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Journey for Good Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 136 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Nora Roberts Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Pwc Foundation Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Simple Generosity Foundation · Mgm Resorts Foundation · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Wells Fargo Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation
How this is measured
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About Journey for Good Foundation Inc
- How much does Journey for Good Foundation Inc give?
- Journey for Good Foundation Inc reported 103 itemized grants totaling $2,597,347, out of $2,719,207 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 62 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Journey for Good Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (26%), Employment (26%), Human Services (16%).
- Who are Journey for Good Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation ($300k), Emma's Torch Ltd ($270k), Grace-Mar Services Inc ($227k).
- Does Journey for Good Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Journey for Good Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Nora Roberts Foundation, Publix Super Markets Charities Inc, Pwc Foundation Inc.
- Where is Journey for Good Foundation Inc based?
- Journey for Good Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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