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Jw & Hm Goodman Family Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$382k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
35
Grants FY2024
35
Organizations funded FY2023
37%
First-time grantees FY2023
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51% of Jw & Hm Goodman Family Charitable Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Nature Conservancy, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 26 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Jw & Hm Goodman Family Charitable Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 30 organizations, $382k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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30
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30
’22
30
’23
30
’24
26
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
18 to 40
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$5.1M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 37% of the organizations Jw & Hm Goodman Family Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $144k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentHuman ServicesArts & CultureHousing & ShelterEducationCommunity ImprovementOther
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
FY2024still arriving35$382k23%
FY202335$388k37%
FY202240$379k48%
FY202135$302k60%
FY202022$146k77%
FY201921$120k29%
FY201823$162k83%
FY201718$134kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$1.9MFood & Nutrition$1.7MPhilanthropy$1.0MArts & Culture$459kHuman Services$354kHousing & Shelter$179kAnimals$106kCrime & Legal$90kOther$0

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
Meals on Wheels People Inc$1,553,00047%
Point Reyes Bird Observatory$98,00070%
Western Environmental Law Center$70,00030%
The Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated$60,00030%
Pepperwood Foundation$60,00041%
Oikonos - Ecosystem Knowledge$58,00021%
Curry Senior Center$58,00060%
Friends of the Columbia Gorge$52,00042%
Lan Su Chinese Garden$48,00041%
Takohachi Inc$47,500414%
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All grantees of Jw & Hm Goodman Family Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Meals on Wheels People Inc$1,553,00047%
Point Reyes Bird Observatory$98,00070%
Western Environmental Law Center$70,00030%
The Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated$60,00030%
Pepperwood Foundation$60,00041%
Oikonos - Ecosystem Knowledge$58,00021%
Curry Senior Center$58,00060%
Friends of the Columbia Gorge$52,00042%
Lan Su Chinese Garden$48,00041%
Takohachi Inc$47,500414%
Hollywood Senior Center dba Community for Positive Aging$45,00051%
Japanese Garden Society of Oregon$44,00040%
Music Workshop$43,50032%
Hood River Senior Citizens Inc$43,00042%
Shanti Project$42,50050%
Greater Farallones Association$42,00041%
Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center$40,00022%
1000 Friends of Oregon$40,00022%
Mid Klamath Watershed Council$40,00020%
The Portland Playhouse$37,00031%
Oregon Bravo Youth Orchestras$33,10031%
Womens Audio Mission$33,00051%
Sebastopol Area Senior Center$31,00032%
National Forest Foundation$30,00040%
Northwest Housing Alternatives$30,00030%
Portland Chinatown History Foundation$30,00034%
San Francisco Village$30,00031%
Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation$29,00040%
Upward Scholars$28,00031%
Friendly House Inc$28,00030%
Willamette University$27,64030%
Ecotrust$27,50030%
Chinese Historical Society of America$27,50021%
North Coast Land Conservancy Inc$25,00051%
Rebuilding Together Peninsula$22,00021%
Project Lemonade Inc$21,80021%
Legal Assistance to the Elderly$21,00020%
Columbia Land Trust$20,00020%
Family Connections Centers$20,00011%
Wild Rivers Land Trust$20,00023%
Share the Care Napa Valley$20,00027%
Openhouse$20,00020%
Southern Oregon Land Conservancy Inc$20,0001n/a
Sustainable Northwest$20,00020%
Save The Bay$17,50020%
Clackamas Women's Services$17,00020%
San Jose Taiko Group Inc$16,50012%
Compass Family Services$16,26610%
Meals on Wheels Diablo Region$15,60020%
Age US$15,00021%
Center for Elders' Independence Inc$15,00020%
Environmental Action Committee of West Marin$13,00022%
The Health Trust$12,50020%
Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation$12,40021%
AIDS Legal Referral Panel of the San Francisco Bay Area$12,0001n/a
Apano Communities United Fund$11,50010%
Project Open Hand$11,00020%
Oregon Symphony Association$11,00020%
Local Ecology and Agriculture Fremont$10,50015%
Sonoma Land Trust$10,00020%
Metropolitan Youth Symphony$10,00011%
Filoli Center$10,00010%
Bag and Baggage Productions$10,00011%
Sonoma Ecology Center$10,00020%
Friends of the Children-Portland$10,00020%
Community Music Center$10,00010%
Oakland Childrens Fairyland Inc$10,00010%
North Coast Resource Conservation & Development Council$10,0002n/a
The Nature Conservancy of California$10,0001n/a
Girls Inc of the Pacific Northwest$10,00011%
YWCA of San Francisco & Marin$10,00020%
Oregon Children's Theatre Company$10,00010%
Opera Parallle$10,00011%
The Mr Holland's Opus Foundation$8,00010%
Centro Cultural of Washington County$8,00010%
Luther Burbank Memorial Foundation$8,00010%
Crag Law Center$8,00011%
California Ocean Science Trust$8,00010%
National Audubon Society Inc$7,50010%
Wild Salmon Center$7,50010%
Marine Applied Research and Exploration$6,00010%
Self-Help for the Elderly$6,00050%
Northwest Pilot Project$6,00010%
Impact Nw$6,00010%
Literacy for Environmental Justice$6,00011%
The Contingent$6,00020%
Smithsonian Institution$6,00010%
Open Door Legal$5,60010%
Oregon Coast Youth Symphony Festival Association$5,0001n/a
Engage Inc$5,00010%
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley$5,00010%
Volunteers of America of Oregon Inc$5,00010%
Friends of Saturday Academy$5,0001n/a
Friends of the Urban Forest$4,50010%
Ethos Inc$3,50010%
Oregon Public Broadcasting$1,00010%
Northwest Community Conservancy$1,00010%
Carpe Diem West$1,0001n/a
At Home With Growing Older$1,00011%
Oregon Latino Health Coalition$1,00010%
Columbia Riverkeeper$1,00010%
Verde Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($387k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jw & Hm Goodman Family Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMeals on Wheels People Inc: $1,553,000 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetPoint Reyes Bird Observatory: $98,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWestern Environmental Law Center: $70,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated: $60,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPepperwood Foundation: $60,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetOikonos - Ecosystem Knowledge: $58,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCurry Senior Center: $58,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of the Columbia Gorge: $52,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetLan Su Chinese Garden: $48,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTakohachi Inc: $47,500 over 4y, 14% of budgetHollywood Senior Center dba Community for Positive Aging: $45,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetJapanese Garden Society of Oregon: $44,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMusic Workshop: $43,500 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetHood River Senior Citizens Inc: $43,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetShanti Project: $42,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Farallones Association: $42,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetKlamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center: $40,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budget1000 Friends of Oregon: $40,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetMid Klamath Watershed Council: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Portland Playhouse: $37,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetOregon Bravo Youth Orchestras: $33,100 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetWomens Audio Mission: $33,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetSebastopol Area Senior Center: $31,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetNational Forest Foundation: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwest Housing Alternatives: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPortland Chinatown History Foundation: $30,000 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetSan Francisco Village: $30,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation: $29,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUpward Scholars: $28,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetFriendly House Inc: $28,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWillamette University: $27,640 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEcotrust: $27,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetChinese Historical Society of America: $27,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNorth Coast Land Conservancy Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetRebuilding Together Peninsula: $22,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetProject Lemonade Inc: $21,800 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetLegal Assistance to the Elderly: $21,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetColumbia Land Trust: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Connections Centers: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWild Rivers Land Trust: $20,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetShare the Care Napa Valley: $20,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetOpenhouse: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSustainable Northwest: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSave The Bay: $17,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetClackamas Women's Services: $17,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSan Jose Taiko Group Inc: $16,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCompass Family Services: $16,266 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMeals on Wheels Diablo Region: $15,600 over 2y, 0.4% 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 95.

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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 Collins FoundationMeyer Memorial TrustThe Oregon Community …The Jackson FoundationMarie Lamfrom Charita…Ronald W Naito Md Fou…The Autzen FoundationKaiser Foundation Hos…Juan Young TrustRose E Tucker Charita…The Harold & Arlene S…The Joseph and Vera L…
The Collins FoundationOR59.6× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Collins Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · The Oregon Community Foundation · The Jackson Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Ronald W Naito Md Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Juan Young Trust · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation · The Joseph and Vera Long 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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About Jw & Hm Goodman Family Charitable Foundation

How much does Jw & Hm Goodman Family Charitable Foundation give?
Jw & Hm Goodman Family Charitable Foundation reported 35 grants totaling $381,800 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 40 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Jw & Hm Goodman Family Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (31%), Food & Nutrition (28%), Philanthropy (16%).
Who are Jw & Hm Goodman Family Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Meals on Wheels People Inc ($1.6M), Point Reyes Bird Observatory ($98k), Western Environmental Law Center ($70k).
Does Jw & Hm Goodman Family Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Jw & Hm Goodman Family Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Jw & Hm Goodman Family Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Collins Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust, The Oregon Community Foundation.
Where is Jw & Hm Goodman Family Charitable Foundation based?
Jw & Hm Goodman Family Charitable Foundation 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 129 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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