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Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fund at a glance

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Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fund

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$14M
Granted FY2024still arriving
301
Grants FY2024still arriving
17
States reached
$2.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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$15MCivil Rights$10MPublic Benefit$9.8MArts & Culture$8.9MEnvironment$8.6MReligion$8.3MRecreation & Sports$8.2MHealth$7.5MOther$0
02FY2024 · 301 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k109 grants · $302k
  • $10k–50k84 grants · $1.6M
  • $50k–250k101 grants · $8.0M
  • $250k+7 grants · $4.5M
$15,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$277M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONGREGATION EMANU-EL$2,000,000
SAN FRANCISCO PARKS ALLIANCE - TENNIS COALITION OF SAN FRANCISCO$1,000,000
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FDN$500,000
CORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS$250,000
CORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS$250,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL$250,000
THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION$250,000
PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC$205,000
RED TENT FUND$175,000
BRIGID ALLIANCE INC$175,000
MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA$150,000
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN INC$150,000
HILLEL - UNIV OF CA BERKELEY$150,000
AMERICAN CONSTITUTION SOCIETY$150,000
ACTION FOR THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY$125,000
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 (FY17–24, $1.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%TIVNU BUILDING JUSTICE: $10k → 12%RED TENT FUND: $175k → 7%Edward Charles Foundation: $100k → 14%MY NEW RED SHOES: $5k → 7%MY NEW RED SHOES: $5k → 7%My New Red Shoes: $5k → 7%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $75k → 22%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE EAST BAY: $30k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE EAST BAY: $30k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE EAST BAY: $30k → 10%Jewish Community Center of the East: $30k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE EAST BAY: $30k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE EAST BAY: $30k → 10%ABORTION COALITION FOR TELEMEDICINE: $100k → 17%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $125k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $60k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $10k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $25k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $22k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $21k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $16k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $16k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $15k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $10k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $10k → 10%INSTITUTE ON AGING: $10k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $10k → 10%BRIGID ALLIANCE INC: $175k → 17%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $5k → 10%BRIGID ALLIANCE INC: $175k → 17%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $5k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $100k → 17%TIDES CENTER: $10k → 10%REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $15k → 14%REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $15k → 14%TIDES CENTER: $125k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $100k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $10k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $10k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $20k → 10%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

ME
VT
WA
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
HI
AL
GA
TX
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$78M · 295 repeat orgs$10M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

295 repeat relationships: 151 still active in FY2024, 144 since wound down; 33 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

295
181

Total granted

$78M
$8.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+12%

Still filing today

80%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.2M 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
EducationEnvironmentCivil RightsArts & 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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $5.5M · revenue +99%
  • SG
    Stern Grove Festival Association
    8× · 2017–2024 · $3.3M · revenue +57%
  • CO
    CORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.2M · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • PF
    PARTNERSHIP FOR HAAS PREEMINENCEUC BERKELEY FDTN
    one grant, 2021 · $1.0M
  • HT
    Hillel The Fdn for Jewish Campus Li
    one grant, 2017 · $422k
  • GG
    Golden Gate National Parks Conserva
    one grant, 2017 · $230k
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
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
2
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
3
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
4
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
5
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
6
The Bar Association of San Francisco

The bar association of san francisco champions equal access to justice and promotes humanity, excellence, and diversity in the legal profession. we provide legal services to disadvantaged and underserved individuals in san francisco. we…

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7
Sf Partnership

SF Partnership is an organization comprised of SF's leading employers dedicated to supporting an equitable, resilient, and vibrant economy shared by all people working and living in San Francisco. Through education, advocacy, and research,…

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8
Common Future

Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…

Community Improvement
9
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
10
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
11
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
12
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc; the most unlike its peers is Chico Feminist Womens Health Center dba Womens Health Specialists. 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

393 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. 393 of the 537 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
75
Early backer (in before they grew)
384/393
Grantees still filing
258/393
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONGREGATION EMANU-EL: $4,483,000 · OtherCONGREGATION EMANU-ELPartnership for Haas Preeminence: $3,000,000 · OtherPartnership for Haas PreeminenceJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF SAN FRANCISCO MARIN & PENINSULA: $2,241,500 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF SAN FRANCISCO MAR…+110 more: $31,805,800 · Other+110 moreUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $5,543,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CAL…SOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $1,400,100 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND …UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $1,392,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOU…MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA: $1,133,000 · EducationMEDIA MATTERS FOR…AMERICAN CONSTITUTION SOCIETY FOR LAW & POLICY: $450,000 · Education+15 more: $3,525,860 · Education+15 moreStern Grove Festival Association: $3,282,500 · Arts & CultureStern Grove…CORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS: $2,156,000 · Arts & CultureCORPORATION…THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BARACK …SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $669,500 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCIS…KQED INC: $305,000 · Arts & CultureTRACE MEDIA INC: $300,000 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $980,200 · Arts & Culture+6 moreSAN FRANCISCO PARKS ALLIANCE: $6,044,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $116,500 · Recreation & SportsNATIONAL REDISTRICTING FOUNDATION: $850,000 · Civil RightsTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $600,000 · Civil RightsNonprofit VOTE Inc: $445,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $415,000 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS: $380,000 · Civil RightsFair Elections Center: $365,000 · Civil RightsMIDWEST ACCESS COALITION: $350,100 · Civil RightsPROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT: $350,000 · Civil RightsPROVIDE INC: $300,000 · Civil RightsDEMOCRACY WORKS INC: $300,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN OVERSIGHT INC: $300,000 · Civil RightsGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $225,000 · Civil Rights+9 more: $1,255,500 · Civil RightsNEW VENTURE FUND: $1,000,050 · EnvironmentGOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY: $685,000 · EnvironmentUrban Adamah: $591,000 · EnvironmentGOODPOWER EDUCATION FUND INC: $375,000 · EnvironmentSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $300,000 · EnvironmentDogwood Alliance Inc: $260,000 · EnvironmentGREENBELT ALLIANCEPEOPLE FOR OPEN SPACE: $240,000 · EnvironmentRainforest Action Network: $231,000 · EnvironmentSTAND: $230,000 · EnvironmentTHE STORY OF STUFF PROJECT: $215,000 · EnvironmentBaykeeper: $210,000 · EnvironmentUpstream Policy Institute Inc: $210,000 · EnvironmentTOXIC-FREE FUTURE F/K/A WASHINGTON TOXICS COALITION: $180,000 · Environment+3 more: $370,000 · EnvironmentPlanned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc: $1,056,750 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $465,400 · HealthSAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $327,500 · HealthJTP PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION: $300,000 · HealthMEDICAL STUDENTS FOR CHOICE: $265,000 · HealthCALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $261,000 · HealthNURSES FOR SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH: $230,000 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $230,000 · HealthABORTION CARE NETWORK: $225,000 · HealthCHICO FEMINIST WOMENS HEALTH CENTER dba WOMENS HEALTH SPECIALISTS: $215,000 · HealthRepro TLC: $205,000 · HealthMAYDAY MEDICINES INC: $200,000 · HealthInnovations in Reproductive Health Access: $150,000 · Health+3 more: $345,000 · Health
Other$41,530,300Education$13,444,460Arts & Culture$8,693,200Recreation & Sports$6,160,500Civil Rights$6,135,600Environment$5,097,050Health$4,475,650

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSAN FRANCISCO PARKS ALLIANCE: $6,044,000 over 8y, 12% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $5,543,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetStern Grove Festival Association: $3,282,500 over 8y, 18% of budgetPartnership for Haas Preeminence: $3,000,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF SAN FRANCISCO MARIN & PENINSULA: $2,241,500 over 8y, 8.2% of budgetCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS: $2,156,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $1,400,100 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $1,392,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA: $1,133,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc: $1,056,750 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $1,000,050 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL REDISTRICTING FOUNDATION: $850,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $750,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetHOPEWELL FUND: $732,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetRAINFOREST CONNECTION: $690,000 over 7y, 23% of budgetGOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY: $685,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND: $680,200 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $669,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetBERKELEY HILLEL: $607,000 over 4y, 7.3% of budgetTHE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION: $600,000 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $600,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetUrban Adamah: $591,000 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetCOMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND: $575,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetFAITH IN ACTION NETWORK: $575,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetPUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC: $550,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN INCORPORATED: $500,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetTHE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC: $500,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $465,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $465,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL ABORTION FEDERATION: $460,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $450,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CONSTITUTION SOCIETY FOR LAW & POLICY: $450,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetNonprofit VOTE Inc: $445,000 over 5y, 7.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $445,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetDEMOS A NETWORK FOR IDEAS AND ACTION LTD: $425,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $415,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO HILLEL: $412,000 over 6y, 27% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA: $407,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCivic Nation: $400,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $380,150 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS: $380,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHIAS INC: $375,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGOODPOWER EDUCATION FUND INC: $375,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetICIVICS INC: $375,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetNATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER: $375,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetFair Elections Center: $365,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetSan Francisco Jewish Community Publications Inc: $363,060 over 6y, 4.5% 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 SAN FRANCISCO PARKS ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Stern Grove Festival Association ↗
  • Who funds Partnership for Haas Preeminence ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF SAN FRANCISCO MARIN & PENINSULA ↗
  • Who funds CORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS ↗
  • Who funds SOCIAL GOOD FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds Planned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEW VENTURE FUND ↗
  • Who funds THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL REDISTRICTING FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPEWELL FUND ↗
  • Who funds RAINFOREST CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds CHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART ↗
  • Who funds BERKELEY HILLEL ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Urban Adamah ↗
  • Who funds COMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds FAITH IN ACTION NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds THE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds TIDES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ABORTION FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CONSTITUTION SOCIETY FOR LAW & POLICY ↗
  • Who funds Nonprofit VOTE Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK ↗

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.

Jewish Community Fede…The San Francisco Fou…John Pritzker Family …Koret FoundationMarin Community Found…The Shimon Ben Joseph…McNabb FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…The William & Flora H…Ralph & Marsha Guggen…The James Irvine Foun…Gaia Fund
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & SonomaCA94.2× affinity76 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The San Francisco Foundation · John Pritzker Family Fund · Koret Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Ralph & Marsha Guggenheim Family Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · Gaia Fund

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 Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Icivics Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
40report 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.
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How do I get to Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fund?

Find your warmest path to Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fund 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.

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 537 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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