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Maurice Goodman Foundation Inc Tr

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.

$174k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
49
Grants FY2025
44
Organizations funded FY2024
7%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$17,000
Organizations funded a year
38 to 44
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$1.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Maurice Goodman Foundation Inc Tr funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentArts & CultureCivil RightsEducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther
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 arriving49$174k16%
FY202444$154k7%
FY202342$148k10%
FY202242$145k7%
FY202138$144k8%
FY202038$135kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$201kArts & Culture$164kReligion$126kHousing & Shelter$85kPhilanthropy$75kFood & Nutrition$74kHealth$46kHuman Services$33kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 44 grantees
All grantees of Maurice Goodman Foundation Inc Tr by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Norwalk Community College Foundation Inc$60,00060%
The Open Door Shelter Inc$60,00060%
Norwalk Public Library Foundation Inc$58,500617%
The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County Inc$52,00060%
Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum of Norwalk Inc$45,00061%
The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk Inc$38,00060%
Person to Person Inc$37,00060%
The Norwalk Symphony Society Inc$35,00053%
Norwalk Housing Foundation Inc$25,00052%
Americares Free Clinics Inc$22,50050%
Norwalk Hospital Foundation$20,00060%
United Way of Coastal Fairfield County Inc$20,00040%
Friends of Ambler Farm Inc$16,00060%
Connecticut Legal Services Inc$15,10060%
Norwalk Land Trust Inc$15,00056%
Jewish Education in Media Inc Dba Jbs Jewish Broadcasting Service$12,50050%
Stepping Stones Museum for Children Inc$12,00060%
Domestic Violence Crisis Center$12,00060%
Norwalk Seaport Association Inc$11,00062%
The Carver Inc$11,00060%
Elderhouse Inc$9,00060%
Norwalk Tree Alliance$7,50050%
Girl Scouts of Connecticut Inc$7,00060%
Norwalk Community Benefit Fund Inc$6,000618%
Norwalk Reads$6,0006n/a
Friends of the Norwalk River Valley Trail Inc$5,50041%
Norwalk Senior Center Inc$5,00050%
Anti-Defamation League$4,50030%
Americares Foundation Inc$4,50010%
Community Nursery School of Wilton Inc$4,50031%
Supporters of Oak Hills Park Inc$4,0001n/a
Soundwaters Inc$4,00040%
Silvermine Guild of Artists Inc$3,00060%
Star Inc - Lighting the Way$3,00060%
Aspetuck Land Trust$3,0001n/a
Marching Bears Inc$3,00062%
Sacred Heart University Incorporated$2,50010%
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc$2,50010%
Wilkerson Scholarship Fund LLC$2,5001100%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$2,50010%
Crystal Theatre Inc$2,00040%
Untermyer Gardens Conservancy Inc$1,80040%
Norwalk 20 Inc$1,5001n/a
Jewish Family Service of Stamford Inc$1,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($225k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Maurice Goodman Foundation Inc Tr supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 39 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorwalk Community College Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetThe Open Door Shelter Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNorwalk Public Library Foundation Inc: $58,500 over 6y, 17% of budgetThe Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County Inc: $52,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetLockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum of Norwalk Inc: $45,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetThe Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk Inc: $38,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPerson to Person Inc: $37,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Norwalk Symphony Society Inc: $35,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetNorwalk Housing Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetAmericares Free Clinics Inc: $22,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNorwalk Hospital Foundation: $20,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Coastal Fairfield County Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of Ambler Farm Inc: $16,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetConnecticut Legal Services Inc: $15,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNorwalk Land Trust Inc: $15,000 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetJewish Education in Media Inc Dba Jbs Jewish Broadcasting Service: $12,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetStepping Stones Museum for Children Inc: $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDomestic Violence Crisis Center: $12,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNorwalk Seaport Association Inc: $11,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetThe Carver Inc: $11,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetElderhouse Inc: $9,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNorwalk Tree Alliance: $7,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGirl Scouts of Connecticut Inc: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNorwalk Community Benefit Fund Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 18% of budgetFriends of the Norwalk River Valley Trail Inc: $5,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetNorwalk Senior Center Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Nursery School of Wilton Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSoundwaters Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSilvermine Guild of Artists Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetStar Inc - Lighting the Way: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMarching Bears Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetSacred Heart University Incorporated: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConnecticut Public Broadcasting Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilkerson Scholarship Fund LLC: $2,500 over 1y, 100% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCrystal Theatre Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetUntermyer Gardens Conservancy Inc: $1,800 over 4y, 0.0% 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 39.

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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.

Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT38.7× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · New Canaan Community Foundation Inc · Newman's Own Foundation · The Near and Far Association Inc · The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts · The Pitney Bowes Foundation · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · Synchrony Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Young Mens Christian Association of Westport/Weston Ct Inc · Konstantin Family 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 Maurice Goodman Foundation Inc Tr

How much does Maurice Goodman Foundation Inc Tr give?
Maurice Goodman Foundation Inc Tr reported 49 grants totaling $174,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 38 and 44 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Maurice Goodman Foundation Inc Tr fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (22%), Arts & Culture (18%), Religion (14%).
Who are Maurice Goodman Foundation Inc Tr's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Norwalk Community College Foundation Inc ($60k), The Open Door Shelter Inc ($60k), Norwalk Public Library Foundation Inc ($59k).
Does Maurice Goodman Foundation Inc Tr fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Maurice Goodman Foundation Inc Tr 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 Maurice Goodman Foundation Inc Tr?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, New Canaan Community Foundation Inc, Newman's Own Foundation.
Where is Maurice Goodman Foundation Inc Tr based?
Maurice Goodman Foundation Inc Tr is based in NY.

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 59 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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