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Richard H Goldman Memorial Foundation at a glance

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Richard H Goldman Memorial Foundation

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.

$87k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$207kInternational$40kPhilanthropy$17kFood & Nutrition$11kEnvironment$11kHuman Services$10kReligion$2kArts & Culture$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $5k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $82k
$1,600
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION$30,000
HYDROCEPHALUS ASSOCIATION$27,000
THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL$25,000
SUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC$1,600
FRIENDS OF JCC KRAKOW INC$1,493
FAMILIAL DYSAUTONOMIA FOUNDATION$1,075
THE COMMON THREAD FOR THE CURE FOUNDATION$1,000
02The need
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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 (FY20–25, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 38% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ISLAND HARVEST: $5k → 6%ISLAND HARVEST: $5k → 6%SUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $2k → 6%SUNRISE ASSOCIATION: $1k → 6%COVENANT HOUSE: $1k → 17%NYC MAMMAS GIVE BACK: $1k → 17%DOROT: $3k → 17%DOROT: $2k → 17%DOROT: $1k → 17%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

NY
MA
CA
MD
DE
TN
NC
DC
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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$213k · 8 repeat orgs$101k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
15

Total granted

$213k
$43k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+1%

Still filing today

100%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $59k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthInternationalPublic Safety & DisasterFood & NutritionReligionOther
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

  • HA
    HYDROCEPHALUS ASSOCIATION
    5× · 2020–2025 · $127k · revenue +10%
  • BC
    BROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC
    2× · 2020–2024 · $26k · revenue +17%
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $16k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -51%
  • NL
    NYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTRE
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
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
Food Allergy Science Initiative Inc

To accelerate the development of breakthrough discoveries that will transform the lives of people living with food allergies.

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2
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
3
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
4
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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5
Hadassah the Women's Zionist Org of America Inc

Hadassah, the women's zionist organization of america, inc., a new york not-for-profit corporation ("hwzoa") enhances the health and lives of people in israel, the united states and worldwide through education, advocacy, women's…

Community Improvement
6
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
7
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
8
Access to Advanced Health Institute

Aahi is a nonprofit biotech research institute, bringing together the best experts, technologies, and platforms to create accessible, high-quality products and solutions for harnessing the immune system to alleviate disease.

Health
9
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
10
Brightfocus Foundation

Brightfocus foundation funds exceptional research worldwide to defeat alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma and provides expert information on these heartbreaking diseases. please refer to schedule o for a complete…

Health
11
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
12
Blood Cancer United Inc

Our mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc; the most unlike its peers is Habitable. 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

16 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. 16 of the 28 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
10/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HYDROCEPHALUS ASSOCIATION: $127,000 · HealthHYDROCEPHALUS ASSOCIATIONMUSIC THAT HEALS INC: $15,502 · HealthMUSIC THAT HEALS INC+2 more: $3,000 · HealthBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $25,500 · OtherBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS …THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $25,000 · OtherTHE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HO…NYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTRE: $10,000 · OtherNYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTREIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+9 more: $8,739 · Other+9 moreBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $30,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISR…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $10,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIEN…ISLAND HARVEST LTD: $10,010 · Human ServicesDOROT INC: $5,591 · Human ServicesSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,635 · Human ServicesNYC MAMMAS GIVE BACK INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE: $1,000 · Human ServicesUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $16,000 · PhilanthropyHABITABLE: $10,500 · Public Safety & DisasterFRIENDS OF JCC KRAKOW INC: $1,493 · ReligionCITY HARVEST INC: $1,000 · Food & Nutrition
Health$145,502Other$79,239International$40,000Human Services$20,236Philanthropy$16,000Public Safety & Disaster$10,500Religion$1,493Food & Nutrition$1,000

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 budgetHYDROCEPHALUS ASSOCIATION: $127,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $25,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSIC THAT HEALS INC: $15,502 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetHABITABLE: $10,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetISLAND HARVEST LTD: $10,010 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOROT INC: $5,591 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,635 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNYC MAMMAS GIVE BACK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $1,000 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Richard H Goldman Memorial Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard H Goldman Memorial Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Richard H Goldman Memorial Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Richard H Goldman Memorial Foundation 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 28 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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