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Rick and Susan Goings Foundation at a glance

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Rick and Susan Goings Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
33
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$429k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$2.1MYouth Development$1.4MArts & Culture$303kHealth$225kPublic Benefit$140kMembership Benefit$124kCommunity Improvement$70kPhilanthropy$59kOther$0
02FY2024 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $45k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $200k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $515k
  • $250k+1 grant · $429k
$10,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WORLD FEDERATION OF YOUTH CLUBS$429,270
COLIN POWELL SCHOOL$200,000
ROLLIN'S COLLEGE$140,000
DAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION$75,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF AMERICA$50,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER GASTON INC$35,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA$25,000
NANCY LIEBERMAN CHARITIES$25,000
PATHNORTH INC$20,000
PRESIDENTIAL PRECINCT$15,000
WE ARE ALL HUMAN FOUNDATION$10,000
CENTRAL FLORIDA B6 CLUB$10,000
GUILFORD COLLEGE$10,000
THE MILLER CENTER FOUNDATION$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 17% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FLORIDA'S CHILDREN FIRST INC: $1k → 13%THE GIFT OF MUSIC FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%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

WI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
NC
SC
DC
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.2M · 33 repeat orgs$323k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
20

Total granted

$4.2M
$212k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+31%

Still filing today

73%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $112k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
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

  • RC
    ROLLINS COLLEGE
    6× · 2017–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +72%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA
    6× · 2017–2024 · $283k · revenue +62%
  • SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
    3× · 2017–2022 · $150k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • PV
    PIEDMONT VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • HO
    HEART OF FLORIDA UNITED WAY INC
    one grant, 2017 · $46k · revenue -30%
  • TA
    T24 ATHLETICS INC
    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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
Council On Foreign Relations Inc

The council on foreign relations (cfr) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and…

International
3
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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4
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
5
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
6
Gordon Research Conferences Inc

The gordon research conferences, inc. provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of frontier research in the biological, chemical, physical and engineering sciences and their interfaces. *see schedule o*

Science & Tech
7
The Leadership Foundation

The leadership foundation, inc. (the foundation), established in 1990, is the mechanism by which iwf members advance the next generation of women leaders. the foundation accelerates the careers of top-performing women by offering…

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8
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
9
The Fund for American Studies

The fund for american studies (tfas) seeks to create a brighter, more prosperous future by preparing young people for leadership and teaching them the ideas of freedom and a free-market economy. founded in 1967, tfas organizes programs for…

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10
The Architectural League of New York

The architectural league of new york supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. as a vital, independent forum, the league stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today's (continued on…

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11
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
12
The Trustees of the Smith College

Smith college educates women of promise for lives of distinction and purpose. a college of and for the world, smith college links the power of the liberal arts to excellence in research and scholarship, developing leaders for society's…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wikimedia Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is We Are All Human Foundation. 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

41 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. 41 of the 63 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/41
Grantees still filing
26/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ROLLINS COLLEGE: $1,382,730 · EducationROLLINS COLLEGEPATHNORTH INC: $70,000 · Education+5 more: $119,500 · Education+5 moreWORLD YOUTH CLUBS INC: $776,397 · Youth DevelopmentWORLD YOUTH CLUBS INCBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $283,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERIC…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA: $95,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRA…COLIN POWELL SCHOOL: $450,000 · OtherCOLIN POWELL SCHOOLBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER GAS: $135,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREA…AMERICAN SOCIETY OF THE FRENCH LEGION OF HONOR INC: $124,000 · OtherAMERICAN SOCIETY OF THE FREN…PIEDMONT VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $100,000 · OtherPIEDMONT VIRGINIA COMMUNITY …THE MILLER CENTER FOUNDATION: $65,000 · OtherTHE MILLER CENTER FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · Other+33 more: $207,726 · Other+33 moreSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $150,000 · Arts & CultureTHOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureMONTPELIER FOUNDATION: $55,000 · Arts & CultureTHE WALDEN WOODS PROJECT: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $14,000 · Arts & CultureDAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION FOR CONSCIOUSNESS -BASED EDUCATION AND WORLD PEACE: $150,000 · PhilanthropyHEART OF FLORIDA UNITED WAY INC: $46,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $5,000 · PhilanthropyPRESIDENTIAL PRECINCT: $75,000 · InternationalFOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION: $53,000 · HealthTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthNational Kidney Foundation Inc: $5,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · Health
Education$1,572,230Youth Development$1,154,397Other$1,131,726Arts & Culture$309,000Philanthropy$201,000International$75,000Health$69,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetROLLINS COLLEGE: $1,382,730 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetWORLD YOUTH CLUBS INC: $776,397 over 4y, 27% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $283,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION FOR CONSCIOUSNESS -BASED EDUCATION AND WORLD PEACE: $150,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER GAS: $135,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY OF THE FRENCH LEGION OF HONOR INC: $124,000 over 2y, 57% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA: $95,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPRESIDENTIAL PRECINCT: $75,000 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetPATHNORTH INC: $70,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetTHE MILLER CENTER FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetMONTPELIER FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION: $53,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHEART OF FLORIDA UNITED WAY INC: $46,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWilliams College: $35,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGUILFORD COLLEGE: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNANCY LIEBERMAN CHARITIES: $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetWE ARE ALL HUMAN FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCLUB DE NINOS Y NINAS DE MEXICO INC: $20,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetTHE WALDEN WOODS PROJECT: $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetThe Economic Club of Washington DC: $12,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetALBEMARLE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS INC: $10,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MITFORD MUSEUM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNorthern Virginia Community College Educational Foundation Inc: $5,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUP2 FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCEDAR STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GIFT OF MUSIC FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetA GIFT FOR TEACHING INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRICYCLE FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEARLYSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY: $2,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetVALLEY CONSERVATION COUNCIL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA'S CHILDREN FIRST INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGAME CONSERVANCY USA INC: $750 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Charlottesville Area …Oakwood Foundation Ch…National Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Vanguard Charitable E…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…Enterprise Holdings F…Renaissance Charitabl…American Endowment Fo…Raymond James Charita…
Charlottesville Area Community FoundationVA19.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · Oakwood Foundation Charitable Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment 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 Rick and Susan Goings Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rick and Susan Goings Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • The Walden Woods Project: 6% of income from government
  • Heart of Florida United Way Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Rollins College: 0% of income from government
  • Williams College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get 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 · 0–30%
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.

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 63 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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