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Robert I Goldman 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.

$525k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$220k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Youth Development$905kRecreation & Sports$660kArts & Culture$424kEducation$354kHealth$244kFood & Nutrition$109kAnimals$73kPhilanthropy$35kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $95k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $395k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF PALM BEACH COUNTY$220,000
THE MUSEUM OF POLO AND HALL OF FAME$100,000
POLO TRAINING FOUNDATION$75,000
SUNSET POLO INTERNATIONAL$35,000
ISEF FOUNDATION$35,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$15,000
KINGS ACADEMY$10,000
THE MIAMI PROJECT TO CURE PARALYSIS$5,000
SAVE THE CHILDREN$5,000
POLO PLAYERS SUPPORT GROUP INC$5,000
WORK TO RIDE INC$5,000
PALM BEACH COUNTY FOOD BANK$5,000
ASCPA$5,000
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$5,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 36% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER: $71k → 8%BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY: $9k → 12%WORK TO RIDE INC: $10k → 22%POLO TRAINING FOUNDATION: $85k → 14%SUNSET POLO INTERNATIONAL: $35k → 11%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $20k → 17%ASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $25k → 6%HARVARD COLLEGE: $50k → 8%WORK TO RIDE INC: $10k → 22%POLO TRAINING FOUNDATION: $75k → 14%POLO PLAYERS SUPPORT GROUP INC: $10k → 11%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $20k → 17%ASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $25k → 6%HARVARD COLLEGE: $50k → 8%WORK TO RIDE INC: $10k → 22%POLO TRAINING FOUNDATION: $60k → 14%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $20k → 17%ASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $25k → 6%HARVARD COLLEGE: $38k → 8%POLO TRAINING FOUNDATION: $60k → 14%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF PALM BEACH COUNTY: $220k → 11%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $15k → 17%AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER: $30k → 8%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF PALM BEACH COUNTY: $220k → 11%AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER: $25k → 8%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF PALM BEACH COUNTY: $215k → 11%AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER: $23k → 8%ISEF FOUNDATION: $35k → 17%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF PALM BEACH COUNTY: $215k → 11%ISEF FOUNDATION: $35k → 17%PALM BEACH COUNTY FOOD BANK: $10k → 11%ISEF FOUNDATION: $35k → 17%PALM BEACH COUNTY FOOD BANK: $10k → 11%ISEF FOUNDATION: $35k → 17%PALM BEACH COUNTY FOOD BANK: $10k → 11%PHILHARMONIA FOUNDATION: $25k → 17%PHILHARMONIA FOUNDATION: $25k → 17%THE MUSEUM OF POLO AND HALL OF FAME: $135k → 11%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AND SOCIETY: $9k → 17%THE MUSEUM OF POLO AND HALL OF FAME: $100k → 11%KINGS ACADEMY: $10k → 11%THE MUSEUM OF POLO AND HALL OF FAME: $65k → 11%KINGS ACADEMY: $10k → 11%THE MUSEUM OF POLO AND HALL OF FAME: $65k → 11%BEDLAM THEATER: $18k → 17%BEDLAM THEATER: $15k → 17%BEDLAM THEATER: $14k → 17%BEDLAM THEATER: $14k → 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

IL
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
KS
TN
DC
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 33 repeat orgs$85k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
10

Total granted

$2.7M
$45k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+16%

Still filing today

73%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureFood & NutritionEducationRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $870k · revenue +67%
  • PT
    POLO TRAINING FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2024 · $280k · revenue +136%
  • AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE CO INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $149k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • PP
    Planned Parenthood of Illinois
    one grant, 2023 · $7k · revenue +1%
  • SK
    STEVEN K AND WINIFRED A GRINSPOON HILLEL CENTER FOR JEWISH COMMUNITYgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $7k · revenue +28%
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $7k · revenue +8%
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 Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
2
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
3
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
4
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
5
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
6
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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7
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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8
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
The Rand Corporation

Help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.

Public Benefit
10
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
The Paris Review Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…

Education
12
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is God's Love We Deliver Inc; the most unlike its peers is Humane World for Animals Inc. 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

35 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. 35 of the 47 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
29/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE MUSEUM OF POLO AND HALL OF FAME: $365,000 · OtherTHE MUSEUM OF POLO AND HALL OF FAMEISEF FOUNDATION: $140,000 · OtherISEF FOUNDATIONHARVARD COLLEGE: $137,500 · OtherHARVARD COLLEGEBEDLAM THEATER: $60,329 · OtherBEDLAM THEATER+22 more: $361,949 · Other+22 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC: $870,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBCPOLO TRAINING FOUNDATION: $280,000 · Recreation & SportsPOLO TRAINI…Polo Players Support Group Inc: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsAMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE CO INC: $148,750 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN …PHILHARMONIA FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Arts & CulturePHILHARMO…HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC: $14,214 · Arts & CultureHUDSON VA…NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $12,100 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $3,500 · Arts & CultureST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $75,000 · HealthASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $75,000 · HealthPlanned Parenthood Great Rivers-Missouri: $22,814 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $22,814 · HealthPlanned Parenthood of Illinois: $7,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $7,000 · HealthPRINCESS GRACE FOUNDATION - USA: $75,000 · PhilanthropySUNSET POLO INTERNATIONAL INC: $35,000 · PhilanthropyBARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY INC: $25,815 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $25,000 · EducationTHE KING'S ACADEMY INC: $20,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $14,215 · EducationSTEVEN K AND WINIFRED A GRINSPOON HILLEL CENTER FOR JEWISH COMMUNITY: $7,000 · Education
Other$1,064,778Youth Development$870,000Recreation & Sports$295,000Arts & Culture$228,564Health$209,628Philanthropy$110,000Education$92,030

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 budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC: $870,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetPOLO TRAINING FOUNDATION: $280,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetAMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE CO INC: $148,750 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $75,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPRINCESS GRACE FOUNDATION - USA: $75,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetPHILHARMONIA FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetWORK TO RIDE INC: $35,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetPalm Beach County Food Bank Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSUNSET POLO INTERNATIONAL INC: $35,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetBARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY INC: $25,815 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $23,014 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CITY BIRD ALLIANCE INC: $22,850 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Great Rivers-Missouri: $22,814 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $22,814 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KING'S ACADEMY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $18,389 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $15,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPolo Players Support Group Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $14,215 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $14,215 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC: $14,214 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $14,214 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $12,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $11,425 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Illinois: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEVEN K AND WINIFRED A GRINSPOON HILLEL CENTER FOR JEWISH COMMUNITY: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $4,300 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION: $3,500 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.

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.

Gs Donor Advised Phil…Vanguard Charitable E…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncNY12.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc: 0% of income from government
  • American Repertory Theatre Co Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 Robert I Goldman Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Robert I Goldman 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 47 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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