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Ruth & Sheldon Goldstein Foundation at a glance

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Ruth & Sheldon Goldstein 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.

$25k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$156kInternational$67kAnimals$50kHealth$24kArts & Culture$2kEnvironment$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$238k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE SAMBURU PROJECT$12,750
SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA$3,510
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA$1,500
EMPOWERS AFRICA$1,000
LEWA WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY USA$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA$1,000
VENICE FAMILY CLINIC$1,000
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO$500
BISSELL PET FOUNDATION$500
GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND$500
ODESSA ANIMAL SANCTUARY$300
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $750 → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $500 → 9%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

MI
NY
MA
OR
CA
CO
VA
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.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$150k · 17 repeat orgs$155k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +51% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
8

Total granted

$150k
$155k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+51%

Still filing today

76%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $300 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
AnimalsArts & CultureHealthInternationalPhilanthropyEducationOther
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

  • TS
    THE SAMBURU PROJECT INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $63k · revenue +83%
  • TD
    THE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $34k · revenue +284%
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $8k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGESgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $150k · revenue +59%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF KENYA WILDLIFE TRUST USA
    one grant, 2018 · $1k
  • WW
    WILDLIFE WARRIORS USA INC
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue -96%
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
Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka Paws

A champion for animals since 1967, PAWS is a nationally recognized leader - rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife, sheltering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, and educating people to make a better world for animals and people.

Animals
2
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
3
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
4
Asia Wild

Asia Wild is committed to rescuing and protecting the welfare of animals worldwide. They support small, locally-focused organizations that tirelessly combat numerous issues that threaten wildlife survival, including poaching, abuse,…

Animals
5
Animal Samaritans

At Animal Samaritans we champion compassion and respect for all living creatures, with a primary focus on dogs, cats, and the people who love them. We view pets not merely as animals, but as members of our families. As their guardians and…

Animals
6
Danbury Animal Welfare Society

Danbury animal welfare society , inc.(daws) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of animals in our community and beyond. we promote responsible pet guardianship and the humane treatment of animals, and work toward…

Animals
7
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
8
Washington Humane Society

The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…

Animals
9
South Carolina Aquarium

Our mission is to inspire conservation of the natural world by exhibiting and caring for animals, by excelling in education and research, and by providing an exceptional visitor experience.

Animals
10
Women's Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc

As america's first animal shelter, founded in 1869, women's humane society dba women's animal center (wac), assists people in the community, saves the lives of animals, and improves the health of pets through its shelter and adoptions…

Animals
11
Shelter Animals Count

To create, share and steward the national database of sheltered animals that provides facts and enables insights to save lives.

Animals
12
Connecticut Humane Society

The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chenango County Spca; the most unlike its peers is Bissell Pet 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

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 27 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
14/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES: $150,000 · EducationHOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGESTHE SAMBURU PROJECT INC: $62,500 · InternationalTHE SAMBURU PROJECT INC+1 more: $1,500 · InternationalTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $34,010 · AnimalsTHE DAVID SHEL…CHENANGO COUNTY SPCA: $2,600 · AnimalsCHENANGO COUNT…Lewa Wildlife Conservancy USA: $1,500 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $1,500 · Animals+2 more: $800 · AnimalsIndividual grant recipient: $7,900 · OtherNORWICH CITY SCHOOLS: $6,000 · OtherALL ANIMALS MATTER: $4,000 · OtherWILDLIFE NOW (GEORGE ADAMSON AFRICAN WILDLIFE PRESERVATION TRUST): $2,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF KENYA WILDLIFE TRUST USA: $1,000 · OtherSARARA INSTITUTE RETITI ELEPHANT SANCTUARY: $1,000 · Other+2 more: $350 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $8,100 · HealthVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $6,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $2,600 · HealthGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $6,550 · Human ServicesCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $2,500 · PhilanthropyWILDLIFE WARRIORS USA INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyBISSELL Pet Foundation: $600 · PhilanthropyNATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF THE ADIRONDACKS: $1,500 · Arts & CultureSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: $1,000 · Arts & CultureFestival Of Arts Of Laguna Beach: $1,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$150,000International$64,000Animals$40,410Other$22,250Health$16,700Human Services$6,550Philanthropy$4,100Arts & Culture$3,500

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 budgetHOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SAMBURU PROJECT INC: $62,500 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $34,010 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $8,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $6,550 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHENANGO COUNTY SPCA: $2,600 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $2,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF THE ADIRONDACKS: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLewa Wildlife Conservancy USA: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEMPOWERS AFRICA INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWILDLIFE WARRIORS USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFestival Of Arts Of Laguna Beach: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBISSELL Pet Foundation: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBlue Man Dog: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetODESSA ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $300 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.

Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Paypal Charitable Giving FundDC9.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · 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 Ruth & Sheldon Goldstein Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ruth & Sheldon Goldstein Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    4report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Ruth & Sheldon Goldstein Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Ruth & Sheldon Goldstein 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 27 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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