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Steven M Goldman Family Fdn

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.

$154k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$304kEducation$252kPhilanthropy$182kCommunity Improvement$108kReligion$47kHealth$22kInternational$15kPublic Benefit$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $78k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$8k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER$50,000
UJA FEDERATION OF NEW YORK$25,000
AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION$20,000
JEWISH BUSINESS NETWORK$18,000
MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE$15,000
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$9,662
NY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$6,000
CONGREGATION B'NAI JESHURUN$5,500
CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION$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 (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%JEWISH BUSINESS NETWORK: $36k → 9%CONGREGATION B'NAI JESHURUN: $6k → 11%AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION: $20k → 14%CROSSING THRESHOLDS INC: $10k → 9%NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $50k → 16%JEWISH BUSINESS NETWORK: $18k → 9%AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $46k → 16%JEWISH BUSINESS NETWORK: $18k → 9%AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION: $8k → 14%NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $36k → 16%JEWISH BUSINESS NETWORK: $18k → 9%GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $17k → 14%NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $34k → 16%JEWISH BUSINESS NETWORK: $18k → 9%UJA FEDERATION OF NEW YORK: $50k → 17%GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $12k → 14%NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $26k → 16%UJA FEDERATION OF NEW YORK: $25k → 17%GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $10k → 14%NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $26k → 16%UJA FEDERATION OF NEW YORK: $25k → 17%GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $10k → 14%JEWBELONG: $18k → 16%UJA FEDERATION OF NEW YORK: $25k → 17%GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $10k → 14%UJA FEDERATION OF NEW YORK: $13k → 17%GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $10k → 14%UJA FEDERATION OF NEW YORK: $13k → 17%GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $10k → 14%MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE: $30k → 17%MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE FUND: $25k → 17%MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE: $25k → 17%MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE: $15k → 17%MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE: $15k → 17%THE MODERN CIRCLE: $15k → 17%VIRGIN UNITED USA INC: $10k → 17%CONGREGATION B'NAI JESHURUN: $6k → 17%NY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $6k → 17%NY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $6k → 17%NY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $6k → 17%NY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $6k → 17%NY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $6k → 17%CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%NY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $6k → 17%CROH'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%CONGREGATION BNAI JESHURUN: $6k → 17%OROT HAIM VE MOSHE: $5k → 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.
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$829k · 14 repeat orgs$98k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
14

Total granted

$829k
$98k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+29%

Still filing today

71%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyHealthPublic Safety & DisasterInternationalOther
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

  • NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER CORPORATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $217k · revenue +36%
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $150k · revenue +27%
  • TG
    The George Washington University
    7× · 2018–2024 · $77k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • MH
    MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue -46%
  • JI
    JEWBELONG INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $18k · revenue +44%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
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
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
2
The Baruch College Fund

The baruch college fund is an organization engaged in generating, encouraging and promoting the educational welfare of the students of the bernard m. baruch college of the city university of new york.

Education
3
The Israel Innovation Fund Inc

Our vision is to reignite the zionist spirit and meet the needs of jewish civilization in the twenty-first century by connecting people around the world through the vibrancy and creativity of contemporary israeli culture.

Arts & Culture
4
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
5
American Israel Public Affairs Committee

To strengthen and expand the u.s.-israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of the united states and israel.

International
6
Harvard Club of Washington Dc

To inform and enrich the intellectual lives of 20,000 alumni of harvard university in the washington, dc area and to assist harvard university with respect to applicants and undergraduates from the dc area.

Education
7
The Israel Institute Inc

The israel institute, inc. (the institute) enhances knowledge about modern israel by ensuring that more students have access to courses about israel during their time on campus.

International
8
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
9
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
10
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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11
Brown Hillel Foundation

Brown risd hillel encourages and supports a diversity of students as they explore, develop and deepen their jewish identities. we are committed to having judaism serve as a source of meaning and growth during their time on college hill and…

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12
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Birthright Israel Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemeth Leisrael) 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

18 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. 18 of the 30 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH BUSINESS NETWORK: $108,000 · OtherJEWISH BUSINESS NETWORKMACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE: $85,000 · OtherMACAULAY HONORS COLLEGENY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $37,500 · OtherNY HISTORICAL SOCIETYTHE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION: $37,500 · OtherTHE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATIONCONGREGATION BNAI JESHURUN: $17,235 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · Other+10 more: $24,610 · Other+10 moreNEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER CORPORATION: $216,556 · Arts & CultureNEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS …Primary Stages Company Inc: $8,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $4,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $150,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY: $20,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION …VIRGIN UNITE USA INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyVIRGIN UNITE USA INCThe George Washington University: $76,777 · EducationThe George Washingto…MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA: $62,500 · EducationMEDIA MATTERS FOR AM…MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationMACAULAY HONORS COLL…CROSSING THRESHOLDS INC: $10,000 · EducationCROSSING THRESHOLDS …JEWBELONG INC: $18,000 · ReligionCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $17,200 · HealthBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $4,000 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $1,250 · International
Other$324,845Arts & Culture$228,556Philanthropy$180,000Education$174,277Religion$18,000Health$17,200International$5,250

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER CORPORATION: $216,556 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $150,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe George Washington University: $76,777 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA: $62,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION: $37,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWBELONG INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $17,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGIN UNITE USA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCROSSING THRESHOLDS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPrimary Stages Company Inc: $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HARMONY PROGRAM INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRutgers Hillel Corporation: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS 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.

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.

Jewish Communal FundGs Donor Advised Phil…The Ayco Charitable F…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY17.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 Steven M Goldman Family Fdn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Steven M Goldman Family Fdn. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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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Find your warmest path to Steven M Goldman Family Fdn 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 30 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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