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The Dan Goggin Nunsense Charitable Trust at a glance

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The Dan Goggin Nunsense Charitable Trust

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.

$23k
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$69kHealth$67kReligion$28kHuman Services$19kMembership Benefit$16kPhilanthropy$8kEducation$6kFood & Nutrition$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
10
States reached
$10k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY FUND$5,463
BROADWAY CARES$2,510
MEADOW BROOK THEATRE$2,500
HOLY NAME OF JESUS$2,400
ONLY MAKE BELIEVE INC$1,015
DOMINICAN FRIARS CENTRAL PROVINCE$1,000
CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,000
THIRTEEN$645
ACTORS AND OTHERS FOR ANIMALS$600
GOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER$600
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION$500
NEW DRAMATISTS$500
LUBOVITCH DANCE FOUNDATION INC$500
FRIARS OF THE ATONEMENT$500
PANTOCHINO PRODUCTIONS INC$500
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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 74% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FRIARS OF THE ATONEMENT: $900 → 6%ILYA AND EMILIA KABAKOV FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%MEADOW BROOK THEATRE: $34k → 8%CADILLAC FOOTLITERS INC: $1k → 13%THE MUNY: $1k → 21%ABBEY OF REGINA LAUDIS: $1k → 9%DOWNTOWN CABARET THEATRE: $1k → 9%CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%SEVEN ANGELS THEATRE: $1k → 12%DOMINICAN FRIARS CENTRAL PROVINCE: $1k → 14%MEADOW BROOK THEATRE: $6k → 8%ABBEY OF REGINA LAUDIS: $1k → 9%CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%SEVEN ANGELS THEATRE: $1k → 12%DOMINICAN FRIARS CENTRAL PROVINCE: $1k → 14%MEADOW BROOK THEATRE: $3k → 8%CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%OFFICE FOR MISSION ADVANCEMENT OF DOMINICANS PROVINCE OF ST ALBERT: $1k → 14%MEADOW BROOK THEATRE: $2k → 8%CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $880 → 11%CHICAGO DREAM CENTER: $1k → 14%MEADOW BROOK THEATRE: $1k → 8%HOLY NAME OF JESUS: $2k → 17%CHURCH OF THE HOLY NAME OF JESUS: $2k → 17%ONLY MAKE BELIEVE INC: $1k → 17%HOLY NAME OF JESUS: $2k → 17%HOLY NAME OF JESUS: $2k → 17%HOLY NAME OF JESUS: $2k → 17%HOLY NAME OF JESUS: $2k → 17%HOLY NAME OF JESUS: $2k → 17%CHURCH OF THE HOLY NAME OF JESUS: $2k → 17%ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY FUND: $10k → 17%ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY FUND: $5k → 17%ACTORS FUND: $4k → 17%ACTORS FUND: $4k → 17%ACTORS FUND: $3k → 17%ACTORS FUND: $2k → 17%ACTORS FUND: $2k → 17%ACTORS FUND: $2k → 17%BROADWAY CARES: $15k → 17%BROADWAY CARES: $10k → 17%BROADWAY CARES: $8k → 17%BROADWAY CARES: $7k → 17%BROADWAY CARES: $6k → 17%BROADWAY CARES: $6k → 17%BROADWAY CARES: $5k → 17%BROADWAY CARES: $3k → 17%NEW DRAMATISTS: $2k → 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

ME
WA
MT
IL
WI
MI
NY
SD
OH
NJ
CT
CA
MO
VA
TN
NC
DC
LA
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.
$209k · 44 repeat orgs$17k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

44 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

44
46

Total granted

$209k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+28%

Still filing today

57%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $950 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
Arts & CultureHealthEducationPhilanthropyFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • BC
    BROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $60k · revenue +43%
  • TA
    THE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA
    8× · 2017–2024 · $32k · revenue +80%
  • GL
    GOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $5k · revenue +226%

Funded once

  • IA
    ILYA AND EMILIA KABAKOV FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue -37%
  • MT
    MUNICIPAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF ST LOUISgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +42%
  • TA
    THE ALGARVEANS EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE GROUP
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
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
Transport Group Inc Dba Transport Group Theatre Company

Producing and developing plays and musicals.

Arts & Culture
2
Women's Project & Productions Inc

Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…

Arts & Culture
3
New York Foundation for the Arts Inc

Established in 1971, the mission of the new york foundation for the arts (nyfa) is to empower artists in all disciplines, as well as cultural workers, to achieve success on their own terms by providing critical support, resources, and…

Arts & Culture
4
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc

Mtc's work includes producing and developing new work on and off-broadway, nurturing artists throughout their careers, and positively impacting the lives of many through innovative education programs. we are committed to equity, diversity…

Arts & Culture
5
Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc

To create, to present, to preserve, and to extend the great repertoire of classical dancing through exciting performances and educational programming of the highest quality, presented to the widest possible audience. american ballet…

Arts & Culture
6
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
7
En Garde Arts Inc

To produce bold theatre experiences that reach across artistic, physical and social boundries. We aim to increase empathy and open-mindedness by illuminating nuanced perspectives and unspoken truths behind the salient issues of our time.…

Arts & Culture
8
New York City Center Inc

The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…

Arts & Culture
9
Performance Space 122 Inc

See schedule operformance space new york is committed to promoting the arts (including performance, visual and all other contemporary arts), fostering artistic development (including through direct grants), advancing diversity in the field…

Arts & Culture
10
The Barrow Group Inc

The barrow group is an award-winning theatre company and training center located in the heart of new york city. our mission is to combine spontaneous acting with well-crafted stories that address social, spiritual and political issues, and…

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11
Apollo Theater Foundation Inc

The apollo theater is a commissioner and presenter; catalyst for new artists, audiences, and creative workforce; and partner in the projection of the african american narrative and its role in the development of american and global…

Arts & Culture
12
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Theatre Development Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Sage & Dice 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

64 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. 64 of the 96 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
62/64
Grantees still filing
43/64
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $60,247 · OtherBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INCMEADOW BROOK THEATRE: $45,845 · OtherMEADOW BROOK THEATREHOLY NAME OF JESUS: $14,400 · OtherHOLY NAME OF JESUS+54 more: $42,539 · Other+54 moreTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $32,377 · Membership BenefitTHE ACTORS' FUN…Seven Angels Theatre Inc: $2,546 · Arts & CultureNew DramatistsInc: $2,450 · Arts & CultureONLY MAKE BELIEVE INC: $1,724 · Arts & CultureMUNICIPAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF ST LOUIS: $1,250 · Arts & CultureCADILLAC FOOTLITERS INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureLUBOVITCH DANCE FOUNDATION INC: $800 · Arts & CultureTHEATRE DEVELOPMENT FUND INC: $565 · Arts & CultureFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $537 · Arts & Culture+10 more: $1,555 · Arts & CultureTHE CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4,740 · PhilanthropyILYA AND EMILIA KABAKOV FOUNDATION: $2,500 · PhilanthropyTHE SAGE & DICE FOUNDATION: $942 · PhilanthropyTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $500 · Philanthropy+3 more: $300 · PhilanthropyST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,926 · HealthTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $1,140 · HealthPROJECT ALS INC: $1,066 · HealthSAY AH INC: $500 · HealthSOUTH FLORIDA PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP INC: $290 · HealthGAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS INC: $247 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $200 · Health+1 more: $150 · HealthGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $4,800 · Food & Nutrition+2 more: $200 · Food & NutritionACTORS AND OTHERS FOR ANIMALS: $4,800 · Animals+1 more: $50 · Animals
Other$163,031Membership Benefit$32,377Arts & Culture$12,427Philanthropy$8,982Health$5,519Food & Nutrition$5,000Animals$4,850

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 budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $60,247 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $32,377 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $4,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetACTORS AND OTHERS FOR ANIMALS: $4,800 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4,740 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetST CHRISTOPHER'S INN INC: $2,642 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSeven Angels Theatre Inc: $2,546 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetILYA AND EMILIA KABAKOV FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetNew DramatistsInc: $2,450 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $2,137 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPOINT FOUNDATION: $1,939 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,926 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetONLY MAKE BELIEVE INC: $1,724 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAARP FOUNDATION: $1,550 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMUNICIPAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF ST LOUIS: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $1,140 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT ALS INC: $1,066 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Dream Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCADILLAC FOOTLITERS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE SAGE & DICE FOUNDATION: $942 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLUBOVITCH DANCE FOUNDATION INC: $800 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCAMP ERUTAN: $600 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTHEATRE DEVELOPMENT FUND INC: $565 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE K FOUNDATION: $540 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $537 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALI FORNEY CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAMA FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC: $413 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP INC: $290 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $280 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLEARNINGSPRING SCHOOL: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSERVICES AND ADVOCACY FOR GAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER ELDERS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CENTRAL MICHIGAN: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS INC: $247 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $210 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPOVERELLO CENTER INC: $203 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERSCHOOL ORCHESTRAS OF NEW YORK INC: $120 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG APPLE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $108 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Well-Fed World: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTSR Adventures Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK GILBERT & SULLIVAN PLAYERS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBACKPACKS FOR LIFE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DRAMA LEAGUE OF NEW YORK INC: $100 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.

  • Who funds BROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds GOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC ↗
  • Who funds ACTORS AND OTHERS FOR ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds THE CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST CHRISTOPHER'S INN INC ↗
  • Who funds Seven Angels Theatre Inc ↗
  • Who funds ILYA AND EMILIA KABAKOV FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds New DramatistsInc ↗
  • Who funds DONORSCHOOSEORG ↗
  • Who funds POINT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds ONLY MAKE BELIEVE INC ↗
  • Who funds AARP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MUNICIPAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF ST LOUIS ↗
  • Who funds NETWORK FOR GOOD ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT ALS INC ↗
  • Who funds Chicago Dream Center ↗
  • Who funds CADILLAC FOOTLITERS INC ↗
  • Who funds GRAND RAPIDS DOMINICAN SISTERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE SAGE & DICE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LUBOVITCH DANCE FOUNDATION INC ↗

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.

The Hyde and Watson F…The Howard Gilman Fou…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Verizon FoundationNational Philanthropi…Jewish Communal FundThe Ayco Charitable F…Renaissance Charitabl…The Pfizer Foundation…Charities Aid Foundat…Raymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…
The Hyde and Watson FoundationNJ14.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Verizon Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment 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 The Dan Goggin Nunsense Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dan Goggin Nunsense Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 96 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home