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The Goddard Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$160k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
58
Grants FY2025
50
Organizations funded FY2024
30%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$600
Largest grant, FY2025
$47,500
Organizations funded a year
39 to 50
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
13
Total assets, FY2025
$250k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 30% of the organizations The Goddard Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureInternationalHealthEnvironmentHuman 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving58$160k31%
FY202450$168k30%
FY202347$112k32%
FY202239$139k31%
FY202146$123k33%
FY202045$454kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$752kAnimals$97kReligion$80kArts & Culture$68kHealth$42kHuman Services$31kRecreation & Sports$24kYouth Development$13kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
TN
NC
SC
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Emory University$515,50060%
The Corporation of Mercer University$163,10060%
Peachtree Road Methodist Church$68,9756n/a
Wesleyan College$60,75060%
The Supreme Court Historical Society$25,00011%
Camp Twin Lakes Inc$14,00060%
Cherokee County Historical Society$13,00061%
Atlanta Historical Society Inc$10,50060%
Georgia for Georgia Inc$9,85551%
Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta Inc$9,75050%
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All grantees of The Goddard Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Emory University$515,50060%
The Corporation of Mercer University$163,10060%
Peachtree Road Methodist Church$68,9756n/a
Wesleyan College$60,75060%
The Supreme Court Historical Society$25,00011%
Camp Twin Lakes Inc$14,00060%
Cherokee County Historical Society$13,00061%
Atlanta Historical Society Inc$10,50060%
Georgia for Georgia Inc$9,85551%
Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta Inc$9,75050%
Vail Veterans Foundation Inc$9,00060%
Camp Sunshine Inc$8,00060%
Shepherd Center Inc$6,00060%
Coastal Georgia Historical Society$6,00060%
Atlanta Ballet Inc$5,00050%
The University of Georgia Foundation$5,00010%
The Salvation Army$5,0001n/a
The Salvation Army$5,0001n/a
Devon C Rubenstein Foundation$5,00012%
The Gateway Center Inc$4,00040%
The Atlanta Botanical Garden Inc$3,24030%
Young Mens Christian Association of Coastal Georgia Inc$3,00010%
Back the Blue Atlanta Inc$3,00030%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$2,66040%
Fernbank Inc$2,65050%
Purposity Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Special Olympics Georgia Inc$2,50020%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$2,50010%
St Simons Land Trust Inc$2,50010%
Robert W Woodruff Arts Center Inc$2,41050%
Meals on Wheels Atlanta Inc$2,25020%
Coastal Georgia Honor Flight Inc$2,00021%
Atlanta Police Foundation Inc$2,00020%
Lifeline Animal Project Inc$2,00030%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,95060%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Georgia Inc$1,75030%
American Cancer Society Inc$1,70060%
Georgia Dental Association Inc$1,65010%
Atlanta Union Mission Corporation$1,50060%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$1,50060%
The 300 Club of Atlanta Inc$1,08041%
Atlanta Beltline Partnership Inc$1,00010%
Show Safe Corporation$1,00010%
University of North Georgia Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$1,00010%
Spelman College$1,00010%
Second Wind Dreams Inc$1,00010%
Talladega College$85030%
Atlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc$75030%
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc$75010%
Operation Smile Inc$75030%
Central Synagogue$5001n/a
The University of Florida Foundation Inc$50010%
Georgia Alliance for Breast Cancer F/K/A It's the Journey$50010%
Chris 180 Inc$50010%
University of Florida$5001n/a
Smile Train Inc$50020%
Cape Ann Museum Inc$50010%
Jekyll Island Foundation Inc$50010%
Mercy Ships International$50020%
Humane Society of Barbour County$30010%
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc$25010%
Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church$2501n/a
Piedmont Healthcare Foundation Inc$25010%
Calvary Episcopal Church$2501n/a
Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc$25010%
Trinity School Inc$25010%
Catawba Lands Conservancy$25010%
Broad Street United Methodist Church$2501n/a
St Patricks Episcopal Church$2501n/a
Project K9 Hero$25010%
Piedmont Hospital Inc$25010%
Books for Collier Kids Inc$25010%
Rewild$25010%
American Rhododendron Society$2501n/a
Army Aviation Museum Foundation Inc$25010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$25010%
Canine Assistants Inc$25010%
America's Vetdogs the Veterans K-9 Corps Inc$25010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2501n/a
Neighborhood Cancer Connection$2501n/a
Swim Across America Inc$20010%
International Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc$10010%
Open Hand Atlanta Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($141k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Goddard Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEmory University: $515,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Corporation of Mercer University: $163,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWesleyan College: $60,750 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Supreme Court Historical Society: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCamp Twin Lakes Inc: $14,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCherokee County Historical Society: $13,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetAtlanta Historical Society Inc: $10,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia for Georgia Inc: $9,855 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetGirl Scouts of Greater Atlanta Inc: $9,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVail Veterans Foundation Inc: $9,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCamp Sunshine Inc: $8,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetShepherd Center Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCoastal Georgia Historical Society: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAtlanta Ballet Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Georgia Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDevon C Rubenstein Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetThe Gateway Center Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Atlanta Botanical Garden Inc: $3,240 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of Coastal Georgia Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBack the Blue Atlanta Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $2,660 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFernbank Inc: $2,650 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPurposity Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSpecial Olympics Georgia Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Simons Land Trust Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRobert W Woodruff Arts Center Inc: $2,410 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMeals on Wheels Atlanta Inc: $2,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCoastal Georgia Honor Flight Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetAtlanta Police Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLifeline Animal Project Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $1,950 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Georgia Inc: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $1,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia Dental Association Inc: $1,650 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAtlanta Union Mission Corporation: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe 300 Club of Atlanta Inc: $1,080 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetAtlanta Beltline Partnership Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShow Safe Corporation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of North Georgia Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpelman College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Wind Dreams Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTalladega College: $850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAtlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Smile Inc: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 72.

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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.

Georgia Power Foundation IncGA25.6× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Kelin Foundation · Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc · The Correll Family Foundation · The John and Rosemary Brown Family Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Colleen & Sam Nunn Family Foundation · Fraser-Parker Foundation · The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation Inc · The Shearon and Taylor Glover Foundation Inc · Hertz Douglas J Family 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.

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How do I get to The Goddard Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Goddard 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.

About The Goddard Foundation

How much does The Goddard Foundation give?
The Goddard Foundation reported 58 grants totaling $159,610 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 39 and 50 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does The Goddard Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (65%), Animals (8%), Religion (7%).
Who are The Goddard Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Emory University ($516k), The Corporation of Mercer University ($163k), Peachtree Road Methodist Church ($69k).
Does The Goddard Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Goddard Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Goddard Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Georgia Power Foundation Inc, The Kelin Foundation, Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc.
Where is The Goddard Foundation based?
The Goddard Foundation is based in GA.

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 122 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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