Tennessee · Private foundation
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.
- $42k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,100
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $16,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 32
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $804k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations The Goddard Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $42k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $37k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $39k | 65% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $46k | 41% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $42k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $45k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advent Presbyterian Church | $20,600 | 5 | n/a |
| St Johns Preparatory School Inc | $13,568 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Memphis Foundation | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Alzheimers & Dementia Services of Memphis Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Arkansas State University | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mid-South Food Bank | $3,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Mothers Refuge | $2,900 | 2 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $2,750 | 5 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Operation Bbq Relief | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advent Presbyterian Church | $20,600 | 5 | n/a |
| St Johns Preparatory School Inc | $13,568 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Memphis Foundation | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Alzheimers & Dementia Services of Memphis Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Arkansas State University | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mid-South Food Bank | $3,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Mothers Refuge | $2,900 | 2 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $2,750 | 5 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Operation Bbq Relief | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Harvesters - the Community Food Network | $2,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Old West Special Trails Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Youth Villages Inc | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ringling College of Art and Design Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Freed-Hardeman University | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bethel University | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Health Talents International Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Synergy Services Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mid-Life Players | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Madonna Circle | $200 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 46 recipients with no EIN on record ($162k), 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.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Goddard Foundation
- How much does The Goddard Foundation give?
- The Goddard Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $42,168 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 32 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 (22%), Religion (15%), Philanthropy (15%).
- Who are The Goddard Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Advent Presbyterian Church ($21k), St Johns Preparatory School Inc ($14k), University of Memphis Foundation ($12k).
- Does The Goddard Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 31% 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 Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc, Christian Community Foundation of Memphis, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is The Goddard Foundation based?
- The Goddard Foundation is based in TN.
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