California · Private foundation
The Goddard Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $625k
- Granted FY2020
- 15
- Grants FY2020
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $325,392
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 5
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 67% of the organizations The Goddard Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 95% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $562k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 12 | $590k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $25k | 83% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $26k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $33k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
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, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford Health Care | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $23,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Danville Library Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 35% |
| ALS Network | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels Contra Costa Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hearing Health Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Bleeding Disorders Foundation | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Food Bank for New York City | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bay Area Rescue Mission | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford Health Care | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $23,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Danville Library Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 35% |
| ALS Network | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels Contra Costa Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hearing Health Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Bleeding Disorders Foundation | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Food Bank for New York City | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bay Area Rescue Mission | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Finca International Inc | $225 | 1 | 0% |
| National Wildlife Federation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| California State Parks Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Contra Costa Humane Society | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($582k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Goddard Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About The Goddard Foundation
- How much does The Goddard Foundation give?
- The Goddard Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $624,924 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does The Goddard Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Philanthropy (67%), Education (19%), Health (11%).
- Who are The Goddard Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Stanford Health Care ($30k), University of California San Francisco Foundation ($23k), Danville Library Foundation ($10k).
- Does The Goddard Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 67% 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 The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Goddard Foundation based?
- The Goddard Foundation is based in CA.
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