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The Goldman Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$9k
Granted FY2023
14
Grants FY2023
5
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What you fund
0189% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20182023.

Arts & Culture$73kInternational$4kAnimals$4kHuman Services$4kFood & Nutrition$2kReligion$700Public Benefit$500Philanthropy$500Other$0
02FY2023 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$250
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID$4,010
BALLET IDAHO$1,000
STELLAS SHELTER FUND INC$800
VILLA LOBOS RESCUE CENTER$495
IDAHO FOOD BANK$400
BOISE RESCUE MISSION$263
MONTANA RAPTOR CONSERVATION CENTER$250
Individual grant recipient$250
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$250
WOOD RIVER JEWISH COMMUNITY INC$200
IDAHO HUMANE SOCIETY$200
THE SALVATION ARMY$200
METRO MEALS ON WHEELS$200
SENIOR CONNECTION$100
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–23, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 21% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%THE SENIOR CONNECTION: $350 → 7%HOPE HOUSE: $250 → 13%SENIOR CONNECTION: $100 → 7%SPUR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$163k · 9 repeat orgs$10k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2023, 2 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
8

Total granted

$163k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+43%

Still filing today

56%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureAnimalsEnvironmentHuman ServicesInternationalEducationOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • BI
    BALLET IDAHO INC
    6× · 2018–2023 · $71k · revenue +43%
  • IH
    Idaho Humane Society Inc
    3× · 2021–2023 · $1k · revenue +12%
  • BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY
    2× · 2021–2022 · $1k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • IS
    IDAHO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue -5%
  • BA
    BOISE ART MUSEUM INC
    one grant, 2021 · $500 · revenue +20%
  • SA
    SAINT ALPHONSUS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $500

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Idaho Zoological Society Inc

The fozb is a membership organization that supports zoo boise in the areas of animal acquisition, capital improvement projects, fundraising activities, volunteer opportunities, and educational programs. the goals of each of these…

Animals
2
Idaho Animal Rescue Network

Idaho Animal Rescue Network is a 501(c)(3) non-profit based in Idaho that works in Idaho and Eastern Washington to educate, advocate, and network with other rescues and law enforcement in Idaho regarding animal cruelty and neglect. We are…

Animals
3
Hospice of North Idaho Inc

"With open hearts and expertise, we serve the seriously ill and those touched by loss." Our grief and loss program is provided to patients' loved ones, but is also available to other members of our community. Palliative services are…

4
Snake River Animal Shelter Inc

The snake river animal shelter mission is to improve and save animal lives by promoting quality care and compassion through adoption and education in the upper snake river valley. at the snake river animal shelter, we aim to create and…

Animals
5
Idaho Falls Symphony Society Inc

To provide quality life orchestral experiences of the world's greatest music for the enjoyment, enrichment and education of our audiences and musicians.

Arts & Culture
6
Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust Inc

Our mission is to protect, connect, and enhance wildlife habitat, working lands, and community spaces in southeast idaho, now and for future generations.

Environment
7
Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland

The Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland nurtures the connection between people and pets to advance animal welfare and improve the quality of life in our community.

Animals
8
Idaho Health Data Exchange Inc

IHDE exists to create and maintain a collaborative statewide effort to improve the coordination and quality of healthcare through the use of a health information exchange and health information technology.

Health
9
Spokane Humane Society

The vision of Spokane Humane Society is to enrich the lives of animals and their companions through Support, Education, Advocacy and Love (SEAL). As the oldest local non-profit in Spokane, we have been serving companion animals in need and…

Animals
10
Idaho Conservation League Inc

Icl's mission is to create a conservation community and pragmatic, enduring solutions that protect and restore the air you breathe, the water you drink, and the land and wildlife you love.

11
The Animal Retreat Inc formerly Meridian Canine Rescue Inc

Meridian Canine Rescue's mission is to save animals' lives through storytelling and education. We focus primarily on individual dogs and their unique behaviors as we provide resources to the public, facilitate adoptions, and train…

Animals
12
Shelter Animal Resource Alliance

Shelter Animal Resource Alliance rescues, assists, and advocates for shelter animals in Lane County by developing and implementing programs designed to increase the number of animals adopted into permanent, loving homes and decrease the…

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Idaho Botanical Garden Inc and the most unlike its peers is Stella's Shelter Fund 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

16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 25 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
10/16
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Individual grant recipient — $85,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+10 more — $5,335 · Other+10 moreBALLET IDAHO INC — $71,000 · Arts & CultureBALLET IDAHO INC+2 more — $2,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM — $4,010 · InternationalIdaho Humane Society Inc — $1,205 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY — $1,150 · AnimalsSTELLA'S SHELTER FUND INC — $800 · AnimalsIDAHO FOODBANK WAREHOUSE — $1,440 · Food & NutritionSPUR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $500 · Human ServicesBLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION — $450 · Human ServicesHOPE HOUSE INC — $250 · Human ServicesMONTANA RAPTOR CONSERVATION CENTER INC — $250 · EnvironmentIDAHO BOTANICAL GARDEN INC — $200 · EnvironmentSAWTOOTH BOTANICAL GARDEN — $100 · Environment
Other$90,335Arts & Culture$73,000International$4,010Animals$3,155Food & Nutrition$1,440Human Services$1,200Environment$550

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetBALLET IDAHO INC — $71,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM — $4,010 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIDAHO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIDAHO FOODBANK WAREHOUSE — $1,440 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIdaho Humane Society Inc — $1,205 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY — $1,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTELLA'S SHELTER FUND INC — $800 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBOISE ART MUSEUM INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPUR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION — $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE HOUSE INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTANA RAPTOR CONSERVATION CENTER INC — $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIDAHO BOTANICAL GARDEN INC — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAWTOOTH BOTANICAL GARDEN — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Idaho Community Foundation IncID23.6× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Idaho Community Foundation Inc · Idaho Power Foundation Inc · Jr Simplot Foundation Inc · Golden Foundation · The Thomas M and Carol F Smith Family Foundation · Harad Family Foundation · Allen-Heath Memorial Foundation · The Julius C Jeker Foundation Inc · The Pesky Family Foundation Inc · Spur Community Foundation Inc · Simplot Company Foundation Inc · Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Goldman Family Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Goldman Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Goldman Family Foundation Inc 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 25 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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