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The Goldstein Axelman Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$103k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
18
Grants FY2024
13
Organizations funded FY2023
23%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$40,140
Organizations funded a year
11 to 25
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$1.6M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 23% of the organizations The Goldstein Axelman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 51% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureInternationalAnimalsOther
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
FY2024still arriving17$85k41%
FY202313$50k23%
FY202215$41k33%
FY202121$65k57%
FY201923$43k48%
FY201825$16k80%
FY201711$10kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$156kHuman Services$112kCivil Rights$71kHealth$50kYouth Development$25kEducation$20kInternational$12kRecreation & Sports$6kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
MD
NC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 46 grantees
All grantees of The Goldstein Axelman Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Children First PA$69,10051%
PALS Programs$17,00031%
Kids Smiles Inc$16,70040%
The Renfrew Center Foundation$13,30062%
The Friendship Circle Philadelphia Region Inc$12,70012%
Fight to Learn Program$9,500634%
Jewish Relief Agency$8,60030%
Simon's Fund$4,00020%
The Magical Mila Foundation$4,00051%
American Friends of Libi Inc$4,00020%
We the Village$3,50013%
Pennsylvania Coalition for Oral Health$2,60020%
Anti-Defamation League$2,50010%
Labor of Love Animal Sanctuary Inc$2,5001n/a
Outreach United Resource Center Inc$2,50010%
Academy in Manayunk$2,50010%
Magic for Maddie Inc$2,50011%
American Jewish Committee$2,25020%
Friends of Ofanim Inc$1,80010%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$1,50020%
Wolf Performing Arts Center Inc$1,50020%
Temple University Hospital Inc$1,50010%
Louies Voice Inc$1,3002n/a
Paws and Affection Inc$1,00010%
Pennsylvania Health Law Project$1,00010%
Lankenau Medical Center Foundation$1,00020%
Growing Smiles Foundation$1,00012%
Jewish Adoption and Family Care Options Inc$1,00010%
The Foundation for Education in Honduras$1,00010%
Haverford School$50010%
Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Inc$50015%
Congregation or Ami$5001n/a
Wellesley College$50040%
Bikur Cholim of Palm Springs$5001n/a
The V Foundation$50010%
Paws of War Inc$30010%
Counseling in Schools Inc$25010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$20010%
Belmont Hills Fire Company$15030%
PKD Foundation$10010%
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation$10010%
Middle Atlantic Blind Golf Association$10010%
Philabundance$10010%
Kelly Music for Life$10010%
Breastfeeding Resource Center$10010%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($113k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Goldstein Axelman Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 42 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildren First PA: $69,100 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetPALS Programs: $17,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetKids Smiles Inc: $16,700 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Renfrew Center Foundation: $13,300 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetThe Friendship Circle Philadelphia Region Inc: $12,700 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetFight to Learn Program: $9,500 over 6y, 34% of budgetJewish Relief Agency: $8,600 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSimon's Fund: $4,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Magical Mila Foundation: $4,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Friends of Libi Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWe the Village: $3,500 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetPennsylvania Coalition for Oral Health: $2,600 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOutreach United Resource Center Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAcademy in Manayunk: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMagic for Maddie Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $2,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Ofanim Inc: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWolf Performing Arts Center Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTemple University Hospital Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPaws and Affection Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPennsylvania Health Law Project: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLankenau Medical Center Foundation: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGrowing Smiles Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetJewish Adoption and Family Care Options Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foundation for Education in Honduras: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHaverford School: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhiladelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Inc: $500 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetWellesley College: $500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe V Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPaws of War Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCounseling in Schools Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBelmont Hills Fire Company: $150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPKD Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMagee Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMiddle Atlantic Blind Golf Association: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPhilabundance: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKelly Music for Life: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBreastfeeding Resource Center: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 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 42.

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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.

The Gordon Charter FoundationPA15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Gordon Charter Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · The Wawa Foundation Inc · The Snider Foundation · Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · The William Penn Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Carp Family Foundation · Tzedakah Foundation · Phillies Charities Inc · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc

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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About The Goldstein Axelman Family Foundation

How much does The Goldstein Axelman Family Foundation give?
The Goldstein Axelman Family Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $103,112 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Goldstein Axelman Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (33%), Human Services (24%), Civil Rights (15%).
Who are The Goldstein Axelman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Children First PA ($69k), PALS Programs ($17k), Kids Smiles Inc ($17k).
Does The Goldstein Axelman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Goldstein Axelman Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Goldstein Axelman Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Gordon Charter Foundation, Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw, The Wawa Foundation Inc.
Where is The Goldstein Axelman Family Foundation based?
The Goldstein Axelman Family Foundation is based in PA.

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 71 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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