New Jersey · Public charity
The Good People Fund Inc
The good people fund was formed for charitable and educational purposes, providing both financial and operational support to small grass-roots programs in the united states and israel. These programs are devoted to serving others in need. The good people fund assists programs to become sustainable and independent, and to advise…
- $3.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 39
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 40
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $540k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $79,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 41
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Total assets, FY2025
- $882k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations The Good People Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $96k 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 | 38 | $532k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 40 | $622k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 36 | $607k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 41 | $839k | 34% |
| FY2021 | 36 | $564k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $325k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $270k | 7% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $327k | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tribe Talk Connection | $319,076 | 6 | n/a |
| Skilled Volunteers for Israel | $203,000 | 4 | 68% |
| SYVER A NJ NONPROFIT CORP dba JSURGE | $173,109 | 2 | n/a |
| Mitzvah Circle Foundation | $161,026 | 7 | 1% |
| Uempower of Maryland Inc | $143,599 | 6 | 8% |
| Survivor Mitzvah Project | $129,300 | 8 | 4% |
| The Children's Village Inc | $118,500 | 9 | 0% |
| International Neighbors Inc | $114,007 | 7 | 5% |
| One Can Help Inc | $110,000 | 9 | 5% |
| Lifeforce in Later Years Inc | $100,500 | 7 | 9% |
Show all 85 grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($89k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Good People Fund Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 73 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.
Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Skillman Foundation · Fjc · Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · The Allan & Melanie Nelkin Foundation Inc · Detroit Pistons Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Annenberg Foundation · United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc · California Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Good People Fund Inc
- How much does The Good People Fund Inc give?
- The Good People Fund Inc reported 39 itemized grants totaling $539,987, out of $3,534,946 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 41 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Good People Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (28%), Health (18%), Youth Development (10%).
- Who are The Good People Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Tribe Talk Connection ($319k), Skilled Volunteers for Israel ($203k), SYVER A NJ NONPROFIT CORP dba JSURGE ($173k).
- Does The Good People Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Good People Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The Skillman Foundation, Fjc.
- Where is The Good People Fund Inc based?
- The Good People Fund Inc is based in NJ.
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