Connecticut · Private foundation
The Goodman 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.
- $95k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations The Goodman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 | $95k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $56k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $56k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $65k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $45k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $78k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $57k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $64k | 30% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Counseling Center of Norwalk Inc | $395,000 | 9 | 40% |
| Webb Youth Services Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 26% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $11,750 | 9 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $6,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Animal Welfare Society Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Bridgewater Land Trust | $2,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Bridgewater Fire Department Inc | $2,250 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Counseling Center of Norwalk Inc | $395,000 | 9 | 40% |
| Webb Youth Services Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 26% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $11,750 | 9 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $6,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Animal Welfare Society Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Bridgewater Land Trust | $2,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Bridgewater Fire Department Inc | $2,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Rumsey Hall School Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bridgewater Library Association | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($71k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Goodman Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 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: The Connecticut Community Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Goodman Foundation
- How much does The Goodman Foundation give?
- The Goodman Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $95,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Goodman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (79%), Religion (10%), Education (4%).
- Who are The Goodman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Christian Counseling Center of Norwalk Inc ($395k), Webb Youth Services Inc ($45k), Wounded Warrior Project Inc ($12k).
- Does The Goodman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Goodman 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 Goodman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Connecticut Community Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Goodman Foundation based?
- The Goodman Foundation is based in CT.
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