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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 FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$365kReligion$45kEducation$17kAnimals$10kHuman Services$10kEnvironment$8kInternational$4kEmployment$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $80k
$2,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WEBB YOUTH SERVICES INC$40,000
CHRISTIAN COUNSELING CENTER$40,000
SAINT PAULS CHURCH$2,500
FOR THE LOVE OF DOG$2,500
TUNNELS TO TOWERS$2,500
SAMARITAN'S PURSE INTERNATIONAL RELIEF$2,500
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$2,500
ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY INC$2,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $3k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $2k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $750 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
NY
MA
PA
CT
NC
DC
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$538k · 17 repeat orgs$21k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +90% since the first grant, against +44% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
6

Total granted

$538k
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+90%
+44%

Still filing today

65%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationAnimalsHuman ServicesEnvironmentPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CC
    CHRISTIAN COUNSELING CENTER OF NORWALK INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $395k · revenue +160% · 40% of their budget
  • WY
    WEBB YOUTH SERVICES INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $45k · revenue +4% · 26% of their budget
  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $12k · revenue +90%

Funded once

  • CO
    COMMUNITY OF THE CROSS
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • TS
    The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $4k · revenue +34%
  • VF
    VALLEY FORGE MILITARY ACADEMY
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
2
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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3
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
4
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals
5
Baylor Research Institute

To improve the care and well being of our community, nationally and internationally, through innovative clinically relevant research that is consistent with the mission, vision and values of Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH).

Health
6
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
7
Beachwood Center for Wellbeing

In 2024, beachwood integrative equine therapy continued its mission to make the healing power of horses accessible to individuals from all walks of life. through our trauma-informed, relationship-based therapeutic model, we helped more…

Health
8
New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To save the lives of animals through rescue, rehabilitation and adoption; to promote learning, eliminate animal cruelty and be a leader in advancing the highest standards in animal welfare.

Animals
9
Spca of Westchester Inc

Mission: spca of westchester's mission is to lead in providing life changing care for animals through rescue and rehabilitation, justice, community education, and successful and lasting adoptions. vision: the promise of a future where our…

Animals
10
The Brien Center for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

The brien center provides a continuum of care for children, adolescents, adults and families living with significant and persistent mental health and substance use disorders. we are guided by the belief that everyone in berkshire county…

Health
11
Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return

Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.

Health
12
Berkshire Humane Society Inc

Berkshire humane society, inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, open-admission animal support organization. our mission is to ensure the compassionate care, treatment and placement of companion animals, while promoting and improving the welfare…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 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

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 23 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
10/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHRISTIAN COUNSELING CENTER OF NORWALK INC: $395,000 · HealthCHRISTIAN COUNSELING CENTER OF NORWALK INC+2 more: $7,500 · HealthSAINT PAULS CHURCH: $37,511 · OtherSAINT PAULS CH…COMMUNITY OF THE CROSS: $10,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY OF T…NATURE CONSERVATORY: $5,800 · OtherNATURE CONSERV…FOR THE LOVE OF DOG: $4,500 · OtherFOR THE LOVE O…NEW MILFORD ANIMAL WELFARE: $3,500 · OtherASCPA: $3,000 · OtherVALLEY FORGE MILITARY ACADEMY: $2,500 · Other+4 more: $6,000 · Other+4 moreWEBB YOUTH SERVICES INC: $45,000 · EducationWEBB YOUTH…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $6,750 · EducationSTEPHEN SI…RUMSEY HALL SCHOOL INC: $2,000 · EducationWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $11,750 · Human ServicesANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY INC: $6,000 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc: $1,000 · AnimalsSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $6,000 · ReligionBridgewater Land Trust: $2,500 · EnvironmentBRIDGEWATER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $2,250 · Public Safety & Disaster
Health$402,500Other$72,811Education$53,750Human Services$11,750Animals$7,000Religion$6,000Environment$2,500Public Safety & Disaster$2,250

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHRISTIAN COUNSELING CENTER OF NORWALK INC: $395,000 over 9y, 40% of budgetWEBB YOUTH SERVICES INC: $45,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $11,750 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $6,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBridgewater Land Trust: $2,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetBRIDGEWATER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $2,250 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetRUMSEY HALL SCHOOL INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGEWATER LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $1,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

  • Who funds CHRISTIAN COUNSELING CENTER OF NORWALK INC ↗
  • Who funds WEBB YOUTH SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds Bridgewater Land Trust ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGEWATER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds RUMSEY HALL SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGEWATER LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗

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 Connecticut Community FoundationCT13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Connecticut Community Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Goodman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Goodman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

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 23 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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