· Private foundation
The Goodman Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k26 grants · $101k
- $10k–50k25 grants · $390k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $58k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CAROLINA RESOURCE CENTER FOR EATING | $58,000 |
| CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $25,000 |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY | $25,000 |
| ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION | $25,000 |
| THE FWCD FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| UNC ASHEVILLE FOUNDATION INC | $20,000 |
| ASHEVILLE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS | $20,000 |
| UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER | $15,000 |
| TARRANT AREA FOOD BANK | $15,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $15,000 |
| WATAUGA HUMANE SOCIETY | $15,000 |
| MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER | $15,000 |
| BLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN | $15,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $80k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.
113 repeat relationships: 42 still active in FY2025, 71 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $93k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CCCATAWBA COLLEGE4× · 2018–2023 · $311k · revenue +383%
- UWUNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC7× · 2017–2024 · $161k · revenue +209%
- ADALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC3× · 2023–2025 · $73k · revenue +11%
Funded once
- MHMISSION HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2017 · $201k · revenue -93%
- NHNOVANT HEALTH ROWAN MEDICAL CENTERone grant, 2019 · $200k
- HBHOMEWARD BOUND WNCone grant, 2022 · $100k
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.
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.
Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…
The north carolina biotechnology center aids the biotechnology-related efforts of researchers, businesses, state and federal governments, and other agencies primarily through awards of grants and loans related to specific programs and…
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
To improve the health and well-being of eastern north carolina.
To improve the health and well-being of north carolinians and others whom we serve. we accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.
To improve the health and well-being of eastern north carolina.
Southern wesleyan university is a christ-centered, student-focused learning community devoted to transforming lives by challenging students to be dedicated scholars and servant-leaders who impact the world for christ.
To enhance the quality of life for the residents and visitors of dare county and the surrounding region by promoting wellness and providing the highest quality healthcare services.
The university is a comprehensive university affiliated with the south carolina baptist convention offering bachelors, masters, and doctorate degrees. located on approximately 398 acres in the upstate region of south carolina near the…
In the spirit of keeping our focus on patient-centered, equitable and compassionate care while ensuring our organization is sustainable for future generations, we have restated our mission, vision and values and are now guided by our…
How this is measured
106 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 106 of the 240 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 CATAWBA COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds MISSION HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds WATAUGA HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HIGHLAND PARK ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC ↗
- Who funds BELL TOWER GREEN INC ↗
- Who funds All Souls Counseling Center ↗
- Who funds HELPMATE INC ↗
- Who funds ST ANDREWS UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds APPALACHIAN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC ↗
- Who funds Greensboro College ↗
- Who funds NC STATE STUDENT AID ASSOCIATION 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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Dogwood Health Trust · The Hedrick Family Foundation · Richard Eckerd Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Wnc Bridge Foundation · Walnut Cove Members Association Inc · The Frances & William H Beattie Fdn · Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community Inc · United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc · Harry F Chaddick and Elaine Chaddick Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Goodman Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Goodman Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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