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The Horace W Goldsmith Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$32M
Granted FY2024still arriving
284
Grants FY2024still arriving
21
States reached
$850k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Arts & Culture$38MHealth$21MInternational$18MEducation$18MCrime & Legal$10MEnvironment$6.0MPublic Benefit$4.9MRecreation & Sports$4.9MOther$0
02FY2024 · 284 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k87 grants · $2.1M
  • $50k–250k152 grants · $14M
  • $250k+44 grants · $15M
$75,000
Median grant
21
States reached
$826M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER$850,000
GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY$750,000
TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY$750,000
AMERICAN JOURNALISM PROJECT$500,000
THE JERUSALEM FOUNDATION INC$500,000
YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT$500,000
METROPOLITAN OPERA$500,000
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW$500,000
DEMOCRACY WORKS$500,000
THE BEGINNINGS FUND$500,000
YALE LAW SCHOOL$500,000
MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL OF NEW YORK$400,000
LIVING GOODS$400,000
LIVING GOODS$400,000
LAST MILE HEALTH$350,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

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Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $3.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FUND ACCESS FORWARD: $200k → 14%SHE SHOULD RUN: $25k → 14%RHODE ISLAND PARENT INFORMATION NETWORK: $75k → 7%SHE SHOULD RUN: $25k → 14%SHE SHOULD RUN: $25k → 14%CAMP KESEM: $50k → 14%SHE SHOULD RUN: $25k → 14%A BREEZE OF HOPE FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%CAMP KESEM: $25k → 14%SHE SHOULD RUN: $25k → 14%A BREEZE OF HOPE FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $100k → 10%CAMP KESEM: $25k → 14%A BREEZE OF HOPE FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%CAMP KESEM: $25k → 14%CAMP KESEM: $25k → 14%COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $100k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $250k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $250k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $250k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $250k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $250k → 10%EMMA'S TORCH: $30k → 20%EMMA'S TORCH: $25k → 20%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $25k → 20%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $25k → 20%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $25k → 20%EMMA'S TORCH: $25k → 20%EMMA'S TORCH: $20k → 20%EMMA'S TORCH: $20k → 20%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $325k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $100k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $100k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $100k → 10%COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $100k → 10%COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $100k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $100k → 10%CITY KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $30k → 17%YOUNG ADULT INSTITUTE: $13k → 17%YOUNG ADULT INSTITUTE: $13k → 17%DAY ONE NEW YORK INC: $25k → 17%DAY ONE NEW YORK INC: $25k → 17%DAY ONE NEW YORK INC: $25k → 17%THE CITY KIDS FOUNDATION: $31k → 17%THE CITY KIDS FOUNDATION: $30k → 17%THE CITY KIDS FOUNDATION: $30k → 17%RXART: $25k → 17%RXART: $25k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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VT
NH
WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
IN
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
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NC
DC
HI
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$139M · 320 repeat orgs$10M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +21% since the first grant, against -4% for the ones you funded once.

320 repeat relationships — 227 still active in FY2024, 93 since wound down; 44 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

320
50

Total granted

$139M
$6.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
-4%

Still filing today

68%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthInternationalEnvironmentHuman ServicesOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • NC
    NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER
    5× · 2020–2024 · $4.0M · revenue +119%
  • LG
    LIVING GOODS
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3.3M · revenue +59%
  • TW
    THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY
    2× · 2020–2022 · $2.3M · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • C(
    CP2023 (CALDER PHILADELPHIA)
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M
  • YS
    YALE SCHOOL OF ORGANIZATTION AND MANAGEMENT
    one grant, 2020 · $600k
  • BI
    BRIDGE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIES LIBERIA
    one grant, 2023 · $350k

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Paris Review Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
4
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
5
City Report Inc

CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.

Arts & Culture
6
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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7
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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8
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
9
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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10
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
11
Pro Publica Inc

Pro publica is an independent, non-profit, pulitzer prize-winning newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories. [see continuation on schedule o] we produce…

Arts & Culture
12
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Aspen Institute Inc and the most unlike its peers is Museum Views Ltd. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyJewish Community Organizati…Independent K-12 SchoolsEnvironmental Conservation …Child Abuse Advocacy Servic…Pregnancy Support ServicesChristian Missionary Organi…Dance Arts OrganizationsDomestic Violence ServicesPublic Library OperationsElementary Literacy TutoringWomen & Girls Leadership De…Local History MuseumsYouth Sports ProgramsImmigrant Worker SupportCancer Support ServicesCommunity Arts CentersOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Community FoundationsHealth Access Advocacy and …Policy Research and Advocacy
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 34 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%4%<5yr14%8%5–10yr19%18%10–20yr16%21%20–35yr13%27%35–55yr16%23%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%2%<5yr14%6%5–10yr19%20%10–20yr16%21%20–35yr13%22%35–55yr16%29%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/289
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,276

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 279 of the 415 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
41
Early backer (in before they grew)
276/279
Grantees still filing
166/279
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

YALE LAW SCHOOL — $3,970,000 · OtherYALE LAW SCHOOLUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — $2,500,000 · OtherTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY — $3,750,000 · OtherTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY+99 more — $57,303,000 · Other+99 moreNATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER — $4,000,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL CONSTITUTIO…OPERA PHILADELPHIA — $1,700,000 · Arts & CultureOPERA PHILADELPHIAAMERICAN JOURNALISM PROJECT INC — $1,500,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN JOURNALISM …THE BARNES FOUNDATION — $1,350,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BARNES FOUNDATIO…THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION — $1,250,000 · Arts & CultureWHYY INC — $925,000 · Arts & Culture+35 more — $13,590,167 · Arts & Culture+35 moreLIVING GOODS — $3,300,000 · InternationalLIVING GOODSAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC — $2,500,000 · InternationalAMERICAN SOC…BRAC USA INC — $2,220,000 · InternationalBRAC USA INCJERUSALEM FOUNDATION INC — $2,000,000 · InternationalJERUSALEM FO…ONE ACRE FUND — $1,250,000 · InternationalONE ACRE FUN…The End Fund Inc — $800,000 · InternationalThe End Fund…PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT & SECURITY — $500,000 · InternationalPRECISION DEVELOPMENT INC — $500,000 · International+5 more — $1,645,000 · International+5 moreTHE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY — $2,250,000 · HealthTidepool Project — $1,515,000 · HealthNOORA HEALTH — $950,000 · HealthLAST MILE HEALTH — $850,000 · HealthMEDIC MOBILE INC — $600,000 · HealthHomeless Prenatal Program Inc — $575,000 · HealthUpstream USA Inc — $550,000 · HealthGEISINGER HEALTH — $550,000 · HealthEYELLIANCE INC — $500,000 · HealthINTERNATIONAL CARDIAC ALLIANCE INC — $500,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTHEASTERN PA — $450,000 · Health+4 more — $1,025,000 · HealthCOLLEGE TRACK — $1,290,000 · EducationMANHATTAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INC — $1,100,000 · EducationREADING PARTNERS — $1,016,667 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College — $1,000,000 · Education826 Valencia — $500,000 · EducationThe Thacher School Inc — $375,000 · EducationPENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS — $350,000 · EducationEducation Law Center - PA — $325,000 · EducationMASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC — $300,000 · Education+2 more — $400,000 · EducationJUVENILE LAW CENTER — $1,100,000 · Crime & LegalCOMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES INC — $700,000 · Crime & LegalSupport Center for Child Advocates — $600,000 · Crime & LegalCENTER FOR FAMILY REPRESENTATION INC — $600,000 · Crime & LegalTHE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC — $575,000 · Crime & LegalLEGAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN INC — $550,000 · Crime & LegalNAMATI INC — $375,000 · Crime & LegalUPSOLVE INC — $310,000 · Crime & LegalTHE BAIL PROJECT INC — $250,000 · Crime & LegalVOLUNTEERS OF LEGAL SERVICE INC — $210,000 · Crime & LegalOPEN DOOR LEGAL — $190,000 · Crime & LegalGOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY — $2,625,000 · EnvironmentTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY — $800,000 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION — $500,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE — $500,000 · EnvironmentNEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT — $375,000 · EnvironmentPECONIC LAND TRUST INC — $250,000 · EnvironmentTen Strands — $200,000 · Environment
Other$67,523,000Arts & Culture$24,315,167International$14,715,000Health$10,315,000Education$6,656,667Crime & Legal$5,460,000Environment$5,250,000

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER — $4,000,000 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetTIPPING POINT COMMUNITY — $3,750,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetLIVING GOODS — $3,300,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetGOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY — $2,625,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC — $2,500,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetTHE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY — $2,250,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetBRAC USA INC — $2,220,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetJERUSALEM FOUNDATION INC — $2,000,000 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetOPERA PHILADELPHIA — $1,700,000 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetTidepool Project — $1,515,000 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetAMERICAN JOURNALISM PROJECT INC — $1,500,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetDEMOCRACY WORKS INC — $1,500,000 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetTHE BARNES FOUNDATION — $1,350,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetCOLLEGE TRACK — $1,290,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetONE ACRE FUND — $1,250,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO — $1,250,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetTHE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION — $1,250,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPEER HEALTH EXCHANGE INC — $1,150,000 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetJUVENILE LAW CENTER — $1,100,000 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetMANHATTAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INC — $1,100,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetREADING PARTNERS — $1,016,667 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College — $1,000,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNOORA HEALTH — $950,000 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetWHYY INC — $925,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCO — $875,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetDRAPER RICHARDS KAPLAN FOUNDATION — $850,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetLAST MILE HEALTH — $850,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetThe End Fund Inc — $800,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK — $800,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY — $800,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTRICKLE UP PROGRAM INC — $800,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetMANN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — $750,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetLarkin Street Youth Services — $725,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES INC — $700,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetDIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC — $700,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetVENTURE FOR AMERICA INC — $675,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetThe Forward Association Inc — $675,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetTHE NEW 42ND STREET INC — $650,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetCalMatters — $650,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetTHE PENNSYLVANIA BALLET ASSOCIATION — $625,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetSupport Center for Child Advocates — $600,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetCENTER FOR FAMILY REPRESENTATION INC — $600,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetESF DREAM CAMP FOUNDATION — $600,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetMEDIC MOBILE INC — $600,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetTHE MARSHALL PROJECT INC — $600,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetMYAGRO FARMS — $600,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetNATIONAL REDISTRICTING FOUNDATION — $575,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetTHE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC — $575,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

  • Who funds NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds LIVING GOODS ↗
  • Who funds GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds BRAC USA INC ↗
  • Who funds JERUSALEM FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERA PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds Tidepool Project ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JOURNALISM PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds DEMOCRACY WORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BARNES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE TRACK ↗
  • Who funds ONE ACRE FUND ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO ↗
  • Who funds THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds PEER HEALTH EXCHANGE INC ↗
  • Who funds JUVENILE LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MANHATTAN COUNTRY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds READING PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Middlebury College ↗
  • Who funds NOORA HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds WHYY INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCO ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Lily Auchincloss Foun…The Ford FoundationAg FoundationThe Hyde and Watson F…The William Penn Foun…Skoll FundArison Arts FoundationHenry Dolfinger 2 Tru…The Goldman Sachs Cha…The Cowles Charitable…Jewish Community Fede…The San Francisco Fou…
Lily Auchincloss Foundation IncNY46.4× affinity22 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation · Ag Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · Skoll Fund · Arison Arts Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Cowles Charitable Trust · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The San Francisco Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Horace W Goldsmith Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Upstream Usa Inc — 4% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College — 1% of income from government
  • National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
76report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Horace W Goldsmith Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Horace W Goldsmith Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 415 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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