California · Private foundation
The Joseph B Gould Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $115k
- Granted FY2020
- 11
- Grants FY2020
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 70%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Joseph B Gould Foundation’s FY2022 grant dollars went to Bank Of America Charitable Gift Fd, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year The Joseph B Gould Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $115k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $26,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 70% of the organizations The Joseph B Gould Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 10 | $95k | 70% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $2.1M | 36% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $327k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| USA Swimming Foundation Inc | $2,250,000 | 2 | 43% |
| Elton John AIDS Foundation Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Redwood Empire Food Bank | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greyhound Adoption Center | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Humane Society of Sonoma County | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Committee on the Shelterless | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Polly Klaas Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Humane Society of Ventura County | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Petaluma Valley Rotary Trust | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Geffen Playhouse Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| USA Swimming Foundation Inc | $2,250,000 | 2 | 43% |
| Elton John AIDS Foundation Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Redwood Empire Food Bank | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greyhound Adoption Center | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Humane Society of Sonoma County | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Committee on the Shelterless | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Polly Klaas Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Humane Society of Ventura County | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Petaluma Valley Rotary Trust | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Geffen Playhouse Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Arthritis Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($169k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Joseph B Gould Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 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 Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Joseph B Gould Foundation
- How much does The Joseph B Gould Foundation give?
- The Joseph B Gould Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $115,000 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2020.
- What does The Joseph B Gould Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2020, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (61%), Philanthropy (32%), Education (3%).
- Who are The Joseph B Gould Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2020: USA Swimming Foundation Inc ($2.3M), Elton John AIDS Foundation Inc ($16k), Redwood Empire Food Bank ($10k).
- Does The Joseph B Gould Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 70% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Joseph B Gould 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 Joseph B Gould Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Joseph B Gould Foundation based?
- The Joseph B Gould Foundation is based in CA.
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