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The Kathryn Goodman Foundation at a glance

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The Kathryn 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.

$400k
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Arts & Culture$598kFood & Nutrition$361kHousing & Shelter$308kEducation$268kPhilanthropy$258kCrime & Legal$250kAnimals$144kHealth$135kOther$0
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $51k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $299k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$5.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MUSICALLY FED$50,000
MVY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL$35,000
CHILD JUSTICE INC$30,000
BACH CENTER$30,000
Individual grant recipient$30,000
MV COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$30,000
MV MUSEUM$20,300
Individual grant recipient$20,000
VH LIBRARY$20,000
MINNESINGERS PARENT GROUP MPG$17,500
MV OCEAN ACADEMY$13,260
CIRCUIT ARTS$12,500
Individual grant recipient$10,000
VINEYARD HOUSE INC$10,000
MVY CENTER FOR LIVING$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $120k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 42% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%PINE STREET INN: $10k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $5k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $5k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $5k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $5k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $5k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $5k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $5k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $5k → 16%HOSPICE OF MARTHAS VINEYARD: $10k → 8%HOSPICE OF MARTHAS VINEYARD: $10k → 8%HOSPICE OF MARTHAS VINEYARD: $10k → 8%HOSPICE OF MARTHAS VINEYARD: $10k → 8%HOSPICE OF MARTHAS VINEYARD: $10k → 8%HOSPICE OF MARTHAS VINEYARD: $5k → 8%HOSPICE OF MARTHAS VINEYARD: $5k → 8%HOSPICE OF MARTHAS VINEYARD: $5k → 8%HOSPICE OF MARTHAS VINEYARD: $5k → 8%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

NY
MA
IN
OH
CT
CO
MD
AZ
KS
DC
TX
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 33 repeat orgs$415k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +93% since the first grant, against +42% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
19

Total granted

$2.1M
$266k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+93%
+42%

Still filing today

58%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $149k 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
Arts & CulturePhilanthropyHealthFood & NutritionHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • MF
    MUSICALLY FED
    7× · 2019–2025 · $358k · revenue +108%
  • CJ
    Child Justice Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $240k · revenue +510%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF MVYRADIO INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $98k · revenue +129%

Funded once

  • PE
    PERMANENT ENDOWMENT FUND OF MV
    one grant, 2020 · $70k
  • S
    SWEETWATER
    one grant, 2022 · $49k
  • N
    NAVIGATOR
    one grant, 2024 · $30k
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
Island Food Pantry of Martha's Vineyard Inc

The island food pantry of martha's vineyard, inc.'s mission is to improve and sustain the quality of life in dukes county, massachusetts through the operation of a food pantry to provide temporary food and personal items as needed to…

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2
Block Island Film Festival
Arts & Culture
3
Island Housing Trust Corporation

To own and lease land for the purpose of developing, building and maintaining affordable housing on martha's vineyard, massachusetts.

Housing & Shelter
4
Island Autism Group Inc

To strive for the lifelong independence, confidence, and happiness of autistic individuals and their families on martha's vineyard, through housing, life skills, enrichment, job training, and therapies.

Health
5
Martha's Farm Animal Sanctuary
Animals
6
Martha's Vineyard Community Services Inc

Martha's vineyard community services' mission is to enhance the lives of those it serves by meeting the comprehensive needs of individuals, families, and the community through a partnership of programs that provides accessible education…

Human Services
7
Martha's Vineyard Shellfish Group Inc

The martha's vineyard shellfish group, a non-profit consortium of the shellfish departments of six island towns, provides shellfish propagation services to increase the availability of juvenile commercially valuable molluscan shellfish…

Animals
8
Mv Vision Fellowship Fund

To empower students to develop themselves as critical thinkers, compassionate citizens, and engaged participants in local and world affairs.

Education
9
Martha's Vineyard Foundation Inc

Provide a temporary home at no cost to serve and sustain families of seriously ill or injured adults and children receiving treatment at pensacola area hospitals.

Health
10
Peace Islands Institute New York Inc
Religion
11
Island Health Inc

Island Health Care's mission is to ensure all islanders, regardless of income or insurance status, have access to high-quality health care. Island Health Care Provides community-based health safety net services and programs to provide…

Health
12
Mary Elizabeth Inn the

To end the cycle of violence and homelessness for women in San Francisco by providing permanent housing and supportive services.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ymca of Martha's Vineyard Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Leslie St Fang Foundation. 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

30 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. 30 of the 62 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
24/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MVY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL: $216,518 · OtherMVY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOLMV COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $163,000 · OtherMV COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONBACH CENTER: $135,000 · OtherBACH CENTERHARBOR HOMES: $105,000 · OtherHARBOR HOMESPERMANENT ENDOWMENT FUND OF MV: $70,000 · OtherMVY CENTER FOR LIVING: $70,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $65,000 · OtherSWEETWATER: $49,316 · OtherROSIE'S PLACE INC: $50,000 · Other+36 more: $545,580 · Other+36 moreMUSICALLY FED: $357,500 · Food & NutritionMUSICALLY FED+1 more: $3,000 · Food & NutritionChild Justice Inc: $240,000 · Crime & LegalChild Just…MARTHA'S VINEYARD PRESERVATION TRUST INC: $81,000 · Arts & CultureMARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureMinnesingers Parents Group Inc: $17,500 · Arts & CultureCIRCUIT ARTS INC: $12,500 · Arts & CultureTHE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $3,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF MVYRADIO INC: $98,354 · PhilanthropyTHE LESLIE ST FANG FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyGus Ben David Foundation Inc: $5,000 · PhilanthropyHOSPICE OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD INC DBA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF MARTHA'S: $70,000 · Human ServicesPINE STREET INN INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesVineyard House Inc: $70,001 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $25,000 · HealthSTEPS OF FAITH FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Health
Other$1,469,414Food & Nutrition$360,500Crime & Legal$240,000Arts & Culture$149,000Philanthropy$123,354Human Services$120,000Health$100,001

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMUSICALLY FED: $357,500 over 7y, 25% of budgetChild Justice Inc: $240,000 over 9y, 4.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF MVYRADIO INC: $98,354 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD PRESERVATION TRUST INC: $81,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetVineyard House Inc: $70,001 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetHOSPICE OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD INC DBA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF MARTHA'S: $70,000 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetPINE STREET INN INC: $50,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC: $50,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetAnimal Shelter of Marthas Vineyard Inc: $43,000 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetYMCA of Martha's Vineyard Inc: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON: $21,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LESLIE ST FANG FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetThe Children's Health Fund: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSASSAFRAS EARTH EDUCATION INC: $18,000 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetWOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC: $18,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMinnesingers Parents Group Inc: $17,500 over 1y, 18% of budgetPET ADOPTION AND WELFARE SERVICE INC: $15,000 over 3y, 82% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProKids: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSING ASSISTANCE CORPORATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL PEDIATRICS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSTEPS OF FAITH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGus Ben David Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetISLAND GROWN INITIATIVE LTD: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $1,770 over 1y, 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 MUSICALLY FED ↗
  • Who funds Child Justice Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF MVYRADIO INC ↗
  • Who funds MARTHA'S VINEYARD PRESERVATION TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds Vineyard House Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD INC DBA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF MARTHA'S ↗
  • Who funds PINE STREET INN INC ↗
  • Who funds ROSIE'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds Animal Shelter of Marthas Vineyard Inc ↗
  • Who funds YMCA of Martha's Vineyard Inc ↗
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds MARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON ↗
  • Who funds THE LESLIE ST FANG FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Children's Health Fund ↗
  • Who funds SASSAFRAS EARTH EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds Minnesingers Parents Group Inc ↗
  • Who funds PET ADOPTION AND WELFARE SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR UNDERWAY EXPERIENTIA L LEARNING 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.

Martha's Vineyard Ban…Martha's Vineyard Com…Tower Family Fund IncRockland Trust Charit…The Kohlberg Foundati…Swartz Foundation Tru…Mutual Bancorp Founda…The Peter and Elizabe…The Ayco Charitable F…The Gitlitz Family Fo…Hoerle Foundation IncIf Hummingbird Founda…
Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation IncMA28.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · Martha's Vineyard Community Foundation Inc · Tower Family Fund Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · The Kohlberg Foundation Inc · Swartz Foundation Trust · Mutual Bancorp Foundation Inc Fka Cape Cod 5 Foundation Inc · The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Gitlitz Family Foundation · Hoerle Foundation Inc · If Hummingbird Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Child Justice Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Housing Assistance Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Women's Lunch Place Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • The Center for Independent Documentary Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Hospice of Martha's Vineyard Inc Dba Hospice and Palliative Care of Martha's: 5% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Preservation Trust Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Sassafras Earth Education Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Circuit Arts Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Friends of Mvyradio Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Animal Rescue League of Boston: 0% of income from government
  • Island Grown Initiative Ltd: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
4report 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 62 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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