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The Meg and Bennett Goodman Family Foundation

The mission of THE MEG AND BENNETT GOODMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION is to provide support for charitable, religious and educational purposes in furtherance of the mission of national philanthropic trust (npt).

$2.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$905k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Employment$25MArts & Culture$7.4MRecreation & Sports$4.0MPhilanthropy$2.5MSocial Science$2.1MInternational$1.5MCivil Rights$1.1MEducation$926kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k13 grants · $200k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $410k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.6M
$25,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$72M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED JEWISH APPEAL FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC$905,000
YEAR UP INC$414,950
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC$276,384
THIRD WAY INSTITUTE$150,000
TARGET ALS FOUNDATION INC$110,000
REUT USA$100,000
LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC$50,177
THE MILKEN INSTITUTE$35,223
TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$25,000
BARNARD COLLEGE$25,000
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE$25,000
CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE$10,000
FRANKLIN COMMUNITY CENTER INC$10,000
NEW YORK CARES INC$10,000
HARLEM RBI INCORPORATED DBA DREAM$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–22, $226k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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%JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $15k → 17%JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $11k → 17%THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $100k → 17%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN DBA MARLENE MEYERSON JCC MANHATTAN: $100k → 17%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
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
OK
AL
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$44M · 30 repeat orgs$753k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
28

Total granted

$44M
$478k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+8%

Still filing today

93%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $275k 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 & CultureEducationInternationalPhilanthropyHealthCivil RightsOther
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

  • LC
    LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $4.8M · revenue +45%
  • CP
    CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC
    5× · 2018–2025 · $4.0M · revenue +154%
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $2.4M · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • NU
    NLI USA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +74%
  • HB
    HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL CLUB OF GREATER NEW YORK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +431%
  • TY
    THE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +18%
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
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
2
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
3
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
4
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…

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5
Manhattanville University

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

Education
6
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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7
New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
8
The Baruch College Fund

The baruch college fund is an organization engaged in generating, encouraging and promoting the educational welfare of the students of the bernard m. baruch college of the city university of new york.

Education
9
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
10
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
11
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
12
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Village Academies Network Inc; the most unlike its peers is Museum of the City of New York. 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

66 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. 66 of the 68 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
66/66
Grantees still filing
43/66
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YEAR UP INC: $24,577,062 · EducationYEAR UP INC+14 more: $1,070,709 · EducationLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $4,766,181 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN CENTER FOR …WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $1,330,000 · Arts & CultureWHITNEY MUSEUM OF A…FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $931,051 · Arts & CultureFILM AT LINCOLN CEN…REUT USA: $520,000 · Arts & CultureREUT USA+10 more: $210,000 · Arts & CultureCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $4,021,461 · Recreation & SportsCENTRAL PA…UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $2,416,250 · Philanthropy+5 more: $175,177 · PhilanthropyTHE MILKEN INSTITUTE: $2,046,845 · OtherTRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $160,000 · OtherCENTRAL SYNAGOGUE: $135,000 · OtherTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $200,000 · OtherSUMMER SEARCH: $100,000 · Other+16 more: $299,000 · OtherAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $900,000 · Civil RightsTHIRD WAY INSTITUTE: $285,223 · Civil Rights+1 more: $25,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $725,000 · InternationalSEEDS OF PEACE INC: $60,000 · International+6 more: $68,000 · International
Education$25,647,771Arts & Culture$7,757,232Recreation & Sports$4,021,461Philanthropy$2,591,427Other$2,940,845Civil Rights$1,210,223International$853,000

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 budgetYEAR UP INC: $24,577,062 over 3y, 13% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $4,766,181 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $4,021,461 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $2,416,250 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MILKEN INSTITUTE: $2,046,845 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $1,330,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetFILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $931,051 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $900,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $725,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetREUT USA: $520,000 over 7y, 5.8% of budgetTrustees for Harvard University: $320,709 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHIRD WAY INSTITUTE: $285,223 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetVILLAGE ACADEMIES NETWORK INC: $280,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTARGET ALS FOUNDATION INC: $120,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNLI USA INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSUMMER SEARCH: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $85,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CARES INC: $70,177 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSEEDS OF PEACE INC: $60,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL CLUB OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $50,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOL IN THE SQUARE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL: $35,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPREP FOR PREP: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $26,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARNARD COLLEGE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAWYERS FOR CHILDREN INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHED NYC INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHARLEM RBI INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEAST HARLEM TUTORIAL PROGRAM INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSERIOUSFUN CHILDREN'S NETWORK: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCreative Arts Workshops for Kids Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF SCHOOL IN THE SQUARE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC: $13,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SYLVIA CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE OSBORNE ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND-USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetFRANKLIN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPUBLIC ART FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

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 Goldman Sachs Cha…Jewish Communal FundThe Ayco Charitable F…Combined Jewish Phila…National Philanthropi…Jewish Community Fede…The New York Communit…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Ford FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…Boston Foundation IncTides Foundation
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY29× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The New York Community Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Ford Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Tides 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 Meg and Bennett Goodman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Meg and Bennett Goodman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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.
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Find your warmest path to The Meg and Bennett Goodman Family 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.

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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 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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