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The Meg and Bennett Goodman Family Foundation at a glance

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The Meg and Bennett Goodman Family 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.

$4.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$3.2MHealth$2.1MPhilanthropy$1.2MInternational$845kPublic Benefit$525kScience & Tech$520kHuman Services$100kReligion$100kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $560k
  • $250k+6 grants · $3.9M
$300,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$70M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NewYork-Presbyterian Fund, Inc.$1,000,000
Whitney Museum of American Art$1,000,000
UJA-Federation New York$600,000
Build Commonwealth, Inc.$500,000
SaverLife$500,000
Anerican Israel Education Foundation$300,000
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.$200,000
Whitney Museum of American Art$185,000
UJA-Federation New York$125,000
Lehigh University$50,000
The MGA Foundation$5,000
Lafayette College$5,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

29%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 3 repeat orgs$6.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +63% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
18

Total granted

$2.4M
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
+24%

Still filing today

67%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’24
PhilanthropyArts & CultureEducationInternationalRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • WA
    Whitney American Museum of American Art
    2× · 2021–2022 · $1.2M
  • LC
    LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $650k · revenue +63%
  • AI
    AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $540k · revenue -6%

Funded once

  • PC
    PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $1.1M · revenue +7%
  • CP
    CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $125k · revenue +0%
  • TJ
    The Jewish Community Center
    one grant, 2021 · $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.

03Its 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
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
2
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
3
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
4
Manhattanville University

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

Education
5
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
6
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
7
Furman University

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.

Education
8
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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9
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
10
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Enhance the ability of actec members to provide the most efficient and highest quality services to their clients; develop qualified trust and estate counselors; improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and standards of…

Community Improvement
11
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

—
12
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is Whitney Museum of American Art. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

18 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. 18 of the 31 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
10/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,100,000 · PhilanthropyPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATIONUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $725,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATI…EARN INC: $500,000 · PhilanthropyEARN INC+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyWhitney American Museum of American Art: $1,230,000 · OtherWhitney American Museum of …Anerican Israel Education Foundation: $300,000 · OtherAnerican Israel Education F…The Jewish Community Center: $100,000 · OtherCENTRAL SYNAGOGUE: $100,000 · OtherCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $125,000 · OtherCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY IN…NEW HEIGHTS YOUTH INC: $100,000 · Other+11 more: $225,000 · Other+11 moreWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $1,185,000 · Arts & CultureWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERI…LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $650,000 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE …+2 more: $50,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC: $1,000,000 · HealthNEW YORK-PRE…President and Fellows of Harvard College: $520,000 · EducationLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · Education+1 more: $5,000 · EducationAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $540,000 · InternationalBuild Commonwealth Inc: $500,000 · Public Benefit
Philanthropy$2,325,500Other$2,180,000Arts & Culture$1,885,000Health$1,000,000Education$575,000International$540,000Public Benefit$500,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $1,185,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,100,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetNEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $725,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $650,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $540,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $520,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEARN INC: $500,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetBuild Commonwealth Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $125,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW HEIGHTS YOUTH INC: $100,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAPOLLO THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MILKEN INSTITUTE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAFAYETTE COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CITY POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSt Luke's Cornwall Health System Foundation Inc: $500 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.

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How do I get to The Meg and Bennett Goodman Family Foundation?

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.

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 31 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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