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The October Saves Goalie Challenge
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- $658k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $226,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $82k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations The October Saves Goalie Challenge funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $658k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $585k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $595k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $545k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $130k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $362k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $185k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $125k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inova Health System Foundation | $1,021,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $980,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $380,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Monumental Sports & Entertainment Foundation | $75,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Goalie Guild Inc | $63,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Ellie Fund Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rwj Barnabas Health Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Clara Maass Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Medical Center Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| USA Hockey Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inova Health System Foundation | $1,021,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $980,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $380,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Monumental Sports & Entertainment Foundation | $75,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Goalie Guild Inc | $63,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Ellie Fund Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rwj Barnabas Health Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Clara Maass Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Medical Center Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| USA Hockey Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Rwj University Hospital Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwell Health Cancer Institute Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tufts Medical Center Parent Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($565k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The October Saves Goalie Challenge supplied at peak.
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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 · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The October Saves Goalie Challenge
- How much does The October Saves Goalie Challenge give?
- The October Saves Goalie Challenge reported 8 grants totaling $657,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The October Saves Goalie Challenge fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (97%), Philanthropy (2%), Recreation & Sports (1%).
- Who are The October Saves Goalie Challenge's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Inova Health System Foundation ($1.0M), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ($980k), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ($380k).
- Does The October Saves Goalie Challenge fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The October Saves Goalie Challenge?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The October Saves Goalie Challenge based?
- The October Saves Goalie Challenge is based in VA.
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