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The Roger O Goldman and Fern Portnoy Family Foundation at a glance

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The Roger O Goldman and Fern Portnoy 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.

$23k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$84kHealth$33kEducation$31kHuman Services$20kPhilanthropy$11kReligion$5kEmployment$5kCrime & Legal$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
$500
Median grant
4
States reached
$172k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Berkshire International Film Festival$12,000
Maltz Jupiter Theatre$3,000
Jacob's Pillow$2,000
Volunteers In Medicine$1,000
The Love of T Foundation$1,000
Tanglewood$1,000
Planned Parenthood of SE & N Florida$500
Barrington Stage$500
Railroad St Youth Project$500
Planned Parenthood Federation of USA$500
Jewish Federation Palm Beach$500
Samuel Phillip Foundations$288
East Brunswick Jewish Center$270
Individual grant recipient$250
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 (FY20–21, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF COLORADO: $10k → 12%THE WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF COLORADO: $10k → 12%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
NJ
CA
CO
MD
DC
FL
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 98% of The Roger O Goldman and Fern Portnoy Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 5% of the giving stays in FL; by stated purpose, 0%.

The Roger O Goldman and Fern Portnoy Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$145k · 5 repeat orgs$106k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
31

Total granted

$145k
$98k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+24%

Still filing today

60%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthArts & CultureHousing & ShelterEmploymentInternationalOther
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

  • BI
    BERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL CORP
    7× · 2018–2024 · $65k · revenue 0%
  • VG
    VARIOUS GRANTS
    3× · 2020–2022 · $62k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    2× · 2019–2020 · $10k

Funded once

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -12%
  • PH
    Phoenix Houses of Long Island Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -9%
  • WC
    WEILL CORNELL HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
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
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
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

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

—
3
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
4
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
5
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
6
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
7
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
8
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
9
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
10
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
11
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

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12
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bruder Family Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

27 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. 27 of the 49 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
16/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VARIOUS GRANTS: $62,132 · OtherVARIOUS GRANTSPhoenix Houses of Long Island Inc: $10,000 · OtherPhoenix Houses of Long Island IncWEILL CORNELL HOSPITAL: $10,000 · OtherWEILL CORNELL HOSPITALIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSCARSDALE SYNAGOGUE TEMPLES TREMONT AND EMANU-EL: $5,000 · OtherJDRF (JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION): $5,000 · OtherBruder Family Foundation: $5,000 · OtherBRUDER FAMILY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Other+24 more: $20,049 · Other+24 moreBERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL CORP: $65,250 · EducationBERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM …AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $3,000 · Education+3 more: $1,750 · EducationAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $25,000 · InternationalAMERICAN F…THE WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF COLORADO INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE SEEING EYE INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesJACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC: $6,500 · Arts & CultureTRIPLEX CINEMA INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMALTZ JUPITER THEATRE INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureMDRC: $5,000 · EmploymentJupiter Medical Center Inc: $1,200 · HealthTHE KAMEN BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $500 · HealthThe diaTribe Foundation: $500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE TREASURE COAST INC: $500 · Health
Other$132,181Education$70,000International$25,000Human Services$21,000Arts & Culture$14,500Employment$5,000Health$3,700

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL CORP: $65,250 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF COLORADO INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPhoenix Houses of Long Island Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBRUDER FAMILY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMDRC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRIPLEX CINEMA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMALTZ JUPITER THEATRE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENAGERS INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Inc: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LOVE OF T FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE SEEING EYE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMASTERS SCHOOL: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALLEN-STEVENSON SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget10000 DEGREES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe diaTribe Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGILLEN BREWER SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE TREASURE COAST INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $365 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LORD'S PLACE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEGREMONT LAND TRUST INC: $100 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA9.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Roger O Goldman and Fern Portnoy Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Roger O Goldman and Fern Portnoy Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Lord's Place Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Greenagers Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Jupiter Medical Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Egremont Land Trust Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 Roger O Goldman and Fern Portnoy 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 49 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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