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The Sol Goldman Charitable Trust at a glance

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The Sol Goldman Charitable Trust

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.

$12M
Granted FY2024still arriving
41
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$5.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$20MHealth$12MPhilanthropy$7.4MArts & Culture$3.7MFood & Nutrition$2.7MHuman Services$2.4MReligion$1.8MScience & Tech$1.5MOther$0
02FY2024 · 41 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $325k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $1.0M
  • $250k+8 grants · $10M
$30,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$69M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC$5,000,000
FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH$1,250,000
UJA FEDERATION OF NEW YORK$1,000,000
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY$1,000,000
MAYO CLINIC$750,000
SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES$750,000
CITY HARVEST INC$400,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC$250,000
BRIGHAM AND WOMENS HOSPITAL$200,000
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM$100,000
YESHIVA UNIVERSITY$100,000
JEWISH CENTER OF THE HAMPTONS$100,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER$100,000
YALE UNIVERSITY$100,000
NEW YORK JUNIOR TENNIS AND LEARNING$75,000
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 (FY17–24, $2.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $35k → 8%THE SPECIAL CHILDREN'S CENTER: $125k → 11%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $35k → 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $15k → 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $15k → 8%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $25k → 14%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $15k → 8%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $25k → 14%VISTA ENDOWMENT FUND: $5k → 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $25k → 14%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $10k → 16%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $5k → 16%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $5k → 16%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $25k → 17%METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY: $1.0M → 17%METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY: $636k → 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

MN
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
KY
MD
AZ
TN
DC
LA
GA
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 77% of The Sol Goldman Charitable Trust’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 60% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 8%.

The Sol Goldman Charitable Trustlessmore 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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$40M · 84 repeat orgs$8.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

84 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2024, 54 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

84
49

Total granted

$40M
$7.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+26%

Still filing today

50%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $300k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureHuman ServicesReligionOther
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

  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $6.8M · revenue +39%
  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2017–2023 · $2.4M · revenue +64%
  • CITY HARVEST INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +75%

Funded once

  • YU
    YALE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $2.0M
  • MC
    Met Council Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $1.1M
  • JH
    JACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $1.0M · revenue +26%
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
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
2
Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Long island jewish medical center is part of the northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and…

Health
3
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
4
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
5
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
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
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
9
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc; the most unlike its peers is Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism Inc. 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

84 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. 84 of the 147 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
82/84
Grantees still filing
61/84
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YALE LAW SCHOOL: $6,000,000 · OtherYALE LAW SCHOOLYALE UNIVERSITY: $2,100,000 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITYYALE UNIVERSITY: $2,000,000 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITYMAYO CLINIC JACKSONVILLE: $1,150,000 · OtherMet Council Inc: $1,100,000 · OtherMOUNT SINAI: $1,000,000 · OtherJEWISH CENTER OF THE HAMPTONS: $750,000 · OtherThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $1,500,000 · OtherThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies+86 more: $6,505,000 · Other+86 moreTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $5,500,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF C…JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $2,425,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNI…+12 more: $680,500 · Education+12 moreNEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC: $5,100,000 · HealthNEW YORK-PRESBYTE…JACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $1,000,000 · HealthJACKSON HEALTH FO…MAYO CLINIC: $750,000 · HealthMAYO CLINICAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $608,266 · HealthAMERICAN FRIENDS …PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $315,000 · Health+15 more: $726,000 · Health+15 moreUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $6,788,074 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH A…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC: $390,000 · Philanthropy+6 more: $286,500 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $1,735,000 · Arts & CultureWORLD TRADE CENTER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $1,416,666 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Modern Art: $150,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $125,000 · Arts & CultureCITY HARVEST INC: $2,325,000 · Food & NutritionMETROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY: $1,636,000 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $135,000 · Human ServicesTHE SPECIAL CHILDREN CENTER: $125,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $100,000 · Human Services+1 more: $5,000 · Human Services
Other$22,105,000Education$8,605,500Health$8,499,266Philanthropy$7,464,574Arts & Culture$3,426,666Food & Nutrition$2,325,000Human Services$2,001,000

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 budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $6,788,074 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $5,500,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC: $5,100,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $2,425,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $2,325,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $1,735,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetMETROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY: $1,636,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $1,500,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWORLD TRADE CENTER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $1,416,666 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetJACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $750,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER INC: $608,266 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $510,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC: $390,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $315,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $300,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $250,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $135,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SPECIAL CHILDREN CENTER: $125,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNew York University: $125,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $110,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $110,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOICE HEALTH INSTITUTE: $100,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetYESHIVA UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSharsheret Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWarwick Valley Humane Society Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $90,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VALTARESE FOUNDATION INC: $90,000 over 5y, 29% of budgetThe George Washington University: $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMILL NECK MANOR SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF: $80,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $80,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetST FRANCIS HOSPITAL: $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND: $80,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT: $70,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $70,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH BIG BROTHER & BIG SISTER ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON: $70,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetPARNASSAH NETWORK INC: $66,500 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetVanderbilt University: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF B'SHVILAYCH: $60,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetISRAEL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWNET: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $50,000 over 2y, 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 UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CITY HARVEST INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN NEW YORK COORDINATING COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY ↗
  • Who funds The Salk Institute for Biological Studies ↗
  • Who funds WORLD TRADE CENTER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Met Council Inc ↗
  • Who funds JACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC ↗
  • Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Central Fund of Israel ↗
  • Who funds BROWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Museum of Modern Art ↗
  • Who funds CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SPECIAL CHILDREN CENTER ↗
  • Who funds New York University ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
  • Who funds THE SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION 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.

Jewish Communal FundThe Goldman Sachs Cha…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…The Bessemer Giving F…Jewish Federation of …Combined Jewish Phila…The New York Communit…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…The Pfizer Foundation…
Jewish Communal FundNY20.9× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · The New York Community Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Pfizer 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 Sol Goldman Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sol Goldman Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • The Special Children Center: 5% of income from government
  • Sharsheret Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Supportive Living Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Jackson Health Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 147 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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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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