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The William P Goldman and Brothers Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$343k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
81
Grants FY2025
79
Organizations funded FY2024
10%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
79 to 88
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
14
Total assets, FY2025
$8.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 10% of the organizations The William P Goldman and Brothers Foundation Inc 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; $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
EducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureHealthInternationalReligionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving79$341k22%
FY202479$310k10%
FY202380$313k10%
FY202285$341k15%
FY202179$343k18%
FY202079$297k11%
FY201988$356k25%
FY201882$422k28%
92% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$912kReligion$542kArts & Culture$300kHealth$297kCivil Rights$206kHuman Services$200kPhilanthropy$180kEducation$71kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
VA
MD
TN
DC
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 88 grantees
All grantees of The William P Goldman and Brothers Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
One Family Fund$137,50092%
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc$115,00080%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$108,50070%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$103,90060%
United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth Inc$95,0009n/a
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$72,50090%
Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc$67,50080%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$65,00070%
Americans for Peace and Tolerance Inc$57,50094%
American Friends of Meir Panim$50,36090%
Chamah$50,2049n/a
Machne Israel Inc$50,0008n/a
Zionist Organization of America$47,50060%
Chebra Agudas Achim Chesed Shel Emeth Hebrew Free Burial Associationinc$45,00090%
The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Inc$42,00091%
Jcam Charitable Foundation Inc$41,00094%
Ezer Mizion$38,50090%
Middle East Forum$38,50090%
Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind$37,50090%
Birthright Israel Foundation$35,00070%
Doc Emet Productions Inc$34,50094%
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust$27,50060%
Scholars for Peace in the Middle East$23,50091%
Friends of the Forum$21,00082%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$21,00080%
National Jewish Policy Center$18,80090%
Colel Chabad$18,5005n/a
Ezrat Israel Inc$18,0009n/a
Central Synagogue Boston Inc$15,3004n/a
Congregation Beth Israel$14,8756n/a
Limmud Fsu International Foundation$14,00070%
American Society for Yad Vashem Inc$12,50040%
Manchester Community Theatre Playersinc$11,80073%
Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem$11,0005n/a
Honestreportingcom Inc$10,50090%
World Jewish Congress (American Section) Inc$10,00060%
American Friends of the Shemaya School$10,00025%
National Yiddish Book Center Inc$9,50090%
Chabad of Greenpoint Inc$9,5003n/a
Jewish Book Council Inc$9,00080%
Ohel Ayalah$9,0007n/a
Wesleyan University$8,50040%
The Educational Alliance Inc$7,00030%
The Jewish Museum$6,00060%
VNA Home Health & Hospice Northern Light Home Care & Hospice$6,00020%
The Lawfare Project Inc$6,00060%
Keshet Inc$5,50030%
Boston Jewish Film Inc$5,40030%
Macula Vision Research Foundation$5,00010%
American Friends of Yad Leah Inc$5,00010%
California Western School of Law$4,00040%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$3,60020%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$3,50050%
American Friends of Leket Israel Inc$2,50030%
Dorot Inc$2,50010%
American Institute for Cancer Research$2,50020%
Chai Lifeline Inc$2,50010%
Children's Brain Tumor Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Friends of Israel Disabled Veterans Inc$2,50010%
Clarion Project Inc$2,00030%
AMCHA Initiative$2,00030%
Yetzirah Inc$2,0001n/a
New Sector Alliance Inc$2,00040%
American Jewish Historical Society$2,00020%
12tribe Films Foundation$2,00020%
Selfhelp Community Services Inc$2,00040%
Legal Aid Society of San Diego$1,00010%
Chabad Center of Sudbury Inc$1,0001n/a
Pioneer Institute Inc$1,00010%
The Ellen P Hermanson Foundation$1,00010%
East Hampton Library$9001n/a
Pedalforthepuzzle Inc$75030%
Trustees of Lawrence Academy at Groton Ma Corp$75030%
Jewish Discovery Institute$6501n/a
Hebron Fund Inc$60020%
Lets Win Pancreatic Cancer Foundation$50010%
National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund$50010%
One by One Inc$5001n/a
The Tikvah Fund$5001n/a
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$50020%
Jewish War Veterans of the USA National Memorial Inc$50010%
Bais Medrash Toras Chesed Inc$50010%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$45030%
Hebrew College$25010%
Reality Changers$25010%
American Jewish Committee$25010%
World Boston Inc$18010%
Prostate Cancer Foundation$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 124 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The William P Goldman and Brothers Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOne Family Fund: $137,500 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetCommittee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc: $115,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $108,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $103,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSimon Wiesenthal Center Inc: $72,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Family & Children's Service Inc: $67,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $65,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmericans for Peace and Tolerance Inc: $57,500 over 9y, 3.6% of budgetAmerican Friends of Meir Panim: $50,360 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetZionist Organization of America: $47,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetChebra Agudas Achim Chesed Shel Emeth Hebrew Free Burial Associationinc: $45,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetThe Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Inc: $42,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetJcam Charitable Foundation Inc: $41,000 over 9y, 4.5% of budgetEzer Mizion: $38,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetMiddle East Forum: $38,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetIsrael Guide Dog Center for the Blind: $37,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDoc Emet Productions Inc: $34,500 over 9y, 4.3% of budgetMuseum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust: $27,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetScholars for Peace in the Middle East: $23,500 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetFriends of the Forum: $21,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $21,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNational Jewish Policy Center: $18,800 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetLimmud Fsu International Foundation: $14,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Society for Yad Vashem Inc: $12,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetManchester Community Theatre Playersinc: $11,800 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetHonestreportingcom Inc: $10,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Jewish Congress (American Section) Inc: $10,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Shemaya School: $10,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetNational Yiddish Book Center Inc: $9,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Book Council Inc: $9,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWesleyan University: $8,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Educational Alliance Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Jewish Museum: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVNA Home Health & Hospice Northern Light Home Care & Hospice: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Lawfare Project Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetKeshet Inc: $5,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBoston Jewish Film Inc: $5,400 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMacula Vision Research Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Friends of Yad Leah Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCalifornia Western School of Law: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $3,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Leket Israel Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDorot Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Institute for Cancer Research: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChai Lifeline Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Brain Tumor Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 71.

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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.

Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston IncMA26.8× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The Milstein Family Foundation · Joseph and Rae Gann Charitable Foundation · The Snider Foundation · United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Robert I Lappin Charitable Foundation · Mirowski Family Foundation Inc · Saul Schottenstein Foundation C

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.

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About The William P Goldman and Brothers Foundation Inc

How much does The William P Goldman and Brothers Foundation Inc give?
The William P Goldman and Brothers Foundation Inc reported 81 grants totaling $342,981 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 79 and 88 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The William P Goldman and Brothers Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (30%), Religion (18%), Arts & Culture (10%).
Who are The William P Goldman and Brothers Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: One Family Fund ($138k), Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc ($115k), United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc ($109k).
Does The William P Goldman and Brothers Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The William P Goldman and Brothers Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The William P Goldman and Brothers Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc, Jewish Communal Fund, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago.
Where is The William P Goldman and Brothers Foundation Inc based?
The William P Goldman and Brothers Foundation Inc is based in MA.

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 215 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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