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William & Harriet Gould Foundation at a glance

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William & Harriet Gould Foundation

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.

$70k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$61kEducation$58kHealth$47kReligion$42kHousing & Shelter$37kHuman Services$35kCrime & Legal$26kArts & Culture$22kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $53k
$4,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$15,375
Salida Pregnancy Resource Center$12,375
Centennial Institute$12,375
Chaffee South Search and Rescue$12,375
Brookings Habitat for Humanity$6,000
Brookings Boys and Girls Club$4,000
Council for Emergency Services$3,000
Brookings Domestic Abuse Shelter$1,500
SDSU - South Dakota Art Museum$1,000
SDSU - Agricultural Heritage Museum$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%Council for Emergency Services: $3k → 13%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

WA
WI
NY
SD
UT
CO
NE
KS
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$331k · 20 repeat orgs$42k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
8

Total granted

$331k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+32%

Still filing today

45%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SP
    Salida Pregnancy Resource Center Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $47k · revenue +89%
  • AA
    ALLIANCE AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $26k · revenue +46%
  • CU
    CARROLL UNIVERSITY INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $16k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • SH
    SHARED HOPE INTERNATIONAL
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +10%
  • TB
    THEM BEFORE USgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +401%
  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +27%
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
Safe of Columbia County

Domestic and sexual violence intervention, support, and education.

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2
Colorado Homeless Families Inc

CHF assists working families in their quest to go from homelessness to self-sufficiency for life.

Housing & Shelter
3
Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Advancing the well-being of all coloradans through relationships free from abuse and oppression.

Human Services
4
Sierra County Child Abuse Council

Child abuse awareness and prevention

Crime & Legal
5
Colorado Christian Services

Colorado christian services comes alongside women in unplanned pregnancies and christian adoptive couples, in building families through caring, experienced and professional adoption planning services. in addition, our community resource…

Human Services
6
South Dakota Coalition Ending Domestic and Sexual Violence

To provide training and assistance to shelters for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

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7
Crisis Center of the Plains

To reduce the effects of family violence and sexual assault and to assist victims of these crimes through programs of support, education and advocacy.

Human Services
8
Boulder County Injured and Fallen Officer Foundation
Public Safety & Disaster
9
Safe House Inc

S.a.f.e. house is a community based non-profit organization committed to stop abuse in the family environment by providing a comprehensive approach to end domestic violence that includes crisis intervention, safe shelter, counseling,…

Human Services
10
Clackamas Women's Services

Breaking the isolation of domestic and sexual violence.

Human Services
11
Colorado Horse Rescue

Our mission is to build a better future for horses by continuously reimagining what's possible and creating a reality where safe solutions exist for every horse.

Animals
12
Family Housing Network of Fort Collins Inc

Faith Family Hospitality's mission is to support families experiencing homelessness to achieve sustainable self-sufficiency in a timely and dignified manner. This interfaith volunteer effort coordinates the work of 30 diverse Fort Collins…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Shared Hope International. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 33 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $49,125 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSalida Pregnancy Resource Center Inc: $47,375 · OtherSalida Pregnancy Resource Center IncBrookings Habitat for Humanity: $31,500 · OtherBrookings Habitat for HumanityBROOKINGS DOMESTIC ABUSE SHELTER: $29,500 · OtherBROOKINGS DOMESTIC ABUSE SHELTERGrace Church Salida: $21,000 · OtherGrace Church SalidaFIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH: $18,750 · OtherFIRST LUTHERAN CHURCHBrookings Boys and Girls Club: $18,500 · OtherBrookings Boys and Girls ClubSalida Schools: $16,000 · OtherSalida SchoolsTHE GOW SCHOOL: $14,000 · OtherBrookings Food Pantry: $11,750 · Other+13 more: $24,250 · Other+13 moreCARROLL UNIVERSITY INC: $15,500 · EducationColorado Christian University: $12,375 · EducationALLIANCE AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $25,500 · Crime & LegalCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $12,000 · PhilanthropyCHAFFEE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 · PhilanthropyCHAFFEE COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE SOUTH: $12,375 · Public Safety & DisasterCOUNCIL FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES: $3,000 · Human ServicesSHARED HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $2,250 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesSalida Mountain Trails: $6,250 · Environment
Other$281,750Education$27,875Crime & Legal$25,500Philanthropy$15,000Public Safety & Disaster$12,375Human Services$7,250Environment$6,250

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 budgetSalida Pregnancy Resource Center Inc: $47,375 over 6y, 7.8% of budgetBROOKINGS DOMESTIC ABUSE SHELTER: $29,500 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetALLIANCE AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $25,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetCARROLL UNIVERSITY INC: $15,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GOW SCHOOL: $14,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Christian University: $12,375 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAFFEE COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE SOUTH: $12,375 over 1y, 14% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SOUTH DAKOTA: $12,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSalida Mountain Trails: $6,250 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetCHAFFEE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES: $3,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSHARED HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $2,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAFFEE COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBrookings Arts Council: $2,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetTHE NAZARENE FUND: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAFFEE COUNTY HOSPITALITY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCHAFFEE HOUSING TRUST: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTH DAKOTA HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 Salida Pregnancy Resource Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds BROOKINGS DOMESTIC ABUSE SHELTER ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE ↗
  • Who funds CARROLL UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GOW SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Colorado Christian University ↗
  • Who funds CHAFFEE COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE SOUTH ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SOUTH DAKOTA ↗
  • Who funds Salida Mountain Trails ↗
  • Who funds CHAFFEE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COUNCIL FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds SHARED HOPE INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds THEM BEFORE US ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds CHAFFEE COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
  • Who funds Brookings Arts Council ↗
  • Who funds THE NAZARENE FUND ↗
  • Who funds CHAFFEE COUNTY HOSPITALITY INC ↗
  • Who funds CHAFFEE HOUSING TRUST ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH DAKOTA HUMANITIES COUNCIL ↗

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.

Chaffee County Commun…Colorado Gives Founda…The Colorado Health F…The Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Chaffee County Community FoundationCO17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chaffee County Community Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation 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 William & Harriet Gould Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William & Harriet Gould Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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
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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How do I get to William & Harriet Gould Foundation?

Find your warmest path to William & Harriet Gould 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 33 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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