Pennsylvania · Private foundation
William Goldman Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $146k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 58
- Grants FY2025
- 65
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $27,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 65 to 69
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.2M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations William Goldman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 58 | $146k | 3% |
| FY2024 | 65 | $145k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 67 | $142k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 69 | $143k | 4% |
| FY2021 | 67 | $140k | 1% |
| FY2020 | 66 | $151k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine | $38,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Whyy Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Philabundance | $19,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society | $18,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Project Home | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Politz Hebrew Academy of Northeast Philadelphia | $13,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Jewish Learning Venture | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Prager University Foundation | $9,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Donorschooseorg | $9,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Gratz College | $9,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 47 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($541k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William Goldman Foundation 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 Philadelphia Foundation · Erlbaum Family Foundation · Independence Foundation · Connelly Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Equitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good
How this is measured
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About William Goldman Foundation
- How much does William Goldman Foundation give?
- William Goldman Foundation reported 58 grants totaling $145,900 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 65 and 69 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does William Goldman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (43%), Education (12%), Philanthropy (9%).
- Who are William Goldman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine ($38k), Whyy Inc ($30k), Philabundance ($20k).
- Does William Goldman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William Goldman Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as William Goldman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Foundation, Erlbaum Family Foundation, Independence Foundation.
- Where is William Goldman Foundation based?
- William Goldman Foundation is based in PA.
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