Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- This foundation funds work in Jewish Life, Health, and Sustainable Agriculture, so check that your organisation's work aligns with one of these three programmes before approaching it.
- Its geographic focus is the United States and New York state, and it does not fund organisations or projects outside its programme areas, nor those serving communities outside the United States.
- Most grants to organisations fall between $5,000 and $125,000, with a median of $25,000, so a request in that range is realistic, though the largest grant made was $1,000,000.
- Applications are accepted on a rolling basis through an online letter of inquiry, which may or may not lead to an invitation to apply, so there is no fixed deadline to work to.
- A high share of grant dollars continues to go to organisations it has funded before, which suggests relationships matter, though organisations whose work fits the programme goals are still invited to apply.
Overview
Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in New York, NY.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation considers proposals for Jewish Life, Health and Sustainable Agriculture, and invites proposals from nonprofit organisations whose work aligns with those programme goals. In Jewish Life, it supports advocacy for Jews and Israel, opportunities for young Jews to develop community and meaning, efforts to research, educate about and combat antisemitism, and stronger Jewish community life in the United States. Its Health programme covers breast-cancer advocacy and research, community healthcare in the communities in which it lives and works, humanistic care, women's access to healthcare, and strengthening the Negev community through doctor training and medical services. Sustainable Agriculture includes healthy meals for school-age children in New York, support for food-insecure families, New York agricultural advocacy and national food security, and training and technical assistance for the next generation of farmers.
Themes
- Jewish advocacy
- Young Jewish adults
- Combating antisemitism
- Breast cancer advocacy
- Humanism in medicine
- Women's health
- Sustainable agriculture
Geographic Focus
United States; New York state.
What They Don't Fund
- Organizations, initiatives, or projects that fall outside of its program areas
- Organizations serving communities outside of the United States
How to apply
Organisations submit an online letter of inquiry through the designated form; the foundation may then invite them to apply for a grant, but an inquiry does not guarantee an invitation. The foundation invites proposals from nonprofit organisations whose work aligns with its programme goals.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 88% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 465 grants to organisations were $25,000 or less.
What the foundation says:
- The foundation invites nonprofit organisations whose work aligns with the programme goals.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 7%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 1%
- The largest single recipient received 7% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 88% of grant dollars went to organisations Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- <1% of grant dollars went directly to organisations outside the US (Canada).
- 5% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 131 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $30,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Anti-Defamation League · Project support for the center for antisemitism research, the center on extremism, and the center for technology & society$700,0002024 tax year
- Whitney Museum of American Art · Project support for the annual fund$600,0002024 tax year
- Washington University in Saint Louis · Support for an endowed fund for the goldman fellows program at the gephardt institute for civic and community engagement$400,0002024 tax year
- Ajc · General operating support$400,0002024 tax year
- National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund · General operating support$350,0002024 tax year
- UJA Federation of New York · Support for the annual fund$300,0002024 tax year
- Congregation B'nai Jeshurun · Support for the quiet capital campaign$250,0002024 tax year
- Mem Global · General operating support$200,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Benjamin P Binswanger — Executive Director
- Katja Goldman — Director, Secretary
- Lloyd Goldman — Director, Treasurer
- Dorian Goldman — Director, President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $15,684,896 | $9,838,350 | $194,233,887 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $13,067,517 | $8,733,000 | $205,519,244 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $12,784,073 | $7,976,850 | $229,075,352 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
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Contact
- New York, NY
- jigff.org