The Goldman Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The filing says the foundation makes contributions only to preselected organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, so if you have not been invited, do not send one.
- If you are invited, its grants are described as support for operating budgets across social services, health, animal welfare, schools and arts, conservation, and civil-liberties and humanitarian work.
- Most grants are small: half of its 73 grants to organisations were $15,000 or less, and about 8 in 10 fell between $5,000 and $100,000, although its largest was $750,000, so a request in that typical band is a realistic size.
- Some 93% of its grant dollars to organisations went to recipients it had also funded in an earlier filing, which suggests its giving leans heavily towards existing relationships.
- The filings show grants mainly in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and North Carolina, but no geographic focus is stated, so treat this as a pattern rather than a rule about who may apply.
Overview
The Goldman Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Newtown, PA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filings describe its grants as support for recipients’ operating budgets. The recipients include social-service and food-assistance organisations, health and disability charities, animal sanctuaries and rescue groups, schools and arts organisations, conservation bodies, and civil-liberties, humanitarian and environmental charities. Grants are recorded across several states, with New Jersey and Pennsylvania together accounting for the largest share of the giving. The foundation's filing says it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests. The records establish a broad past recipient mix, but do not state general eligibility criteria or a field-specific funding policy.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and North Carolina.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 93% 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 73 grants to organisations were $15,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 3%
- The largest single recipient received 42% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 93% of grant dollars went to organisations The Goldman Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 20 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $22,500 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Mercer Street Friends · To fund the recipient's operating budget$750,0002024 tax year
- Autism Cares Foundation · To fund the recipient's operating budget$200,0002024 tax year
- Emily's Entourage · To fund the recipient's operating budget$100,0002024 tax year
- American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · To fund the recipient's operating budget$100,0002024 tax year
- Interfaith Health & Support Services · To fund the recipient's operating budget$100,0002024 tax year
- Wild Animal Sanctuary · To fund the recipient's operating budget$45,0002024 tax year
- Philabundance · To fund the recipient's operating budget$35,0002024 tax year
- Ocean County Meals on Wheels · To fund the recipient's operating budget$35,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Jessica Wong — Trustee
- Barbara Goldman — Trustee
- Carole Goldman — Trustee
- Robert Goldman — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $764,565 | $739,000 | $26,686,033 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $1,386,482 | $1,352,600 | $34,694,871 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,545,450 | $1,515,000 | $31,098,837 | 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
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Contact
- Newtown, PA