Dudley and Constance Godfrey Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- This foundation does not accept unsolicited requests, and its filing states that contributions go only to preselected charitable organisations, so a charity should not send a cold application; the approach is relationship-led, and a charity should first seek a route to be known to the foundation.
- Repeat giving is strong, with 94% of its grant dollars to organisations going to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, so a new applicant faces a funder that mostly renews existing grantees.
- Its recorded purposes are education, culture, environmental work and history, so a charity working in one of these fields fits its stated themes best.
- Requests should be modest: half of its grants are $5,000 or less and the median is $5,000, and about 8 in 10 grants fall between $1,000 and $20,000, a typical band rather than a ceiling, since its largest grant was about $105,000.
- No geographic focus is stated, and its grants are mainly in Wisconsin, New York, North Carolina and Illinois, but that is a pattern from its grants rather than a rule about who may apply.
Overview
Dudley and Constance Godfrey Foundation is a US private foundation based in New York, NY.
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
Its grants support a broad mix of charitable organisations, including educational institutions, cultural organisations and museums, environmental groups, historic-preservation bodies, religious organisations and social-service charities. The recorded purposes include education, culture, environmental work and history, alongside general charitable support. Recipients include universities and schools, museums, conservation organisations, churches and community-serving charities. Grantmaking is geographically broad: the filings record recipients in 24 states, with the largest share in Wisconsin and substantial giving in New York, North Carolina and Illinois. The filing states that contributions go only to preselected charitable organisations.
Themes
From its grants, not stated by the foundation:
- Education
- Culture
- Environmental work
- History
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Wisconsin, New York, North Carolina and Illinois.
How to apply
Contributions are limited to preselected charitable organisations; the foundation does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 94% 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 303 grants to organisations were $5,000 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: 10%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 5%
- The largest single recipient received 9% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 94% of grant dollars went to organisations Dudley and Constance Godfrey Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 7% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 106 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $5,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- ST Pauls Episcopal Church · Religious$106,0002024 tax year
- Wake Forest University · Educational$100,0002024 tax year
- Milwaukee Art Museum · Cultural$62,0002024 tax year
- Hospital for Special Surgery Fund · Charitable$45,0002024 tax year
- Layton Art Collection · Cultural$40,0002024 tax year
- Forest Home Historic Preservation Association · Historical$35,0002024 tax year
- Zoological Society of Milwaukee · Cultural$31,0002024 tax year
- Dartmouth College · Educational$30,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Paul Lachman — Secretary, Director
- Adam P Godfrey — Vice-President, Treasurer, Director
- Dudley J Godfrey III — President, Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $848,390 | $735,500 | $21,103,946 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $1,030,034 | $909,500 | $23,121,487 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,196,161 | $1,049,700 | $24,489,898 | 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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- New York, NY