Goodman Philanthropies

Private foundation · EIN 46-5316788 · since 2015goodmanphilanthropies.org·United States·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$4.5M

Annual giving, 2024 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

Invitation only

Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.

Key takeaways

Goodman Philanthropies is a family foundation focused on economic mobility in the United States, with grantmaking centred on wage-building and wealth-building initiatives, including career education and training programmes and asset-building tools and policies.
Its geographic priority is the United States.
The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and operates by invitation only, so nonprofits should not approach it with a cold application; any relationship would need to come about through the foundation reaching out.
With $4,490,500 paid in grants in the most recent year reported, the foundation is a meaningful funder, though no grant range is stated, so it is not possible to say what a typical request size would be.
Given the invitation-only process, this is a relationship-led funder rather than one that runs an open or competitive application process, and organisations without an existing connection should not plan to apply directly.

Overview

Goodman Philanthropies is a US private foundation based in Saratoga Springs, 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

Goodman Philanthropies is a family foundation dedicated to improving economic mobility in the United States. It supports innovative, evidence-based solutions and prioritises approaches combining rigour, innovation and scale to address poverty and opportunity. Its grantmaking centres on wage-building and wealth-building initiatives. It funds the design, piloting, scaling and efficacy research of US career education and training programmes and policies that lead to family-sustaining wages and cultivate career pathways and wage growth. It also funds new and innovative tools, policies and ideas that enable low to moderate income Americans to participate in asset-building for sustained, intergenerational economic mobility.

Themes

Wage-building initiatives
Wealth-building initiatives

Geographic Focus

Priority: United States.

How to apply

The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.

Application success factors

What the foundation says:

It prioritises approaches that combine rigour, innovation and scale to address poverty and opportunity.

Officers and directors

Pamela Harder — Executive Director
Margaret Louise Ehrich Goodman — Trustee
Bennett J Goodman — Trustee

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2022 tax year	$3,120,087	$2,091,000	$49,947,232	Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year	$4,081,846	$2,488,930	$72,806,772	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$6,234,294	$4,490,500	$79,541,458	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.