The Donald G and Ellen Goodwin Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation accepts no unsolicited requests and gives only to organisations it has preselected, so a cold application is not the route to take.
- Its grants cover many fields, including health, housing, family support, disability and veterans' causes, so broad charitable work can fit, but no single funding theme or geographic focus is stated.
- About 8 in 10 of its 77 grants to organisations fall between $25,000 and $125,000, with a median of $100,000 and half at $100,000 or less, so a request should be sized near that band; the largest grant was $200,000.
- Most of its grant dollars go to organisations it already funded in earlier years (94%), so repeat support dominates and new applicants should expect a competitive, relationship-led process.
Overview
The Donald G and Ellen Goodwin Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Huntington Beach, CA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) 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 the foundation's grants as support for public charities, rather than naming a single field of work. Its recorded recipients include animal-welfare organisations, cancer and other health charities, humanitarian and international-aid organisations, housing and shelter providers, family-support organisations, disability and special-needs groups, and organisations serving veterans, first responders and their families. Recorded purposes also include hospital general support, health care, and youth support for vision and special needs. The pattern is broad support for charitable organisations working in varied fields; the filings do not state a narrower funding theme or an eligibility geography.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in California, Georgia, Virginia, Utah and Washington.
How to apply
It makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests; the filing gives no further application steps.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 94% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 77 grants to organisations were $100,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
2 other states: 5%
- The largest single recipient received 9% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 94% of grant dollars went to organisations The Donald G and Ellen Goodwin 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 26 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $100k (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Salvation Army · Support public charities$200,0002025 tax year
- Best Friends Animal Society · Support public charities$200,0002025 tax year
- Free Wheelchair Mission · Support public charities$200,0002025 tax year
- Helen Woodward Animals · Support public charities$200,0002025 tax year
- Carter Center · Support public charities$200,0002025 tax year
- Providence Saint Joseph's Hospital Foundation · Health care$100,0002025 tax year
- Gary Sinise Foundation · To help those who defend us, veterans, first responders, their families and those in need.$100,0002025 tax year
- Habitat for Humanity · Support public charities$100,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Gloria E Goodwin — Secretary
- Gary A Goodwin — Vice President
- Thomas A Goodwin — Treasurer
- Donald G Goodwin — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $1,464,590 | $1,425,000 | $30,920,850 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $2,015,495 | $2,000,000 | $40,992,590 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $2,675,907 | $2,660,000 | $60,531,183 | Filing for 2025 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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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- Huntington Beach, CA