Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fund
San Francisco, CA · EIN 94-3167546. Reported 1,179 grants totalling $53.9M to 387 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$15,000median grant
$53.9Mgranted, 2021-2024
387organizations funded
63%of grantees funded again the next year
$277.1Massets, latest filing
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fund did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $51,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $2,000,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
All 387 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Emanu-El | San Francisco, CA | $4,328,500 | 17 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Francisco Parks Alliance - Tennis Coalition of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $4,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Stern Grove Festival Association | San Francisco, CA | $2,055,700 | 29 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of California Berkeley Fdn | Berkeley, CA | $1,955,000 | 33 | 4 | 2024 |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums | San Francisco, CA | $1,085,000 | 14 | 4 | 2024 |
| Partnership for Haas Preeminenceuc Berkeley Fdtn | Berkeley, CA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | Chicago, IL | $1,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community Relations Council | San Francisco, CA | $946,500 | 11 | 4 | 2024 |
| Social Good Fund | New York, NY | $625,000 | 8 | 2 | 2023 |
| Media Matters for America | Washington, DC | $600,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood Northern California | Concord, CA | $527,750 | 12 | 3 | 2023 |
| The American Independent | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $495,500 | 21 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Disaster Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $475,000 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $475,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Constitution Society | Washington, DC | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $450,000 | 6 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hillel - Univ of Ca Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $441,000 | 6 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ncga Foundation | Pebble Beach, CA | $420,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Public Citizen Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Social Good Fund | Richmond, CA | $380,000 | 5 | 2 | 2024 |
| Action for the Climate Emergency | Boulder, CO | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Icivics Inc | Cambridge, MA | $375,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Council of Jewish Women Inc | Washington, DC | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $355,000 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brigid Alliance Inc | New York, NY | $350,250 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Midwest Access Coalition | Chicago, IL | $350,100 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Campaign Legal Center Inc | Washington, DC | $350,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Protect Democracy Project | Washington, DC | $350,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Berkeley Hillel | Berkeley, CA | $319,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Generation Citizen Inc | New York, NY | $310,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood Nc | Concord, CA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Stand | San Francisco, CA | $300,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| William J Brennan JR Center | New York, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Women's Reproductive Rights Assist Proj | Santa Monica, CA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hopewell Fund | Washington, DC | $282,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of California Sf Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $272,500 | 6 | 2 | 2022 |
| Urban Adamah | Berkeley, CA | $269,000 | 11 | 4 | 2024 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Civic Nation | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Essential Access Health | Los Angeles, CA | $250,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fair Elections Center | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Guttmacher Institute Inc | New York, NY | $250,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hias Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $250,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Redistricting Foundation | Chicago, IL | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | New York, NY | $245,200 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rainforest Connection | Katy, TX | $245,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund | San Francisco, CA | $240,000 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Francisco Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | $240,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Abortion Care Network | Washington, DC | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| As You Sow | Berkeley, CA | $225,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Carbon Cycle Institute | Petaluma, CA | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Healthy Building Network | Washington, DC | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Vote at Home | Washington, DC | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Women's Law Center | Washington, DC | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | $219,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kqed Inc | San Francisco, CA | $215,000 | 7 | 3 | 2023 |
| United States Fund for Unicef | New York, NY | $207,650 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Jewish Joint Distrib Comm Inc | New York, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Oversight | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Citizens for Resp and Ethics | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Democracy Works | Brooklyn, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Just the Pill | Saint Paul, MN | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mayday Medicines Inc | New York, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Moishe House | Encinitas, CA | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Redistricting Foundation | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sd Foundation | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Voto Latino | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Americans United for Sep Church & State | Washington, DC | $190,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Abortion Federation | Washington, DC | $190,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| League of Women Voters-Ef | San Francisco, CA | $183,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rainforest Action Network | San Francisco, CA | $183,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greenbelt Alliance | San Francisco, CA | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nurses for Sexual and Reproductive Health | Saint Paul, MN | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Town of Atherton | Atherton, CA | $180,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Toxic Free Future | Seattle, WA | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd | New York, NY | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Venture Fund | Baltimore, CA | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nonprofitvote | Cambridge, MA | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Red Tent Fund | Arlington, VA | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | Calabasas, CA | $170,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shalom Hartman Institute of North America | New York, NY | $165,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Upstart Bay Area | Oakland, CA | $165,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Baykeeper | Oakland, CA | $160,000 | 8 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dogwood Alliance Inc | Asheville, NC | $160,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Earthworks | Washington, DC | $160,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lawrence Family Jewish Comm Centers | La Jolla, CA | $158,000 | 12 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Francisco Jewish Community Publicatio | San Francisco, CA | $156,060 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Tufts College | Boston, MA | $150,450 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| 826 Valencia | San Francisco, CA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Aim High for High School | San Francisco, CA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ccof Foundation | Santa Cruz, CA | $150,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Earth Island Institute | Berkeley, CA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Faith in Action Network | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Innovations in Reproductive Health Access | Emeryville, CA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Proteus Fund Inc | Amherst, MA | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Trace Media Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Urban Habitat | Oakland, CA | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for American Progress | Washington, DC | $145,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | San Francisco, CA | $142,000 | 12 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Biological Diversity | Tucson, AZ | $140,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $140,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs See | Calabasas, CA | $130,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| League of Women Voters-Ef | Washington, DC | $127,500 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Fdn Inc | New York, NY | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence | Washington, DC | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hopewell Fund | Silver Spring, MD | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Women's Health Network | Washington, DC | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reach Out and Read Inc | Boston, MA | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Clean Production Action | Somerville, MA | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $112,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| San Francisco Transit Riders | San Francisco, CA | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Story of Stuff Project | Berkeley, CA | $110,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Agency for Israel-No Am Council | New York, NY | $107,500 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Board of Trustees of the Glide Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $106,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Green America | Washington, DC | $105,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Reading Is Fundamental Inc | Washington, DC | $105,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Free Speech for People Inc | Amherst, MA | $100,250 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Amalgamated Foundation | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Accountability Project LLC | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Oversight | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Americares Foundation | Stamford, CT | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Canopy Planet Foundation | Vancouver, British Columbia | $100,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Countering Digital Hate | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Coastal Quest | Berkeley, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Democracy Matters Foundation | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Global Impact-Govact | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Globalgiving Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| GYN01 | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Head Count Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Institute for Curriculum Services | Berkeley, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Medical Corps | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Issue One | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Learningworks | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jtp Professional Service Corporation | Saint Paul, MN | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lawyers' Cmtee for Civil Rights Under Law | La Jolla, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| March for Our Lives Fdn | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Midwest Access Project | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Momsrising Education Fund | Bellevue, WA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Montefiore Medical Center | Bronx, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nature Conservancy Hawai'i & Palmyra | Honolulu, HI | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nextgen Education Fund | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oshman Family Jcc | Palo Alto, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pesticide Action Network North America Re | Berkeley, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Provide Inc | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| San Francisco Jewish Comm Publications | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stanford University Gift Proc Center | Redwood City, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Farmlink Proj | Manhattan, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tides Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| UC Berkeley Foundation - Cal Men's Golf Endowment Drive | Berkeley, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Upstream Policy Institute Inc | Damariscotta, ME | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Urge | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| US Public Interest Research Group Ed Fund | Denver, CO | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Windward Fund | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| San Francisco Hillel | San Francisco, CA | $97,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Community Initiatives | San Francisco, CA | $96,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Illuminate the Arts | San Francisco, CA | $95,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Medical Students for Choice | Philadelphia, PA | $95,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Crohn's & Colitis Fdn of America | New York, NY | $90,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Point Reyes Bird Observatory | Petaluma, CA | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Feminist Majority Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Food Recovery Network | College Park, MD | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Maui Food Bank | Wailuku, HI | $85,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| California Pacific Medical Center Fdn | San Francisco, CA | $80,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| The San Francisco Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $80,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Community Center of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $78,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Francisco Symphony | San Francisco, CA | $78,000 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence Br | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fjc | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Foundation for American Content and Enter | Farmington Hills, MI | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Icivics Inc | Cambridge, MD | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Israaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance | Palo Alto, CA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mighty Earth Inc | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Project Unloaded Inc | Jefferson, OH | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Refed Inc | Long Island City, NY | $75,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Springboard Collaborative | Philadelphia, PA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Farmlink Proj | Los Angeles, CA | $75,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Hometown Outreach Fund Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Voter Formation Project | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hillel the Fdn for Jewish Campus Life Sf | Berkeley, CA | $72,500 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Francisco Marin Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alzheimer's Association(ptc) | San Jose, CA | $65,200 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bend the Arc-Jewish Partnersfor Justice | New York, NY | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chico Feminist Womens Health Center | Redding, CA | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chico Feminist Womens Health Center | Alexandria, VA | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Spur | San Francisco, CA | $62,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Glide Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Good Nation Foundation | New York, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Immune Deficiency Foundation | Towson, MD | $60,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community Center of the East Bay | Berkeley, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Federation and Endowment | San Francisco, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Studio Project | Berkeley, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Women International | Washington, DC | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tamid Group | Silver Spring, MD | $60,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tawonga Jewish Community Corporation | San Francisco, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Transformca | Oakland, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Urban Habitat Program | Oakland, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Union for Reform Judaism | Washington, DC | $54,000 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rose Foundation for Communities and the E | Oakland, CA | $51,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gunsdown Inc | Youngstown, OH | $50,250 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alliance for Youth Organizing | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Friends of the Israel Dem Inst | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Promise Education Fund Inc | Concord, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Build It Green | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Comm Alliance With Family Farmers Fdn | Davis, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Commun Alliance With Family Farmers Fdn | Davis, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Alliance With Family Farmers | Davis, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Constitutional Accountability Center | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cpmc Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Free Speech for People Inc | Austin, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fund for a Safer Future | Alexandria, VA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hias Inc | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ifwhenhow | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Imagination Productions Inc | Sunrise, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Israel on Campus Coalition Icc | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maplight | Berkeley, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Moving Traditions | Elkins Park, PA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nature Conservancy Hawai'i & Palmyra | Sacramento, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Peer | Silver Spring, MD | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rocky Mountain Institute | Boulder, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rose Fdn for Communuties & Environment | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Spark Sf Public Schools | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| T'ruah | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Upstream | Damariscotta, ME | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Uspirg Education Fund | Denver, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Youth Service America | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harper for Kids | San Francisco, CA | $47,500 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Fd of Nca | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of the Israel Museum | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pacific Club Impact Foundation | Newport Beach, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Violence Policy Center | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Youth Tennis Advantage | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hamlin School | San Francisco, CA | $38,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mdp Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $38,000 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bend the Arc | New York, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ilsr | Washington, DC | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ilsr | Minneapolis, MN | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Film Institute | San Francisco, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus | Croton Falls, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ucsf Foundation | Fresno, CA | $35,000 | 6 | 2 | 2024 |
| League to Save Lake Tahoe | Lake Tahoe, CA | $34,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| All Stars Helping Kids Inc | Santa Clara, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
234 of 387 (60%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 63%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Congregation Emanu-El
SECOND INSTALLMENT EMANU-EL NEXT - San Francisco Parks Alliance - Tennis Coalition of San Francisco
GOLDEN GATE PARK TEKNIS CENTER PHASE II - Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums
LEGION 100 GIFTS OF ART CAMPAIGN FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PORTRAIT OF BIANCA DEGLI UTILI MASELLI AND HER CHILDREN BY LAVINIA FONTANA - Jewish Community Relations Council
RESPONDING TO TWIN CRISES AND ELEVATING JEWISH IDENTITY - Hillel - Univ of Ca Berkeley
ISRAEL AND ANTISEMITISM EDUCATION - Action for the Climate Emergency
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND DEMOCRACY PROGRAM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 778 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 285 | $12.4M | $12,500 |
| 2022 | 281 | $13.4M | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 312 | $13.6M | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 301 | $14.4M | $15,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fund has 19 of them, worth $18.7M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Congregation Emanu-El | San Francisco, CA | $10.0M |
| San Francisco Parks Alliance - Tennis Coalition of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $3,000,000 |
| University of California Berkeley Fdn | Berkeley, CA | $2,000,000 |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums | San Francisco, CA | $750,000 |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums | San Francisco, CA | $750,000 |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | Chicago, IL | $750,000 |
| San Francisco Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | $240,000 |
| Hillel - Univ of Ca Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $200,000 |
| Stern Grove Festival Association | San Francisco, CA | $150,000 |
| Stern Grove Festival Association | San Francisco, CA | $150,000 |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $120,000 |
| Stern Grove Festival Association | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 |
| Stern Grove Festival Association | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 |
| Windward Fund | Washington, DC | $100,000 |
| Moishe House | Encinitas, CA | $100,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 55% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
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How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Lisa & Douglas Goldman Fund's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1 Montgomery Street 3440, San Francisco, CA, 94104. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
EIN 94-3167546 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.
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