The Goldsmith Family Foundation Inc
Baltimore, MD · EIN 52-1714353. Reported 280 grants totalling $8,406,946 to 93 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. The Goldsmith Family Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $6,662. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $15,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $2,025,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Associated | Baltimore, MD | $3,843,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| US Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | $650,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $590,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Chizuk Amuno | Baltimore, MD | $429,700 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Masorti Fdn for Conservative Judaism | New York, NY | $329,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Aspen Buddy Program | Aspen, CO | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Chai | Baltimore, MD | $175,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Teach for America | Baltimore, MD | $175,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Symphony Orchestra | Baltimore, MD | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Buddy Program | Aspen, CO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| College Bound Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Middle Grades Partnership | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Thread | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Fund for Educational Excellence | Baltimore, MD | $75,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Saint Ann's School | Brooklyn, NY | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, MD | $60,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The House of Ruth | Baltimore, MD | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Baltimore Hunger Project | Baltimore, MD | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Center Stage | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Everyman Theatre | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Moishe House | Encintas, CA | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Urban Teacher Center | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Port Discovery Children's Museum in Balto | Baltimore, MD | $47,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Speyer Legacy School | New York, NY | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| City Neighbors Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $40,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Green Light Fund | Boston, MA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Building Steps | Brooklandville, MD | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Hand to Hand | Portland, OR | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Community School | Baltimore, MD | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Baltimore Museum of Art | Baltimore, MD | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dyslexia Tutoring Program | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Enoch Pratt Free Library | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Higher Achievement Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Jcc of Greater Baltimore | Owings Mills, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Maryland Science Center | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| National Aquarium in Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Arts for Learning Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Leaders | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Girls Empowerment Mission | Baltimore, MD | $16,525 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Creative Alliance | Baltimore, MD | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Creative Alliance at the Patterson | Baltimore, MD | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Idf | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Horizon Day Camp | Baltimore, MD | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Colorado | Denver, CO | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Student Diplomacy Corps | New York, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Walters Art Museum | Baltimore, MD | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of Marshyangdi School | Aspen, CO | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Squash Wise | Baltimore, MD | $12,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| St Vincent De Paul Society of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $11,222 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Community Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Giving Group Community | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Global Empowerment Mission | Doral, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hand in Hand | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kennedy Krieger Institute | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | Lod | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| United Jewish Appeal | Aspen, CO | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Aspen Jewish Congregation | Aspen, CO | $9,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Bais Yaakov School for Girls | Baltimore, MD | $9,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Bnos Yisroel of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $9,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Neshama Center | Aspen, CO | $9,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Shoresh | Baltimore, MD | $9,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Talmudical Academy | Baltimore, MD | $9,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Torah Institute | Owings Mills, MD | $9,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Chabad Aspen | Aspen, CO | $8,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Stable Road Foundation | Paia, HI | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tulane Chabad | New Orleans, LA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Neve Shalom | Glendale, CA | $5,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Boston Medical Center of Development | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Share Our Strength | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| South Baltimore Learning Center | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Giving Back Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Young Audiences of Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| John Ruhrah Elementary School | Baltimore, MD | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jewish Resource Center Chabad Aspen | Aspen, CO | $3,600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Centropa | Silver Spring, MD | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Girls Write Now | New York, NY | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hampden Family Center | Baltimore, MD | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Visionary Arts Museum | Baltimore, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Go Project Nyc | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Doctors Without Borders USA | Hagerstown, MD | $2,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Feeding America | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Transgender Law Center | Oakland, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jewish Resource Center | Aspen, CO | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America (ppfa) | Washington, DC | $1,333 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Junglekeepers | Cupertino, CA | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chabah House of Greater Hartford | West Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Int'l Network for Public School | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oceana | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| US Fund for Unicef | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Care | Merrifield, VA | $833 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Rescue Committee | Albert Lea, MN | $833 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aspen Youth Center | Aspen, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
67 of 93 (72%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 79%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 148 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 61 | $1,286,625 | $7,500 |
| 2021 | 55 | $938,300 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 53 | $1,086,600 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 58 | $2,046,100 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 53 | $3,049,321 | $5,000 |
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.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 79% of this one's giving went to organizations in Maryland. 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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $6,662. 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 Maryland.
- 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Goldsmith Family Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1829 Reisterstown Road 430, Baltimore, MD, 21208. 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.
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