The Good Works Foundation
Aspen, CO · EIN 95-4471685. Reported 159 grants totalling $1,826,125 to 67 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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 Good Works Foundation 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $10,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $247,500. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ica La | Los Angeles, CA | $597,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hammer Museum | Los Angeles, CA | $146,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cap UCLA | Los Angeles, CA | $115,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tacaw | Basalt, CO | $95,060 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of the La Philharmonic | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles Opera | Los Angeles, CA | $45,165 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sarah Lawrence College | Bronxville, NY | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fractured Atlas | New York, NY | $41,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Aspen Music Festival and School | Aspen, CO | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Los Angeles Philharmonic | Los Angeles, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $32,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of California San Diego | La Jolla, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Aspen Musical Festival and School | Aspen, CO | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Performance Art Museum | Lost Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Portland Art Museum | Portland, OR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Builders Association | New York, NY | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for Art and Advocacy | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences | Santa Monica, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Doctors Without Borders | Hagerstown, MD | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Streb Lab for Action Mechanics | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Anderson Ranch Art Center | Snowmass Village, CO | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Beth Morrison Projects | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Clockshop | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Enviromental Defense Fund | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Art | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Industry | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Aspen Center for Environmental Studies | Aspen, CO | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Land Trust Alliance | Washington, DC | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Art Base | Basalt, CO | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| ACLU | New York, NY | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Asian Society | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Biological Diversity | Tuscon, AZ | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Humans and Nature | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of the La River | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kpccscpr | Pasadena, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Parks Conservation Association | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Land Institute | Salina, KS | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Venice Family Clinic | Venice, CA | $9,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Women Rising Radio | Mill Valley, CA | $9,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project | Los Angeles, CA | $8,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| JAPANCRAFT21 | Alexandria, VA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Redcat | Los Angeles, CA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Aspen Public Radio | Aspen, CO | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Aspen Art Museum | Aspen, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Stuart Collection UC San Diego Foundation | La Jolla, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ploughshares Fund | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Raices | San Antonio, TX | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Texas Tech University System | Lubbock, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Women's Center for Creative Work | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Aspen Institute | Washington, DC | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Aspen Community Foundation | Basalt, CO | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Project Angel Food | Los Angeles, CA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Amref Health Africa | New York, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Aspen Words | Aspen, CO | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Youthentity | Carbondale, CO | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mepkin Abbey | Moncks Corner, SC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Roaring Fork Conservancy | Basalt, CO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Civil Rights Project | Austin, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art | Charleston, SC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Library Foundation of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nemours Wildlife Foundation | Yemassee, SC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Forests | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Good Shephard Manor | Momencei, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
50 of 67 (75%) 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 65%, 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 89 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 43 | $499,700 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 45 | $406,865 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 37 | $485,860 | $2,500 |
| 2024 | 34 | $433,700 | $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. 65% 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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. 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 The Good Works Foundation'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: Co Reese Henry 400 E Main St 2, Aspen, CO, 81611. 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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