The Gould Charitable Foundation
Boston, MA · EIN 22-6444275. Reported 40 grants totalling $882,195 to 33 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 Gould Charitable 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 $17,667. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $33,950; the smallest was $2,800 and the largest $50,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel U Rodgers Community Health Center | Kansas City, MO | $71,220 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Self Esteem Boston Educational Institute | Jamaica Plain, MA | $67,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Reproductive Equity Now Foundation | Boston, MA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boston Outdoor Preschool Network | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Green Farms | Pittsburg, KS | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Voter Network | Merriam, KS | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood Great Plains | Overland Park, KS | $48,285 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center | Dorchester, MA | $40,840 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Madam President Camp | Kansas City, MO | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Carroll Center for the Blind | Newton, MA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Table Leaf Foundation | Olathe, KS | $33,950 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood of Great Plains | Overland Park, KS | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Adoption and Beyond | Overland Park, KS | $27,989 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Family Services | Overland Park, KS | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kansas City Free Health Clinic | Kansas City, MO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jackson County CASA | Kansas City, MO | $21,430 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Reconcilliation Services | Kansas City, MO | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Science for Scientists | Bedford, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Truman Medical Center Charitable Foundation | Kansas City, MO | $17,995 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Baptist-Trinity Lutheran Legacy Foundation | Kansas City, MO | $17,340 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friendshipsworks | Boston, MA | $16,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Connecting for Good | Kansas City, MO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Healing House | Kansas City, MO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Apprentice Learning | Jamaica Plain, MA | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The University of Kansas Health System | Westwood, KS | $11,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Legal Aid of Western Missouri | Kansas City, MO | $10,581 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lovelane Special Needs Horseback | Lincoln, MA | $10,300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Gordon Parks Elementary School | Kansas City, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kansas City Community Gardens | Kansas City, MO | $6,515 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bethel Institute for Community Development | Jamaica Plain, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Charlie's House | Kansas City, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Strawberry Week Society | Merriam, KS | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Strong Women Strong Girls | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
6 of 33 (18%) 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 13%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.
- Reproductive Equity Now Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT - MOBILIZE - Boston Outdoor Preschool Network
SUPPORT OF THE BOPN UNIVERSAL PRE-K PROGRAM AT THE FRANKLIN PARK - The Voter Network
STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES THROUGH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROJECT - Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center
CENTERING THE PREGNANCY EXPERIENCE AT HSNHC - The Carroll Center for the Blind
SOLAR ENERGY AND EFFICIENCY PROJECT - Samuel U Rodgers Community Health Center
IN SUPPORT OF DENTAL CHAIR UNITS FOR CABOT PROJECT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 24 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 9 | $207,857 | $20,000 |
| 2021 | 7 | $178,887 | $27,989 |
| 2022 | 9 | $144,666 | $11,750 |
| 2023 | 5 | $153,495 | $32,500 |
| 2024 | 10 | $197,290 | $15,750 |
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. 37% of this one's giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. 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 $17,667. 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 Massachusetts.
- 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 Gould Charitable Foundation'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: Brian Monnich 2 International Pl, Boston, MA, 02110. 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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