Funding search · EIN 266158159 · Boston, MA
Howard M & Deborah S Goodman Charitable
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 84
- grants reported
- $203,148
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $2,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- 92nd Street Y4 grants · $20,000
- World Central Kitchen4 grants · $20,000
- Southern Poverty Law Center4 grants · $12,000
- American Civil Liberties Union Foundation4 grants · $12,000
- American Friends of Magen David Adom3 grants · $10,000
- New York Times Neediest Cases Fund3 grants · $10,000
- Anti-Defamation League3 grants · $9,000
- American Folk Art Museum4 grants · $8,000
- Msnbc'S Kind4 grants · $8,000
- New York Historical Society4 grants · $8,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 84 reported grants, largest first.
- $5,000
92nd Street Y · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $5,000
Food Bank for New York City · Hartsdale, NY · 2025
General support
- $5,000
The New York Times Communities Fund · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $5,000
World Central Kitchen · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
- $5,000
92nd Street Y · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $5,000
World Central Kitchen · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
- $5,000
92nd Street Y · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $5,000
World Central Kitchen · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
General support
- $5,000
92nd Street Y · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $5,000
New York Times Neediest Cases Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $5,000
World Central Kitchen · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General support
- $3,500
American Friends of Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $3,500
American Friends of Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $3,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $3,000
American Friends of Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $3,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2025
General support
- $3,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $3,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $3,000
Aurora Theatre Company · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General support
- $3,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General support
- $3,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $3,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $3,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2023
General support
- $3,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $3,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $3,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022
General support
- $2,500
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $2,500
Vivian Beaumont Theatre · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $2,500
Jdc · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $2,500
New York Times Neediest Cases Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $2,500
Jdc · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $2,500
New York Times Neediest Cases Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $2,500
Jdc · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $2,500
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $2,148
Manhattan Theatre Club · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $2,000
American Folk Art Museum · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $2,000
Msnbc'S Kind · New York, NY · 2025
For girls education
- $2,000
New York Historical Society · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $2,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2025
General support
- $2,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $2,000
US Friends of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
General support
- $2,000
Williams College · Williamstown, MA · 2025
Class of 1960 alumni fund
- $2,000
American Folk Art Museum · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $2,000
Msnbc'S Kind · New York, NY · 2024
For girls education
- $2,000
New York Historical Society · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $2,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $2,000
US Friends of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General support
- $2,000
American Folk Art Museum · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $2,000
Msnbc'S Kind · New York, NY · 2023
For girls education
- $2,000
Museum of Arts and Design · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $2,000
New York Historical Society · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $2,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $2,000
US Friends of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
General support
- $2,000
American Folk Art Museum · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $2,000
Msnbc'S Kind · New York, NY · 2022
For girls education
- $2,000
Museum of Arts and Design · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $2,000
New York Historical Society · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $2,000
New York Public Library · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $2,000
The Bridgid Alliance · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $2,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $2,000
US Friends of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
General support
- $1,500
Atlantic Theater Company · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $1,500
Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
- $1,500
Atlantic Theater Company · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $1,500
Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
- $1,500
Lincoln Center Theater · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $1,500
Atlantic Theater Company · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $1,500
Lincoln Center Theater · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $1,500
Atlantic Theater Company · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $1,500
Lincoln Center Theater · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $1,500
Manhattan Theatre Club · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $1,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
General support
- $1,000
Williams College · Williamstown, MA · 2024
Class of 1960 alumni fund
- $1,000
Aurora Theatre Company · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General support
- $1,000
Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
- $1,000
New Plazza Cinema · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $1,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
General support
- $1,000
Wide Horizons for Children · Waltham, MA · 2023
General support
- $1,000
Williams College · Williamstown, MA · 2023
Class of 1960 alumni fund
- $1,000
Aurora Theatre Company · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General support
- $1,000
Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
- $1,000
New Plazza Cinema · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $1,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
General support
- $1,000
Williams College · Williamstown, MA · 2022
Class of 1960 alumni fund
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