William Goldman Foundation
Radnor, PA · EIN 23-6266261. Reported 326 grants totalling $715,450 to 82 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. William Goldman 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 $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $1,500; the smallest was $100 and the largest $29,000. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kornberg School of Dentistry at Temple University | Philadelphia, PA | $103,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University | Philadelphia, PA | $64,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Jewish Federation of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $62,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Dental School | Philadelphia, PA | $47,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School | Philadelphia, PA | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Whyy | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine | Philadelphia, PA | $19,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University | Philadelphia, PA | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Philadephia College of Osteopathic Medicine | Philadelphia, PA | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pennsylvania Horticultural Society | Philadelphia, PA | $14,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Philabundance | Philadelphia, PA | $12,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Project Home | Philadelphia, PA | $12,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Penn Vet | Philadelphia, PA | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Politz Hebrew Academy | Philadelphia, PA | $11,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood | Philadelphia, PA | $10,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Cary Law School | Philadelphia, PA | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Prager University Foundation | Sherman Oaks, CA | $8,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Donorschooseorg | New York, NY | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Learning Venture | Jenkintown, PA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Caron Treatment Services | Wernersville, PA | $7,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Gratz College | Melrose Park, PA | $7,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Police Athletic League of Phila | Philadelphia, PA | $7,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Salvation Army of Greater Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $7,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Saint Mary's Church | Ardmore, PA | $7,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Eldernet of Lower Merion & Narberth | Bryn Mawr, PA | $5,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Abramson Senior Care | Blue Bell, PA | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Indian College Fund | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Cardiovascular Institute of Phila | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Cradles to Crayons | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Fox Chase Cancer Center | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Franklin Institute | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Geisel Medical School | Lebanon, NH | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Holocaust & Humanity Center | Cincinnati, OH | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| NAMI-Pa Main Line Chapter | Merion Station, PA | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| National Constitution Center | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Philadelphia Freedom Valley YMCA | Havertown, PA | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Weitzman Natl Museum of American Jewish History | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Women Organized Against Rape | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Jacksonville, FL | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Semper Fi Fund | Oceanside, CA | $4,800 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Special Olympics Pennsylvania | Norristown, PA | $4,750 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mighty Writers | Philadelphia, PA | $4,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| USO of Pennsylvania & Southern Nj | Philadelphia, PA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Curtis Institute of Music | Philadelphia, PA | $3,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Kelly Anne Dolan Memorial Fund | Fort Washington, PA | $3,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| University of Texas Medical Branch | Galveston, TX | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Walnut Street Theatre | Philadelphia, PA | $3,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Zoological Society of Phila | Philadelphia, PA | $3,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Abortion Liberation Fund of Pa | Philadelphia, PA | $3,200 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Broad Street Ministry | Philadelphia, PA | $3,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial | Shanksville, PA | $3,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Front Line Critical Care Alliance | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Positive Aging in Lower Merion | Ardmore, PA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Rosemont College | Rosemont, PA | $3,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Access Matters | Philadelphia, PA | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Alzheimers Association | Philadelphia, PA | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Federation Housing Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Jewish Community Homes | Bryn Mawr, PA | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Monroe-Meyer Institute | Omaha, NE | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| US Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Anti-Defamation League of Phila | Philadelphia, PA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Freedom Service Dogs | Engelwood, CO | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Haverford Township Free Library | Havertown, PA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| NAMI of Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Operation Homefront Pa & De | Doylestown, PA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Positive Aging in Lower Merion Palm | Ardmore, PA | $1,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Juvenile Diabetes Foundation | King of Prussia, PA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Menorah Park Foundation | Beachwood, OH | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Society of Teachers of Family Medicine | Leawood, KS | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Stmf Foundation | Leawood, KS | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $1,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Veterans Group | Philadelphia, PA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Together Rising | Falls Church, VA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Golden Slipper Center for Seniors | Wynnewood, PA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Independent Medical Alliance | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| International Rescue Committee | Albert Lea, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Murphy's Giving Market | Upper Darby, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Radnor Ambulance | Wayne, PA | $600 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Women's Medical Fund | Philadelphia, PA | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Breakthrough T1D | King of Prussia, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
75 of 82 (91%) 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 90%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 162 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 67 | $139,700 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 69 | $142,900 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 67 | $142,400 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 65 | $144,550 | $1,000 |
| 2025 | 58 | $145,900 | $1,000 |
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
90% of its giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Pennsylvania.
- 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 William Goldman Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 290 King of Prussia Road 104, Radnor, PA, 19087. 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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