The Horace W Goldsmith Foundation
Invitation OnlyNew York, New York · EIN 13-6107758 · Private foundation
Grants paid (2024)$32M
Organizations funded284
Typical grant$70,000
Total assets$826.4M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $30,000 and $150,000.
From the return
How to apply
On its return for tax year 2024 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
59% of grants went outside New York.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Constitution Center | Philadelphia, PA | General operations | $850,000 |
| Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | San Francisco, CA | Special purpose | $750,000 |
| Tipping Point Community | San Francisco, CA | General operations | $750,000 |
| American Journalism Project | Washington, DC | General operations | $500,000 |
| Democracy Works | Brooklyn, NY | General operations | $500,000 |
| Metropolitan Opera | New York, NY | General operations | $500,000 |
| The Beginnings Fund | Alexandria, VA | General operations | $500,000 |
| The Jerusalem Foundation Inc | New York, NY | General operations | $500,000 |
| University of Virginia School of Law | Charlottesville, VA | General operations | $500,000 |
| Yale Law School | New Haven, CT | Special purpose | $500,000 |
| Yale School of Management | New Haven, CT | Special purpose | $500,000 |
| Living Goods | San Francisco, CA | Special purpose | $400,000 |
| Living Goods | San Francisco, CA | General operations | $400,000 |
| Mount Sinai Hospital of New York | New York, NY | General operations | $400,000 |
| Last Mile Health | Boston, MA | General operations | $350,000 |
| Noora Health | San Francisco, CA | General operations | $350,000 |
| Middlebury College | Middlebury, VT | Special purpose | $333,334 |
| Tidepool Project | Palo Alto, CA | General operations | $315,000 |
| Brigham & Women's Hospital | Boston, MA | General operations | $250,000 |
| Carnegie Hall | New York, NY | Special purpose | $250,000 |
| City University of New York | New York, NY | Special purpose | $250,000 |
| College Track | Oakland, CA | General operations | $250,000 |
| Development Media International (Dmi) | UK | General operations | $250,000 |
| Innovations for Poverty Action (Impact Matters) | New Haven, CT | General operations | $250,000 |
| Jewish Community Center of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | General operations | $250,000 |
| Juvenile Law Center | Philadelphia, PA | General operations | $250,000 |
| Kimmel Center Inc (Formerly Rpac) | Philadelphia, PA | General operations | $250,000 |
| Luminary Impact Fund | San Francisco, CA | General operations | $250,000 |
| Manhattan Country School | New York, NY | General operations | $250,000 |
| Nantucket Conservation Foundation Assn | Nantucket, MA | General operations | $250,000 |
| One Acre Fund | Brooklyn, NY | Special purpose | $250,000 |
| Opera Company of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | Special purpose | $250,000 |
| Pioneer Works | Brooklyn, NY | General operations | $250,000 |
| Playworks | Philadelphia, PA | General operations | $250,000 |
| Protect Democracy Project | Washington, DC | General operations | $250,000 |
| Rocket Learning | Waltham, MA | General operations | $250,000 |
| St Christophers Hospital for Children | Philadelphia, PA | General operations | $250,000 |
| Swords to Plowshares | San Francisco, CA | General operations | $250,000 |
| The Barnes Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | General operations | $250,000 |
| The Forward Association | New York, NY | General operations | $250,000 |
| The Trust for Public Land | Southampton, NJ | Special purpose | $250,000 |
| Theater Development Fund Inc | New York, NY | General operations | $250,000 |
| Yale Law School | New Haven, CT | Special purpose | $250,000 |
| Year Up | Philadelphia, PA | General operations | $250,000 |
| Calmatters | Sacramento, CA | General operations | $200,000 |
| Center for Family Representation | New York, NY | General operations | $200,000 |
| Fund Access Forward | Albuquerque, NM | General operations | $200,000 |
| Heights Philadelphia (Was Philadelphia Futures for Youth) | Philadelphia, PA | General operations | $200,000 |
| Moma Ps 1 (Was Ps-1 Contemporary Art Center) | New York, NY | Special purpose | $200,000 |
| Mpower Social Enterprises Ltd (Via Give2asia) | Oakland, CA | General operations | $200,000 |
| Quintessence Theatre | Philadelphia, PA | General operations | $200,000 |
| The End Fund | New York, NY | Special purpose | $200,000 |
| The Wilderness Society | Washington, DC | General operations | $200,000 |
| Whyy Inc | Philadelphia, PA | General operations | $200,000 |
| Terre Des Hommes | SZ | General operations (expenditure responsibility completed) | $175,000 |
| Mann Center for the Performing Arts | Philadelphia, PA | Special purpose | $167,000 |
| Anti-Defamation League (Adl) | New York, NY | General operations | $150,000 |
| Brooklyn Museum of Art | Brooklyn, NY | General operations | $150,000 |
| Dia Art Foundation | New York, NY | Special purpose | $150,000 |
| Esf Dream Camp Foundation | Bryn Mawr, PA | Special purpose | $150,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 284 grants to organizations.
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Beginnings Fund | Alexandria, VA | General operations | $500,000 |
| The Trust for Public Land | Southampton, NJ | Special purpose | $500,000 |
| Mount Sinai Hospital of New York | New York, NY | General operations | $400,000 |
| Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | Washington, DC | General operations | $300,000 |
| Protect Democracy Project | Washington, DC | General operations | $300,000 |
| Brigham & Women's Hospital | Boston, MA | General operations | $250,000 |
| Carnegie Hall | New York, NY | Special purpose | $250,000 |
| City University of New York | New York, NY | Special purpose | $250,000 |
| Kimmel Center Inc (Formerly Rpac) | Philadelphia, PA | General operations | $250,000 |
| Nantucket Conservation Foundation Assn | Nantucket, MA | General operations | $250,000 |
| Opera Company of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | Special purpose | $250,000 |
| The Barnes Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | General operations | $250,000 |
| Upstream | Woburn, MA | General operations | $250,000 |
| Yale Law School | New Haven, CT | Special purpose | $250,000 |
| 826 Valencia | San Francisco, CA | General operations | $200,000 |
| Calmatters | Sacramento, CA | General operations | $200,000 |
| Moma Ps 1 (Was Ps-1 Contemporary Art Center) | New York, NY | Special purpose | $200,000 |
| The Wilderness Society | Washington, DC | General operations | $200,000 |
| Woolly Mammoth Theater Co | Washington, DC | General operations | $200,000 |
| Brooklyn Museum of Art | Brooklyn, NY | General operations | $150,000 |
| Financing Alliance for Health | Paoli, PA | General operations | $150,000 |
| Geisinger Health System Foundation | Danville, PA | Special purpose | $150,000 |
| Israel Elwyn (Was Jerusalem Elwyn) | Special purpose (expenditure responsibility completed) | $150,000 | |
| Medic Mobile | San Francisco, CA | General operations | $150,000 |
| Pacific Institute | Oakland, CA | General operations | $150,000 |
| The Marshall Project | New York, NY | General operations | $150,000 |
| Congregation Emanu-El | San Francisco, CA | Special purpose | $125,000 |
| National Redistricting Foundation | Washington, DC | General operations | $125,000 |
| Safe & Sound (Formerly Sf Child Abuse Prev Ctr) | San Francisco, CA | Special purpose | $125,000 |
| Yale Law School | New Haven, CT | Special purpose | $125,000 |
| Bay Area Scores | San Francisco, CA | General operations | $100,000 |
| Curtis Institute of Music | Philadelphia, PA | General operations | $100,000 |
| Demos | New York, NY | General operations | $100,000 |
| Drawing Center | New York, NY | General operations | $100,000 |
| School of American Ballet | New York, NY | General operations | $100,000 |
| The Forward Association | New York, NY | General operations | $100,000 |
| The Ghetto Film School Inc | Los Angeles, CA | General operations | $100,000 |
| The New 42Nd Street Inc | New York, NY | General operations | $100,000 |
| Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History | Philadelphia, PA | General operations | $100,000 |
| Yale School of Drama | New Haven, CT | General operations | $100,000 |
| Education Law Center | Philadelphia, PA | General operations | $75,000 |
| Planned Parenthood Keystone (Was Pp of Bucks County) | Warminster, PA | General operations | $75,000 |
| Running Start | Washington, DC | General operations | $75,000 |
| Thacher School | Ojai, CA | Special purpose | $75,000 |
| Soho Rep | New York, NY | General operations | $65,000 |
| Aspen Institute | Washington, DC | Special project | $50,000 |
| Boulder Valley Women's Health Center | Boulder, CO | General operations | $50,000 |
| Brooklyn Public Library | Brooklyn, NY | General operations | $50,000 |
| Institute of Contemporary Art | Philadelphia, PA | General operations | $50,000 |
| New York City Urban Debate League | New York, NY | General operations | $50,000 |
| Park Avenue Armory (Seventh Reg Arm Cons Inc) | New York, NY | General operations | $50,000 |
| Peconic Land Trust | Southampton, NY | Special purpose | $50,000 |
| Queens Museum of Art | Queens, NY | General operations | $50,000 |
| Restart Africa (Kenya) | General operations (expenditure responsibility completed) | $50,000 | |
| Settlement Music School | Philadelphia, PA | General operations | $50,000 |
| Skowhegan | New York, NY | General operations | $50,000 |
| Teatro Grattacielo | Union City, NJ | General operations | $50,000 |
| The Knowledge House | The Bronx, NY | General operations | $50,000 |
| Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | Washington, DC | General operations | $50,000 |
| Brooklyn Greenway Initiative | Brooklyn, NY | General operations | $40,000 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $31,953,334 | 371 |
| 2023 | $31,917,333 | 346 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Oct 15, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202522889349100227
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 13-6107758
- Profile updated Nov 5, 2026
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