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Closing out 2025 grant making and looking to 2026

10/25/2025

Our grant making for calendar year 2025 is now complete. We are deeply grateful to the many organizations whose work inspires us and advances the causes we care about most.

Looking ahead to 2026, our focus will shift toward large legacy gifts that strengthen and sustain long-term partnerships we have built over many years. These commitments reflect our ongoing dedication to creating lasting impact in the communities and fields we’ve been proud to support.

We look forward to sharing more details about these legacy gifts in the coming year.

An update from the Foundation

5/5/2025

In Fall 2024, the Board of Directors made the difficult decision to sunset the Foundation by the end of 2030. What does this mean for existing and potential grantees? We will be continuing with our current grant making focuses awarding new grants as posted on our website through 2025. We will complete any existing multi-year commitments already made through 2026. The Foundation has selected a few organizations for legacy grants and those will be announced when they are finalized.

Our mailing address has changed

2/22/2024

We have a new mailing address for correspondences:

333 Coast Blvd, UNIT 17
La Jolla, CA. 92037

Please send all new correspondences there.

Thank you!

Closing out 2023

11/5/2023

The foundation completed its giving for 2023 in October and we learned so much this past year. Staff and board now have a couple years of experience practicing trust-based philanthropy and it has been an honor to build deeper relationships with staff members at nonprofits in our communities. We’ve increased the number of general operating support grants and started making multi-year grants in select focuses as we gain experience in this area.

For a complete list of grants awarded in 2023: https://www.goodmanfamilyfoundation.org/list-of-grants-awarded.html.

You will find our 2024 focuses and deadlines for each grant cycle at the following URL: https://www.goodmanfamilyfoundation.org/our-current-grant-focuses--deadlines.html.

Looking forward to the new year,

Michele and the team

Fall 2023 Education grant cycle is open

1/23/2023

We are now accepting LOIs in the area of Education. The deadline for LOI submissions in June 7th, 2023. These grants will be awarded in the Oct/Nov timeframe. You can submit your LOI at the following link:
https://www.grantinterface.com/Home/Logon?urlkey=goodmanfamilyfdn

Arts & Culture LOI deadline

1/2/2023

Happy New Year! Just a reminder that our deadline for LOIs in the area of Arts & Culture, January 9th, is quickly approaching.

Follow this link to apply: https://www.grantinterface.com/Home/Logon?urlkey=goodmanfamilyfdn

Questions? Contact me: [email protected]

It's the season of giving

11/26/2022

Thrilled to have just completed our giving for the year. You'll find a list of our 2022 gifts here: https://www.goodmanfamilyfoundation.org/list-of-grants-awarded-930388.html

It took much thought and building of partnerships throughout the year to get to this point. Special thanks to our volunteer staff and board members: Andrea Vanessa Castillo, Patricia Rau, Pamela Hays, Mariette & Sandy Sawchuk, Susan Kenney, Eric Wan, and foundation donors Honmai & Joe Goodman.

Welcoming the Fall

9/7/2022

Our new grants management system is live! We are now accepting LOIs in the area of Arts & Culture for 2023 grants. Our website has changed a bit since applicants will utilize our grants management system to submit LOIs instead of our website. If you have questions or run into issues please contact [email protected]. We are here for you!

Happy Lunar New Year - Fall grant cycle is open

2/5/2022

Our Spring grant cycle is well underway and we are no longer accepting new applications in Arts & Culture. Our 2022 Fall grant cycle is now open, we are accepting LOIs in the area of Education (internship opportunities). Our Health & Human Services grants will be made by invitation only, no LOIs are being accepted in this area of interest.

Later this year the foundation will be transitioning to the Foundant grants management system. This means that you will be submitting LOIs and grant proposals differently. We are a late adopter of Foundant so most of you are already familiar with the system. It's a learning curve for us so please bear with us. Our official "go live" date is tentatively scheduled for late July after our Education LOI deadline. Our website will be updated when the new system is ready for your use. In the meantime, it's business as usual.

Stay healthy and please feel free to reach out with questions.

Fall updates from the foundation

11/12/2021

Announcing a new board member! I am pleased to announce that Pamela Hays has been elected for a three-year term to our board of directors starting January 1, 2022. Pam works full-time at Intel Corporation and has been a volunteer program director for over five years in the areas of Arts & Culture and Health & Human Services. Pam lives in Portland Oregon and is passionate about healthy aging.

Earlier this week the board of directors completed its grantmaking for calendar year 2021. The foundation distributed funding in the total amount of $301,600. You can find a list of grants awarded at the following URL: https://www.goodmanfamilyfoundation.org/lists-of-grants-awarded.html

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