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Gordon Goldstein Foundation

Accepts applications Sacramento, California · EIN 136145143

Gordon Goldstein Foundation is a private foundation in Sacramento, California. In tax year 2025 it gave $43,950 in 7 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $15,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $39,500 the year before.

60% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$14,50011$403,793
2024$39,5009$472,553
2025$43,9507$546,977

How to apply

ContactDavid W Gordon
PO Box 22111, Sacramento, CA 95822
Phone or email(916) 448-1964
What to submitWritten request - specify purpose, org history, exempt qualification
RestrictionsApplicants restriced to organizations described in internal revenue code sections 170(c)(1) and (2)(b)

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Gordon Goldstein Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in California.

StateGrantsAmount
California7$43,950

Grants paid in 2025

All 7 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Individual
CA
Charitable$15,000
Sacramento Historical Society
Sacramento, CA
Charitable$15,000
Individual
CA
Charitable$7,200
Friends of Sacramento Arts
Sacramento, CA
Charitable$5,000
American Foundation for Suicide Pre
Fair Oaks, CA
Charitable$1,000
Sacramento County SPCA
Sacramento, CA
Charitable$500
CA State Library Foundation
Sacramento, CA
Charitable$250

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Gordon Goldstein Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Gordon Goldstein Foundation give?

$43,950 in tax year 2025, across 7 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Gordon Goldstein Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists David W Gordon (President), Brian Gordon (Vice President), Jennifer Stoecklein (Treasurer) and Deborah Gordon (Secretary).

What does Gordon Goldstein Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture.

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