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Goode Family Foundation

Accepts applications Norfolk, Virginia · EIN 461574279

Goode Family Foundation is a private foundation in Norfolk, Virginia. In tax year 2024 it gave $1.9 million in 22 grants; the typical grant was $50,000 and the largest $250,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $2.1 million the year before.

36% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$2.1 million25$18.6 million
2024$1.9 million22$20.4 million

How to apply

ContactShirley C Baldwin
150 W Main St Ste 1735, Norfolk, VA 23510
Phone or email(757) 227-4515
What to submitInformal letter stating purpose and need for request
DeadlinesThere are no submission deadlines
RestrictionsAmounts are distributed to 501(c)(3) organizations

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Goode Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Virginia.

StateGrantsAmount
Virginia20$1.8 million
Florida2$80,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 22 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Chrysler Museum of Art
Norfolk, VA
Support recipient's tax-exempt program$250,000
Nauticus Foundation
Norfolk, VA
Support recipient's tax-exempt program$250,000
United Way
Norfolk, VA
Support recipient's tax-exempt program$250,000
Elizabeth River Project
Norfolk, VA
Support recipient's tax-exempt program$200,000
Virginia Museum of History & Culture
Richmond, VA
Support recipient's tax-exempt program$130,000
CHKD
Norfolk, VA
Support recipient's tax-exempt program$100,000
The Hermitage Museum
Norfolk, VA
Support recipient's tax-exempt program$100,000
The Virginia Zoo
Norfolk, VA
Support recipient's tax-exempt program$100,000
Thomas Jefferson Foundation
Charlottesville, VA
Support recipient's tax-exempt program$75,000
Taubman Museum of Art
Roanoke, VA
Support recipient's tax-exempt program$50,000
Virginia Opera
Norfolk, VA
Support recipient's tax exempt program$50,000
Virginia Stage Company
Norfolk, VA
Support recipient's tax-exempt program$50,000
YWCA
Norfolk, VA
Support recipient's tax-exempt program$50,000
Key West Literary Seminar
Key West, FL
Support recipient's tax -exempt program$50,000
YMCA of South Hampton Roads
Chesapeake, VA
Support recipient's tax-exempt program$50,000
The Studios of Key West
Key West, FL
Support recipient's tax-exempt program$30,000
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Norfolk, VA
Support recipient's tax-exempt program$20,000
Hollins University
Roanoke, VA
Support recipient's tax-exempt program$15,000
Old Dominion Educational Foundation
Norfolk, VA
Support recipient's tax-exempt program$15,000
Roanoke College
Salem, VA
Support recipient's tax-exempt program$15,000
United Jewish Federation
Virginia Beach, VA
Support recipient's tax-exempt program$2,500
Urban League of Hampton Roads
Norfolk, VA
Support recipient's tax-exempt program$1,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Goode Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: There are no submission deadlines.

How much does Goode Family Foundation give?

$1.9 million in tax year 2024, across 22 grants, with a typical grant of $50,000.

Who runs Goode Family Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists David R Goode (Board Member), Susan S Goode (Treasurer), Shirley C Baldwin (Board Member) and Christina L Goode (President) among 5 officers and trustees.

What does Goode Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture and education.

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