The California State Capitol
Foundation Lookup

Form 990-PFTax year 2020EIN 94-3285519

The Goddard Foundation

A private foundation in Danville, CA. Its return for tax year 2020 lists 15 grants and $624,924 paid in grants.

See which foundations fund work like yours Matching by cause, place and grant size

Tax year 2020 (period ending Dec 31, 2020), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

3 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2020

    $624,924

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2019

    $60,125

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $190,102

  • Tax year 2018

    $36,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $163,983

Grants paid in 2020

15 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    Donor advised fund

    $325,392
  2. Individual

    Donor advised fund

    $191,000
  3. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    General use

    $35,000
  4. Individual

    General operating expenses

    $12,000
  5. UC Berkeley FoundationBerkeley, CA

    Graduate fellowship endowment

    $10,000
  6. Individual

    Donor advised fund

    $9,532
  7. UCSF FoundationSan Francisco, CA

    General use

    $8,000
  8. Individual

    General operating expenses

    $6,000
  9. Individual

    Genearal operating expenses

    $5,000
  10. Danville Library FoundationDanville, CA

    Genearal operating expenses

    $5,000
  11. Individual

    General operating expenses

    $5,000
  12. Individual

    General operating expenses

    $4,000
  13. Individual

    General operating expenses

    $4,000
  14. Individual

    General operating expenses

    $4,000
  15. Individual

    General operating expenses

    $1,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education2 grants $43,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California4 grants $58,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Joan M GoddardPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • John GoddardSECRETARY/TREAS Hours 0Pay $0
  • John W Goddard JrDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Christina G GoddardDirector Hours 0Pay $0

The return

More foundations

Similar foundations

Same main cause (education), giving between a quarter and four times this foundation’s where possible, nearby first.

  1. The Alex & Susan Virgilio FoundationDanville, CA 8 grants Preselected only $479,470 giving
  2. The Lebherz Family FoundationDanville, CA 26 grants Preselected only $1,388,436 giving
  3. Patricia R Behring FoundationDanville, CA 4 grants Preselected only $168,901 giving
  4. Shoreline Family FoundationDanville, CA 9 grants Preselected only $158,100 giving
  5. Bagnard Family FoundationSanta Monica, CA 14 grants Preselected only $621,000 giving