About Goodnation Foundation
Address the root causes of societal problems to meet urgent needs and create lasting impact through Smartfunds and fiscally-sponsored initiatives.
Focus Areas
Fiscal sponsorshipPoverty alleviationFood accessEducationShelter/housing
Who They Fund
nonprofit organizations (unspecified)
Funding Style
general operating / mission supportcapacity buildingunrestricted or flexible funding
Topics
organizational developmentnonprofit sustainability
About Goodnation Foundation
Goodnation Foundation Inc. centers its grantmaking on fiscal sponsorship and poverty alleviation, pairing operating support with fiscally sponsored initiatives that address urgent needs and longer-term structural change. Its stated aim is to address the root causes of societal problems, and the recent grants reflect that approach through support for civic education, voter engagement, food access, shelter, and related nonprofit infrastructure. Among the larger awards, the foundation gave $805,000 to Together Wisconsin Acts in Milwaukee and $750,000 to Make North Carolina First in Raleigh. It also backed PA Alliance Foundation in Philadelphia with $680,000 and Freedom Black Led Organizing in Akron with $625,000, showing a willingness to place substantial bets on state-based organizing and aligned nonprofit vehicles. The foundation’s program list includes The National Roundtable on Ending Poverty and a Fiscal Sponsorship program, and its taxonomy points to organizational development, nonprofit sustainability, and program expansion or mission advancement. The recipient list is entirely U.S.-based, and the grant record shows repeated support for intermediaries such as New Venture Fund, Hopewell Fund, and Sixteen Thirty Fund. That pattern suggests a funder that works through nonprofit infrastructure as much as through direct grants to operating organizations.
What Goodnation Foundation Funds
Poverty alleviation is a clear throughline. Goodnation Foundation Inc. lists The National Roundtable on Ending Poverty as one of its programs, and recent awards also support organizations working on economic and civic conditions that shape household stability. In civic education, the foundation gave $500,000 to Michigan Civic Education Fund in Lansing and $280,000 to Georgia Alliance Education in Atlanta. For voter engagement, it supported Rural Arizona Engagement with $300,000 in Coolidge and Our Voice Our Vote Arizona with $250,000 in Phoenix. The foundation also funds media and field-building work. It gave $453,500 to Center for Technology and (Chicago, IL) and $289,500 to PushBlack in Washington, DC, both of which sit alongside broader organizing and information efforts in the recent-grants list. Shelter, housing, and food access remain part of the foundation’s stated focus areas, even when the recent grant list shows those concerns through related nonprofit and advocacy vehicles rather than direct service awards.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$18.7M
Total Assets
$7M
Total Revenue
$22.1M
Total Expenses
$20.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $65K, with a median of $20K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$20K
75th Percentile
$65K
Geographic Reach
National27 states funded
About 21% of grants go to recipients in DC.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Robert Hansen
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