Goody Two Shoes Inc.

Goody Two Shoes Inc. is a small, closely-held family foundation run out of a Boca Raton PO Box by two unpaid directors, Barry Schnittman and Steve Schnittman (with William Shofstall also listed as a director in prior filings) — there is no program staff, no grants department, and no functioning public website despite a registered domain (goodytwoshoes.org). With $5.1 million in assets and roughly $240,000-$313,000 in annual giving over the past four filed years, this is a lean, personally-run vehicle, not an institutional grantmaker. The grantee history (93 tracked grants totaling just over $1 million) shows the foundation strongly favors organizations it already knows: about 15-20 groups reappear across three or four consecutive filing years, from Azul (fashion-design training for disadvantaged adults, $324,850 across four grants) to Israel Healthcare Foundation, Glades Area Pantries, Arc of the Glades, and Boca Helping Hands. That repeat-grantee pattern, combined with the foundation's own 'preselected only' classification, means the realistic path in is relationship-building, not a cold proposal. First-time applicants should not expect a formal LOI-to-full-proposal-to-site-visit pipeline — there is no evidence of site visits, multi-stage review, or published cycles anywhere in the filings or web presence. Instead, the foundation's own IRS Form 990-PF states its application format plainly: a letter, accompanied by relevant newspaper clippings, stating the reason for the request. That is the entire documented process. Given the geographic concentration — 80 of 93 tracked grants (86%) went to Florida organizations, with a further six to New York, matching the foundation's stated FL/NY geographic focus — out-of-region nonprofits face a steep uphill climb. The strongest positioning is a Palm Beach County or Glades-area Human Services nonprofit working in disability services, vocational training, or food security, ideally one with existing visibility in the local philanthropic community (the foundation is a documented 2024 contributor of $2,500+ to Boca Helping Hands, suggesting community-event and gala visibility matters as much as a written pitch). First-time applicants should size requests modestly: the median grant is $5,000 and 96.5% of the foundation's 2024 budget went straight to grants, leaving no slack for large one-off asks.

Total giving has grown from $195,049 in 2011 to a peak of $312,962 in 2023, before settling to $240,874 in 2024 (22 grants) — a trajectory driven almost entirely by investment returns on the $5.1 million endowment (net investment income of $378,447 in 2023 alone) rather than fresh contributions, which have stayed modest and volatile ($43,195 to $153,500 per year). The foundation's own typical-grant-size data (most recent 25-grant sample) shows a median of $5,000, an average of $7,892, and a range of $500 to $40,000 — a tight, small-dollar band. Looking at the fuller 93-grant/$1,055,025 historical record, giving is heavily concentrated: the top five recipients alone (Azul, $324,850; Israel Healthcare Foundation, $156,000; Glades Area Pantries, $93,044; Arc of the Glades, $75,360; Boca Helping Hands, $56,000) account for roughly $705,000, or about 67% of all tracked dollars, while the remaining ~35 organizations split the rest in awards mostly under $20,000. By program area, disability and vocational-services organizations (Azul, Arc of the Glades, Boca Habilitation Center, PB Habilitation Center, Koreys Krew, Bit By Bit, The Arc, Victory Living, Quest) collectively draw close to $480,000 — roughly 45% of tracked giving, the single largest theme. Food security (Glades Area Pantries, Boca Helping Hands, Restoration Bridge/Restorations Bridge, Nourishing Lives, Showering Love, Life Net 4 Families) totals about $220,000 (21%), health and medical causes (Israel Healthcare Foundation, Gift of Life, Memorial Sloan Kettering, University Hospital) about $176,000 (17%), education and youth programs (Emory University Autism Center, Roots Wing, Friendship Journey, Milagro Center) roughly $71,500 (7%), and arts, religious, and miscellaneous causes (Wick Theatre, Hacer Ministry, National WWII Museum, Rare Species Conservation Fund) make up the remainder. Geographically, 80 of 93 grants (86%) went to Florida nonprofits, 6 to New York, 4 to Georgia (largely the Emory University Autism Center), and 3 to Louisiana.

Goody Two Shoes Inc. sits in a tightly clustered peer set of small, family-run Human Services private foundations, all holding almost exactly $5.0-5.15 million in assets — a coincidence of scale rather than shared strategy, since none of these funders appears to coordinate or publish comparative giving data.

Goody Two Shoes Inc. is the only foundation in this peer set with a documented, IRS-filed application procedure (letter plus newspaper clippings), even though its own domain currently shows no live content — giving it a slim transparency edge over Malchus, Decker, and Buildings For Babies, which show no public web presence at all. Ancore Foundation and On Go For Good both maintain functioning websites, which is worth checking directly, since a live site in this asset tier sometimes (though not always) signals a more accessible, less purely relationship-driven process than Goody Two Shoes' preselected model.

Public information specific to Goody Two Shoes Inc. is sparse — as a two-director family foundation with no communications staff, it generates no press releases, leadership announcements, or program launches to track. The most concrete recent data point is its FY2024 Form 990-PF, filed April 24, 2025, reporting total revenue of $458,085 (about 81% from investment income and 19% from contributions), total expenses of $249,705, and $240,874 disbursed across 22 grants — net assets closed the year at roughly $5.1 million with no outstanding liabilities. That represents a step down from the $312,962 given in FY2023 and $256,459 in FY2022, though still well above the $201,959-$217,654 range of FY2019-2020, so the multi-year trend remains one of gradual growth tied to investment performance rather than any announced strategic shift. The one externally-verifiable activity signal is the foundation's inclusion on Boca Helping Hands' 2024 roster of philanthropic partners contributing $2,500 or more — consistent with the DB grant history showing four separate awards to Boca Helping Hands totaling $56,000 for food-training programs, and suggesting the relationship with that particular grantee is active and ongoing into the current giving cycle. No changes in directorship were found beyond the historical listing of Barry Schnittman, Steve Schnittman, and William Shofstall as unpaid directors across filings; there is no indication of a new executive, a renamed program, or a shifted geographic or issue focus in any source reviewed.

There is no online application, portal, published deadline, or grants-page URL for this funder — the entire documented process comes from the foundation's own IRS Form 990-PF, which states applications should take the form of a letter accompanied by relevant newspaper clippings and a clear statement of the reason for the request. Treat that instruction literally: send a physical or mailed letter, not an emailed proposal package, addressed to Barry Schnittman (the foundation's listed contact) at PO Box 810215, Boca Raton, FL 33481-0215, and follow up by phone at (561) 241-9248 to confirm it was received, since there is no acknowledgment system. Because 96.5% of the foundation's 2024 budget went directly to grants and its typical award sits between $500 and $40,000 (median $5,000, average $7,892), right-size the ask — a $100,000+ request is out of range for an organization this small and would likely be an immediate mismatch. The grantee purpose descriptions in the record are all narrow and specific ("FOOD TRAINING," "DISABLED ADULT," "FASHION DESIGN DISADVANTAGED ADULTS") rather than general-operating language, suggesting the directors respond better to a tightly scoped, named program ask than a broad mission pitch. Given the newspaper-clippings requirement baked into their own filing, come prepared with third-party press coverage or community recognition of your organization's work rather than relying solely on an internal narrative — this funder appears to value external validation. The strongest applicant profile is a Florida (especially Palm Beach County/Glades area) or New York Human Services nonprofit working in disability services, vocational training, food security, or health — 86% of tracked grants went to Florida groups. Because roughly 15-20 organizations reappear as grantees across three to four consecutive years each, a single unsolicited letter from an organization with no prior relationship faces long odds; building visibility in the Boca Raton philanthropic community (the foundation is a documented 2024 donor to Boca Helping Hands at the $2,500+ tier) is a more realistic entry point than a cold mailing. Common mistakes to avoid: confusing this funder with the unrelated Las Vegas "Goodie Two Shoes Foundation" (a children's-shoes charity); assuming a formal multi-stage review process exists when none is documented; and requesting general operating support instead of a specific, named program.