About us
Goodman Philanthropies is a family-run philanthropy committed to enhancing economic mobility in the United States.
Bennett Goodman himself is living proof that of the American promise of economic mobility, coming from very humble beginnings. Today, he is a prominent American financier and co-founder of GSO Capital Partners, the credit investment arm of Blackstone. With a career spanning several decades in alternative asset management, Goodman has played a significant role in shaping the private credit and leveraged finance industries. Bennett & Meg Goodman, alongside their children Jared, Alex, and Julia, now see it as their duty to help ensure economic mobility is a reality for Americans still today through helping identify barriers to economic mobility, and develop and scale solutions through philanthropy
Please see our Grants Portfolio for more detail on Goodman Philanthropies’ active grants currently. Beyond economic mobility, Meg & Bennett Goodman are also long-time supporters of the Whitney Museum of the American Art, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York Presbyterian Hospital & Health System, and various Jewish American causes.
Leadership
Pam Harder, Executive Director
Pam has dedicated her entire career to creating pathways for economic opportunity for individuals and families across the U.S. Prior to joining Goodman Philanthropies, Pam led go-to-market sales strategy at Guild Education, an upskilling and career mobility platform for adult learners. Prior to that, she spent four years in state government designing, executing, and scaling workforce and education initiatives in her home state of Virginia. Pam also worked as a management consultant at FSG, advising major national philanthropies and foundations on their strategies.
Pam holds Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Stanford University, an Master of Public Policy (MPP) degree from the Harvard Kennedy School, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Harvard Business School. She, alongside her husband Josh and two daughters, split their time between Washington, DC and Tracy, California.
