In 1966, soon after their son Andy’s death, Carolyn and Robert Goodman founded the Andrew Goodman Foundation, a gesture that demonstrated their determination to use Andy’s sacrifice for positive ends. From that time until her death in August 2007, Carolyn Goodman directed the Foundation to raise money for and support organizations whose activities express the values that Andrew Goodman lived for, and lost his life for: universal civil rights and social justice, free speech and free journalistic expression, social and political activism. Over the years, the Andrew Goodman Foundation has supported:

• Greensboro Justice Fund, Inc.
• Project Vote
• Education for Minority Students
• Interns for Peace
• Pacifica Foundation (nonprofit radio stations)
• Symphony Space (community-based performing arts center)
• The Chaney, Goodman, Schwerner Coalition of 1989
• Freedom Summer ’94 (training and technical assistance for grassroots organizations)
• Hidden Heroes (documentary film on social activism)
• TACT, The Actor’s Company Theatre

Today, the Andrew Goodman Foundation continues its work through the Andrew Goodman Foundation Hidden Heroes Award, which is presented each year to as many as five individuals or community-based organizations who exemplify the Foundation’s origins and mission: promoting human dignity, civil rights and social justice through actions characterized by great personal initiative, selflessness, fearlessness, compassion, imagination, and achievement.

In 2006, the Goodman family created a Scholarship Fund to provide financial assistance to students who are underrepresented in the field at the Columbia University School of Journalism. The Foundation also supports a Speakers Program, making available to schools and civic groups Foundation board members and other speakers with compelling personal stories to tell about many aspects of the struggle for civil rights and social justice, past and present.

The Foundation has nonprofit status and all contributions are fully tax-deductible.