In this paper we study the extent to which Golodness may be transferred along morphisms of DG-algebras. In particular, we show that if I is a so-called fiber invariant ideal, then Golodness of I is equivalent to Golodness of the initial ideal of I. We use this to transfer Golodness results for monomial ideals to more general classes of ideals. We also prove that any so-called rainbow monomial ideal with linear resolution defines a Golod ring; this result encompasses and generalizes many known Golodness results for classes of monomial ideals. We then combine the techniques developed to give a concise proof that maximal minors of (sparse) generic matrices define Golod rings, independent of characteristic.