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Arnold & Winnie Palmer Foundation Inc

The organization promotes youth character development through golf, children's health and access to nature, while also preserving, enhancing and promoting the legacy of arnold palmer in golf and american history.

$558k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$120k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$2.6MRecreation & Sports$1.3MEducation$218kEnvironment$166kYouth Development$107kPhilanthropy$100kPublic Safety & Disaster$58kCommunity Improvement$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $643k
$50,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$32M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IDEAS FOR US$120,000
IDEAS FOR US$118,000
UPMC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$105,000
THE POETIC FOUNDATION INC$100,000
CHAPEL & YORK US FOUNDATION$100,000
ORLANDO HEALTH ORGANIZATION$50,000
FIRST TEE OF CENTRAL FLORIDA$50,000
CHERRYHILLS PALMER SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION$20,000
WESTMORELAND COMMUNITY ACTION$10,000
CONGAREE FOUNDATION$10,000
ARKANSAS STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION$10,000
KIDS GOLF FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS$7,500
BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $444k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WESTMORELAND COMMUNITY ACTION: $10k → 10%CANINE COMPANIONS: $50k → 9%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $5k → 15%IDEAS FOR US: $120k → 13%IDEAS FOR US: $118k → 13%IDEAS FOR US: $86k → 13%IDEAS FOR US: $36k → 13%IDEAS FOR US: $11k → 13%IDEAS FOR US: $8k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
PA
NJ
CA
CO
AR
NC
OK
GA
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.4M · 10 repeat orgs$711k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +99% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
13

Total granted

$4.4M
$561k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+99%
+20%

Still filing today

100%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsEducationCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • OH
    Orlando Health Inc
    3× · 2020–2025 · $1.6M · revenue +146%
  • OH
    Orlando Health Foundation Inc
    3× · 2017–2021 · $950k · revenue +358%
  • IF
    IDEAS FOR US INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $379k · revenue +99%

Funded once

  • GC
    Golf Coaches Association of America Inc
    one grant, 2019 · $346k · revenue +11% · 31% of their budget
  • CC
    CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +20%
  • LO
    LIFT ORLANDO INC
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
2
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc

To make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.

Health
3
University of Florida Health Corporation

UF Health's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic,…

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4
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital Inc

Mission: johns hopkins all children's hospital (all children's), a member of johns hopkins medicine, strives to provide the highest quality care to improve the health of our entire community through innovation, collaboration, service…

Health
5
Pediatric Specialty Group Inc

Pediatric specialty group, inc. (d/b/a nicklaus children's pediatric specialists ("ncps")) is a physician-directed, multi-specialty pediatric group with a regional, national, and international presence in providing pediatric-centric care…

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6
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

Health
7
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
8
Children's Health System of Texas

With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…

Health
9
Acadia General Hospital Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
10
Ucf Athletics Association Inc

To provide opportunity to young people and develop leaders for industry, philanthropy, education and the community through the intercollegiate athletic experience.

Education
11
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
12
Children's Health Foundation

Children's health foundation (chf) supports children's health system (chs) and children's hospital of the king's daughters (chkd). chf is organized and operated to carry out the charitable, educational and scientific purposes of chs and…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kids Building Character Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wake Forest University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
18/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Orlando Health Inc: $1,566,675 · HealthOrlando Health IncOrlando Health Foundation Inc: $949,579 · HealthOrlando Health Foundation IncTHE POETIC FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $105,000 · Health+6 more: $41,787 · HealthFLORIDA CITRUS SPORTS EVENTS INC: $800,000 · Recreation & SportsFLORIDA CITRUS SPORTS…KIDS BUILDING CHARACTER INC: $179,333 · Recreation & SportsKIDS BUILDING CHARACT…+1 more: $17,500 · Recreation & SportsIDEAS FOR US INC: $378,720 · Human ServicesIDEAS FOR…CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesCANINE CO…+2 more: $15,000 · Human ServicesGolf Coaches Association of America Inc: $345,948 · OtherGolf Coac…ARKANSAS STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $50,000 · OtherARKANSAS …THE SALVATION ARMY: $24,013 · OtherTHE SALVA…+2 more: $14,814 · OtherWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $167,827 · EducationSAINT VINCENT COLLEGE: $142,306 · EducationTHE CHERRY HILLS PALMER SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · EducationCHAPEL & YORK US FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · PhilanthropyCLUBS HELP FOUNDATION INC: $34,008 · PhilanthropyLIFT ORLANDO INC: $50,000 · Community ImprovementCongaree Foundation: $10,000 · Youth Development
Health$2,813,041Recreation & Sports$996,833Human Services$443,720Other$434,775Education$330,133Philanthropy$234,008Community Improvement$50,000Youth Development$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOrlando Health Inc: $1,566,675 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOrlando Health Foundation Inc: $949,579 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetFLORIDA CITRUS SPORTS EVENTS INC: $800,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetIDEAS FOR US INC: $378,720 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetGolf Coaches Association of America Inc: $345,948 over 1y, 31% of budgetCHAPEL & YORK US FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKIDS BUILDING CHARACTER INC: $179,333 over 3y, 9.7% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $167,827 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE POETIC FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetSAINT VINCENT COLLEGE: $142,306 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $105,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIFT ORLANDO INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetARKANSAS STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetCLUBS HELP FOUNDATION INC: $34,008 over 1y, 21% of budgetKIDS GOLF FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS: $17,500 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetTHE MORGAN ADAMS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWESTMORELAND HUMAN OPPORTUNITIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA GROUP RETURN: $7,946 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION: $6,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCANCER BRIDGES: $6,250 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAdventHealth Foundation Inc: $5,091 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Enterprise Holdings F…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Enterprise Holdings FoundationMO12.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Arnold & Winnie Palmer Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arnold & Winnie Palmer Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Ideas for Us Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Orlando Health Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 29 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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