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Bay Branch Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$180k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$120k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$15MReligion$813kEducation$514kHuman Services$452kArts & Culture$389kPhilanthropy$93kAnimals$45kEnvironment$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $120k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH$120,000
BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$20,000
LYNN UNIVERSITY$10,000
TRUSTBRIDGE HOSPICE FOUNDATION$10,000
DEBBIE-RAND MEMORIAL SERVICE LEAGUE INC$10,000
TRI COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$5,000
SAVE THE CHIMPS$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 (FY20–23, $420k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Grandfather Home for Children Inc: $1k → 21%Grandfather Home for Children Inc: $1k → 21%Grandfather Home for Children Inc: $1k → 21%Peaceful Mind Peaceful Life Inc: $400k → 11%Peaceful Mind Peaceful Life Inc: $10k → 11%Peaceful Mind Peaceful Life Inc: $4k → 11%Florence Fuller Child Development Center: $2k → 11%Florence Fuller Child Development Center: $2k → 11%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

NH
ND
MN
NY
PA
NJ
CT
VA
NC
DC
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$18M · 49 repeat orgs$182k to everyone else

49 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 42 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

49
17

Total granted

$18M
$182k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+28%

Still filing today

69%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementAnimalsYouth 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

  • LU
    LYNN UNIVERSITY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $333k · revenue +18%
  • TW
    The Wick Theatre & Costume Museum Inc
    4× · 2020–2023 · $248k · revenue +70%
  • FA
    FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $99k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • HV
    Hopewell Valley Arts Council
    one grant, 2023 · $40k
  • CA
    Congregation Ayshel Avraham DBA Israel Heritage Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $40k
  • TH
    Trustbridge Hospice
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
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
Saint Andrew's School of Boca Raton Inc

Saint andrew's school is an independent school founded in the episcopal tradition. our mission is to build a community of learners, provide excellence in education, and nurture each student in mind, body, and spirit.

Education
2
Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc

To advance florida gulf coast university and its students by promoting the institution, securing philanthropy to support the needs of the university, managing and administering assets with a long term perspective, and providing resources…

Education
3
Florida College Inc

Florida college, as a private, independent liberal arts college, provides a comprehensive undergraduate experience designed to develop students spiritually, mentally, physically, and socially; to integrate into the students' lives the…

Education
4
University of South Florida Foundation Inc

University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.'s mission is to provide charitable and educational aid to the University of South Florida; to promote education and other related activities of the University; and to encourage research,…

Education
5
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
6
Fort Lauderdale Historical Society Inc

History fort lauderdale brings the stories of our diverse community to life through educational experiences, cultural exhibits, research, and preservation for future generations.

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7
Florida Community Health Centers Inc

Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.

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8
Rollins College

Education and Public Service Mission: Rollins College educates students for global citizenship and responsible leadership, empowering graduates to pursue meaningful lives and productive careers. We are committed to liberal arts ethos and…

Education
9
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
10
University of Florida Alumni Association Inc

The mission of the university of florida alumni association, inc. ("association") is to exclusively support and enhance the mission of the university of florida ("university") of pursuing "excellence in education and research and shaping a…

Education
11
University of South Florida Alumni Association Inc

The mission of the usf alumni association is to foster a mutually beneficial, lifelong relationship between the university and its alumni; to inspire loyalty and pride among current and future alumni; and to advocate for excellence in…

Education
12
Palm Beach Day Academy Inc

The foundation of the palm beach day academy's program is the education of our students in an academically challenging and compassion rich environment that guides each child toward personal excellence of mind, body and character.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food for the Poor Inc; the most unlike its peers is New York Jets Foundation Inc. 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

46 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. 46 of the 67 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/46
Grantees still filing
28/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $15,371,852 · Community ImprovementBoca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc+2 more: $1,500 · Community ImprovementST PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH: $710,000 · OtherOrder of St John of Jerusalem Knight Hospitaller of Florida Inc: $60,000 · OtherHopewell Valley Arts Council: $40,000 · OtherCongregation Ayshel Avraham DBA Israel Heritage Foundation: $40,000 · Other+33 more: $275,650 · OtherLYNN UNIVERSITY INC: $332,704 · EducationFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $98,500 · EducationSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $45,000 · EducationLEES-MCRAE COLLEGE INC: $22,000 · Education+4 more: $16,000 · EducationPeaceful Mind Peaceful Life Inc: $414,000 · Human Services+3 more: $7,000 · Human ServicesThe Wick Theatre & Costume Museum Inc: $248,000 · Arts & CultureBoca Raton Historical Society Inc: $42,000 · Arts & CultureGROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE INC: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $37,750 · Arts & CultureROTARY CLUB DOWNTOWN BOCA RATON FUND INC: $62,500 · PhilanthropyVOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER WHITE BEAR LAKE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyDEBBIE-RAND MEMORIAL SERVICE LEAGUE: $60,000 · HealthLUPUS RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 · Health
Community Improvement$15,373,352Other$1,125,650Education$514,204Human Services$421,000Arts & Culture$342,750Philanthropy$83,000Health$70,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBoca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $15,371,852 over 6y, 16% of budgetPeaceful Mind Peaceful Life Inc: $414,000 over 3y, 62% of budgetLYNN UNIVERSITY INC: $332,704 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Wick Theatre & Costume Museum Inc: $248,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $98,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetROTARY CLUB DOWNTOWN BOCA RATON FUND INC: $62,500 over 3y, 15% of budgetDEBBIE-RAND MEMORIAL SERVICE LEAGUE: $60,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBoca Raton Historical Society Inc: $42,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetTRI COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $27,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLEES-MCRAE COLLEGE INC: $22,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WATERSHED INSTITUTE INC: $22,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSAVE THE CHIMPS INC: $16,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF PALM: $16,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetGROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK JETS FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCLARE BOOTHE LUCE CENTER FOR CONSERVATIVE WOMEN: $11,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetLUPUS RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDIA RESEARCH CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER WHITE BEAR LAKE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL OF BOCA RATONDEERFIELD: $8,050 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetSPIRIT OF GIVING NETWORK INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetETHEL WALKER SCHOOL INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STATE THEATRE REGIONAL ARTS CENTER AT NEW BRUNSWICK INC: $5,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINSIGHT FOR THE BLIND INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER PALM BEACH COUNTY: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUND Alumni Association and Foundation: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe George Washington University: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAMS YMCA OF AVERY COUNTY: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGRANDFATHER HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBOCA HELPING HANDS INC: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFLORENCE FULLER CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAVERY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetStudio Incamminati: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFEED THE CHILDREN INC: $1,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOMERSET ACADEMY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAID TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOCA RATON ROTARY FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe High Country Charitable Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJunior League of Boca Raton Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

EM Lynn FoundationBoca Raton Regional H…Community Foundation …The Schmidt Family Fo…The Vegso Family Foun…Boca West Children's …The James H and Marta…Gillman Family Founda…Janower Family Privat…Herbert & Rosalie Gol…Jacob Burns Foundatio…The Reiling Family Fo…
EM Lynn FoundationFL30.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: EM Lynn Foundation · Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · The Schmidt Family Foundation Xxxxx3004 · The Vegso Family Foundation Inc · Boca West Children's Foundation Fka Boca West Community Charitable Foundation · The James H and Marta T Batmasian Family Foundation Inc · Gillman Family Foundation Inc · Janower Family Private Foundation · Herbert & Rosalie Goldberg Family Foundation Inc · Jacob Burns Foundation Inc · The Reiling Family Foundation Inc

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 Bay Branch Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bay Branch Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 180%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • The Watershed Institute Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Grounds for Sculpture Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Lynn University Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
18get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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.
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How do I get to Bay Branch Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Bay Branch Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 67 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-PF 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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