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Bill & Linda Mitchell Foundation at a glance

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Bill & Linda Mitchell Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$466k
Granted FY2024still arriving
30
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Animals$549kArts & Culture$230kPhilanthropy$160kReligion$120kEducation$78kInternational$65kFood & Nutrition$55kHealth$46kOther$0
02FY2024 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k17 grants · $41k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $125k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $300k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$5.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAVE OUR SEABIRDS$200,000
THE SARASOTA BALLET$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
THE SARASOTA BALLET$25,000
NPH USA$20,000
GOLDEN DOOR SCHOLARS$10,000
SPARCC$10,000
FORTY CARROTS FAMILY CENTER$10,000
GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$10,000
THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF SARASOTA COUNTY$10,000
SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS$10,000
SAVE OUR SEABIRDS$10,000
ARLINGTON FOOD ASSISTANCE CENTER$10,000
OUT OF THE GARDEN PROJECT$5,000
LIBRARY FOUNDATION FOR SARASOTA COUNTY 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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $27k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ACCESSSPORT AMERICA: $518 → 8%CHILDRENS GUARDIAN FUND: $5k → 15%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $10k → 10%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $10k → 10%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $1k → 10%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

WA
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
NC
SC
DC
AL
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 16 repeat orgs$217k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
27

Total granted

$1.2M
$158k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+22%

Still filing today

69%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $59k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
HealthAnimalsFood & NutritionEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesOther
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

  • SO
    SAVE OUR SEABIRDS INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $488k · revenue +71%
  • SB
    Sarasota Ballet of Florida Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $154k · revenue +59%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA
    2× · 2022–2024 · $60k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • AS
    A STEP UP ACADEMY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +196%
  • CP
    CHILD'S PLAY
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +1%
  • NC
    NATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +43%
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
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Tampa Bay Florida Inc

Spca tampa bay is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates pinellas county's only nonprofit for-all animal shelter assisting all animals in need, regardless of species or circumstance, at its 10-acre campus in largo. (continued on…

Animals
2
Spca Inc

Spca florida exists to eliminate animal suffering and to engage the entire community in the welfare and well-being of animals.we accomplish this by advancing model programs to promote the adoption of healthy animals, prevent dog and cat…

Animals
3
Naples Zoo Inc

Naples zoo is accredited by the american zoo & aquarium association (aza) and has numerous animal exhibits placed on its 45-acre site. (continued on schedule o)each exhibit is unique and designed to simulate typical conditions for the…

Animals
4
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh

The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…

Animals
5
Financial Planning Association

To elevate the profession that transforms lives through the power of financial planning.

Community Improvement
6
Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The primary mission of the humane society is to end animal cruelty, neglect and overpopulation in south carolina.

Animals
7
The Circus Arts Conservatory Inc

The circus arts conservatory's mission is to engage and educate students using unique and innovative learning programs; to measuraly improve the quality of life for individuals in care communities; and to advance the extraordinary legacy…

Education
8
The Arc Tampa Bay Foundation Inc

To secure the financial future of services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities served by the arc tampa bay, inc. (continued on schedule o)this mission is accomplished through a comprehensive plan of building…

Human Services
9
Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services Inc

Inspired by jewish values, we protect the vulnerable, empower individuals and strengthen families. (continued on schedule o)

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10
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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11
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
12
Senior Friendship Centers Inc

Senior friendship centers, inc. (sfc) was founded in 1974 to reduce isolation & loneliness & to help seniors maintain their independence, preventing premature institutionalization. the mission is to support health, dignity & quality…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Forty Carrots of Sarasota Inc; the most unlike its peers is The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 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

41 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. 41 of the 54 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/41
Grantees still filing
27/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAVE OUR SEABIRDS INC: $487,601 · AnimalsSAVE OUR SEABIRDS INC+4 more: $40,000 · Animals+4 moreSARASOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION - BILL AND LINDA MITCHELL DONOR ADVISED FUND: $159,936 · OtherSARASOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION - BILL A…TRINITY EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL: $105,000 · OtherTRINITY EPISCOPAL CATHEDRALIndividual grant recipient: $65,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientGOLDEN DOOR SCHOLARS: $35,000 · OtherGOLDEN DOOR SCHOLARSSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $21,076 · Other+21 more: $101,108 · Other+21 moreSarasota Ballet of Florida Inc: $153,790 · Arts & CultureSarasota Ballet o…FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CITY POPS INC: $59,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE OC…+2 more: $6,500 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA: $60,000 · InternationalTHE INSTITUTE OF WORLD POLITICS: $5,000 · InternationalOUT OF THE GARDEN PROJECT: $20,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $10,000 · Food & NutritionArlington Food Assistance Center: $10,000 · Food & Nutrition412 FOOD RESCUE INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionCHILD'S PLAY: $15,000 · HealthBREAST HEALTH SARASOTA INC: $15,000 · HealthSafe Place and Rape Crisis Center Inc: $10,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $3,000 · Health+3 more: $3,075 · HealthA STEP UP ACADEMY INC: $25,000 · EducationLITERACY PITTSBURGH: $10,000 · EducationLIBRARY FOUNDATION FOR SARASOTA COUNTY INC: $5,000 · EducationHOMEFRONT INC: $2,000 · Education+1 more: $525 · Education
Animals$527,601Other$487,120Arts & Culture$219,290International$65,000Food & Nutrition$55,000Health$46,075Education$42,525

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 budgetSAVE OUR SEABIRDS INC: $487,601 over 4y, 16% of budgetSarasota Ballet of Florida Inc: $153,790 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA: $60,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CITY POPS INC: $59,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetGOLDEN DOOR SCHOLARS: $35,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetA STEP UP ACADEMY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $21,076 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOUT OF THE GARDEN PROJECT: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD'S PLAY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHumane Society of Sarasota County Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetForty Carrots of Sarasota Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAST HEALTH SARASOTA INC: $15,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetSafe Place and Rape Crisis Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ACADEMY AT GLENGARY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPotomac Appalachian Trail Club: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArlington Food Assistance Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLITERACY PITTSBURGH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF OCEAN CITY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFly Compton Aeronautical Education Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budget412 FOOD RESCUE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JOHN & MABLE RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDRENS GUARDIAN FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE OF WORLD POLITICS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIBRARY FOUNDATION FOR SARASOTA COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE PELICANS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetGREENSBORO WOMANS CLUB INC: $5,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIMPACT 100 SRQ INC: $2,030 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOMEFRONT INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $1,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALABAMA HOLOCAUST EDUCATION CENTER: $1,035 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $1,025 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhysicians Committee for Responsible Med: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $525 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACCESSPORTSAMERICA INC: $518 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE INC: $500 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.

The Community Foundat…Gulf Coast Community …Charles & Margery Bar…Seidman Family Founda…Getzen Family Chariti…The Arthur S Karp Fam…The Community Foundat…Boscia Family Foundat…The Louis and Gloria …William G and Marie S…Manatee Community Fou…Publix Super Markets …
The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co IncFL26.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Inc · Seidman Family Foundation · Getzen Family Charities Inc · The Arthur S Karp Family Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation Trust of Sarasota County · Boscia Family Foundation · The Louis and Gloria Flanzer Philanthropic Trust · William G and Marie Selby Foundation Inc · Manatee Community Foundation Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities 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 Bill & Linda Mitchell Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bill & Linda Mitchell Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Homefront Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Florida Studio Theatre Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
14report 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 54 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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