How much does Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation give?

Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation reported 86 grants totaling $775,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 75 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (28%), Education (21%), Environment (15%).

Who are Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Conservancy of Southwest Florida ($771k), The Int'L Center for Journalists Inc ($340k), The Naples Players Inc ($220k).

Does Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.

Which funders back the same organizations as Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Collier Community Foundation Inc, The League Club Inc, Scsymmes Foundation.

Where is Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation based?

Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation is based in FL.

Foundation Dossiers

Florida · Private foundation

Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$775k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 86
Grants FY2025: 66
Organizations funded FY2024: 53%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $5,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $95,000
Organizations funded a year: 21 to 75; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 19
Total assets, FY2025: $12M
Applications: Takes unsolicited applications; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 53% of the organizations Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $268k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	86	$775k	50%
FY2024	66	$704k	53%
FY2023	75	$829k	61%
FY2022	49	$695k	37%
FY2021	40	$661k	57%
FY2020	21	$677k	48%
FY2019	31	$576k	32%
FY2018	22	$500k	59%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.6MEducation$1.2MEnvironment$839kInternational$468kHealth$325kHuman Services$298kYouth Development$271kFood & Nutrition$141kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida	$771,320	9	1%
The Int'L Center for Journalists Inc	$340,000	9	1%
The Naples Players Inc	$220,200	5	1%
Washington Township Schools Foundation Inc	$197,000	6	6%
Conner Prairie Museum Inc	$175,000	2	1%
Children's Museum of the Upstate Inc	$150,000	5	2%
College for Every Student Inc	$143,000	6	1%
Meyer Center for Special Children	$131,730	5	1%
The International Center Inc	$120,000	1	8%
The Depot Theatre Inc	$101,000	7	11%

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All grantees of Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida	$771,320	9	1%
The Int'L Center for Journalists Inc	$340,000	9	1%
The Naples Players Inc	$220,200	5	1%
Washington Township Schools Foundation Inc	$197,000	6	6%
Conner Prairie Museum Inc	$175,000	2	1%
Children's Museum of the Upstate Inc	$150,000	5	2%
College for Every Student Inc	$143,000	6	1%
Meyer Center for Special Children	$131,730	5	1%
The International Center Inc	$120,000	1	8%
The Depot Theatre Inc	$101,000	7	11%
The Village School of Naples Inc	$93,000	9	0%
Conner Prairie Foundation Inc	$75,000	1	1%
Grand Piano Series Inc	$70,000	6	6%
Crown Hill Heritage Foundation Inc	$63,500	3	1%
Davids Table Inc	$60,000	2	4%
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc	$60,000	1	0%
The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc	$60,000	3	0%
Indiana University Foundation	$60,000	4	0%
Neighborhood Focus	$59,000	9	2%
Denver Urban Debate League	$50,000	4	10%
South Sudanese Enrichment for Families Inc	$40,000	3	4%
Upstate Warrior Solution Inc	$38,000	4	1%
Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation Inc	$36,000	2	2%
Friends of Koreshan State Park Inc	$35,876	2	20%
St Matthews House Inc	$35,000	5	0%
Good Health Clinic Inc	$35,000	5	0%
Hope Center for Children	$33,059	6	0%
Harvest Hope Food Bank	$32,000	5	0%
Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc	$30,000	4	0%
Starability Foundation Inc	$30,000	2	1%
Cellobello Inc	$30,000	1	9%
Uaspire Inc	$30,000	3	0%
Early Education Resource Center of Waterbury	$25,000	3	n/a
School District of Lee County	$25,000	1	n/a
John Knox Presbyterian Church	$25,000	1	n/a
Literations Corp	$25,000	1	1%
Miracle Hill Ministries Inc	$23,500	5	0%
Jameson Inc	$22,500	5	0%
Happy Hollow Camp Inc	$20,000	4	1%
Hinton Rural Life Center Inc	$20,000	2	n/a
Vermont Institute of Natural Science Inc	$20,000	1	1%
Julie Valentine Center	$20,000	4	0%
Oca Opportunity Community Ability Inc	$20,000	2	1%
Feed Thy Neighbor	$20,000	3	2%
Story Preservation Initiative	$20,000	2	30%
Jumpstart South Carolina	$19,000	3	0%
Champlain Area Trails Inc	$18,500	3	3%
Lee Building Industry Association Builders Care	$17,500	2	2%
Groundwork Denver Inc	$15,000	1	1%
Indianapolis Art Center Inc	$15,000	1	0%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc	$15,000	5	0%
Florida Southwestern State College Foundation Inc	$15,000	1	0%
Friends for Waterbury Area Recreation Development Inc	$15,000	1	n/a
Friends of Foster Children Forever Inc Dba Fostering Success Inc	$15,000	1	1%
Leap Self-Defense Inc	$14,000	2	1%
Peace River Botanical & Sculpture Garden	$12,500	1	1%
Women's Money Matters Inc	$12,000	2	1%
Hollis Academy Inc	$11,500	3	n/a
Fractured Atlas Inc	$10,000	1	0%
International Conductors Guild Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Southwest Florida Music Education Center Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Flamingo Gardens Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Florida Keys Healthy Start Coalition	$10,000	1	1%
Elizabethtown Community Hospital	$10,000	1	0%
Operation Healing Forces Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Grand Avenue Economic Community Dev	$10,000	1	0%
Chill Foundation	$10,000	1	0%
Relative Theatrics	$10,000	2	4%
Panira Healthcare Clinic Inc	$10,000	1	1%
American Precision Museum Inc	$10,000	2	1%
Naples Therapeutic Riding Center Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Bonita Springs Assistance Office Inc	$10,000	1	2%
Guadalupe Center Inc	$9,000	2	0%
Virtutem Populo Inc	$8,500	2	n/a
March of Dimes Inc	$8,000	1	0%
Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports	$8,000	1	1%
Neighborhood Health Clinic Inc	$8,000	1	0%
Homes of Hope Inc	$7,500	1	0%
Gearticks Inc	$7,500	2	n/a
Boston Raising Powerful Musicians	$7,500	1	3%
The Park People	$7,500	1	1%
International Institute of New England Inc	$7,500	1	0%
Youthbase Inc	$7,500	2	1%
PROVIDENCE NETWORK fka THE EXECUTIVE NETWORK	$7,500	1	0%
YMCA of Greenville	$7,500	1	n/a
Friends of the Waterbury Library	$7,500	1	n/a
Waterbury Area Trails Alliance Inc	$7,500	1	9%
Essex Theatre Co Inc Remic	$7,000	2	n/a
Science Club for Girls Inc	$7,000	1	0%
Indiana Canine Assistant Network Inc	$7,000	1	1%
Team Owen Fund Inc	$7,000	1	11%
Habitat for Humanity of Collier County Inc	$6,500	2	0%
Guardian Whiskers	$6,000	3	n/a
Duke University	$6,000	2	0%
Camp Cranium	$5,275	1	7%
Retreat Farm Ltd	$5,000	1	n/a
Carmel Swim Club Inc	$5,000	1	0%
JENNIFER ANN CRECENTE MEMORIAL GROUP aka Jennifer Ann's Group	$5,000	1	n/a
Geneva Reads Inc	$5,000	1	3%
Level Two Inc	$5,000	1	3%
Pathways Early Education Center of Immokalee Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Women's Center of Greater Lansing	$5,000	1	n/a
Travelnitch Inc	$5,000	1	59%
Volta Music Foundation Inc	$5,000	1	3%
Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Global Gardens Incorporated	$5,000	1	0%
Beachfront Dance School Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
Womenade Boston Inc	$5,000	1	4%
College Mentors for Kids Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Four Winds Nature Institute Inc	$5,000	1	2%
Songwritingwithinc	$5,000	1	0%
Reef Relief Inc	$5,000	1	1%
David Lawrence Mental Health Center Inc	$5,000	1	0%
The Unbreakable Organization Inc	$5,000	1	9%
Indiana Symphony Society Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
Lucky Pup Rescue	$5,000	1	n/a
Community Action Service Team Inc	$5,000	2	1%
Feeding Dreams Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Cochrans Ski Area Inc	$5,000	1	1%
Hope Remains Youth Ranch Inc	$4,000	1	1%
Upstate Circle of Friends	$4,000	1	n/a
Catholic Charities Diocese of Venice Inc	$4,000	1	0%
Essex Initiatives Inc	$4,000	2	n/a
21&You	$3,500	2	n/a
Empowherment Community Center Inc	$3,500	1	1%
George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center Inc	$3,000	1	0%
Willamette University	$3,000	1	0%
Hope Southern Indiana Inc	$3,000	1	0%
Naples Pathways Coalition Inc	$3,000	1	n/a
Belden Noble Memorial Library of Essex	$3,000	2	3%
Warrior Health Foundation Inc	$2,500	1	0%
Emerge Gallery Art Center Inc	$2,500	2	0%
Worcester Chamber Music Society Inc	$2,500	1	0%
Canopy Studio Inc	$2,500	1	0%
Southwest Florida Regional Technology Partnership Foundation	$2,500	1	n/a
Naples Art Association Inc	$2,500	1	0%
Arts in Reach - Encouraging Growth Through the Arts	$2,500	1	1%
Worcester County Food Bank Inc	$2,500	2	0%
Just Basics Inc	$2,500	1	2%
Girls on the Run of Southwest Florida	$2,500	1	1%
Sunburst Arts and Education Inc	$2,500	1	5%
Northeast Community Center	$2,500	1	0%
Humane Society of Greater Miami-Dade for Pocta Aap	$2,400	1	n/a
Books for Collier Kids Inc	$2,000	2	0%
Friends of the Library of Collier County Inc	$2,000	1	0%
Burlington City Arts Foundation Inc	$2,000	1	0%
Aiken Symphony Orchestra	$2,000	1	0%
Nathan C Splant Foundation Inc	$2,000	1	n/a
The Falls of the Ohio Foundation	$2,000	1	0%
The Pepin Academies Inc	$2,000	1	0%
Florida Cultural Group Inc	$2,000	1	0%
Golden PAWS Assistance Dogs Inc	$2,000	1	0%
Naples Historical Society Inc	$2,000	1	0%
Families First in Essex County Inc	$1,500	1	0%
Adirondack Art Association	$1,500	1	n/a
Options for Literacy Inc	$1,000	1	n/a
Selkirk Conservation Alliance	$1,000	1	1%
Creative Living Community of Connecticut Inc	$1,000	1	0%
Lakeside Preschool Inc	$1,000	1	0%
School Is in Incorporated	$1,000	1	n/a
Waterway Advocates Inc	$500	1	n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 53 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.

Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 131 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 131.

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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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

Collier Community Foundation IncFL40.2× affinity21 shared granteesties to 5 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Collier Community Foundation Inc · The League Club Inc · Scsymmes Foundation · Carol B Phelon Foundation · Suncoast Credit Union Foundation · The Jolley Foundation · Scansource Charitable Foundation · Ayres Foundation Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · United Way of Greenville County Inc · Charles R Wood Foundation · Maurer 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.

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About Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation

How much does Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation give?: Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation reported 86 grants totaling $775,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 75 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (28%), Education (21%), Environment (15%).
Who are Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Conservancy of Southwest Florida ($771k), The Int'L Center for Journalists Inc ($340k), The Naples Players Inc ($220k).
Does Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Collier Community Foundation Inc, The League Club Inc, Scsymmes Foundation.
Where is Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation based?: Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Foundation is based in FL.