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Cape Coral Community Foundation

To provide a pool of philanthropic funds to meet charitable needs in the greater cape coral area and to assist in making charitable gifts

$324k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$59k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

91% of Cape Coral Community Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 12 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Cape Coral Community Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 13 organizations, $191k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

5
’17
7
’18
10
’19
14
’20
7
’21
10
’22
8
’23
13
’24
12
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$3.0MHuman Services$245kHealth$213kFood & Nutrition$97kCrime & Legal$80kYouth Development$79kRecreation & Sports$77kAnimals$69kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $191,448, the rows itemized in this filing. The $323,779 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $132,331 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $89k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $59k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ROYAL PALM SAILING CLUB INC$59,381
ST ANDREW CATHOLIC PARISH AND SCHO$38,000
FAMILY INITIATIVE INCORPORATED$10,750
COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE MINISTRIES IN$10,000
VALARIE'S HOUSE$10,000
HOPE HOSPICE$10,000
SAMARITAN HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTER$10,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF LEE & HENDR$8,125
CAPE CORAL ANIMAL SHELTER$8,125
DR PIPER CENTER$8,000
CAPE CORAL CARING CENTER$7,817
FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY$5,750
NEW HORIZONS OF SW FL$5,500
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 (FY17–25, $146k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%NEW HORIZONS OF SW FL: $6k → 10%LIFELINE FAMILY CENTER INC: $6k → 11%HOPE HOSPICE: $10k → 11%HOPE HEALTHCARE: $6k → 11%COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE MINISTRIES IN: $10k → 11%COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE MINISTRIES IN: $10k → 11%COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE MINISTRIES IN: $10k → 11%COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE MINISTRIES IN: $10k → 11%DR PIPER CENTER: $8k → 11%COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE MINISTRIES IN: $8k → 11%DR PIPER CENTER: $6k → 11%HOPE HOSPICE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES: $6k → 11%CAPE CORAL CARING CENTER: $13k → 11%CAPE CORAL CARING CENTER: $12k → 11%BROTHERHOOD OF HEROES: $9k → 11%FAMILY INITIATIVE INCORPORATED: $11k → 11%THE FREEDOM & VIRTUE INSTITUTE: $7k → 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.
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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 19 repeat orgs$563k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call). Read against FY2024, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
24

Total granted

$1.2M
$293k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+15%

Still filing today

84%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $186k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentAnimalsOther
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

  • VH
    VALERIE'S HOUSE INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $67k · revenue +672%
  • CC
    CAPE CORAL ANIMAL SHELTER CORPORATION
    7× · 2018–2025 · $64k · revenue +262%
  • IW
    I WILL MENTORSHIP FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2019–2021 · $50k · revenue +254%

Funded once

  • CC
    CAPE CORAL POLICE DEPT
    one grant, 2023 · $53k
  • PI
    PATH2FREEDOM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $27k · revenue +403%
  • SI
    SALUSCARE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +5%
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 Florida Center for Early Childhood Inc

The florida center supports the healthy development of young children, specializing in those with delays, disabilities or mental health challenges. our mission- "to help build and foster strong families and expand the potential of young…

Human Services
2
Suncoast Center Inc

For 80 years, suncoast center, inc. has held true to its mission of "strengthening, protecting, and restoring lives for a healthy community" by providing a comprehensive range of evidence-based services that address emotional wellness,…

Health
3
Children's Advocacy Center of Southwest Florida Inc

Since 1981, children's advocacy center of southwest florida, inc. (cac) has advocated for a healthy, safe community for children through a multidisciplinary team approach to child abuse and neglect. our mission is to create a safe and…

Human Services
4
Children's Case Management Organization Inc D/B/a Families First of Pb County

Families first of palm beach county, through innovative programs, promotes generational change by addressing families emotional, physical, and social well-being.

Environment
5
Community Hospice of Northeast Florida

To improve the quality of life for patients and families and be the compassionate guide for end-of-life care in our community.

Human Services
6
Safe Children Coalition Inc

The safe children coalition's mission is to protect children and youth, strengthen families, and build community.

Human Services
7
Child Protection Center Inc

The mission of the child protection center, inc. is the prevention, intervention and treatment of child abuse. we envision a community where children are safe from abuse and free to thrive. to successfully address the issue of child abuse,…

Crime & Legal
8
Centerstone of Florida Inc

Our mission is "delivering care that changes people's lives"

Health
9
Families First of Palm Beach County Foundation Inc

To cultivate financial resources dedicated to building stronger families and stronger communities through the operations and programs of families first. contributing to the foundation is an investment in a safe, healthy and sustainable…

Human Services
10
Orlando Health Inc

Orlando health is a trusted leader inspiring hope through the advancement of health. our mission as a community-owned organization is to improve the health and quality of life of the individuals and communities we serve.

Health
11
Jessie Trice Community Health System Inc

The mission of jessie trice community health system, inc. (the orgainzation) is to improve health equality for our diverse south florida community by providing and increasing access to quality comprehensive primary care services. please…

Health
12
Homestead Hospital Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of homestead hospital, inc. is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is a…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Initiative Inc; the most unlike its peers is Brotherhood of Heroes 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

35 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. 35 of the 60 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
24/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,634,069 · PhilanthropySOUTHWEST FLORIDA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyIndividual grant recipient: $321,103 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST ANDREW CATHOLIC PARISH AND SCHO: $280,508 · OtherST ANDREW CATHOLIC PARISH AND …VARIOUS GRANTS OR LESS THAN 5000: $90,782 · OtherVARIOUS GRANTS OR LESS THAN 50…ROYAL PALM SAILING CLUB INC: $59,381 · OtherCAPE CORAL POLICE DEPT: $53,096 · Other+33 more: $389,947 · Other+33 moreVALERIE'S HOUSE INC: $67,265 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY COOPERATIVE INC: $48,000 · Human ServicesBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesCAPE CORAL CARING CENTER INC: $24,500 · Human ServicesHOPE HOSPICE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $21,398 · Human ServicesDR PIPER CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $14,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY INITIATIVE INC: $10,750 · Human ServicesBROTHERHOOD OF HEROES INC: $8,500 · Human Services+3 more: $18,400 · Human ServicesSAMARITAN HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTER INC: $46,250 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $37,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC: $37,000 · HealthABUSE COUNSELING & TREATMENT INC: $28,235 · HealthPARTNERS FOR BREAST CANCER CAREINC: $6,000 · HealthCAPE CORAL ANIMAL SHELTER CORPORATION: $63,730 · AnimalsI WILL MENTORSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC: $5,500 · Youth DevelopmentQUALITY LIFE CENTER OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $45,500 · Community Improvement
Philanthropy$2,644,069Other$1,194,817Human Services$237,813Health$154,485Animals$63,730Youth Development$55,500Community Improvement$45,500

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 budgetSOUTHWEST FLORIDA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,634,069 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetVALERIE'S HOUSE INC: $67,265 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetCAPE CORAL ANIMAL SHELTER CORPORATION: $63,730 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetROYAL PALM SAILING CLUB INC: $59,381 over 1y, 30% of budgetI WILL MENTORSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetCOMMUNITY COOPERATIVE INC: $48,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSAMARITAN HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTER INC: $46,250 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetQUALITY LIFE CENTER OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $45,500 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $37,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC: $37,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetABUSE COUNSELING & TREATMENT INC: $28,235 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPATH2FREEDOM INC: $26,500 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetSALUSCARE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCAPE CORAL CARING CENTER INC: $24,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetLEE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION BUILDERS CARE: $24,500 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $24,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE HOSPICE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $21,398 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPREMIER MOBILE HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetFLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $18,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $16,250 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetDR PIPER CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $14,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY INITIATIVE INC: $10,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAPE CORAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCAPE CORAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHabitat for Humanity for Lee and Hendry Counties Inc: $8,125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FREEDOM & VIRTUE INSTITUTE INC: $6,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetLIFELINE FAMILY CENTER INC: $6,400 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHEALTHY START COALITION OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARTNERS FOR BREAST CANCER CAREINC: $6,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HORIZONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.2% 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 United Way of Lee…Southwest Florida Com…Suncoast Credit Union…Collier Community Fou…John E & Aliese Price…The Robert J Gunterbe…The Richard M Schulze…Daniel R & Anne M Har…The George and Mary J…Carol B Phelon Founda…The League Club IncFred & Jean Allegrett…
The United Way of Lee County IncFL42.9× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The United Way of Lee County Inc · Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc · Suncoast Credit Union Foundation · Collier Community Foundation Inc · John E & Aliese Price Foundation · The Robert J Gunterberg Charitable Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Daniel R & Anne M Harper Foundation · The George and Mary Jo Sanders Foun Inc · Carol B Phelon Foundation · The League Club Inc · Fred & Jean Allegretti 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 Cape Coral Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cape Coral Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 140%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc: 69% of income from government
  • Dr Piper Center for Social Services Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Pace Center for Girlsinc: 2% of income from government
  • Saluscare Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Valerie's House Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Partners for Breast Cancer Careinc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
14get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
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 60 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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