Florida · Private foundation
Castner Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $7k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 83%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Castner Family Foundation’s FY2026 grant dollars went to Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2026 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2025, the last year Castner Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 11 organizations, $7k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 83% of the organizations Castner Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 95% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $7k | 85% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $6k | 83% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $7k | 86% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $3k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $850 | 100% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $9k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $2k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Amwell Project Incorporated | $7,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Preschool Advantage Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The John's Island Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Mendham Borough Library | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Christ Presbyterian Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Beautiful | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Kershaw's Challenge | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Jim Thompson Memorial Fund | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Amwell Project Incorporated | $7,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Preschool Advantage Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The John's Island Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Mendham Borough Library | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Christ Presbyterian Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Beautiful | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Kershaw's Challenge | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Jim Thompson Memorial Fund | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Dogs for Life Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Good Grief Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Brain Tumor Network Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| VNA Hospice of Indian River County Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Float Hope of Indian River County Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Yellow Ribbon Girls | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Divine Grace | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Morris Minute Men Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| The Seeing Eye Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Vero Beach Police Benevolent Assn Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| The Everglades Foundation Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($22k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Castner Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Verizon Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Castner Family Foundation
- How much does Castner Family Foundation give?
- Castner Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $6,950 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Castner Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (26%), Arts & Culture (25%), Philanthropy (10%).
- Who are Castner Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mount Amwell Project Incorporated ($8k), Preschool Advantage Inc ($5k), The John's Island Foundation Inc ($2k).
- Does Castner Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Castner Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Castner Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Verizon Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Castner Family Foundation based?
- Castner Family Foundation is based in FL.
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