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Catalyst Miami Inc

The organization's mission is to build power with frontline communities throughout miami-dade county to collectively advance justice and achieve shared prosperity.

$225k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$164k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$606kHealth$226kEnvironment$199kCrime & Legal$188kPublic Safety & Disaster$148kEmployment$101kPublic Benefit$83kCommunity Improvement$75kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $189,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $224,850 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $35,350 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 $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $164k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$6.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE SCHOOL BOARD OF MIAMI-DADE COUN$164,250
WECOUNT INC$20,000
MIAMI WORKERS CENTER$5,250
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 (FY17–22, $75k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING OF SO: $10k → 15%CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING OF SO: $8k → 15%CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING OF SO: $7k → 15%THE ADVOCACY NETWORK ON DISABILITIE: $8k → 15%HAITIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SANT LA: $31k → 15%TRINITY EMPOWERMENT CONSORTIUM INC: $10k → 15%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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 16 repeat orgs$340k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
11

Total granted

$1.4M
$340k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+63%

Still filing today

81%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthEmploymentCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • LS
    Legal Services of Greater Miami Inc
    3× · 2018–2020 · $188k · revenue +59%
  • TS
    TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO
    2× · 2019–2020 · $177k · revenue +392%
  • CF
    CENTRAL FLORIDA JOBS WITH JUSTICE CORP
    2× · 2021–2022 · $85k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • CH
    COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $88k · revenue +7%
  • BI
    BRANCHES INC
    one grant, 2018 · $54k
  • YC
    YOUTH CO-OP INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $54k · revenue +63%
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
University of Miami
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2
Central Miami Intergroup
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3
Florida Immigrant Coalition Inc

To focuses on public education and advocacy to generate public awareness of programs and services available to immigrants in Florida.

Civil Rights
4
Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce Inc

The mission of M-DCC is to create opportunities for economic and social transformation in our community. The vision of M-DCC envision a future where the diaspora of Black businesses thrive.

—
5
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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6
Code for Miami Inc

Supporting Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion through open and transparent governments. Building infrastructures connecting people, businesses, and non-profits through localized data. Equipping institutions and communities with modern tools…

—
7
Miami Homes for All Inc

Miami Homes For All's mission is to ensure that everyone in Miami-Dade has a safe, affordable place to call home.

Human Services
8
Miami-Dade County Citizens Defending Freedom Usa Inc

To empower and equip American citizens to defend their freedoms and liberties at the local level.

—
9
Florida Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc

Working in partnership with state business and community leaders to secure florida's future.

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10
Miami-Dade Innovation Authority Inc

Miami-dade innovation authority bridges the gap between private innovators and the public sector to fast track innovation that improves quality of life for miamians.

Science & Tech
11
Florida Institute for Community Studies Inc

The mission of the Florida Institute for Community Studies, Inc. is to partner with communities across Florida to help them achieve their goals through research, service and education/ training.

—
12
Technology Innovation Foundation of the Americas Inc

To serve as a catalyst for the establishment of miami as the technology hub for the americas in order to propel innovation and investment in south florida and latin america.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is South Florida Community Development Coalition Inc; the most unlike its peers is University of Miami. 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

23 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. 23 of the 28 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/23
Grantees still filing
18/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $320,250 · OtherMIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLSFLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY: $119,899 · OtherFLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYCOMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICE FOUNDATION: $87,500 · OtherCOMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICE FOUNDATIONCENTRAL FLORIDA JOBS WITH JUSTICE CORP: $84,500 · OtherCENTRAL FLORIDA JOBS WITH JUSTICE CORPBRANCHES INC: $54,154 · OtherBRANCHES INCYOUTH CO-OP INC: $54,154 · OtherYOUTH CO-OP INCTHE CLEO INSTITUTE INC: $61,500 · OtherTHE CLEO INSTITUTE INC+6 more: $134,134 · Other+6 moreTEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO: $177,455 · EducationTEXAS SOUTHERN…DISABILITY INDEPENDENCE GROUP INC: $38,238 · EducationDISABILITY IND…University of Miami: $16,000 · EducationUniversity of …Legal Services of Greater Miami Inc: $187,500 · Crime & LegalLegal Servic…W MONTAGUE COBB NMA HEALTH INSTITUTE: $83,000 · HealthW MONTAGUE…FLORIDA HEALTH JUSTICE PROJECT INC: $54,500 · HealthFLORIDA HE…FLORIDA VOICES FOR HEALTH INC: $30,500 · HealthFLORIDA VO…WECOUNT: $70,276 · Civil RightsFLORIDA RISING TOGETHER INC: $22,500 · Civil RightsSOUTH FLORIDA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COALITION INC: $74,684 · Community ImprovementMIAMI CHILDRENS INITIATIVE INC: $11,700 · Community ImprovementHAITIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SANT LA INC: $31,225 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $25,300 · Human ServicesTRINITY EMPOWERMENT CONSORTIUM INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCCDH INC: $8,300 · Human Services
Other$916,091Education$231,693Crime & Legal$187,500Health$168,000Civil Rights$92,776Community Improvement$86,384Human Services$74,825

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 budgetLegal Services of Greater Miami Inc: $187,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO: $177,455 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCENTRAL FLORIDA JOBS WITH JUSTICE CORP: $84,500 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetW MONTAGUE COBB NMA HEALTH INSTITUTE: $83,000 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COALITION INC: $74,684 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetWECOUNT: $70,276 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetTHE CLEO INSTITUTE INC: $61,500 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetFLORIDA HEALTH JUSTICE PROJECT INC: $54,500 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetYOUTH CO-OP INC: $54,154 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDISABILITY INDEPENDENCE GROUP INC: $38,238 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetHAITIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SANT LA INC: $31,225 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetFLORIDA VOICES FOR HEALTH INC: $30,500 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetFLORIDA POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $30,284 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $27,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $25,300 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetFLORIDA RISING TOGETHER INC: $22,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMiami Workers Center Inc: $16,250 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIAMI CHILDRENS INITIATIVE INC: $11,700 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTRINITY EMPOWERMENT CONSORTIUM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCCDH INC: $8,300 over 1y, 0.5% 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 Miami Foundation …Allegany Franciscan M…Mightycause Charitabl…Florida Philanthropic…Hfsf Grants Managemen…United Way Miami IncSolutions Project IncCommunity Catalyst IncEnvironmental Defense…University of MiamiUnited States Energy …New Venture Fund
The Miami Foundation IncFL34.9× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Miami Foundation Inc · Allegany Franciscan Ministries Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Florida Philanthropic Network Inc · Hfsf Grants Management Inc · United Way Miami Inc · Solutions Project Inc · Community Catalyst Inc · Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · University of Miami · United States Energy Foundation · New Venture Fund

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 Catalyst Miami Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Catalyst Miami Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Legal Services of Greater Miami Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Youth Co-Op Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
6report 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 Catalyst Miami Inc?

Find your warmest path to Catalyst Miami Inc 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 28 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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