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Central Florida Auto Dealers Association at a glance

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Central Florida Auto Dealers Association

Organization and promotion of auto show event, educational programs related to the auto industry, and donation of funds to charitable and educational programs.

$69k
Granted FY2023
2
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$52k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Philanthropy$226kHealth$193kEducation$49kHuman Services$34kRecreation & Sports$28kFood & Nutrition$26kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kYouth Development$11kOther$0
02FY2023 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $66,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $68,952 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,452 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 · FY2023

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $52k
$51,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL FLORIDA$51,500
FOUNDATION FOR SCC$15,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%READING PAWS: $3k → 10%BREVARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $100 → 10%LYMAN HIGH SCHOOL: $500 → 11%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: $7k → 13%SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN-TAMPA: $5k → 13%OSCEOLA TECH COLLEGE: $10k → 13%FADA: $20k → 19%AGAINST MALARIA FOUNDATION: $10k → 15%NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $25k → 13%ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION CENTRAL & N FLORIDA: $5k → 14%NADA FOUNDATION: $13k → 6%LYMAN HIGH SCHOOL: $500 → 11%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: $7k → 13%SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN-TAMPA: $5k → 13%NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 13%ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION CENTRAL & N FLORIDA: $5k → 14%FOUNDATION FOR SCC: $79k → 11%MADD CENTRAL FLORIDA: $15k → 13%FOUNDATION FOR SCC: $45k → 11%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: $4k → 13%FOUNDATION FOR SCC: $30k → 11%NEW HOPE FOR KIDS: $3k → 13%FOUNDATION FOR SCC: $30k → 11%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: $4k → 13%FOUNDATION FOR SCC: $15k → 11%NEW HOPE FOR KIDS: $1k → 13%FOUNDATION FOR SCC: $15k → 11%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: $4k → 13%SEMINOLE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%NEW HOPE FOR KIDS: $1k → 13%FOUNDATION FOR ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $3k → 13%DON MEALEY SPORT MAZDA: $15k → 13%FISHER HOUSE ORLANDO: $10k → 13%EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: $52k → 13%EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: $26k → 13%SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: $25k → 13%EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: $25k → 13%FLORIDA CITRUS SPORTS FOUNDATION: $3k → 13%EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: $25k → 13%SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $1k → 13%EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: $25k → 13%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $15k → 13%ORLANDO RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 13%WEST ORLANDO ROTARY: $5k → 13%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 13%LATINO LEADERSHIP: $3k → 13%MID FLORIDA TECH: $750 → 13%THE SALVATION ARMY: $10k → 13%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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$499k · 11 repeat orgs$137k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2023, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
21

Total granted

$499k
$137k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+29%

Still filing today

55%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthEducationYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsArts & CultureOther
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

  • TE
    THE EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC D/B/A EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION
    5× · 2017–2023 · $153k · revenue +17%
  • NI
    NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $30k · revenue +230%
  • SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC
    2× · 2018–2020 · $26k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • F
    FADA
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • MC
    MADD CENTRAL FLORIDA
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
  • DM
    DON MEALEY SPORT MAZDA
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
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
Florida Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc

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

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2
Orlando Health Foundation Inc

The mission of the orlando health foundation is to support the strategic priorities of orlando health through philanthropy. this is accomplished through special events and annual major and planned gift fundraising efforts.

Health
3
Florida Research Center for Agricultural Sustainability Inc
Philanthropy
4
The Consortium of Florida Education Foundations Inc

The cfef maximizes the impact of florida's local education foundations to facilitate their support of classroom innovation and student achievement, often serving as a conduit for public and private funders interest in impacting student…

Philanthropy
5
Variety Children's Hospital

To inspire hope and promote lifelong health by providing the best care to every child.

Health
6
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
7
Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc

To enhance the quality of life for all residents now and for future generations; to build permanent endowments, to provide community leadership on relevant issues, and to address needs through grantmaking. as part of our strategic plan,…

Philanthropy
8
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
9
Florida Endowment Foundation for Florida's Graduates Inc

The organization's mission is to bring academic, work, life and economic opportunities to students whose potential to contribute to a robust florida is largely untapped.

Education
10
Florida's Children First Inc

Organization mission: florida's children first is a non-profit, nonpartisan, independent advocacy organization committed to protecting and advancing the rights of children and youth impacted by the child welfare, juvenile justice, and…

Human Services
11
Central Florida Young Men's Christian Association Inc

The ymca of central florida improves lives of all in central florida by connecting individuals, families, and communities with opportunities based on christian values that strengthen spirit, mind, and body.

Human Services
12
University of Central Florida Foundation Inc

The ucf foundation encourages, stewards and celebrates charitable contributions from alumni and friends to support university of central florida (ucf).

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida Inc; the most unlike its peers is Nada Foundation. 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

13 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. 13 of the 32 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
10/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FOUNDATION FOR SCC: $213,854 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR SCCSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $26,250 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INCAMERICAN RED CROSS: $25,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSFADA: $20,000 · OtherMADD CENTRAL FLORIDA: $15,000 · OtherDON MEALEY SPORT MAZDA: $15,000 · Other+18 more: $93,100 · Other+18 moreTHE EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC D/B/A EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION: $152,775 · HealthTHE EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION OF CENT…Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Florida Inc: $14,000 · HealthRonald McDonald House Charities …The Against Malaria Foundation: $10,000 · HealthThe Against Malaria Foundation+1 more: $5,400 · HealthNORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EducationBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $10,500 · Youth DevelopmentFLORIDA CITRUS SPORTS FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsLATINO LEADERSHIP INC: $2,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$408,204Health$182,175Education$30,000Youth Development$10,500Recreation & Sports$2,500Arts & Culture$2,500

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 budgetTHE EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC D/B/A EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION: $152,775 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $26,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Central Florida Inc: $14,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNADA Foundation: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HOPE FOR KIDS INC: $5,400 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFLORIDA CITRUS SPORTS FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLATINO LEADERSHIP INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCENTRAL FLORIDA COMMUNITY ARTS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBREVARD SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $100 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.

  • Who funds THE EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC D/B/A EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Florida Inc ↗
  • Who funds NADA Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds The Against Malaria Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NEW HOPE FOR KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA CITRUS SPORTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LATINO LEADERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL FLORIDA COMMUNITY ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds BREVARD SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC ↗

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.

Universal Orlando Fou…Adventist Health Syst…Harris Rosen Foundati…Orlando Health IncCentral Florida Found…Duke Energy FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Universal Orlando Foundation IncFL15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Universal Orlando Foundation Inc · Adventist Health SystemSunbelt Inc · Harris Rosen Foundation Inc · Orlando Health Inc · Central Florida Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift 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 Central Florida Auto Dealers Association funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Central Florida Auto Dealers Association. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Central Florida Auto Dealers Association?

Find your warmest path to Central Florida Auto Dealers Association 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 32 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $9k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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