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Channel 7 Foundation Inc at a glance

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Channel 7 Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$484k
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$125k
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, FY2022 to 2024.

Health$619kFood & Nutrition$310kPhilanthropy$107kYouth Development$83kScience & Tech$40kHuman Services$35kRecreation & Sports$9kCommunity Improvement$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $103k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $325k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$222k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC$125,000
DOLPHINS CYCLING CHALLENGE INC$100,000
PROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC$100,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC$25,000
MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY AND SCIENCE$20,000
MAKE A WISH SOUTHERN FLORIDA$15,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BROWARD COUNTY$12,500
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$10,000
GUITARS OVER GUNS$10,000
FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA$10,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC$5,000
FLORIDA GIRLS GIVING BACK$5,000
COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA$5,000
BAPTIST HEALTH SOUTH FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC$5,000
SOLES4SOULS INC$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SOLES4SOULS INC: $5k → 14%SOLES4SOULS INC: $5k → 14%SOLES4SOULS INC: $5k → 14%CHILDRENS HARBOR INC: $5k → 13%COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA: $5k → 13%COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA: $5k → 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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 12% of Channel 7 Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 55% of the giving stays in FL; by stated purpose, 51%.

Channel 7 Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 5.5% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 14 repeat orgs$168k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
11

Total granted

$1.0M
$112k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+18%

Still filing today

93%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
HealthYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesArts & CultureFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • DC
    DOLPHINS CYCLING CHALLENGE INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $335k · revenue +42%
  • PROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $300k · revenue +15%
  • MO
    MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY AND SCIENCE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $40k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF BROWARD COUNTY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +26%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MIAMI INC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • BP
    BLACK PROFESSIONAL NETWORK INC
    one grant, 2022 · $8k · revenue 0%
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
Miami Children's Museum Inc Fka Miami Youth Museum

Miami children's museum is a non-profit educational institution, which meets the needs of all children in our multicultural community. visitors of all ages are encouraged to play together, learn, imagine, and create. the museum offers…

Arts & Culture
2
Boys & Girls Club of Pbc

The mission of the boys & girls club of palm beach county is to inspire and assist all young people, especially those who need them most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.

Youth Development
3
Breakthrough Miami Inc

Breakthrough miami uses a unique "students-teaching-students" model to create a rigorous, vibrant learning community, where highly motivated, under-resourced 5th-12th grade students are supported to achieve post- secondary success and…

Education
4
Childnet Inc

Childnet's mission is to protect broward and palm beach counties' abused, abandoned and neglected children, to ensure their safety and to promptly provide them with a permanent, loving home.

Human Services
5
Big Brothers Big Sisters Association of Florida Inc

Big brothers big sisters association of florida strengthens and expands evidence-based youth mentoring services statewide by providing resources, advocacy, and support to 11 local affiliates.

Youth Development
6
Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc

In 2024, biscayne bay waterkeeper (d/b/a miami waterkeeper) built on our reputation by navigating challenges, seizing opportunities, and continuing our unwavering commitment to safeguarding our precious waterways and finding local…

Environment
7
Doctors Hospital Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of doctors 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
8
University of Miami
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9
Miami Association of Realtors Inc

The miami association of realtors (miami) was chartered by the national association of realtors in 1920 and is celebrating 105 years of service to realtors, the buying and selling public, and the communities in south florida. comprised of…

—
10
Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami Inc

To provide services and programs for children.

Youth Development
11
Baptist Health Medical Group Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of baptist health medical group 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
12
Miami Cancer Institute At Baptist Health Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of miami cancer institute at baptist health, 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.…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Black Professional Network Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

30 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. 30 of the 36 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
19/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DOLPHINS CYCLING CHALLENGE INC: $335,000 · HealthDOLPHINS CYCLING CHALLENGE INCAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $201,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INCMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC: $30,000 · Health+4 more: $37,500 · Health+4 morePROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC: $300,000 · Food & NutritionPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR H…+1 more: $10,000 · Food & NutritionTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $52,000 · PhilanthropyTHE MIAMI…UNITED WAY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WA…FLORIDA GIRLS GIVING BACK INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MIAMI INC: $25,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BROWARD INC: $12,500 · OtherYMCA OF SOUTH FLORIDA: $10,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF BROWARD INC: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MIAMI CARD: $3,000 · OtherBLACK PROFESSIONAL NETWORK INC: $7,500 · OtherCOMMUNITY BOATING INC: $5,000 · OtherTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Other+3 more: $4,700 · OtherMUSEUM OF DISCOVERY AND SCIENCE INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS: $2,500 · Arts & CultureJORGE M PEREZ ART MUSEUM OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentTUA FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentGUITARS OVER GUNS ORGANIZATION INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $5,000 · Youth Development5000 Role Models of Excellence Project Inc: $2,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentSOLES4SOULS INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCHILDRENS HARBOR INC: $5,000 · Human Services
Health$603,500Food & Nutrition$310,000Philanthropy$107,000Other$82,700Arts & Culture$44,500Youth Development$43,000Human Services$30,000

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 budgetDOLPHINS CYCLING CHALLENGE INC: $335,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC: $300,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $201,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $52,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMUSEUM OF DISCOVERY AND SCIENCE INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOLES4SOULS INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BROWARD INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTUA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGUITARS OVER GUNS ORGANIZATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLACK PROFESSIONAL NETWORK INC: $7,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCHILDRENS HARBOR INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA GIRLS GIVING BACK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY BOATING INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF BROWARD INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKENNEDY KIDS INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJORGE M PEREZ ART MUSEUM OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget5000 Role Models of Excellence Project Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE JOHN M BARRY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NEWTON INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA SPORTS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 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.

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 Frederick a Deluc…The Jim Moran Foundat…Publix Super Markets …The Miami Foundation …The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Frederick a Deluca Foundation IncFL13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Frederick a Deluca Foundation Inc · The Jim Moran Foundation Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · The Miami Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Channel 7 Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Channel 7 Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • United Way of Broward County Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Habitat for Humanity of Broward Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Feeding South Florida Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Museum of Discovery and Science Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Guitars Over Guns Organization Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Covenant House Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Channel 7 Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Channel 7 Foundation 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 36 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-PF 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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