· Public charity
Charitable Foundation of the Islands Inc
As a public grantmaking charity serving the islands of sanibel and captiva, our mission is to inspire philanthropy, leadership and collaboration for the vitality of the island communnity.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $18k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $232k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $270k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FISH OF SANIBEL CAPTIVE INC | $167,350 |
| COMMUNITY HOUSING RESOURCES | $53,000 |
| ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS CHURCH | $50,000 |
| SANIBEL CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FND | $48,000 |
| SANIBEL CAPTIVA ISLANDS CHAMBER | $38,831 |
| UNITED WAY OF LEE COUNTY | $27,000 |
| DING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY | $21,250 |
| SANTIVA ISLANDERS | $20,000 |
| MAYO CLINIC | $20,000 |
| FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY | $14,218 |
| BAILEY MATTHEWS NATIONAL SHELL | $12,500 |
| MAN UP TO CANCER | $10,000 |
| BIG ARTS SANIBEL | $10,000 |
| FRIENDS OF SAX-ZIM BOG | $10,000 |
| SANIBEL CAPTIVA SHELL CLUB | $7,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $795k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +120% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $178k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC8× · 2017–2024 · $795k · revenue +151%- CHCommunity Housing and Resources Inc5× · 2017–2024 · $157k · revenue +319%
The United Way of Lee County Inc5× · 2018–2024 · $126k · revenue +120%
Funded once
- ACALBRIGHT COLLEGEgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $103k · revenue +40%
- SCSANIBEL & CAPTIVA CHAMBER OF COMMone grant, 2023 · $95k
- SSSANIBEL SCHOOL FUNDone grant, 2023 · $92k
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.
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.
The sanibel & captiva islands association of realtors is the trusted voice and advocate for real estate. real estate professionals adding value to our community.
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Suncoast hospice institute is now inactive.
How this is measured
24 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. 24 of the 53 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC ↗
- Who funds DING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds Community Housing and Resources Inc ↗
- Who funds LINDEN HALL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ↗
- Who funds The United Way of Lee County Inc ↗
- Who funds ALBRIGHT COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds SANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SANIBEL CAPTIVA ISLANDS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC ↗
- Who funds SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds CLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE INC ↗
- Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR LEE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC ↗
- Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
- Who funds CAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERISTY FINANCING CORP ↗
- Who funds SHELL MUSEUM AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SANIBEL HISTORICAL MUSEUM & VILLAGE 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.
Open a dossier: Lat Foundation · Eugene Holt Massey Charitable Trust · Hanser Family Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Charitable Foundation of the Islands Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charitable Foundation of the Islands Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation: 4% of income from government
- The United Way of Lee County Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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