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Community Foundation of North Central Florida

To promote and sustain philanthrophy among the citizens of north central florida.

$4.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
63
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$768k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$4.8MArts & Culture$4.2MHealth$4.1MAnimals$3.1MHuman Services$1.8MEnvironment$1.5MReligion$1.5MYouth Development$880kOther$0
02FY2024 · 63 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $104k
  • $10k–50k29 grants · $543k
  • $50k–250k16 grants · $1.8M
  • $250k+4 grants · $2.0M
$19,907
Median grant
10
States reached
$31M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HUMANE SOCIEY OF NORTH CENTRAL FL$768,133
SCHOOL BOARD OF ALACHUA COUNTY$557,000
CADE MUSEUM FOUNDATION$377,135
DANCE ALIVE NATIONAL BALLET$250,000
ALACHUA CONSERVATION TRUST$203,536
IMPACT FOR LIVING INC$200,460
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE$200,000
CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER$154,420
THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF ALACHUA$135,603
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FNDN INC$116,000
MATHESON HISTORY MUSEUM$113,447
SOUTHWIND YOUNG LIFE CAMP$100,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF TAMPA BAY$100,000
QUEEN OF PEACE ADADEMY$85,175
OPERATION CATNIP OF GAINESVILLE$68,242
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 (FY17–24, $894k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, 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%A Chosen Child: $10k → 13%GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL: $45k → 16%GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL: $30k → 16%PEACEFUL PATH INC: $21k → 19%PEACEFUL PATH INC: $17k → 19%PEACEFUL PATH INC: $10k → 19%AMERICAN HOMETOWN VETERANS ASSIST: $14k → 19%ALACHUA COUNTY COALITION FOR THE: $157k → 19%ALACHUA COUNTY COALITION FOR THE: $58k → 19%ALACHUA COUNTY COALITION FOR THE: $35k → 19%Alachua Co Coalition for the Homele: $29k → 19%HAVEN HOSPICE OF NORTH CENTRAL FLOR: $32k → 19%THE ARC OF ALACHUA CTY: $10k → 19%FAMILY PROMISE OF GAINESVILLE FL IN: $140k → 19%FAMILY PROMISE OF GAINESVILLE FL IN: $63k → 19%FAMILY PROMISE OF GAINESVILLE FL IN: $51k → 19%FAMILY PROMISE OF GAINESVILLE FL: $51k → 19%FAMILY PROMISE OF GAINESVILLE FL IN: $37k → 19%GAINESVILLE OPPORTUNITY CENTER: $21k → 19%Family Promise of Gainesville: $11k → 19%GAINESVILLE COMMUNITY MINISTRY: $10k → 19%GAINESVILLE COMMUNITY MINISTRY: $10k → 19%GAINESVILLE OPPORTUNITY CENTER: $10k → 19%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $10k → 19%GAINESVILLE COMMUNITY MINISTRY: $6k → 19%GAINESVILLE OPPORTUNITY CENTER: $5k → 19%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
PA
CA
NE
MO
VA
MD
DC
MS
AL
FL
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$23M · 87 repeat orgs$1.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

87 repeat relationships: 53 still active in FY2024, 34 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

87
55

Total granted

$23M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+8%

Still filing today

75%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k 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
HealthEducationHuman ServicesInternationalAnimalsEnvironmentOther
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

  • AC
    Alachua County Humane Society Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.5M · revenue +120%
  • MH
    Matheson History Museum
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.0M · revenue +32% · 37% of their budget
  • CM
    CADE MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +14% · 27% of their budget

Funded once

  • CC
    CONCORDIA COLLEGE ALABAMA
    one grant, 2017 · $320k
  • LB
    LUTHERAN BIBLE TRANSLATORS INC
    one grant, 2020 · $200k · revenue +1%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $124k
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
Created Gainesville Inc

Created Gainesville is committed to reaching and restoring lives impacted by sex trafficking and sexual exploitation. Our aim is to offer hope and to equip women with the tools needed for independence, a sustainable future, and greater…

Crime & Legal
2
University of Florida Health Corporation

UF Health's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic,…

—
3
North Florida Medical Centers Inc

To increase access to quality healthcare and improve the overall health of the community.

Health
4
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.

—
5
Shands Jacksonville Healthcare Inc

As a part of UF Health, the organization's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across…

Health
6
Crisis Pregnancy Center of Gainesville Inc

To offer help and hope to women and men with unplanned pregnancy, pregnancy decisions and other life challenges.

Health
7
Feeding Ne Florida Support Corporation

The Corporation at all times shall be operated for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, and to carry out the purposes of Regional Food Bank of Northeast Florida, Inc., a Florida not for profit corporation d/b/a Feeding Northeast…

Food & Nutrition
8
Jones Alternative Inc

Jones Alternative provides Therapeutic Residential Group Home services to female victims ofsexual trauma, including molestation, rape, incest, and human trafficking, who are underthe care of the Florida Department of Children and Families…

Health
9
Adoption Authority Inc

Providing compassion, respect, and loving care to each individual on their unique adoption journey. We commit to honoring and nurturing expectant mothers through pregnancy, birth, and life after placement.

—
10
Shands Jacksonville Foundation Inc

As a part of UF Health, the organization's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across…

Education
11
Grace Medical Home Foundation Inc

The Organization supports and furthers the interests of Grace Medical Home, Inc., a Florida not-for-profit corporation that is exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Organization operates…

Human Services
12
United Way of Northeast Florida Inc

United Way envisions a community of opportunity where everyone has hope and can reach their full potential. United Way's mission is to solve Northeast Florida's toughest challenges by connecting people, resources and ideas.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pace Center for Girlsinc; the most unlike its peers is Gainesville High School Homerun Club Inc. 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

108 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 108 of the 150 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.

12
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
31
Early backer (in before they grew)
103/108
Grantees still filing
70/108
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

School Board of Alachua County: $3,125,138 · OtherSchool Board of Alachua CountyVILLAGE COUNSELING CENTER: $1,434,850 · OtherVILLAGE COUNSELING CENTERNorth Central Florida YMCA Inc: $1,082,350 · OtherNorth Central Florida YMCA IncGRANTS UNDER 5K: $712,506 · OtherGRANTS UNDER 5KGAINESVILLE PEER RESPITE: $638,556 · Other+96 more: $5,432,224 · Other+96 moreMatheson History Museum: $2,020,550 · Arts & CultureMatheson History…CADE MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC: $1,632,082 · Arts & CultureCADE MUSEUM FOUN…+1 more: $13,500 · Arts & CultureAlachua County Humane Society Inc: $2,542,128 · AnimalsAlachua Count…Operation Catnip of Gainesville: $350,322 · AnimalsOperation Cat…+3 more: $95,387 · AnimalsTHE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE: $600,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTE…THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $470,403 · EducationTHE UNIVER…THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF ALACHUA COUNTY INC: $466,039 · EducationTHE EDUCAT…THE CHILDRENS HEALTH IMAGINATION LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $347,649 · EducationTHE CHILDR…IN MEDIAS RES: $103,000 · EducationCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · Education+9 more: $259,024 · Education+9 moreALACHUA CONSERVATION TRUST INC: $1,099,147 · EnvironmentHOWARD T ODUM FLORIDA SPRINGS INSTITUTE: $393,635 · EnvironmentHIGGINS LAKE FOUNDATION: $62,332 · Environment+2 more: $42,950 · EnvironmentMERIDIAN BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE INC: $309,701 · HealthFISHIN FOR VISION INC: $125,500 · HealthALACHUA COUNTY ORG FOR RURAL NEEDS: $107,815 · HealthJETT FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · HealthSoutheastern Healthcare Foundation Inc: $80,000 · HealthSHANDS TEACHING HOSPITAL AND CLINICS INC: $74,000 · HealthPARTNERSHIP FOR STRONG FAMILIES INC: $63,614 · HealthST MARYS HEALTH WAGON INC: $50,560 · Health+11 more: $159,212 · HealthImpact for Living Inc: $825,289 · ReligionLUTHERAN BIBLE TRANSLATORS INC: $200,000 · Religion
Other$12,425,624Arts & Culture$3,666,132Animals$2,987,837Education$2,346,115Environment$1,598,064Health$1,070,402Religion$1,025,289

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAlachua County Humane Society Inc: $2,542,128 over 8y, 23% of budgetMatheson History Museum: $2,020,550 over 8y, 37% of budgetCADE MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC: $1,632,082 over 7y, 27% of budgetALACHUA CONSERVATION TRUST INC: $1,099,147 over 7y, 11% of budgetNorth Central Florida YMCA Inc: $1,082,350 over 3y, 20% of budgetImpact for Living Inc: $825,289 over 5y, 83% of budgetGAINESVILLE PEER RESPITE: $638,556 over 4y, 93% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE: $600,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $470,403 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF ALACHUA COUNTY INC: $466,039 over 6y, 8.9% of budgetHOWARD T ODUM FLORIDA SPRINGS INSTITUTE: $393,635 over 2y, 59% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GAINESVILLE FLORIDA INC: $353,192 over 6y, 14% of budgetOperation Catnip of Gainesville: $350,322 over 7y, 17% of budgetTHE CHILDRENS HEALTH IMAGINATION LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $347,649 over 5y, 23% of budgetCONCORDIA COLLEGE ALABAMA: $320,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetMERIDIAN BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE INC: $309,701 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $300,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALACHUA COUNTY COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS AND HUNGRY INC: $278,459 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetChild Advocacy Center Inc: $269,697 over 7y, 10% of budgetDance Alive Inc: $260,280 over 2y, 17% of budgetBREAD OF THE MIGHTY FOOD BANK INC: $231,026 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetLUTHERAN BIBLE TRANSLATORS INC: $200,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetMirror Image Education and LeadershipInc: $162,827 over 3y, 43% of budgetSANTA FE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $147,079 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetForage Inc: $145,180 over 2y, 35% of budgetFISHIN FOR VISION INC: $125,500 over 3y, 63% of budgetALACHUA COUNTY ORG FOR RURAL NEEDS: $107,815 over 6y, 7.0% of budgetIN MEDIAS RES: $103,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJETT FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetGainesville Area Community Tennis Association: $97,440 over 3y, 12% of budgetPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC: $82,878 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSoutheastern Healthcare Foundation Inc: $80,000 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetRODEHEAVER BOYS RANCH INC: $80,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetGUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC: $75,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSHANDS TEACHING HOSPITAL AND CLINICS INC: $74,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR STRONG FAMILIES INC: $63,614 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJunior League of Gainesville Florida Incorporated: $63,518 over 3y, 29% of budgetHIGGINS LAKE FOUNDATION: $62,332 over 2y, 18% of budgetSOUTHWEST ADVOCACY GROUP SWAG: $59,000 over 2y, 46% of budgetGirls Place Inc: $57,621 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetRemedy Pet Care Inc: $57,407 over 3y, 8.0% of budgetALACHUA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $52,727 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetST MARYS HEALTH WAGON INC: $50,560 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSOUTHERN LEGAL COUNSEL INC: $50,116 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetSea Turtle Conservancy: $50,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPEACEFUL PATHS INC: $48,942 over 3y, 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.

  • Who funds Alachua County Humane Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds Matheson History Museum ↗
  • Who funds CADE MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ALACHUA CONSERVATION TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds North Central Florida YMCA Inc ↗
  • Who funds Impact for Living Inc ↗
  • Who funds GAINESVILLE PEER RESPITE ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF ALACHUA COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds HOWARD T ODUM FLORIDA SPRINGS INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF GAINESVILLE FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds Operation Catnip of Gainesville ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDRENS HEALTH IMAGINATION LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CONCORDIA COLLEGE ALABAMA ↗
  • Who funds MERIDIAN BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds ALACHUA COUNTY COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS AND HUNGRY INC ↗
  • Who funds Child Advocacy Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds Dance Alive Inc ↗
  • Who funds BREAD OF THE MIGHTY FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN BIBLE TRANSLATORS INC ↗
  • Who funds Mirror Image Education and LeadershipInc ↗
  • Who funds SANTA FE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Forage Inc ↗
  • Who funds FISHIN FOR VISION INC ↗
  • Who funds ALACHUA COUNTY ORG FOR RURAL NEEDS ↗
  • Who funds IN MEDIAS RES ↗
  • Who funds CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds JETT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Gainesville Area Community Tennis Association ↗
  • Who funds Palm Breeze Youth Services 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.

United Way of North Central Florida IncFL65.5× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of North Central Florida Inc · Clay Electric Foundation Inc · First Federal Foundation Inc · Capital City Bank Group Foundation Inc · Barbara and Phil Emmer Family Foundation Inc · State Chartered Credit Unions in Florida · Pamphalon Foundation Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Hbc Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc · Frey Foundation · Doctorbird 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 Community Foundation of North Central Florida funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Foundation of North Central Florida. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 340%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Child Advocacy Center Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Peaceful Paths Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Alachua County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Jacksonville Area Sexual Minority Youth Network Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Meridian Behavioral Healthcare Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Family Promise of Gainesville Florida Inc: 6% of income from government
  • The Children's Home Society of Florida: 6% of income from government
  • Alachua Conservation Trust Inc: 5% of income from government
  • United Way of North Central Florida Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Pace Center for Girlsinc: 2% of income from government
  • Lifesouth Community Blood Centers Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Sea Turtle Conservancy: 1% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College: 1% of income from government
  • Southern Scholarship Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Matheson History Museum: 0% of income from government
  • Regional Food Bank of Northeast Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Gainesville for All: 0% of income from government
  • Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Cade Museum Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Gainesville Opportunity Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Santa Fe College Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
34get no government money at all
28report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 150 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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