· Private foundation
Cook Family Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k8 grants · $40k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $110k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $70k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Children First | $70,000 |
| Boys Girls Club | $20,000 |
| Children's First | $20,000 |
| Safe Children Coalition | $15,000 |
| UNIDOSNOW | $15,000 |
| Studio Place Arts | $10,000 |
| UUCS | $10,000 |
| Girls Inc | $10,000 |
| JFCS | $10,000 |
| All Faiths Food Bank | $8,000 |
| Holden Forest Gardens | $5,000 |
| Wingspan Productions | $5,000 |
| Mote Marine Laboratory | $5,000 |
| Shaker Lakes Regional Nature Center | $5,000 |
| Family Oriented Community United St | $5,000 |
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 (FY20–24, $71k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 1 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, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Children First Inc5× · 2020–2024 · $533k · revenue +3%
MOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC5× · 2020–2024 · $45k · revenue +138%- SPSTUDIO PLACE ARTS INC5× · 2020–2024 · $43k · revenue +27%
Funded once
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL FLORIDA INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +33%- UUUNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF SARASOTA INCone grant, 2020 · $10k
- RCRINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN INCone grant, 2020 · $9k · revenue +21%
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 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…
The mission of the child protection center, inc. is the prevention, intervention and treatment of child abuse. we envision a community where children are safe from abuse and free to thrive. to successfully address the issue of child abuse,…
The circus arts conservatory's mission is to engage and educate students using unique and innovative learning programs; to measuraly improve the quality of life for individuals in care communities; and to advance the extraordinary legacy…
For 80 years, suncoast center, inc. has held true to its mission of "strengthening, protecting, and restoring lives for a healthy community" by providing a comprehensive range of evidence-based services that address emotional wellness,…
Dreamers academy develops bilingual, biliterate, and cross-cultural leaders of character within a caring environment that encourages family engagement and celebrates america.
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…
Improve the ocean's future, one person at a time, in order to live in a world where all people value, understand, and care for the ocean.
The mission at the Dunedin Fine Art Center is to enrich lives through educational experiences in the visual arts. The vision is to make the Dunedin Fine Art Center a leading visual art center providing unparalleled educational, cultural &…
To strenghten and instill pride in family and community through the development of programs and institutions that cultivate self-development, teach self-disipline, build confidence and promote cutural awareness.
The mission of the foundation is to restore and protect america's everglades through its three programmatic pillars: science, advocacy and education. (continued on schedule o)
Since 1981, children's advocacy center of southwest florida, inc. (cac) has advocated for a healthy, safe community for children through a multidisciplinary team approach to child abuse and neglect. our mission is to create a safe and…
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 24 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 Children First Inc ↗
- Who funds UNIDOSNOW INC ↗
- Who funds MOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC ↗
- Who funds STUDIO PLACE ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds SAFE CHILDREN COALITION INC ↗
- Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds ALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds BAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES INC ↗
- Who funds SARASOTA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WINGSPAN PRODUCTIONS INC ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds SHAKER LAKES REGIONAL NATURE CENTER DBA NATURE CENTER AT SHAKER LAKES ↗
- Who funds RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SARASOTA AND DESOTO COUNTIES INC ↗
- Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF SARASOTA COUNTY ↗
- Who funds Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast Inc ↗
- Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC ↗
- Who funds EMBRACING OUR DIFFERENCES 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: The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · The Louis and Gloria Flanzer Philanthropic Trust · Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Inc · United Way Suncoast Inc · The Mark & Carol Hyman Fund · Harry Sudakoff Foundation Inc · Junior League of Sarasota Inc · Tarr Charitable Family Foundation Inc · William G and Marie Selby Foundation Inc · Manatee Community Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Cook Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cook Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Children First Inc: 100% of income from government
- Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast Inc: 67% of income from government
- Mote Marine Laboratory Inc: 4% of income from government
- All Faiths Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
- Safe Children Coalition Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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