· Private foundation
Denis L Fontaine Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 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, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k5 grants · $25k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $95k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| YMCA OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA | $35,000 |
| POLK STATE COLLEGE | $20,000 |
| SOUTH FLORIDA AVENUE CHURCH OF CHRIST | $15,000 |
| CLEARWATER COMMUNITY SAILING ASSOCITION | $15,000 |
| ST PAUL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURC | $10,000 |
| LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| LAKE TO LAKE MEMORIAL CLASSIC | $5,000 |
| KATHLEEN HIGH SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| LAKE GIBSON HIGH SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| GEORGE JENKINS HIGH SCHOOL | $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 (FY19–19, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down.
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 FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- YMYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA INC7× · 2019–2025 · $245k · revenue +59%
- FSFLORIDA SCHOOL OF PREACHING6× · 2019–2024 · $160k · revenue +70%
- FCFLORIDA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC6× · 2019–2024 · $130k · revenue +266%
Funded once
- SPSt Petersburg Christian Schoolone grant, 2022 · $50k
- TPTruth Point Churchone grant, 2022 · $50k
- SJST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL OF TAMPA FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +644%
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.
To promote and advance friendly relations among persons connected with the management of clubs; to encourage the education and advancement of its members; and to assist club officers and members, through their managers, to secure the…
South florida bible college & theological seminary is an institution of higher learning where the bible is central in preparing men and women for ministry to serve christ and his church through biblical thought and christian life.
Choices medical clinic, inc., a christian non-profit clinic, has offered no-cost abortion alternatives to patients since 1999 - including perinatal hospice care for preborn infants with a terminal diagnosis.
The y is a leading nonprofit committed to strengthening communities through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. our mission is to put judeo-christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy…
To encourage, through education and outreach, the recognition of human life from moment of conception and to serve women and men facing unplanned pregnancies
Faith-based substance abuse and discipleship program
A church whose primary purpose is to spread the gospel of jesus christ throughout the world.
To increase access to quality healthcare and improve the overall health of the community.
Organization is a ministry of Christs Church associated with the Presbyterian Church USA to provide retreats conferences and camp experiences that guide people to - and nurture them in - a transforming relationship with Jesus Christ and an…
Classical christian education for grades pre-school through twelfth grade.
To serve, support and promote charter schools in Florida.
Charting a course for living, learning, and earning with vision loss.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 27 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 YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA SCHOOL OF PREACHING ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds CLEARWATER COMMUNITY SAILING ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL OF TAMPA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds OPTIONS FOR WOMEN PREGNANCY HELP CLINIC INC ↗
- Who funds CROSSROADS CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds Swamp Mountain Bike Club 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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Denis L Fontaine Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Denis L Fontaine Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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