Florida · Private foundation
Dion Banks Foundation
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.
- $365k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations Dion Banks Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $365k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $281k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $242k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $209k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $211k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $229k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $286k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $256k | 38% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star of the Sea Foundation Inc | $285,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Autism Society of the Keys Inc | $181,000 | 6 | 15% |
| Honor Flight South Florida Inc | $135,000 | 4 | 20% |
| Florida Petroleum Marketers Scholarship Fund Inc | $122,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Samuel's House Inc | $120,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc | $80,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Wesley House Family Services Inc | $71,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Womankind Inc | $43,442 | 8 | 1% |
| Cancer Foundation of the Florida Keys Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Bahama Village Music Program Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star of the Sea Foundation Inc | $285,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Autism Society of the Keys Inc | $181,000 | 6 | 15% |
| Honor Flight South Florida Inc | $135,000 | 4 | 20% |
| Florida Petroleum Marketers Scholarship Fund Inc | $122,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Samuel's House Inc | $120,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc | $80,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Wesley House Family Services Inc | $71,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Womankind Inc | $43,442 | 8 | 1% |
| Cancer Foundation of the Florida Keys Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Bahama Village Music Program Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Florida Petroleum Marketers Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Key West Retired Catholic Priests Fund Inc | $8,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Key West Botanical Garden Society | $8,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Key West Area Chief Petty Officer Association Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dion Banks Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Edward B and Joan T Knight Foundati Foundation Inc · Klaus Murphy Fdn · Community Foundation of the Florida Keys · United Way of Collier and the Keys Inc · Lookout Foundation Inc · Keys Open Doors Foundation Inc · The Clements Family Charitable Trust · Ocean Reef Community Foundation Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Dion Banks Foundation
- How much does Dion Banks Foundation give?
- Dion Banks Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $365,149 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Dion Banks Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (28%), Religion (18%), Human Services (17%).
- Who are Dion Banks Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Star of the Sea Foundation Inc ($286k), Autism Society of the Keys Inc ($181k), Honor Flight South Florida Inc ($135k).
- Does Dion Banks Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dion Banks Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Dion Banks Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Edward B and Joan T Knight Foundati Foundation Inc, Klaus Murphy Fdn, Community Foundation of the Florida Keys.
- Where is Dion Banks Foundation based?
- Dion Banks Foundation is based in FL.
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