· Private foundation
Dorothy Thomas 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, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $10k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $161k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $121k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES | $67,974 |
| SALESIAN SISTERS OF TAMPA | $53,524 |
| TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL | $37,071 |
| JUDEO CHRISTIAN HEALTH CLINIC | $34,382 |
| ZOO TAMPA | $23,913 |
| CENTRAL PARK VILLAGE SERVICES | $20,000 |
| ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| SALESIAN SISTERS OF TAMPA | $15,000 |
| MOSI | $10,407 |
| VILLA LA PAZ FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| TAMPA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND | $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 (FY17–25, $623k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +110% since the first grant, against -39% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 3 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
METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC9× · 2017–2025 · $573k · revenue +131%- JCJUDEO CHRISTIAN HEALTH CLINIC INC9× · 2017–2025 · $239k · revenue +62%
- LPLowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc7× · 2019–2025 · $174k · revenue +110%
Funded once
- MOMUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY INCone grant, 2017 · $51k · revenue -39%
- CPCENTRAL PARK VILLAGE YOUTH SERVICES INCone grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue -47%
- TMTAMPA MUSEUM OF ART INCone grant, 2024 · $11k · revenue 0%
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.
Orlando health is a trusted leader inspiring hope through the advancement of health. our mission as a community-owned organization is to improve the health and quality of life of the individuals and communities we serve.
Miami lighthouse through education, training, research, vision enhancement and as a center for learning provides hope, confidence, and independence for people of all ages. for nearly a century, miami lighthouse for the blind has been…
Discovering, preserving, and learning from our region's past to inform our common future. the history center includes three floors of permanent and temporary exhibition galleries focusing on 12,000 years of florida history.
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…
To provide primary care and behavioral health services to children, adults, and families in south florida across a broad range of health services and community-based programs; and to oversee the coordinated child welfare system of care…
The mission of the orlando health foundation is to support the strategic priorities of orlando health through philanthropy. this is accomplished through special events and annual major and planned gift fundraising efforts.
Mtc empowers people with disabilities to lead the lives they choose through innovative, high-quality, vocational training and employment placement, day services, residential supports and life enrichment activities. (continued on schedule o)
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…
Provides housing and support services to individuals and families impacted by hiv/aids
Quest's mission is to help people with developmental disabilities experience a full life. quest provides lifelong services to support children and adults with developmental disabilities.
Lindner center of hope (lcoh) is a mental health center staffed by a diverse team, united in the philosophy that by working together, we can best offer hope for people living with mental illness. the patients and their families are at the…
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 &…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 17 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 METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds JUDEO CHRISTIAN HEALTH CLINIC INC ↗
- Who funds Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc ↗
- Who funds DAWNING FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY INC ↗
- Who funds ALPHA HOUSE OF PINELLAS COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds TAMPA LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL PARK VILLAGE YOUTH SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART 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: Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Debartolo Family Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · The Saunders Foundation · Vinik Family Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Dorothy Thomas Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dorothy Thomas Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Alpha House of Pinellas County Inc: 12% of income from government
- Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc: 0% of income from government
- Metropolitan Ministries Inc: 0% of income from government
- Tampa Museum of Art Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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