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Edward E & Lillian H Bishop Fdn 007087-000

Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$99M
Granted FY2022
1
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$95M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2021–2022.

Philanthropy$95MAnimals$580kHealth$566kArts & Culture$385kYouth Development$212kEducation$205kHousing & Shelter$135kHuman Services$120kOther$0
02FY2022 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 1 grants below total $94,664,296 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $99,468,787 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $4,804,491 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

$94,664,296
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE MARY PARKER FOUNDATION$94,664,296
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–21, $150k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%THE FLORIDA CENTER FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD: $50k → 9%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS INC: $100k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Take Stock in Children of Manatee County Inc

The organization focuses on providing unique college mentoring and scholarship opportunities for low-income and at-risk students to help them end the cylce of poverty through education. students are offered college scholarships and caring…

Philanthropy
2
Florida Research Center for Agricultural Sustainability Inc
Philanthropy
3
Manatee Rescue & Rehabilitation Partnership Inc

To inspire and advance manatee conservation by partnering cooperatively in manatee rescue, rehabilitation, release, and monitoring efforts; improve understanding of manatee biology and health through scientific research; and promote…

Animals
4
Safe Children Coalition Inc

The safe children coalition's mission is to protect children and youth, strengthen families, and build community.

Human Services
5
Mote Marine Laboratory Inc

The advancement of marine and environmental sciences through scientific research, education and public outreach, leading new discoveries, revitalization and sustainability of our oceans and greater public understanding of our marine…

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6
Suncoast Workforce Board Inc

The organization's mission is to identify and invest in workforce development solutions to meet the needs of manatee and sarasota counties.

Employment
7
Manatee County Historical Commission Inc

To preserve and promote manatee countys heritage and history.

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8
Manatee Education Foundation Inc

The mission of the manatee education foundation is to provide funding for innovative programs and enhance educational oppotunities for teachers and students of mantee county public schools beyond state funding.

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9
Child Protection Center Inc

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,…

Crime & Legal
10
Suncoast Center Inc

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,…

Health
11
Dreamers Academy Inc

Dreamers academy develops bilingual, biliterate, and cross-cultural leaders of character within a caring environment that encourages family engagement and celebrates america.

Youth Development
12
Manatee Educational Television Consortium Inc

Metv provides programming focused on education, enrichment, community interest and cultural information that are of great benefit to the citizens of manatee county, florida. metv works closely with community organizations to produce…

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Manatee Community Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is Manatee River Youth Sailing Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFamily Support ServicesManatee County Community Fo…Animal Rescue and CareHousing and Basic Needs Sup…Hospice and End-of-Life CareCharter and Private SchoolsYouth Sports & Activities P…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 39 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%0%<5yr16%0%5–10yr21%25%10–20yr15%21%20–35yr10%25%35–55yr12%29%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%0%<5yr16%0%5–10yr21%10%10–20yr15%27%20–35yr10%16%35–55yr12%47%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 16% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/34
the rest of the field
16%
255/1,641

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 43 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/33
Grantees still filing
17/33
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE MARY PARKER FOUNDATION — $94,664,296 · OtherTHE MARY PARKER FOUNDATION+25 more — $1,112,000 · OtherCENTERSTONE OF FLORIDA INC — $300,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $156,000 · HealthEaster Seals Southwest Florida Inc — $75,000 · Health+2 more — $20,000 · HealthBISHOP MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND NATURE INC — $250,000 · Arts & CultureREFLECTIONS OF MANATEE INC — $75,000 · Arts & CultureREALIZE BRADENTON INC — $25,000 · Arts & CultureMANATEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $200,000 · PhilanthropyBRADENTON WOMANS CLUB INC — $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC — $100,000 · EducationRINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN INC — $50,000 · EducationNew College Foundation Inc — $12,500 · EducationPROJECT LIGHT OF MANATEE INC — $10,000 · EducationSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc — $100,000 · Human ServicesTHE FLORIDA CENTER FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD INC — $50,000 · Human ServicesCommunity Coalition on Homelessness dba Turning Points — $120,450 · Housing & Shelter
Other$95,776,296Health$551,000Arts & Culture$350,000Philanthropy$210,000Education$172,500Human Services$150,000Housing & Shelter$120,450

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCENTERSTONE OF FLORIDA INC — $300,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBISHOP MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND NATURE INC — $250,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetMANATEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $200,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $156,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Coalition on Homelessness dba Turning Points — $120,450 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc — $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEaster Seals Southwest Florida Inc — $75,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetRINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMANATEE COUNTY GIRLS CLUB INC — $50,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHE FLORIDA CENTER FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetManatee Children's Services Inc — $48,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetHONOR SANCTUARY INC — $35,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetUNIDOSNOW INC — $30,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetTruly Valued Inc — $30,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetREALIZE BRADENTON INC — $25,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetMANATEE COUNTY FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS PLUS OF MANATEE INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTSIC INC DBA/TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN — $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHealthy Teens Inc — $20,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetMANATEE COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY — $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S GUARDIAN FUND — $15,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetNew College Foundation Inc — $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSARASOTA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBradenton Christian School Society Inc DBA Bradenton Christian School — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFoundation for Dreams Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPROJECT LIGHT OF MANATEE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE PELICANS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetPROSPECT RIDING CENTER INC — $10,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetBEYOND THE SPECTRUM INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Community Foundat…Manatee Community Fou…William G and Marie S…The Mary Parker Found…The Louis and Gloria …Charles & Margery Bar…Gulf Coast Community …Msc Foundation IncUnited Way Suncoast I…Service Club of Manat…Wilson - Wood Foundat…Taylor Family Foundat…
The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co IncFL54× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc · Manatee Community Foundation Inc · William G and Marie Selby Foundation Inc · The Mary Parker Foundation 157823-000 · The Louis and Gloria Flanzer Philanthropic Trust · Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Inc · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · Msc Foundation Inc · United Way Suncoast Inc · Service Club of Manatee County · Wilson - Wood Foundation Inc · Taylor Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Edward E & Lillian H Bishop Fdn 007087-000 funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 140%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Easter Seals Southwest Florida Inc — 12% of income from government
  • Centerstone of Florida Inc — 12% of income from government
  • Bishop Museum of Science and Nature Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Manatee County Girls Club Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Meals On Wheels Plus of Manatee Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Tsic Inc Dba/Take Stock in Children — 0% of income from government
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
14get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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How do I get to Edward E & Lillian H Bishop Fdn 007087-000?

Find your warmest path to Edward E & Lillian H Bishop Fdn 007087-000 through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 43 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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