· Private foundation
Edward T Gardner 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.
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 · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $14k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $66k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| FLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE | $20,000 |
| ST ANASTASIA CATHOLIC SCHOOL | $16,000 |
| ST LUCIE COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT | $10,000 |
| FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $2,000 |
| HANDS OF SAINT LUCIE COUNTY | $2,000 |
| ST LUCIE COUNTY 4H | $2,000 |
| FAMILY MEALS INC | $2,000 |
| RYLIE'S SMILE FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| CAMP BARNES | $2,000 |
| SUNRISE THEATRE FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
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 (FY20–20, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 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 +48% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
FLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE INC5× · 2021–2025 · $100k · revenue +48%- UOUNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION3× · 2023–2025 · $80k · revenue +39%
- CBCAMP BARNES INC6× · 2020–2025 · $24k · revenue +272%
Funded once
- RCRINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN INCone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +21%
- HFHope Family Services Incone grant, 2020 · $7k · revenue +17%
- ODOUR DAILY BREAD TAMPA BAY INCone grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -47%
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.
Empowering families with chidren to achieve permanent and stable self-sufficiency by providing case management; nutritious meals; and educational, health and career resources; in a safe and secure environment.
Hunger relief for the indigent. The South County Food Pantry provides food to families and individuals in the Venice, Nokomis, Laurel & Osprey, areas of FL. SCFP distributes to more than 400 family units per month.
With compassion and respect, St. Pete Free Clinic changes lives by providing health care, nutritious food, recovery housing, and education for our neighbors in need.
To truly make a difference in the lives of St. Johns County homeless families with minor children by providing housing and services required for them to remain intact, stabilize their lives, save money, move into permanent housing, and…
The organization's mission is to identify and invest in workforce development solutions to meet the needs of manatee and sarasota counties.
The players theatre's mission is to entertain, educate, and engage the community in high quality live theatre.
Coordinate providers, government, individuals, community and faith based organizations to resolve homelessness issues in St. Johns County. Providing meals in street outreach to homeless individuals.
The mission of south brevard sharing center, inc. is to support, strengthen, and empower families to achieve self-sufficiency. this is accomplished by providing temporary short-term emergency assistance to indigent families when federal,…
To provide housing support to children and their families in south sarasota county.
The mission of meals on wheels plus of manatee, inc. is to assist individuals to live independently by providing nutrition and caring supportive services.
The Mission of Family Promise of Escambia County is to help stabilize low-income families experiencing homelessness in Escambia County Florida with a community-based response. Through a collaborative effort with local faith-based…
We strive to end hunger and food waste in the Tampa Bay community through innovative solutions that rescue and redistribute fresh, healthy surplus food, while also providing job training for those facing employment barriers.
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 28 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 FLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CAMP BARNES INC ↗
- Who funds Family Meals Inc ↗
- Who funds SEAMEN'S CENTER OF WILMINGTON INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds PROJECT 180 SARASOTA INC ↗
- Who funds AE BEAN BACKUS MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds SARASOTA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF ST LUCIE COUNTY LIBRARY ASSOC INC ↗
- Who funds SUNRISE THEATRE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN INC ↗
- Who funds Hope Family Services Inc ↗
- Who funds OUR DAILY BREAD TAMPA BAY INC ↗
- Who funds Community Coalition on Homelessness dba Turning Points ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF STLUCIE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds GRACE WAY VILLAGE 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 - Martin / St Lucie Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Edward T Gardner Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edward T Gardner Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Hope Family Services Inc: 40% of income from government
- Camp Barnes Inc: 13% of income from government
- Grace Way Village Inc: 4% of income from government
- Florida Studio Theatre Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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