· Private foundation
Ehrhart Family Foundation
Its FY2024 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 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k11 grants · $59k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $86k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $80k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Venice Theatre | $80,000 |
| Venice Institute for Performing Art | $25,000 |
| Sarasota Youth Sailing | $24,972 |
| Institute for Justice | $15,000 |
| American Battlefield Trust | $11,000 |
| Vence Main Street | $10,000 |
| Alachua County Library District Fou | $8,000 |
| Sail Sarasota | $6,000 |
| Betty J Johnson N Sarasota Library | $5,000 |
| Northeast Harbor Sailing School | $5,000 |
| Planned Parenthood | $5,000 |
| Venice Art Center | $5,000 |
| Visible Men Academy | $5,000 |
| College of Charleston | $5,000 |
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | $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.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 92% of its 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.
27 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 10 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 FY2024, 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
- VTVENICE THEATRE INC6× · 2019–2024 · $292k · revenue +91%
- SYSARASOTA YOUTH SAILING INC6× · 2019–2024 · $157k · revenue +45% · 25% of their budget
- IFINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE6× · 2019–2024 · $86k · revenue +57%
Funded once
- MDMount Desert Island Community Sailione grant, 2022 · $6k
- FAFish and Wildlife Foundation of Floone grant, 2023 · $5k
- RHRIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOLone grant, 2019 · $4k
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.
Solicit contributions from club members and non members by various activities which will be distributed to 501(c)(3) charities in sarasota county.
A. to encourage the proper use and enjoyment of yachts and boats and to assist in educating members in the science of navigation, boat design, and the skills of sailing.b. to own and operate an appropriate private waterfront club in the…
The venice heritage foundation is dedicated to preserving, showcasing, and nurturing venice's diverse cultural heritage and history.
The world-class, award winning sarasota yacht club is home to a diverse membership and professional staff who inspire lifelong friendships and extraordinary experiences in our culturally-rich waterfront city.
Wildlife & Habitat Conservation
Teach beginning sailing, provide continuing education in sailing techniques, stress sportsmanship, seamanship and water safety to reduce boating accidents and increase enjoyment of boating.
The Florida Aquarium's mission focuses on our Shared Purpose of a commitment to save marine wildlife, with a Vision to be Florida's leading conservation-based Aquarium. It accomplishes this mission through hosting over 1 million visitors…
To preserve america's everglades and florida bay as natural resources.
To present internationally renowed orchestras, chamber ensembles and solo artists to the greater sarasota community, and to showcase outstanding regional musicians in a series of free public concerts.
The mission of the Sarasota Orchestra is to engage, educate and enrich our community through high quality live musical experiences. Sarasota Orchestra is committed to engaging our community with the highest standards in performing and…
To promote commerce in the venice / nokomis area
The vero beach museum of art foundation is committed to managing endowments and extending the reach and sustaining the work of the vero beach museum of art, the supported organization, by securing both current and future financial…
How this is measured
20 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. 20 of the 33 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 VENICE THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds SARASOTA YOUTH SAILING INC ↗
- Who funds INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE ↗
- Who funds VENICE MAINSTREET INC ↗
- Who funds ALACHUA COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds VENICE HERITAGE INC ↗
- Who funds American Battlefield Trust ↗
- Who funds VENICE ART CENTER ↗
- Who funds NRA SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION FUND ↗
- Who funds SAIL SARASOTA INC ↗
- Who funds NORTHEAST HARBOR SAILING SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds The Venice Chorale Inc ↗
- Who funds VISIBLE MEN ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds HANDWEAVERS GUILD OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE TREASURE COAST INC ↗
- Who funds Maine Coast Heritage Trust ↗
- Who funds FISH & WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA I ↗
- Who funds Friends of the Venice Public Library Inc ↗
- Who funds THE VENICE SYMPHONY INC ↗
- Who funds Willowind Therapeutic Riding Center 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 of Sarasota Co Inc · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation Trust of Sarasota County · The Edmund B and Elizabeth M Campbell Foundation Inc · The Prior Family Charitable Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ehrhart Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ehrhart Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast Inc: 6% of income from government
- Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I: 1% of income from government
- The Venice Symphony Inc: 0% of income from government
- Venice Theatre Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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