· Private foundation
Esserman Family Foundation % Lisa Esserman
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Esserman Family Foundation % Lisa Esserman’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Miami Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Esserman Family Foundation % Lisa Esserman named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $125k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k7 grants · $25k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Greater Miami Jewish Federation | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| American Jewish Committee | $15,000 |
| University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation | $15,000 |
| Zoo Miami Foundation | $10,000 |
| Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative | $10,000 |
| Adrienne Arsht Center Foundation | $10,000 |
| Temple Beth Am | $7,475 |
| Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence | $5,000 |
| ACLU of Florida | $5,000 |
| Florida Grand Opera | $2,500 |
| Civic Chorale of Greater Miami | $2,000 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation | $2,000 |
| Adrienne Arsht Center Foundation | $1,000 |
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 (FY17–23, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 49% of Esserman Family Foundation % Lisa Esserman’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 87% of the giving stays in FL; by stated purpose, 85%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2023, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
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
- UOUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC7× · 2017–2023 · $105k · revenue +60%
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE4× · 2020–2023 · $60k · revenue +68%- QLQUANTUM LEAP HEALTHCARE COLLABORATIVE4× · 2017–2023 · $50k · revenue +265%
Funded once
- BBBig Brothers and Big Sisters of Miamione grant, 2018 · $3k
- LFLYMPHEDEMA FOUNDATION OF SOUTH FLORIDA INCone grant, 2017 · $2k
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.
See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.
The mission of greater miami opera is to enrich people's lives through an awareness and deeper appreciation of opera. by expanding its reach to diverse communities throughout miami and fort lauderdale and wider audiences abroad creating a…
To enrich people's lives through an awareness and deeper appreciation of opera in broward county.
The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…
In 2024, biscayne bay waterkeeper (d/b/a miami waterkeeper) built on our reputation by navigating challenges, seizing opportunities, and continuing our unwavering commitment to safeguarding our precious waterways and finding local…
Americas society is an educational forum which presents programs in its public policy and cultural affairs departments.
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…
The adrienne arsht center is a leader in presenting innovative programming that mirrors south florida's diversity, as well as a catalyst for billions of dollars in new development in the downtown area. the center presents nearly 400 events…
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
Working in partnership with state business leaders to secure florida's future.
Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.
How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 18 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 THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE ↗
- Who funds QUANTUM LEAP HEALTHCARE COLLABORATIVE ↗
- Who funds BRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE ↗
- Who funds ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ZOO MIAMI FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CIVIC CHORALE OF GREATER MIAMI INC ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA GRAND OPERA 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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Esserman Family Foundation % Lisa Esserman funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Esserman Family Foundation % Lisa Esserman. Bigger dots raise more.
- University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc: 3% of income from government
- Zoo Miami Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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