· Private foundation
Fe Lykes Foundation Inc Lykes
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, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $3k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $108k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FRIENDS OF TAMPA RECREATION | $107,790 |
| ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,200 |
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 (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue -11% since the first grant, against -35% for those funded once.
5 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 4 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, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FOFRIENDS OF TAMPA RECREATION INC3× · 2020–2025 · $151k · revenue -11%
- TTTHE TAMPA THEATRE INC A/K/A TAMPA THEATRE FOUNDATION6× · 2018–2024 · $121k · revenue +42%
- GMGASPARILLA MUSIC FOUNDATION INC7× · 2018–2024 · $95k · revenue -39%
Funded once
- FOFriends of Recreation Incone grant, 2018 · $57k · revenue -86%
- COCITY OF TAMPA - PARKS & RECone grant, 2022 · $50k
- HPHYDE PARK PRESERVATION INCone grant, 2021 · $12k · revenue -35%
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.
The mission of the downtown waterfront parks foundation is to support and advocate for the preservation and enhancement of the historic waterfront parks of st. petersburg, florida to ensure their future for the enjoyment of residents and…
The gasparilla festival of the arts, inc. is dedicated to producing an annual premier juried outdoor art festival for the enjoyment of our patrons, artists and guests and the enhancement of the tampa bay area's cultural arts.
The bay park conservancy (bpc) was formed to implement the master plan approved by the sarasota city commission to conserve 53 acres of public land for a signature park along sarasota bay. the bpc entered a long-term partnership with the…
The conservancy is a land conservation trust organized to help the community and landowners in the tampa bay region preserve natural and agricultural lands as well as the area's scenic heritage.
The florida museum of photographic arts is a museum dedicated to exhibiting important photographic art as central to contemporary life and culture.
To promote a culture of environmental stewardship through volunteer and educational opportunities.
The mission of the foundation is to promote culture, including the arts, music, theater and similar activities to the community of doral, florida.
Friends of the riverwalk supports the expansion, development, activation, and promotion of the tampa riverwalk to increase public access to the waterfront; improve connectivity and mobility; create inviting, people-oriented experiences;…
The players theatre's mission is to entertain, educate, and engage the community in high quality live theatre.
Sunfest's primary purpose is to sponsor art and music festivals for the benefit of the general public.
To present a high quality program of gay and lesbian themed films and videos to the tampa bay community for the community's artistic enrichment and enjoyment and to foster understanding and appreciation for the lives of people regardless…
To manage and promote nathan benderson park by providing recreational opportunities and facilities for people to enjoy and engage in activities that promote health and enhance the quality of life and environment, and to generate economic…
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 15 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 FRIENDS OF TAMPA RECREATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE TAMPA THEATRE INC A/K/A TAMPA THEATRE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GASPARILLA MUSIC FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Friends of Recreation Inc ↗
- Who funds HYDE PARK PRESERVATION INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DREAM BUILDERS MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds TAMPA BAY BUSINESS COALITION FOR THE ARTS 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Fe Lykes Foundation Inc Lykes funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fe Lykes Foundation Inc Lykes. Bigger dots raise more.
- Gasparilla Music Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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