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· Public charity

Fisher Island Philanthropic Fund Inc

To raise and distribute funds to charities serving children and at-risk youth in miami-dade county area with quality health and human services.

$38k
Granted FY2021
2
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Human Services$1.0MHealth$486kYouth Development$479kEducation$335kPhilanthropy$198kArts & Culture$160kCivil Rights$145kFood & Nutrition$105kOther$0
02FY2021 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $17,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $37,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $20,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$19k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER$10,000
UNITED WAY CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN EARLY EDUCATION$7,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $416k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%COCONUT GROVE CARES: $95k → 15%COCONUT GROVE CARES INC: $90k → 15%COCONUT GROVE CARES INC: $70k → 15%COCONUT GROVE CARES: $60k → 15%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MIAMI: $56k → 15%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MIAMI: $20k → 15%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MIAMI INC: $15k → 15%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MIAMI INC: $10k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 11 repeat orgs$155k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2021, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
4

Total granted

$2.6M
$155k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+35%

Still filing today

100%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21
EducationHuman ServicesHealthCrime & LegalArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TA
    THE ARC OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $488k · revenue +40%
  • AI
    AMIKIDS INC (PARENT)
    4× · 2017–2020 · $404k · revenue +23%
  • CG
    COCONUT GROVE CARES INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $315k · revenue +3% · 26% of their budget

Funded once

  • FS
    FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC
    one grant, 2020 · $105k · revenue -30%
  • YO
    YMCA OF GREATER MIAMI
    one grant, 2017 · $35k
  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR NEW EDUCATION INITIATIVES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · 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.

04Its field

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.

1
University of Miami
—
2
The Florida Center for Early Childhood Inc

The florida center supports the healthy development of young children, specializing in those with delays, disabilities or mental health challenges. our mission- "to help build and foster strong families and expand the potential of young…

Human Services
3
Ywca South Florida Inc

Provide services and programs for women, teens, children, and families of miami-dade county in focusing our mission of eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.

Human Services
4
Achieve Miami Inc

Achieve miami, inc. is a florida 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering a transformational educational ecosystem in miami. in partnership with leaders across the public and private sectors, achieve miami designs and…

Education
5
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
6
Milagro Foundation Inc

The milagro foundation, inc., dba the milagro center (the center) is a not-for-profit corporation established in 1997 whose mission is to enrich the lives of children through cultural arts, living values and academic support. the center's…

Arts & Culture
7
Citrus Health Network Inc

To provide primary care and behavioral health services to children, adults, and families in south florida across a broad range of health services and community-based programs; and to oversee the coordinated child welfare system of care…

—
8
Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Inc

Miami lighthouse through education, training, research, vision enhancement and as a center for learning provides hope, confidence, and independence for people of all ages. for nearly a century, miami lighthouse for the blind has been…

Human Services
9
Miami Cerebral Palsy Residential Services Inc

The organization's mission is to affect positively the quality of life for persons with cerebral palsy and other developmental disabilities, to meet their multiple needs and those of their families, and to prevent developmental…

—
10
Le Jardin Community Center Inc

Early learning childcare

Education
11
Miami Bridge Youth and Family Services Inc

Provide crisis intervention for youths.

—
12
Center for Independent Living of South Florida Inc

Dedicated to empowering persons with disabilities of all ages to reach their highest level of achievement and to advocate for systems change that results in access, choice, equality, inclusion, and independence for all people with…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Resource Center of South Florida Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Victory Center Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

15 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. 15 of the 16 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ARC OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $487,630 · OtherTHE ARC OF SOUTH FLORIDA INCAMIKIDS INC (PARENT): $404,250 · OtherAMIKIDS INC (PARENT)FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $105,000 · OtherFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INCBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MIAMI INC: $75,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MIAMI INC+2 more: $40,000 · OtherSHAKE A LEG MIAMI INC: $238,125 · HealthSHAKE A LEG MIAMI…HEARING & SPEECH CENTER OF FLORIDA INC: $222,500 · HealthHEARING & SPEECH …COCONUT GROVE CARES INC: $315,000 · Human ServicesCOCONUT GROVE CA…URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MIAMI INC: $101,000 · Human ServicesURBAN LEAGUE OF …KESHER LD INC KESHER: $265,000 · EducationKESHER LD INC…THE VICTORY CENTER INC: $85,000 · EducationTHE VICTORY C…+1 more: $10,000 · EducationFAMILY RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $235,000 · Crime & LegalFAMILY RE…UNITED WAY MIAMI INC: $197,500 · PhilanthropyMIAMI MUSIC PROJECT INC: $160,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,111,880Health$460,625Human Services$416,000Education$360,000Crime & Legal$235,000Philanthropy$197,500Arts & Culture$160,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE ARC OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $487,630 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetAMIKIDS INC (PARENT): $404,250 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCOCONUT GROVE CARES INC: $315,000 over 4y, 26% of budgetKESHER LD INC KESHER: $265,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetSHAKE A LEG MIAMI INC: $238,125 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetFAMILY RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $235,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetHEARING & SPEECH CENTER OF FLORIDA INC: $222,500 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetUNITED WAY MIAMI INC: $197,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMIAMI MUSIC PROJECT INC: $160,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $105,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MIAMI INC: $101,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetTHE VICTORY CENTER INC: $85,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MIAMI INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR NEW EDUCATION INITIATIVES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE SUNDARI FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

The Miami Foundation …United Way Miami IncMightycause Charitabl…The Kirk FoundationThe Batchelor Foundat…Greater Miami Jewish …The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Miami Foundation IncFL24.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Miami Foundation Inc · United Way Miami Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Kirk Foundation · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Fisher Island Philanthropic Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fisher Island Philanthropic Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • United Way Miami Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Feeding South Florida Inc: 5% of income from government
  • The Sundari Foundation Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Miami Music Project Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Amikids Inc (Parent): 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to Fisher Island Philanthropic Fund Inc 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 16 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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