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Florida's Natural Growers Foundation Inc

Provide support for various local non-profit organizations whose focus is on health, education or youth.

$285k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$42k
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 2024.

Human Services$204kEducation$186kYouth Development$163kPhilanthropy$162kHealth$38kFood & Nutrition$34kRecreation & Sports$16kReligion$12k
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $111,865, the rows itemized in this filing. The $285,015 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $173,150 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $98k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$141k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
POLK EDUCATION FOUNDATION$42,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF POLK COUNTY$31,000
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL FL SUCCESS BY 6 POLK - IMAGINATION LIBRARY$15,000
LAKE WALES CARE CENTER$10,000
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL FL FAMILY FUNDAMENTALS$7,865
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL FL SUCCESS BY 6 HIGHLANDS - IMAGINATION LIBRARY$6,000
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 (FY18–23, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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.

area typical 12%RCMA: $10k → 10%REDLANDS CHRISTIAN MIGRANT ASSOCIATION: $7k → 10%RCMA: $5k → 10%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.
$764k · 14 repeat orgs$49k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
5

Total granted

$764k
$39k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+212%

Still filing today

71%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Food & NutritionYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsReligionEducationOther
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

  • UW
    United Way of Central Florida Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $162k · revenue +24%
  • PE
    POLK EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $135k · revenue +396%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF POLK COUNTY INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $97k · revenue +163%

Funded once

  • CO
    CIRCLE OF FRIENDS MINISTRY INC
    one grant, 2017 · $12k · revenue -63%
  • PC
    POLK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • LW
    LAKE WALES CHARTER SCHOOLS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $7k · revenue +59%
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
Polk County School Readiness Coalition Inc

We will lead community efforts in supporting the success of children.

Education
2
Learning Resource Center of Polk County Inc

The learning resource center of polk county, inc. (lrc) is passionately devoted to pursuing its mission to help students maximize their learning potential by providing personalized supplemental education programs for students, consultative…

Education
3
Tsic Inc Dba/Take Stock in Children

Provides college scholarships and mentoring programs for deserving low-income children whose household income falls below 185% of the federal poverty guidelines from middle school through college.

Crime & Legal
4
Quality Life Center of Southwest Florida Inc

To strenghten and instill pride in family and community through the development of programs and institutions that cultivate self-development, teach self-disipline, build confidence and promote cutural awareness.

Community Improvement
5
Boys & Girls Clubs of Lee County

To enable all young people, especially those who need us the most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

Youth Development
6
Lake County Young Men's Christian Association

The mission of the lake county ymca is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

Human Services
7
Connected Polk Inc

Connected polk is committed to transforming polk county's educational landscape by engaging the business community. connected polk's mission is to enhance high school and post-secondary graduates' preparedness, making polk county a premier…

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8
Youth for Christ of Polk County Inc

Youth for Christ reaches young people everywhere, working together with the local church and other like-minded partners to raise up life long followers of Jesus who lead by their godliness in lifestyle, devotion to prayer and the Word of…

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9
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida Inc

To inspire and enable all young people, especially those from disadvantaged circumstances, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens.

Youth Development
10
Central Florida Young Men's Christian Association Inc

The ymca of central florida improves lives of all in central florida by connecting individuals, families, and communities with opportunities based on christian values that strengthen spirit, mind, and body.

Human Services
11
The Consortium of Florida Education Foundations Inc

The cfef maximizes the impact of florida's local education foundations to facilitate their support of classroom innovation and student achievement, often serving as a conduit for public and private funders interest in impacting student…

Philanthropy
12
The Early Learning Coalition of Flagler and Volusia Counties Inc

To create and cultivate learning opportunities that empower children and families to thrive.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys & Girls Clubs of Polk County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Healthy Start Coalition of Hardee Highlands and Polk Counties 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

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 20 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/17
Grantees still filing
13/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

POLK EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP INC: $135,000 · OtherPOLK EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP INCLAKE WALES CARE CENTER: $135,000 · OtherLAKE WALES CARE CENTERCITRUS CENTER BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INC: $40,000 · OtherCITRUS CENTER BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INCHEALTHY START COALITION OF HARDEE HIGHLANDS AND POLK COUNTIES INC: $37,500 · OtherHEALTHY START COALITION OF HARDEE HIGHLANDS AND POLK COUNTIES …YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $22,000 · OtherWARNER UNIVERSITY: $19,000 · Other+6 more: $62,500 · Other+6 moreUnited Way of Central Florida Inc: $161,925 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Central …BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF POLK COUNTY INC: $97,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLU…PACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentPACE CENTER FOR …MEALS ON WHEELS OF POLK COUNTY INC: $29,000 · Food & NutritionKID PACK INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionREDLANDS CHRISTIAN MIGRANT ASSOCIATION INC: $22,000 · Human ServicesLAKE WALES SOCCER CLUB INC: $16,000 · Recreation & SportsCIRCLE OF FRIENDS MINISTRY INC: $11,500 · Religion
Other$451,000Philanthropy$161,925Youth Development$117,000Food & Nutrition$34,000Human Services$22,000Recreation & Sports$16,000Religion$11,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Way of Central Florida Inc: $161,925 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetPOLK EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP INC: $135,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF POLK COUNTY INC: $97,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCITRUS CENTER BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INC: $40,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetHEALTHY START COALITION OF HARDEE HIGHLANDS AND POLK COUNTIES INC: $37,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF POLK COUNTY INC: $29,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetREDLANDS CHRISTIAN MIGRANT ASSOCIATION INC: $22,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $22,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF LAKE WALES INC C/O YMCA OF WEST CENTRAL FL: $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPOLK STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLAKE WALES CARE CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLAKE WALES CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKID PACK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% 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.

United Way of Central…Givewell Community Fo…Mountain Lake Communi…Publix Super Markets …Homer and Annette Tho…George Jenkins Founda…The Jahna Foundation …Duke Energy FoundationEpic Affect IncSuncoast Credit Union…Detroit Tigers Founda…Polk Sheriff's Charit…
United Way of Central Florida IncFL26.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Central Florida Inc · Givewell Community Foundation Inc · Mountain Lake Community Service Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Homer and Annette Thompson Foundation · George Jenkins Foundation Inc · The Jahna Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Epic Affect Inc · Suncoast Credit Union Foundation · Detroit Tigers Foundation of Florida Inc · Polk Sheriff's Charities Inc

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 Florida's Natural Growers Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Florida's Natural Growers Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Redlands Christian Migrant Association Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Lake Wales Charter Schools Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Pace Center for Girlsinc: 2% of income from government
  • Lake Wales Care Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 Florida's Natural Growers Foundation 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 20 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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