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Florida Watch Inc

Educating the public and promoting social welfare in florida by holding elected officials accountable and ensuring representation of their constituents.

$255k
Granted FY2023
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Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$250k
Largest
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02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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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 2023.

Public Benefit$3.9MCommunity Improvement$844kCivil Rights$234kFood & Nutrition$115kEnvironment$10k
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $250,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $255,400 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $5,400 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.
$250,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$239k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DW PAC$250,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RAPID RESIST ACTION: $10k → 10%TIDES ADVOCACY: $30k → 10%EQUISLABS: $20k → 14%THE COMMON GROUND PROJECT INC: $24k → 12%THE PEOPLE OVER PROFITS FLORIDA INC: $1.1M → 13%PROJECT 68' EDUCATION FUND INC: $20k → 15%FLORIDA CONSERVATION VOTERS INC: $10k → 19%GROW UNITED: $115k → 12%DW PAC: $250k → 8%THE ARENA 527: $15k → 14%PROGRESS FLORIDA: $146k → 12%RUTH'S LIST FLORIDA ACTION: $35k → 13%ENGAGE MIAMI INC: $7k → 15%ACRONYM: $250k → 14%PROGRESS FLORIDA: $117k → 12%Ruths List Florida Action Inc: $31k → 13%A BETTER MIAMI-DADE INC: $769k → 15%COMMUNITY CHANGE ACTION: $75k → 14%PROGRESS FLORIDA EDUCATION INSTITUTE: $29k → 12%HER FLORIDA: $10k → 13%South Florida's Future Inc: $75k → 15%AMERICA VOTES: $523k → 14%PROGRESS FLORIDA: $15k → 12%COMMITTEE TO ADVANCE CONSTITUTIONAL VALUES: $22k → 15%FAITH IN PUBLIC LIFE ACTION FUND: $26k → 14%FLORIDA FOR ALL: $194k → 15%NEW FLORIDA MAJORITY: $54k → 15%OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL FLORIDIANS: $15k → 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 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.

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Floridians Democracy Project Inc

Advocacy for fair representation of florida voters through education, research and legal intervention

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2
Engage Florida Civic Fund Inc

Engage florida civic fund builds civic equity and power through voter engagement, civic education, leadership development, and local and state issue advocacy.

Civil Rights
3
Florida Immigrant Coalition Inc

To focuses on public education and advocacy to generate public awareness of programs and services available to immigrants in Florida.

Civil Rights
4
Floridians Protecting Freedom

Floridians protecting freedom advocated for the citizen-led ballot initiative that limits government interference with reproductive freedom through petition circulation and voter outreach.

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5
Forward Florida Action Inc

Partnering with organizations and grassroots volunteers we build the power of Floridians: registering and re-engaging voters who are unseen and unheard and electing more leaders that share our values making state legislature more diverse.

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6
Floridians for Tax Fairness

Voter education and awareness

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7
Alianza for progress inc

To lead and engage in campaigns and strategic alliances that build leadership, inform citizens, and achieve collective victories for the Puerto Rican and Latino communities in Central Florida, ultimately improving the quality of life for…

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8
Florida Taxwatch Research Institute Inc

To provide citizens with independent research on government fiscal policy and to promote the most efficient use of taxpayer dollars

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9
Floridians for a Fair Democracy Inc

To support Florida's Voting Restoration Amendment which would allow people who have paid their debt to society to earn back their right to vote.

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10
All About Florida Committee Inc

The mission is to gather, analyze and disseminate data and information relating to the government of Florida at the state, county and municipal levels and the issues which impact and affect their ability to govern, including, but not…

Civil Rights
11
Florida Voters Against Extremism Inc

The corporation operates exclusively for the promotion of social welfare as permitted in section 501(c)(4) of the internal revenue service code of the united states, by, including but not limited to, research, education, and communication…

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12
Floridians for Tax Fairness Inc

The organization's exempt purpose is political advocacy, to promote awareness and fairness in florida and in the united states taxation.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Progress Florida Education Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is Florida for All 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

23 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. 23 of the 28 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
18/23
Grantees still filing
6/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE PEOPLE OVER PROFITS FLORIDA INC: $1,104,000 · OtherTHE PEOPLE OVER PROFITS FLORIDA INCFLORIDA WATCH PC: $781,500 · OtherFLORIDA WATCH PCA BETTER MIAMI DADE INC: $769,000 · OtherA BETTER MIAMI DADE INCVOTO LATINO INC: $300,000 · OtherVOTO LATINO INCACRONYM: $250,000 · OtherACRONYMDW PAC: $250,000 · OtherDW PACFlorida For All INC: $194,000 · Other+9 more: $317,966 · Other+9 moreAmerica Votes: $522,835 · Community ImprovementAmerica Vot…PROGRESS FLORIDA INC: $277,400 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE ACTION: $75,000 · Public BenefitRUTH'S LIST FLORIDA ACTION: $66,000 · Civil RightsFLORIDA RISING INC: $54,000 · Civil RightsPROGRESS FLORIDA EDUCATION INSTITUTE INC: $29,200 · Civil RightsFAITH IN PUBLIC LIFE ACTION FUND: $26,266 · Civil RightsEQUALITY FLORIDA ACTION INC: $23,340 · Civil RightsProject 68 Inc: $20,000 · Civil RightsOPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL FLORIDIANS INC: $15,000 · Civil RightsRAPID RESIST ACTION: $10,000 · Civil RightsFLORIDA CONSERVATION VOTERS INC: $10,000 · Environment
Other$3,966,466Community Improvement$522,835Public Benefit$352,400Civil Rights$243,806Environment$10,000

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 PEOPLE OVER PROFITS FLORIDA INC: $1,104,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetA BETTER MIAMI DADE INC: $769,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetAmerica Votes: $522,835 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetVOTO LATINO INC: $300,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPROGRESS FLORIDA INC: $277,400 over 3y, 41% of budgetCENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE ACTION: $75,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetRUTH'S LIST FLORIDA ACTION: $66,000 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetFLORIDA RISING INC: $54,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTIDES ADVOCACY: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROGRESS FLORIDA EDUCATION INSTITUTE INC: $29,200 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetFAITH IN PUBLIC LIFE ACTION FUND: $26,266 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTHE COMMON GROUND PROJECT INC: $24,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetEQUALITY FLORIDA ACTION INC: $23,340 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCOMMITTEE TO ADVANCE CONSTITUTIONAL VALUES INC: $22,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetEQUISLABS: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetProject 68 Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetOPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL FLORIDIANS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetHER FLORIDA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 46% of budgetFLORIDA CONSERVATION VOTERS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetENGAGE MIAMI INC: $7,266 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

America VotesSixteen Thirty FundTides FoundationFlorida Advancement P…Tides AdvocacyThe People Over Profi…Open Society Action F…Hopewell FundFuture Forward USA Ac…Planned Parenthood Ac…NEO Philanthropy Acti…American Federation o…
America VotesDC28× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: America Votes · Sixteen Thirty Fund · Tides Foundation · Florida Advancement Project Inc · Tides Advocacy · The People Over Profits Florida Inc · Open Society Action Fund Inc · Hopewell Fund · Future Forward USA Action · Planned Parenthood Action Fund Inc · NEO Philanthropy Action Fund Inc · American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees

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 Watch Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Florida Watch Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
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no gov · 100%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Ruth's List Florida Action: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
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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How do I get to Florida Watch Inc?

Find your warmest path to Florida Watch 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 28 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $4k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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