Florida · Private foundation
Folke Peterson Wildlife Center Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $154k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Folke Peterson Wildlife Center Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $154k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $129k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $120k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $109k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $125k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $106k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $90k | 41% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $80k | 29% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dolphin Research Center Inc | $81,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Key West Wildlife Center Inc | $81,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Florida Keys Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc | $75,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Miami Children's Museum Inc Fka Miami Youth Museum | $69,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Tomorrow's Rainbow Inc | $51,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Canine Assisted Therapy Inc | $43,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Equine Assisted Therapies of South Florida Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 2% |
| The Busch Wildlife Sanctuary Inc | $31,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Abandoned Pet Rescue Inc | $31,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Honeys Mini Therapy Adventures Inc | $30,500 | 4 | 6% |
Show all 32 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($243k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Folke Peterson Wildlife Center Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Folke Peterson Wildlife Center Inc
- How much does Folke Peterson Wildlife Center Inc give?
- Folke Peterson Wildlife Center Inc reported 16 grants totaling $153,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Folke Peterson Wildlife Center Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (58%), Health (18%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are Folke Peterson Wildlife Center Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Dolphin Research Center Inc ($82k), Key West Wildlife Center Inc ($81k), Florida Keys Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc ($76k).
- Does Folke Peterson Wildlife Center Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Folke Peterson Wildlife Center Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Folke Peterson Wildlife Center Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc, The Batchelor Foundation Inc, Knopf Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Folke Peterson Wildlife Center Inc based?
- Folke Peterson Wildlife Center Inc is based in FL.
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