· Private foundation
Harcourt M & Virginia W Sylvester Foundation Inc
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, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k9 grants · $34k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $513k
- $250k+3 grants · $1.3M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI | $571,428 |
| HOME SAFE INC | $358,000 |
| BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL | $357,143 |
| THE LORD'S PLACE | $202,500 |
| MIAMI DOLPHINS FOUNDATION | $160,000 |
| THE IDDEAL PLACE COMMUNITY FDN | $100,000 |
| HER2NDCHANCE | $50,000 |
| CAUSEWAVE COMMUNITY PARTNERS | $10,000 |
| PALM BEACH RAY OF HOPE FNDTN | $10,000 |
| CROSS CATHOLIC OUTREACH | $5,000 |
| THE AMERICAN DISABLITIES FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| FAU FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| SWEET DREAM MAKERS | $5,000 |
| ST AMBROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH | $5,000 |
| FRANCIS HOUSE | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $127k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
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 +50% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.
46 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 32 since wound down; 4 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, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $120k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UOUniversity of Miami5× · 2018–2025 · $3.8M · revenue +87%
- BRBoca Raton Regional Hospital Inc9× · 2017–2025 · $2.4M · revenue +78%
- TLTHE LORD'S PLACE INC9× · 2017–2025 · $1.6M · revenue +101%
Funded once
- FSFLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGEgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +31%
- GEGEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUMgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $88k · revenue +47%
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +112%
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.
To inspire hope and promote lifelong health by providing the best care to every child.
As part of the baptist health network, the mission of doctors hospital, inc. is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is a…
We, holy cross hospital and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. holy cross hospital is a member of trinity health.
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
The primary purpose of the h. lee moffitt cancer center and research institute hospital, inc. ("hospital") is to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer.
Fiu health care network's mission is to improve and support medical education at the fiu herbert wertheim college of medicine and provide clinical support services to the larger fiu community.
As part of the baptist health network, the mission of miami cancer institute at baptist health, inc is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve.…
The mission of jessie trice community health system, inc. (the orgainzation) is to improve health equality for our diverse south florida community by providing and increasing access to quality comprehensive primary care services. please…
As part of the baptist health network, the mission of baptist health medical group inc is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist…
Suncoast hospice's mission is to be the center to improve life for those touched by advanced illness, death, dying, grief, bereavement and other end-of-life issues.
As part of the baptist health network, the mission of south miami hospital is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is a…
How this is measured
39 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. 39 of the 77 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 University of Miami ↗
- Who funds Boca Raton Regional Hospital Inc ↗
- Who funds THE LORD'S PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds HER 2ND CHANCE INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
- Who funds Causewave Community Partners Inc ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds CANCER ALLIANCE OF HELP AND HOPE INC ↗
- Who funds THE ANDREW MCDONOUGH B FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BOCA RATON CHAMPIONS GOLF CHARITIES INC ↗
- Who funds FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds GREYSTON FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BOCA HELPING HANDS INC ↗
- Who funds Junior League of Boca Raton Inc ↗
- Who funds GIVT INC ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND INC ↗
- Who funds ADORER MISSIONARY SISTERS OF THE POOR INC ↗
- Who funds Hospice of Palm Beach County Inc ↗
- Who funds Sweet Dream Makers Inc ↗
- Who funds KIDSAFE FOUNDATION 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: EM Lynn Foundation · Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · McNally Family Foundation Inc · Lost Tree Village Charitable Foundation · United Way of Palm Beach County Inc · Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Harcourt M & Virginia W Sylvester Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harcourt M & Virginia W Sylvester Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Child Rescue Coalition Inc: 20% of income from government
- The Lord's Place Inc: 12% of income from government
- Feeding South Florida Inc: 5% of income from government
- University of Miami: 5% of income from government
- Tsic Inc Dba/Take Stock in Children: 0% of income from government
- Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc: 0% of income from government
- Florida Southern College: 0% of income from government
- Lynn University Inc: 0% of income from government
- Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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