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Hobbs Foundation
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 you funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DAWNING FAMILY SERVICES | $30,000 |
| FAMILY PROMISE INC | $30,000 |
| CHILDREN'S HARBOR INC | $30,000 |
| EDUCATE TOMORROW | $30,000 |
| JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF TAMPA BAY INC | $30,000 |
| HEART GALLERY OF TAMPA INC | $30,000 |
| VOICES FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC | $25,000 |
| CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP INC | $25,000 |
| PLACE OF HOPE INC | $25,000 |
| METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC | $25,000 |
| VOICES FOR CHILDREN OF TAMPA BAY INC | $25,000 |
| THE CHILDREN'S PLACE AT HOME SAFE INC DBA HOMESAFE | $25,000 |
| NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP | $25,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MIAMI-DADE INC | $25,000 |
| CHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN INC | $25,000 |
Do your dollars go where the need is?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.
Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $1.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 77% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
Who you back again
Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.
And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +33% since the first grant, against +7% for the ones you funded once.
46 repeat relationships — 33 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 5 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, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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
- DFDAWNING FAMILY SERVICES INC9× · 2017–2025 · $225k · revenue +127%
FAMILY PROMISE INC8× · 2018–2025 · $195k · revenue +283%- CHCHILDRENS HARBOR INC9× · 2017–2025 · $195k · revenue +12%
Funded once
- BABOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF MIAMIone grant, 2023 · $25k
- FBFLORIDA BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME INC DBA ONE MORE CHILDone grant, 2024 · $20k
- SLSELFLESS LOVE FOUNDATION - ONE VOICE IIMPAACone grant, 2019 · $20k
Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Families first of palm beach county, through innovative programs, promotes generational change by addressing families emotional, physical, and social well-being.
The safe children coalition's mission is to protect children and youth, strengthen families, and build community.
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…
Children's home society of florida mission statement:building bridges to success for children
Organization mission: florida's children first is a non-profit, nonpartisan, independent advocacy organization committed to protecting and advancing the rights of children and youth impacted by the child welfare, juvenile justice, and…
To unlock the potential of at-risk children and families by providing compassionate and effective services that create opportunities for success.
Better together helps at-risk families by empowering parents and surrounding them with community, meaningful work opportunities, and practical support. our volunteer-driven, professionally supported model provides direct services so that…
To cultivate financial resources dedicated to building stronger families and stronger communities through the operations and programs of families first. contributing to the foundation is an investment in a safe, healthy and sustainable…
Since 1981, children's advocacy center of southwest florida, inc. (cac) has advocated for a healthy, safe community for children through a multidisciplinary team approach to child abuse and neglect. our mission is to create a safe and…
We inspire well-being & success in the lives of vulnerable children, youth & families through responsive quality programs and safe places. part iii - additional information family counseling parents and youth ages 6-17 can receive…
The mission of the child protection center, inc. is the prevention, intervention and treatment of child abuse. we envision a community where children are safe from abuse and free to thrive. to successfully address the issue of child abuse,…
To provide educational and developmental child care for low income families. gladiolus learning and development center, inc (glad kids) is committed to providing educational and developmental child care for children of low income working…
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Childrens Harbor Inc and the most unlike its peers is Heart Gallery of Sarasota. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
Your grantees are a median of 30 years old; the field is 11. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.
The field is 28% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.
The orgs you fund almost never close — 4% lost their exemption, against 18% of the field you don’t fund.
Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.
56 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 56 of the 73 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds DAWNING FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds FAMILY PROMISE INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDRENS HARBOR INC ↗
- Who funds VOICES FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP ↗
- Who funds PLACE OF HOPE INC ↗
- Who funds YOUTH HAVEN INC ↗
- Who funds VOICES FOR CHILDREN OF TAMPA BAY INC ↗
- Who funds METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
- Who funds GRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC ↗
- Who funds CHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF TAMPA BAY INC ↗
- Who funds Charity Navigator ↗
- Who funds Heart Gallery of Tampa Inc ↗
- Who funds JACK AND JILL CHILDREN'S CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MIAMI INC ↗
- Who funds EDUCATE TOMORROW CORP ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF TAMPA BAY INC ↗
- Who funds MIAMI DIAPER BANK INC ↗
- Who funds ACADEMY PREP CENTER OF TAMPA INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds The Children's Place at Home Safe Inc ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF JOSHUA HOUSE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay Inc ↗
- Who funds KIDS IN DISTRESS INC ↗
- Who funds CLOTHES TO KIDS INC ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HELPING ADVANCE AND NURTURE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH INC (HANDY INC) ↗
- Who funds BROOKWOOD FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN IN CRISIS INC ↗
- Who funds Heartland for Children Inc ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME INC ↗
The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Suncoast Credit Union Foundation · Rays Baseball Foundation Inc · Vinik Family Foundation · Debartolo Family Foundation Inc · Truist Foundation Inc · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Foundation · Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · Pinellas Community Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation · Camelot Community Care Inc · The Frederick a Deluca Foundation Inc
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organization Hobbs Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.
- Voices for Children Foundation Inc — 48% of income from government
- Helping Advance and Nurture the Development of Youth Inc (Handy Inc) — 21% of income from government
- Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services Inc — 15% of income from government
- Champions for Children Inc — 14% of income from government
- Center for Child Counseling Inc — 8% of income from government
- Brookwood Florida Inc — 7% of income from government
- The Sundari Foundation Inc — 5% of income from government
- Academy Prep Center of Tampa Inc — 3% of income from government
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay Inc — 3% of income from government
- Jack and Jill Children's Center Inc — 2% of income from government
- Family Promise Inc — 2% of income from government
- Barry University Inc — 1% of income from government
- Covenant House Florida Inc — 1% of income from government
- Tsic Inc Dba/Take Stock in Children — 0% of income from government
- Metropolitan Ministries Inc — 0% of income from government
- Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay Inc — 0% of income from government
- Chapman Partnership Inc — 0% of income from government
- Youth Haven Inc — 0% of income from government
- Place of Hope Inc — 0% of income from government
- Kids in Distress Inc — 0% of income from government
- Educate Tomorrow Corp — 0% of income from government
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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.
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