· Private foundation
J Ben Watkins Private Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 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, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k6 grants · $16k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $115k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ELDER CARE COUNCIL | $100,000 |
| CHARLIE WARD'S CHAMPIONS RANCH | $50,000 |
| TALL TIMBERS RESARCH | $32,500 |
| TAUNTON FAMILY CHILDRENS HOME | $27,000 |
| FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERRIFF'S OFFICE CHARITABLE FUND | $20,000 |
| LLSE NEWELL FUND | $15,000 |
| GRACE MISSION CHURCH | $10,000 |
| FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD - CARRABELLE | $10,000 |
| TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $5,000 |
| FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN APALACHICOLA | $5,000 |
| SUWANEE RIVER AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS | $2,500 |
| BIG BEND HOSPICE FOUNDATION | $1,200 |
| BRING ME A BOOK-FORGOTTEN COAST | $1,000 |
| FRANKLINS PROMISE-FOOD PANTRY FRANKLIN COUNTY | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 54% of J Ben Watkins Private Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in FL; by stated purpose, 47%.
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 +49% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TFTAUNTON FAMILY CHILDRENS HOME3× · 2021–2024 · $47k · revenue +49%
- TTTALL TIMBERS RESEARCH INC2× · 2023–2024 · $38k · revenue +44%
- TTTALL TIMBERS FOUNDATION INC2× · 2021–2022 · $10k · revenue +201%
Funded once
- SUSTETSON UNIVERSITY INCone grant, 2022 · $11k · revenue -9%
- SISLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $8k · revenue +144%
- CCCARRABELLE CHRISTIAN CENTERone grant, 2021 · $5k
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.
We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…
Archbold expeditions, inc.'s mission is to build and share the scientific knowledge needed to protect the life, lands, and waters of the heart of florida and beyond.
Mission is to seek protection of land and water resources through restoration and conservation; and conducting education and outreach on the ecological and economic importance of natural lands. we protect land from development and protect…
The mission of the teton regional land trust is to conserve working farms and ranches, fish and wildlife habitat, and scenic open spaces in eastern idaho for this and future generations.
The mission of alachua conservation trust (act) is to protect the natural, historic, scenic and recreational resources in and around alachua county, florida. act protects land through purchase, donation, and conservation easements.
The florida state university foundation enhances the academic mission and vision of florida state university through its organized fundraising activities and funds management. the fsu foundation accomplishes its mission by fostering…
Plant with purpose, a christian nonprofit organization, reverses deforestation and poverty around the world by transforming the lives of the rural poor. we do this through: - watershed restoration & regenerative agriculture - savings…
Leading the conservation, sound management, and wise use of tennessee's wildlife and great outdoors, tennessee wildlife federation advocates sound natural resource policies and provides various educational programs that promote the…
The mission of the foundation is to restore and protect america's everglades through its three programmatic pillars: science, advocacy and education. (continued on schedule o)
Our mission is to: a. to support and advance agriculture in the state of alabama through education and research; to increase awareness of agriculture in albama through public programs and activities; to improve and expand agricultural…
The purpose of the corporation is to a) protect the right of jurisdiction of the southeastern states over their wildlife resources on public and private lands as supported by the southeastern association of fish and wildlife agencies; b)…
Our mission is to act to conserve threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take into account human needs.
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 31 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 CHAMPIONS RANCH INC ↗
- Who funds TAUNTON FAMILY CHILDRENS HOME ↗
- Who funds TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH INC ↗
- Who funds FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE CHARITABLE FUND ↗
- Who funds STETSON UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds TALL TIMBERS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC ↗
- Who funds Big Bend Hospice Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds SUWANNEE RIVER AREA COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds ALFRED B MACLAY JR DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds ECHO Inc ↗
- Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
- Who funds BRING ME A BOOK FORGOTTEN COAST INC ↗
- Who funds THE GREATER BREWTON 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: National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization J Ben Watkins Private Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from J Ben Watkins Private Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Tall Timbers Research Inc: 10% of income from government
- Stetson University Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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