· Private foundation
James M Doss Charitable Foundation Trust
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, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $14k
- $10k–50k17 grants · $405k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SARASOTA AND DESOTO COUNTIES | $50,000 |
| SUNCOAST CHARITIES FOR CHILDREN | $40,000 |
| UF HEALTH PROTON THERAPY INSTITUTE | $30,000 |
| EASTER SEALS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC | $30,000 |
| CAMP BOGGY CREEK | $25,000 |
| TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN SARASOTA | $25,000 |
| ALL FAITHS FOOD BANK | $25,000 |
| HERRIG CENTER FOR THE ARTS | $25,000 |
| ASHEVILLE BUNCOMBE COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRY | $25,000 |
| SEMINOLE BOOSTERS INC | $25,000 |
| PINES OF SARASOTA FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL | $25,000 |
| SUMMIT CHARTER SCHOOL | $25,000 |
| SARASOTA MEDICAL PREGNANCY CENTER | $20,000 |
| BIG WATERS LAND TRUST | $20,000 |
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 (FY21–25, $112k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 2% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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 7% of James M Doss Charitable Foundation Trust’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 91% of the giving stays in FL; by stated purpose, 84%.
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 +47% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.
23 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 8 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, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $169k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SBSEMINOLE BOOSTERS INC6× · 2020–2025 · $225k · revenue +35%
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC6× · 2020–2025 · $191k · revenue +78%- SMSARASOTA MEDICAL PREGNANCY CENTER INC5× · 2020–2025 · $162k · revenue +111%
Funded once
- ABARCADIA BOYS & GIRLS CLUBSone grant, 2020 · $100k
- ACAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INCone grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -76%
- BGBoys & Girls Club of The Plateau Incone grant, 2022 · $28k · revenue -4%
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.
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…
Lead agency in the community for providers of homeless/prevention services in manatee/sarasota. responsible to plan strategies with community partners, assist with grants, educate the public, advocate with local leadership, administer the…
Pathways Early Education Center of Immokalee closes the opportunity gap by providing individualized, high-quality cognitive, social, emotional and physical education to children from birth to 5 years.
To promote policies that build effective primary prevention and early intervention systems of support for florida's children and families by engaging and enhancing the collective strengths of the individual children's services councils of…
We unite the suncoast to protect and improve our waters through science-driven actions.
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,…
At Space Coast Discovery, we believe that every child, of every ability deserves individualized instruction and benefits from inclusive classroom environments. (continued on Sched O)Our unique inclusion program provides equal learning…
Forty carrots family center's mission is to nurture healthy child and family development through research-based, relationship-centered education and mental health services.
The safe children coalition's mission is to protect children and youth, strengthen families, and build community.
Florida state parks foundation preserves, protects, sustains and grows florida state parks.
The Mission of the Sarasota Ballet of Florida is to enrich lives, captivate emotions and strengthen the community through the art of dance.
Saint andrew's school is an independent school founded in the episcopal tradition. our mission is to build a community of learners, provide excellence in education, and nurture each student in mind, body, and spirit.
How this is measured
29 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. 29 of the 47 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 SEMINOLE BOOSTERS INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds SARASOTA MEDICAL PREGNANCY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE BOGGY CREEK GANG INC ↗
- Who funds PINES OF SARASOTA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SUNCOAST CHARITIES FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds Easter Seals Southwest Florida Inc ↗
- Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF SOUTH SARASOTA COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA COUNTY ↗
- Who funds MOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC ↗
- Who funds TSIC INC DBA/TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SARASOTA AND DESOTO COUNTIES INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE SUN COAST INC ↗
- Who funds Big Waters Land Trust Inc ↗
- Who funds Boys & Girls Club of The Plateau Inc ↗
- Who funds EXCHANGE CLUB FAMILY PARTNERSHIP CENTER OF MANATEE ↗
- Who funds SARASOTA SHARKS INC ↗
- Who funds ALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S DREAM FUND INC ↗
- Who funds PISGAH LEGAL SERVICES ↗
- Who funds FACE AUTISM INC ↗
- Who funds The State College of Florida 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: The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · Msc Foundation Inc · Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Inc · Annette J Hagens Memorial Foundation · The Tillie Jennie & Harold Schwartz Foundation Inc · The Louis and Gloria Flanzer Philanthropic Trust · William G and Marie Selby Foundation Inc · Manatee Community Foundation Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Janice S Kelly Memorial Foundation · United Way Suncoast Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization James M Doss Charitable Foundation Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James M Doss Charitable Foundation Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- Children First Inc: 100% of income from government
- Easter Seals Southwest Florida Inc: 12% of income from government
- Mote Marine Laboratory Inc: 4% of income from government
- All Faiths Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
- Tsic Inc Dba/Take Stock in Children: 0% of income from government
- The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc: 0% of income from government
- Children's Dream Fund Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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