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Kayla Mitchell Foundation at a glance

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Kayla Mitchell Foundation

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.

$83k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$92kEducation$65kHealth$62kHuman Services$32kEnvironment$30kCivil Rights$18kPhilanthropy$14kAnimals$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $55k
$2,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$911k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FLORIDA STUDIO THEATER$25,000
THE MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS INC$10,000
MOTE MARINE LABORATORY$10,000
WESTCOAST BLACK THEATRE TROUPE$10,000
SARASOTA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION$5,000
NEW COLLEGE FOUNDATION$5,000
ARTS AND CULTURE ALLIANCE OF SARASOTA COUNTY$5,000
ALL STAR CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$2,500
CHABAD HOUSE OF DOWNTOWN SARASOTA$2,500
TEMPLE BETH SHOLOM$2,500
RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION$2,230
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA$1,500
Individual grant recipient$1,000
EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA COUNTY$500
EMMANUEL COMMUNITIES$500
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–22, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SAFE CHILDREN COALITION: $1k → 9%SAFE CHILDREN COALITION: $600 → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
CA
VA
AR
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$214k · 13 repeat orgs$176k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
31

Total granted

$214k
$157k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+63%

Still filing today

77%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationAnimalsPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • SARASOTA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2019–2024 · $50k · revenue +121%
  • FLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE INC
    4× · 2019–2024 · $40k · revenue +31%
  • RC
    RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $14k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • IC
    ISRAEL CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE THROUGH EDUCATION
    one grant, 2021 · $40k · revenue -52%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $35k
  • AA
    AJC AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE
    one grant, 2022 · $18k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

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…

Environment
2
The Fine Arts Society of Sarasota Inc

To provide educational displays and information on art in our area and to provide scholarships.

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3
The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation Incorporated

The ringling is a place of art, architecture, and circus in an environment that inspires, educates, entertains, and honors the legacy of john & mable ringling.

Arts & Culture
4
The Players Inc

The players theatre's mission is to entertain, educate, and engage the community in high quality live theatre.

Arts & Culture
5
The Everglades Foundation Inc

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)

Environment
6
Child Protection Center Inc

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,…

Crime & Legal
7
Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center Inc

To inspire, educate and connect our community through the power of shared performing arts experiences.see schedule o for the organization's expanded mission.

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8
The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc

Community impact powered by philanthropy.

Philanthropy
9
The Florida Center for Early Childhood Inc

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…

Human Services
10
Florida Grand Opera Inc

The mission of florida grand opera is to enrich people's lives through an awareness and deeper appreciation of opera while supporting the operations of the greater miami opera and the opera guild, inc. by expanding its reach to diverse…

Arts & Culture
11
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…

Arts & Culture
12
Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc

See schedule ocollaboratory is a community foundation with an evolved mission committed to coordinating the solving of southwest florida's major social problems by 2040. since our founding in 1976, we have been supporting local causes and…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sarasota Performing Arts Center Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Project Backboard. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

36 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. 36 of the 52 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/36
Grantees still filing
27/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $35,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientAJC AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $18,000 · OtherAJC AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEEMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC: $10,000 · OtherMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INCCHABAD HOUSE OF DOWNTOWN SARASOTA: $7,500 · OtherCHABAD HOUSE OF DOWNTOWN SARASOTAKNITTED KNOCKERS FUND: $6,000 · OtherHEIFER INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 · OtherDIAMONDS IN THE RUFF OF VIRGINIA INC: $5,000 · OtherRINGLING MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION: $4,460 · OtherHONOR SANCTUARY INC: $5,000 · Other+18 more: $19,936 · Other+18 moreFLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE INC: $40,180 · Arts & CultureFLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE…WESTCOAST BLACK THEATRE TROUPE OF FLORIDA INC: $12,500 · Arts & CultureWESTCOAST BLACK THEATR…American Friends of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: $10,500 · Arts & CultureAmerican Friends of Is…ARTS & CULTURAL ALLIANCE OF SARASOTA COUNTY INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureARTS & CULTURAL ALLIAN…ASOLO THEATRE INC: $4,300 · Arts & CultureASOLO THEATRE INC+2 more: $4,500 · Arts & Culture+2 moreSARASOTA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · HealthSARASOTA MEMORIAL…H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 · HealthH LEE MOFFITT CAN…THE V FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthTHE V FOUNDATION+3 more: $1,195 · HealthISRAEL CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE THROUGH EDUCATION: $40,000 · InternationalISRAEL CENTE…KIVA MICROFUNDS: $5,000 · InternationalKIVA MICROFU…ALL STAR CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $27,500 · PhilanthropyALL STAR CH…SARASOTA CITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,200 · PhilanthropySARASOTA CI…+2 more: $1,075 · PhilanthropyThe Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc: $30,000 · EnvironmentRINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN INC: $14,000 · EducationNew College Foundation Inc: $10,000 · EducationTHE CIRCUS ARTS CONSERVATORY INC: $2,500 · Education+2 more: $552 · Education
Other$115,896Arts & Culture$76,980Health$61,195International$45,000Philanthropy$38,775Environment$30,000Education$27,052

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSARASOTA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE INC: $40,180 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetISRAEL CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE THROUGH EDUCATION: $40,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetThe Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetALL STAR CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $27,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetRINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN INC: $14,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWESTCOAST BLACK THEATRE TROUPE OF FLORIDA INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Friends of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: $10,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSARASOTA CITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,200 over 1y, 23% of budgetMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew College Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetARTS & CULTURAL ALLIANCE OF SARASOTA COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetH LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHONOR SANCTUARY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIVA MICROFUNDS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASOLO THEATRE INC: $4,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBISHOP MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND NATURE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CIRCUS ARTS CONSERVATORY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSARASOTA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAFE CHILDREN COALITION INC: $1,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEURO CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetForty Carrots of Sarasota Inc: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCATION FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA COUNTY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmmanuel Communities Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF CAMPBELL COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL INC: $280 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSafe Place and Rape Crisis Center Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $95 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF SARASOTA-MANATEE INC: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $52 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

The Community Foundat…Gulf Coast Community …Manatee Community Fou…The Arthur S Karp Fam…The Louis and Gloria …Charles & Margery Bar…Roberta Leventhal Sud…The Tillie Jennie & H…Msc Foundation IncTheda Bohrer Wendy an…Joan Armour Mendell F…William G and Marie S…
The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co IncFL32.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · Manatee Community Foundation Inc · The Arthur S Karp Family Foundation Inc · The Louis and Gloria Flanzer Philanthropic Trust · Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Inc · Roberta Leventhal Sudakoff Foundation Inc · The Tillie Jennie & Harold Schwartz Foundation Inc · Msc Foundation Inc · Theda Bohrer Wendy and Tracey Shapiro Charitable Foundation Inc · Joan Armour Mendell Foundation Inc · William G and Marie Selby Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Kayla Mitchell Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kayla Mitchell Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Mote Marine Laboratory Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Bishop Museum of Science and Nature Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Safe Children Coalition Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Florida Studio Theatre Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 52 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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