· Private foundation
Kleist Family Foundation Formerly the Peter D Kleist Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
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 $10k2 grants · $2k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CANTERBURY SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| FORT MYERS COMMUNITY CONCERT ASSOCIATION | $1,500 |
| PILOT CLUB OF FORT MYERS | $200 |
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 (FY18–22, $72k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% 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
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 1 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, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- VVVED VIGNAN MAHAVIDYAPEETH4× · 2018–2022 · $72k · revenue +20%
- CSCANTERBURY SCHOOL INC7× · 2017–2025 · $70k · revenue +82%
- BRBLUE RIDGE PRESERVATION INC2× · 2022–2023 · $25k · revenue +29%
Funded once
- PCPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +51%
- CCCOMMUNITY CO-OP MINISTRIESone grant, 2017 · $5k
FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +5%
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…
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)
To inspire and empower students qualifying for need-based scholarships to become future community leaders through a rigorous middle school program coupled with ongoing graduate support.
Florida southern college (florida southern or the college) is committed to educational excellence and is a selective comprehensive, private, united methodist affiliated college with a strong liberal arts core and signature programs. (see…
Working in partnership with state business leaders to secure florida's future.
To enhance the quality of life for all residents now and for future generations; to build permanent endowments, to provide community leadership on relevant issues, and to address needs through grantmaking. as part of our strategic plan,…
The advancement of marine and environmental sciences through scientific research, education and public outreach, leading new discoveries, revitalization and sustainability of our oceans and greater public understanding of our marine…
Prepares gifted graduates of prestigious music programs for successful careers in orchestras and ensembles.
The organization's mission is to bring academic, work, life and economic opportunities to students whose potential to contribute to a robust florida is largely untapped.
Founded in 1962 and located in boca raton, florida, lynn university is an independent, coeducational institution accredited by the southern association of colleges and schools commission on colleges (sacscoc). (continued in sch o)the…
See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.
How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 19 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 VED VIGNAN MAHAVIDYAPEETH ↗
- Who funds CANTERBURY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds QUALITY LIFE CENTER OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds BLUE RIDGE PRESERVATION INC ↗
- Who funds SANIBEL SEA SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds FORT MYERS COMMUNITY CONCERT ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds PACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ART OF LIVING FOUNDATION ↗
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: Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Kleist Family Foundation Formerly the Peter D Kleist Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kleist Family Foundation Formerly the Peter D Kleist Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc: 69% of income from government
- Pace Center for Girlsinc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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