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Lawrence and Ellen Macks Family Foundation of Florida

A supporting organization operated exclusively to further the grant making mission of the collier community foundation

$313k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$120k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

Philanthropy$219kEducation$55kEnvironment$50kCivil Rights$50kReligion$16kFood & Nutrition$10kHuman Services$10kHealth$8k
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 11 grants below total $271,795, the rows itemized in this filing. The $313,095 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $41,300 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $68k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $175k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$679k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE ASSOCIATED JEWISH FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE$120,000
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$55,000
CAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER$20,000
NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC (NCF)$17,500
THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION$10,000
MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC$10,000
HORIZON DAY CAMP$10,000
BETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION$9,395
NAPLES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC (NCH)$7,500
TEMPLE ISRAEL OF HOLLYWOOD$6,400
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER NAPLES INC$6,000
02The need
03

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 (FY25–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HORIZON DAY CAMP: $10k → 19%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.
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 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
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
2
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
3
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
4
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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5
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
6
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

See schedule ouniversity corporation for atmospheric research (ucar), on behalf of, and in cooperation with its member university members, is engaged in the management of long-term atmospheric and related research and educational…

Science & Tech
7
Jewelers of America Inc

Jewelers of america, the most trusted and influential voice of the jewelry industry, empowers and unites its members through expert guidance and advocacy, driving excellence, integrity, and success in an ever-changing marketplace.

—
8
Association of American Medical Colleges

Aamc leads & serves the academic medicine community to improve the health of people everywhere.

Education
9
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.

—
10
American Council On Education

Ace leads higher education with a united vision for the future, galvanizing our members to make change. the council collaborates across the sector to design solutions for today's challenges, serves the needs of a diverse student…

Education
11
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
12
Council of Chief Judges of the State Courts of Appeal

The council was formed as a vehicle for collective consultation and as a conduit for the exchange of ideas on court administration, rules and methods of procedure, and the organization and operation of state courts of appeal. the council…

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Maryland Food Bank Inc. 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

12 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. 12 of the 14 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
2/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ASSOCIATED JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE INC: $120,000 · PhilanthropyTHE ASSOCIATED JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION…AMERICA ISRAEL DEMOCRACY COALITION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICA ISRAEL DEMOCRACY COALITIONNAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 · PhilanthropyNAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INCCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $49,500 · OtherCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUND…JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER NAPLES INC: $12,000 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF GR…THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $10,000 · OtherTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK …BETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION: $9,395 · OtherBETH ISRAEL CONGREGATIO…TEMPLE ISRAEL OF HOLLYWOOD: $6,400 · OtherTEMPLE ISRAEL OF HOLLYW…JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $55,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS …ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAMATI…CAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC: $40,000 · EnvironmentCAPTAINS FOR …THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentTHE EVERGLADE…SUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesNAPLES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC: $7,500 · Health
Philanthropy$157,500Other$87,295Education$55,000Civil Rights$50,000Environment$50,000Human Services$10,000Health$7,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE ASSOCIATED JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE INC: $120,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $55,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $49,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC: $40,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetAMERICA ISRAEL DEMOCRACY COALITION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER NAPLES INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAPLES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC: $7,500 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.

National Philanthropic TrustPA10.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Lawrence and Ellen Macks Family Foundation of Florida funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lawrence and Ellen Macks Family Foundation of Florida. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Naples Community Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Lawrence and Ellen Macks Family Foundation of Florida through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 14 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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