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Lee Guardianship Services Inc at a glance

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Lee Guardianship Services Inc

Trust and fiduciary services for the benefit of indigent elders, mentally ill and disabled individuals.

$109k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$240kCrime & Legal$95kEmployment$50kReligion$30kYouth Development$30kHuman Services$25kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kPhilanthropy$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $90,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $108,763 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $18,763 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.
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FLORIDA GUARDIANSHIP FOUNDATION CO GINA ROSSI$20,000
ALVIN DUBIN ALZHEIMER'S RESOURCE CENTER$20,000
ALZHEIMER'S SUPPORT NETWORK$20,000
LEE COUNTRY LEGAL AID SOCIETY INC$20,000
RYAN HEALING CENTER$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PARKINSON'S ASSOCIATION FOR SW FL: $20k → 10%LIFELINE FAMILY CENTER INC: $5k → 11%PARKINSON'S ASSOCIATION FOR SW FL: $10k → 10%RYAN HEALING CENTER: $10k → 11%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$350k · 8 repeat orgs$150k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
11

Total granted

$350k
$120k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+31%

Still filing today

100%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsEducationOther
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

  • HC
    HOPE CLUBHOUSE OF SOUTHWEST FL INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $50k · revenue +7%
  • AA
    ALVIN A DUBIN ALZHEIMER'S RESOURCE CENTER INC
    4× · 2019–2025 · $50k · revenue +215%
  • LO
    LIGHTHOUSE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $40k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • BO
    BRANCH OF LIFE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP MINISTSRIES INC
    one grant, 2024 · $20k
  • PW
    PATRICK WEBER PA
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • LC
    LOVELAND CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +536%
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
Dade County Senior Citizens Center
Human Services
2
Alzheimer's Community Care Inc

Alzheimer's community care is dedicated to promoting and providing community-based, family-centered care for patients and their caregivers living with neurocognitive disorders, through the belief, where there is help, there is hope.

Health
3
Floridas Love in Action
Human Services
4
Baker Senior Center Naples Inc

To provide confidence, connection and support to seniors living in collier and southern lee counties.

Human Services
5
Florida Pointer Rescue Inc

Rescue pointer dogs and treat back to health and f

Animals
6
Florida Research Center for Agricultural Sustainability Inc
Philanthropy
7
Florida Supportive Housing Coalition Inc

The florida supportive housing coalition is a statewide organization dedicated to fostering the development of housing for various special needs populations, including: the elderly, certain veterans returning from service abroad, young…

Education
8
Suncoast Center Inc

For 80 years, suncoast center, inc. has held true to its mission of "strengthening, protecting, and restoring lives for a healthy community" by providing a comprehensive range of evidence-based services that address emotional wellness,…

Health
9
The Womens Care Florida Foundation
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10
Disability Solutions for Independent Living Inc

Part iii, line 1 to empower people with disabilities to attain equal opportunities in society by providing training, education, advocacy, and resources needed to live independently.

Human Services
11
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
12
Florida Police Chiefs Association Inc

Fpca's mission is to continuously enhance law enforcement by providing a unified voice for police chiefs statewide and nationally, serving as the public face of law enforcement executive leadership, and providing a forum for executive…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Parkinson Association of Southwest Florida Inc; the most unlike its peers is Southwest Florida K-9 Search Unit. 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

18 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. 18 of the 21 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALZHEIMERS SUPPORT NETWORK INC: $90,000 · OtherALZHEIMERS SUPPORT NETWORK INCLIGHTHOUSE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $40,000 · OtherLIGHTHOUSE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INCLEE COUNTY LEGAL AID SOCIETY INC: $40,000 · OtherLEE COUNTY LEGAL AID SOCIETY INCMelvin Cowart American Legion Post 274: $30,000 · OtherMelvin Cowart American Legion Post 274BRANCH OF LIFE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP MINISTSRIES INC: $20,000 · OtherBRANCH OF LIFE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP MINISTSRIES INCPATRICK WEBER PA: $20,000 · OtherPATRICK WEBER PALOVELAND CENTER INC: $10,000 · OtherANA'S FRIENDS INC: $10,000 · OtherMCGREGOR BAPTIST CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherSENIOR FRIENDSHIP CENTERS INC: $10,000 · OtherHOPE CLUBHOUSE OF SOUTHWEST FL INC: $50,000 · HealthHOPE CLUBHOUSE OF SOUTHW…ALVIN A DUBIN ALZHEIMER'S RESOURCE CENTER INC: $50,000 · HealthALVIN A DUBIN ALZHEIMER'…Avow Foundation Inc: $10,000 · HealthAvow Foundation IncPARKINSON ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesPARKINSON …REGENERATE YOUR AUTHENTIC NATURE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesREGENERATE…LIFELINE FAMILY CENTER INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesLIFELINE F…FLORIDA GUARDIANSHIP FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationACADEMY OF FLORIDA ELDER LAW ATTORNEYS: $20,000 · Community ImprovementSOUTHWEST FLORIDA K-9 SEARCH UNIT: $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsFOUNDATION FOR INDIGENT GUARDIANSHIP INC: $5,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$280,000Health$110,000Human Services$45,000Education$20,000Community Improvement$20,000Public Safety & Disaster$10,000Recreation & Sports$10,000Crime & Legal$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetALZHEIMERS SUPPORT NETWORK INC: $90,000 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetHOPE CLUBHOUSE OF SOUTHWEST FL INC: $50,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetALVIN A DUBIN ALZHEIMER'S RESOURCE CENTER INC: $50,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $40,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetLEE COUNTY LEGAL AID SOCIETY INC: $40,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetPARKINSON ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $30,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetMelvin Cowart American Legion Post 274: $30,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetFLORIDA GUARDIANSHIP FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetACADEMY OF FLORIDA ELDER LAW ATTORNEYS: $20,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetLOVELAND CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetREGENERATE YOUR AUTHENTIC NATURE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetANA'S FRIENDS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAvow Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSENIOR FRIENDSHIP CENTERS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR INDIGENT GUARDIANSHIP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 13% 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 United Way of Lee…Southwest Florida Com…Collier Community Fou…The League Club IncUnited Way of Charlot…Fred & Jean Allegrett…Harry Chapin Food Ban…Gulf Coast Community …Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for Good
The United Way of Lee County IncFL22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The United Way of Lee County Inc · Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc · Collier Community Foundation Inc · The League Club Inc · United Way of Charlotte County Inc · Fred & Jean Allegretti Foundation · Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good

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 Lee Guardianship Services Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lee Guardianship Services Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    8get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 21 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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