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Lopez-Cantera Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Lopez-Cantera Charitable 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.

$63k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Health$176kArts & Culture$100kYouth Development$70kEducation$47kHuman Services$21kInternational$13kCommunity Improvement$10kReligion$9kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $25,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $62,505 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $37,005 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$39k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE MIAMI$15,000
MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY$3,500
PARENT TO PARENT OF MIAMI$2,500
MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND$1,000
MAS FOUNDATION$1,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$1,000
LIGA CONTRA EL CANCER$1,000
ST THOMAS THE APOSTLE$500
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 (FY18–24, $41k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $500 → 16%MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 15%MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 15%MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 15%MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 15%MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 15%MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 15%IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY CENTER: $2k → 15%MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 15%IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY CENTER: $2k → 15%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF MIAMI: $5k → 15%MARGI HAPPENINGS: $5k → 15%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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$346k · 20 repeat orgs$69k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
16

Total granted

$346k
$68k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+11%

Still filing today

50%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • JH
    JACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2019–2022 · $80k · revenue +107%
  • GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2020–2022 · $20k · revenue +36%
  • LL
    Live Like Bella Inc
    2× · 2021–2022 · $15k · revenue +172%

Funded once

  • FG
    FLORIDA GRAN OPERA
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
  • UO
    University of Miamigraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $11k · revenue +87%
  • FG
    FLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -92%
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
University of Miami
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2
Central Miami Intergroup
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3
Greater Miami Opera Inc

The mission of greater miami opera is to enrich people's lives through an awareness and deeper appreciation of opera. by expanding its reach to diverse communities throughout miami and fort lauderdale and wider audiences abroad creating a…

Arts & Culture
4
Miami Music Project Inc

Miami music project uses music as an instrument for social transformation, empowering children to acquire values and achieve their full potential, positively affecting their society through the study and performance of music. our vision is…

Arts & Culture
5
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
6
Miami Cancer Institute At Baptist Health Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of miami cancer institute at baptist health, inc is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve.…

Health
7
Miami Children's Health System Inc

Nicklaus Children's Health System is the region's only healthcare system exclusively for children. Our mission is to inspire hope and promote lifelong health by providing the best care to every child. TO PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS OF, OR TO…

Health
8
Miami Jewish Health Systems Inc

Miami jewish health systems, inc. was incorporated to provide shelter for the elderly and develop social & health programs relating to their care. in addition, research & educational programs are conducted for the elderly to enhance their…

Human Services
9
Alhambra Music Inc

Community orchestra

Arts & Culture
10
Barry University Inc

Barry university is a catholic institution of higher education founded by the adrian dominican sisters. with a liberal arts tradition, barry university is a scholarly community committed to the highest academic standards in undergraduate,…

Education
11
Miami Cerebral Palsy Residential Services Inc

The organization's mission is to affect positively the quality of life for persons with cerebral palsy and other developmental disabilities, to meet their multiple needs and those of their families, and to prevent developmental…

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12
Miami International Festival Inc
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Parent to Parent of Miami Inc; the most unlike its peers is St Thomas the Apostle 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

21 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. 21 of the 37 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/21
Grantees still filing
12/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE MIAMI: $65,000 · OtherFRIENDSHIP CIRCLE MIAMIADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER: $27,000 · OtherADRIENNE ARSHT CENTERMISSIONARIES OF CHARITY: $16,500 · OtherMISSIONARIES OF CHARITYFLORIDA GRAN OPERA: $15,000 · OtherFLORIDA GRAN OPERAPARENT TO PARENT OF MIAMI INC: $15,000 · OtherPARENT TO PARENT OF MIAMI INCPARROQUIA NTRA SRA DE LOS DOLORES: $13,963 · OtherPARROQUIA NTRA SRA DE LOS DOLORESLEADERSHIP LEARNING CENTER: $9,500 · OtherPALMER TRINITY PRIVATE SCHOOL INC: $8,000 · OtherMAS FOUNDATION: $7,000 · Other+12 more: $30,000 · Other+12 moreJACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 · HealthJACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INCLive Like Bella Inc: $15,000 · HealthLive Like Bella IncLIGA CONTRA EL CANCER INC (LEAGUE AGAINST CANCER INC): $12,000 · HealthLIGA CONTRA EL CANCER INC (LEAG…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,020 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INCMIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED INC: $27,000 · Human ServicesMIAMI LIGHT…FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF MIAMI INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDSHIP …MARGI HAPPENINGS INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesMARGI HAPPE…IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY CENTER INC: $3,500 · Human ServicesIGNATIAN SP…+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationUniversity of Miami: $11,250 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationFLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMIAMI CITY BALLET INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMETRO AQUATIC CLUB OF MIAMI INC: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER MIAMI INC: $1,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$206,963Health$117,020Human Services$41,000Education$31,750Arts & Culture$15,000Recreation & Sports$2,500Housing & Shelter$1,000

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 budgetJACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED INC: $27,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLive Like Bella Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetPARENT TO PARENT OF MIAMI INC: $15,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetLIGA CONTRA EL CANCER INC (LEAGUE AGAINST CANCER INC): $12,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $11,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,020 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPALMER TRINITY PRIVATE SCHOOL INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMIAMI CITY BALLET INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY CENTER INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER MIAMI INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPINOSTRONG FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE EDUCATION FUND INC F/K/A DADE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND IN: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST THOMAS THE APOSTLE INC: $500 over 1y, 27% of budgetTHE ROBERT PARKER FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 2.5% 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.

  • Who funds JACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED INC ↗
  • Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Live Like Bella Inc ↗
  • Who funds PARENT TO PARENT OF MIAMI INC ↗
  • Who funds LIGA CONTRA EL CANCER INC (LEAGUE AGAINST CANCER INC) ↗
  • Who funds University of Miami ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC ↗
  • Who funds PALMER TRINITY PRIVATE SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF MIAMI INC ↗
  • Who funds MARGI HAPPENINGS INC ↗
  • Who funds MIAMI CITY BALLET INC ↗
  • Who funds IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds METRO AQUATIC CLUB OF MIAMI INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER MIAMI INC ↗
  • Who funds PINOSTRONG FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE EDUCATION FUND INC F/K/A DADE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND IN ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds ST THOMAS THE APOSTLE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ROBERT PARKER 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.

The Miami Foundation …Assurant FoundationMightycause Charitabl…United Way Miami IncThe Batchelor Foundat…Publix Super Markets …Enterprise Holdings F…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
The Miami Foundation IncFL22.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Miami Foundation Inc · Assurant Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · United Way Miami Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Lopez-Cantera Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lopez-Cantera Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Parent to Parent of Miami Inc: 13% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Jackson Health Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Education Fund Inc F/K/a Dade Public Education Fund in: 0% of income from government
  • Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
6report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Lopez-Cantera Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Lopez-Cantera Charitable Foundation 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 37 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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