· Private foundation
Mary Palmer Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
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 $10k20 grants · $9k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $62k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ORLANDO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA | $61,978 |
| UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA | $12,075 |
| FRIENDS OF THE ORLANDO PHILHARMONIC ORCH | $1,640 |
| A GIFT FOR MUSIC | $1,500 |
| A GIFT FOR TEACHING | $1,500 |
| ORLANDO SHAKESPEARE THEATRE | $1,000 |
| ATLANTIC CENTER FOR THE ARTS | $1,000 |
| RENAISSANCE THEATRE COMPANY | $750 |
| DAVID T HOWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL FOUNDATION | $250 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE | $250 |
| FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $200 |
| FLORIDA MUSIC EDUCATION ASSOCIATION | $200 |
| ORLANDO SINGS INC | $150 |
| ALZHEIMER DISEASE RESEARCH CENTER | $125 |
| Individual grant recipient | $100 |
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 (FY17–25, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.
37 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 5 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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $262 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UAUNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC8× · 2017–2025 · $437k · revenue +180%
- OPORLANDO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC7× · 2017–2025 · $120k · revenue +52%
- AGA GIFT FOR TEACHING INC8× · 2017–2025 · $73k · revenue +52%
Funded once
- ASATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAone grant, 2018 · $3k
- CFCENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTSINCgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +30%
- CCCREATIVE CITY PROJECT INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +173%
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.
Central florida ballet's mission is to entertain, educate, and inspire through the universal art form of dance. with a diverse repertoire of dance productions and programs from classical to contemporary and beyond, each attendee is to be…
Central florida vocal arts and opera del sol exist to create a better central florida community through arts education, performance and appreciation. we strive to create equitable access to meaningful arts experiences for all people in our…
The mission of florida art association, inc. is to promote art education in florida through professional development, service, advancement of knowledge, and leadership.
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…
Guided by the vision of arts for every life, the dr. phillips center serves as a cultural conerstone for orlando and the seven-county region as well as the many visitors to the orlando area. we bring arts to life through performances,…
The mission of the florida ballet is to enrich and inspire the cultural landscape of our community through the education and art of classical ballet.
Sarasota Opera produces impassioned opera performances true to the vision of the composer, to entertain, enrich, educate, and inspire a life-long love of opera in our diverse and growing communities.
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…
Provide operating support for the adrienne arsht center for the performing arts (a not-for-profit organization)by raising private contributions to help the center present high-quality performances and educational programs for south…
To provide educational programming services.
How this is measured
45 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. 45 of the 76 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 UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds ORLANDO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds A GIFT FOR TEACHING INC ↗
- Who funds OPERA ORLANDO INC ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL FLORIDA COMMUNITY ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds David T Howard Middle School Foundation ↗
- Who funds ORLANDO BALLET INC ↗
- Who funds ATLANTIC CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTSINC ↗
- Who funds THE FLORIDA MUSIC EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds CREATIVE CITY PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds MAD COW THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds RENAISSANCE THEATRE COMPANY INC ↗
- Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR OSCEOLA EDUCATION INC ↗
- Who funds MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds CELEBRATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Orlando Sings Inc ↗
- Who funds ORLANDO FAMILY STAGE INC ↗
- Who funds CREALDE ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds ORLANDO MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds THE JOBS PARTNERSHIP OF FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds TIMUCUA ARTS 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: The Dr P Phillips Foundation · United Arts of Central Florida Inc · Universal Orlando Foundation Inc · Central Florida Foundation · Orlando Health Inc · Magruder Chesley G Fdn Im · The David and Lyn Berelsman Family Charitable Foundation Trust · The Lee Foundation · Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation · Ginsburg Family Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Anderson-Devitt Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Mary Palmer Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mary Palmer Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Children's Home Society of Florida: 6% of income from government
- Atlantic Center for the Arts Inc: 5% of income from government
- United Arts of Central Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
- Orlando Sings Inc: 0% of income from government
- Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
- Orlando Museum of Art Inc: 0% of income from government
- Garden Theatre Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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