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Milkey Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Milkey Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
28
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$886k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$4.5MArts & Culture$1.8MAnimals$1.6MEducation$1.2MEnvironment$1.1MPhilanthropy$1.1MPublic Safety & Disaster$485kHuman Services$379kOther$0
02FY2024 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $230k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $681k
  • $250k+4 grants · $2.1M
$25,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCHWAB CHARITABLES FUND$885,838
FEEDING TAMPA BAY$650,000
FRIENDS OF STRAYS$348,334
DR CARTER G WOODSON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM$250,000
DAYSTAR LIFE CENTER$115,500
PINELLAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$100,000
PINELLAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION$100,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$100,000
Individual grant recipient$100,000
TAMPA BAY WATCH MARINE EDUCATION CENTER$65,000
GULF COAST JFCS$50,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$50,000
BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM AND ARTS CENTER$30,000
ACADEMY PREP CENTER OF ST PETERSBURG'S EVENING OF DREAMS 2024$25,000
THE DALI MUSEUM$25,000
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 (FY17–24, $3.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $30k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $70k → 14%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $25k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $60k → 14%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $25k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 14%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $25k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 14%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $20k → 10%DAYSTAR LIFE CENTER: $209k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 14%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $20k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 14%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $20k → 10%DAYSTAR LIFE CENTER: $116k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 14%DAYSTAR LIFE CENTER: $113k → 12%DAYSTAR LIFE CENTER: $105k → 12%DAYSTAR LIFE CENTER: $100k → 12%READY FOR LIFE: $25k → 12%READY FOR LIFE: $15k → 12%READY FOR LIFE: $10k → 12%CLOTHES TO KIDS: $10k → 12%DAYSTAR LIFE CENTER: $1.4M → 12%DAYSTAR LIFE CENTER INC: $371k → 12%DAYSTAR LIFE CENTER: $63k → 12%ALPHA HOUSE OF PINELLAS: $3k → 12%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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 34 repeat orgs$329k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
22

Total granted

$12M
$266k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+26%

Still filing today

71%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationAnimalsHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionOther
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

  • FA
    FEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $2.0M · revenue +129%
  • TB
    TAMPA BAY WATCH INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +88%
  • PINELLAS COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $465k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • FC
    FIGHTING CHANCE FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • CM
    Clearwater Marine Aquarium Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +72%
  • SR
    STARTING RIGHT NOW
    one grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue +6%
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
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Tampa Bay Florida Inc

Spca tampa bay is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates pinellas county's only nonprofit for-all animal shelter assisting all animals in need, regardless of species or circumstance, at its 10-acre campus in largo. (continued on…

Animals
2
The Florida Aquarium Inc

The Florida Aquarium's mission focuses on our Shared Purpose of a commitment to save marine wildlife, with a Vision to be Florida's leading conservation-based Aquarium. It accomplishes this mission through hosting over 1 million visitors…

Animals
3
Feeding South Florida Inc

Feeding south florida's mission is to end hunger in south florida by providing immediate access to nutritious food, leading hunger and poverty advocacy efforts, and transforming lives through innovative programming and education.

Food & Nutrition
4
Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc

The mission of the Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa a/k/a ZooTampa at Lowry Park, is to rescue, rehabilitate and care for animals.(Expanded mission on Schedule O)ZooTampa creates exceptional personalized experiences that connect…

Animals
5
The Players Inc

The players theatre's mission is to entertain, educate, and engage the community in high quality live theatre.

Arts & Culture
6
Jacksonville Humane Society Inc

The jacksonville humane society provides care, comfort and compassion to animals in need while engaging the hearts, hands and minds of our community to bring about an end to the killing of abandoned and orphaned shelter animals.

Animals
7
Florida Pointer Rescue Inc

Rescue pointer dogs and treat back to health and f

Animals
8
Florida Animal Protection Foundation
Animals
9
Pet Pal Rescue Inc

Our mission is to rescue animals from animal shelters that may otherwise be euthanized due to time limitations, illness, injuries or lack of socialization and training.

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10
Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art At Florida Southern College Inc

As an arts leader in florida, the ashley gibson barnett museum of art at florida southern college inc (the agb) educates and inspires the community through creative and diverse exhibitions and the acquisition and care of a permanent…

Arts & Culture
11
Sarasota Ballet of Florida Inc

The Mission of the Sarasota Ballet of Florida is to enrich lives, captivate emotions and strengthen the community through the art of dance.

Arts & Culture
12
The Fine Arts Society of Sarasota Inc

To provide educational displays and information on art in our area and to provide scholarships.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc; the most unlike its peers is Beer Kulture 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

43 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. 43 of the 62 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/43
Grantees still filing
31/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DAYSTAR LIFE CENTER INC: $2,502,392 · Human ServicesDAYSTAR LIFE CENTER INCAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $380,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cros…Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc: $165,000 · Human Services+3 more: $62,500 · Human ServicesDR CARTER G WOODSON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM: $1,000,000 · OtherDR CARTER G WOODSON AFRICAN …Individual grant recipient: $355,880 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUNIVERSITY OF VERMONT GUND INST: $275,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VERMONT GUND I…HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $200,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITYThe American Stage Company Inc: $183,652 · OtherThe American Stage Company I…GULF COAST JEWISH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $150,000 · OtherSALVADOR DALI MUSEUM INC: $125,000 · OtherWARRICK DUNN CHARITIES INC: $129,000 · Other+33 more: $813,157 · Other+33 moreFEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC: $2,029,800 · Food & NutritionFEEDING AMERICA T…+1 more: $10,000 · Food & NutritionFriends of Strays Inc: $1,291,080 · AnimalsFriends of S…HUMANE SOCIETY OF PINELLAS INC: $46,726 · Animals+3 more: $51,000 · AnimalsPINELLAS COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $465,000 · EducationPINELLAS C…ACADEMY PREP CENTER OF ST PETERSBURG: $425,000 · EducationACADEMY PR…DMG SCHOOL PROJECT INC: $279,000 · EducationDMG SCHOOL…+2 more: $7,500 · EducationTAMPA BAY WATCH INC: $1,140,858 · EnvironmentTAMPA BAY…DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $885,838 · PhilanthropyPINELLAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Philanthropy
Human Services$3,109,892Other$3,231,689Food & Nutrition$2,039,800Animals$1,388,806Education$1,176,500Environment$1,140,858Philanthropy$985,838

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 budgetDAYSTAR LIFE CENTER INC: $2,502,392 over 8y, 10% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC: $2,029,800 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of Strays Inc: $1,291,080 over 5y, 29% of budgetTAMPA BAY WATCH INC: $1,140,858 over 6y, 9.4% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $885,838 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPINELLAS COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $465,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetACADEMY PREP CENTER OF ST PETERSBURG: $425,000 over 6y, 9.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $380,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDMG SCHOOL PROJECT INC: $279,000 over 8y, 32% of budgetThe American Stage Company Inc: $183,652 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $165,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetGULF COAST JEWISH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWARRICK DUNN CHARITIES INC: $129,000 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetSALVADOR DALI MUSEUM INC: $125,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSUNTAN ART CENTER INC: $106,000 over 6y, 9.5% of budgetPINELLAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSOL RELIEF: $100,000 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetREADY FOR LIFE INC: $50,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetST PETERSBURG ARTS ALLIANCE INC: $50,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF PINELLAS INC: $46,726 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetHumane Society of Tampa Bay Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S DREAM FUND INC: $30,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetBLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM AND ARTS CENTER INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetShirley Proctor Puller Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetR'CLUB CHILD CARE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetClearwater Marine Aquarium Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANGELS AGAINST ABUSE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetSTARTING RIGHT NOW: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDERRICK BROOKS CHARITIES INC: $19,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetBILL EDWARDS FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFLORIDA HOLOCAUST MUSEUM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCLOTHES TO KIDS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTAMPA BAY NETWORK TO END HUNGER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMANATEE COUNTY AUDUBON SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEER KULTURE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetAsheville Glass Art School: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetALPHA HOUSE OF PINELLAS COUNTY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBROOKWOOD FLORIDA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSING OUT AND READ INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Petersburg Free Clinic Inc: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds DAYSTAR LIFE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Strays Inc ↗
  • Who funds TAMPA BAY WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds PINELLAS COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ACADEMY PREP CENTER OF ST PETERSBURG ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds DMG SCHOOL PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds The American Stage Company Inc ↗
  • Who funds Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc ↗
  • Who funds GULF COAST JEWISH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds WARRICK DUNN CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds SALVADOR DALI MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds SUNTAN ART CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PINELLAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOL RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds READY FOR LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds ST PETERSBURG ARTS ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF PINELLAS INC ↗
  • Who funds Humane Society of Tampa Bay Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S DREAM FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM AND ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Shirley Proctor Puller Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds R'CLUB CHILD CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds Clearwater Marine Aquarium Inc ↗
  • Who funds ANGELS AGAINST ABUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds STARTING RIGHT NOW ↗
  • Who funds DERRICK BROOKS CHARITIES INC ↗

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.

Community Foundation …Pinellas Community Fo…Debartolo Family Foun…Rays Baseball Foundat…Vinik Family Foundati…Duke Energy FoundationWestphal Family Found…White Family Foundati…Alvah H & Wyline P Ch…Foundation for a Heal…Publix Super Markets …Francis and Gertrude …
Community Foundation of Tampa Bay IncFL49.7× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · Pinellas Community Foundation · Debartolo Family Foundation Inc · Rays Baseball Foundation Inc · Vinik Family Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Westphal Family Foundation Inc · White Family Foundation · Alvah H & Wyline P Chapman Foundation · Foundation for a Healthy St Petersburg Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Francis and Gertrude Levett Foundation

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 Milkey Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Milkey Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Alpha House of Pinellas County Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Brookwood Florida Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Clearwater Marine Aquarium Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Children's Dream Fund Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Florida Holocaust Museum Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 62 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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