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P L Dodge Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

P L Dodge Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$77k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still 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, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$192kYouth Development$51kHuman Services$34kHousing & Shelter$28kFood & Nutrition$16kCrime & Legal$15kEmployment$15kHealth$13kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $41k
$6,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$834k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE EDUCATION FUND$20,000
SUNDARI LOTUS HOUSE$10,500
JR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER MIAMI IN$10,000
AMI KIDS INC$6,000
LIGHTHOUSE CHILDRENS HOME$6,000
EDUCATE TOMORROW$5,000
TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN INC$5,000
OIC OF SOUTH FLORIDA$5,000
HUMBLE HOUSE MINISTRIES$5,000
FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA$4,000
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 (FY21–21, $10k) 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%SEPAPHIC FIRE: $10k → 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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$264k · 7 repeat orgs$110k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against -5% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
12

Total granted

$264k
$68k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
-5%

Still filing today

86%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthCrime & LegalFood & NutritionInternationalEmploymentOther
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

  • TE
    THE EDUCATION FUND INC F/K/A DADE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND IN
    5× · 2020–2024 · $133k · revenue +10%
  • CB
    CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $28k · revenue +88%
  • CE
    CARE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $19k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • SF
    SERAPHIC FIRE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +47%
  • LH
    LOTUS HOUSE
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • FJ
    FLORIDA JUSTICE INSTITUTE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -5%
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
Communities in Schools of Miami Inc

The mission of communities in schools is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

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2
Innovation Charter School Inc

Innovation charter school empowers young ones for success as world changers through highly talented teachers using innovative and leading methods in a very loving environment.

Education
3
Florida School Boards Association Inc

To increase student achievement through the development of effective school board leadership and advocacy for public education.

—
4
Institute for Child and Family Health Inc

The institute for child and family health is committed to empowering the children, youth and families of miami-dade county, florida by providing services that enhance their emotional, physical and educational well-being.

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5
Miami Childrens Initiative Inc

The mission is to create a community-based network that develops coordinates and provides quality education accessible health care youth development programs opportunities for employment and safe neighborhoods for children and families…

Community Improvement
6
Florida Education Fund Inc

To strengthen the larger community by developing and implementing programs and services that lead to institutional enhancement and greater educational advancement.

Education
7
Florida Network of Children's Advocacy Centers Inc

To improve florida's response to child abuse by supporting the development, growth and continuation of the children's advocacy centers around florida.

Human Services
8
Einstein School Inc

The einstein school is dedicated to creating a language-based reading model for children with a reading disorder. our priority mission of building basic reading skills through scientifically rearched instruction which drives our model.

Education
9
Florida Council of Independent Schools

Accrediting independent schools.

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10
Downtown Doral Charter Elementary School Inc

To provide our students with a comprehensive dual curriculum and bicultural/bilingual educationthrough language acquisition and innovative programs, facilitated by a highly qualified staff.

Education
11
Impact Florida Inc

We believe great teaching matters. our mission is to empower education leaders to recognize, support, and scale great teaching practices so that all children are able to realize success in life.

Education
12
Miami Children's Museum Inc Fka Miami Youth Museum

Miami children's museum is a non-profit educational institution, which meets the needs of all children in our multicultural community. visitors of all ages are encouraged to play together, learn, imagine, and create. the museum offers…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Oic of South Florida Inc; the most unlike its peers is Humble House Ministries 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

15 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. 15 of the 25 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
8/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE EDUCATION FUND INC F/K/A DADE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND IN: $132,500 · EducationTHE EDUCATION FUND INC F/K/A DADE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUN…CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER INC: $27,500 · EducationCHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER INCCARE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INC: $19,000 · EducationCARE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INCAMI KIDS INC: $44,000 · OtherAMI KIDS INCSUNDARI LOTUS HOUSE: $10,500 · OtherSUNDARI LOTUS HOUSEJR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER MIAMI IN: $10,000 · OtherJR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER MIAMI INLOTUS HOUSE: $10,000 · OtherLOTUS HOUSESUNDARI FND INC DBA LOTUS HOUSE: $7,000 · OtherSUNDARI FND INC DBA LOTUS HOUSELIGHTHOUSE CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $6,000 · OtherNEW EQUITY PARTNERS INC: $5,000 · OtherJR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER MIAMI INC: $5,000 · OtherOVERTOWN YOUTH CENTER INC: $7,000 · OtherOVERTOWN YOUTH CENTER INCOIC OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $5,000 · Other+5 more: $17,000 · Other+5 moreEDUCATE TOMORROW CORP: $17,500 · InternationalFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $16,000 · Food & NutritionFLORIDA JUSTICE INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 · Crime & LegalTSIC INC DBA/TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN: $5,000 · Crime & LegalSERAPHIC FIRE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesHUMBLE HOUSE MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $4,000 · Health
Education$179,000Other$126,500International$17,500Food & Nutrition$16,000Crime & Legal$15,000Human Services$10,000Health$9,000

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 budgetTHE EDUCATION FUND INC F/K/A DADE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND IN: $132,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER INC: $27,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetCARE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INC: $19,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetEDUCATE TOMORROW CORP: $17,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSERAPHIC FIRE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFLORIDA JUSTICE INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOVERTOWN YOUTH CENTER INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTSIC INC DBA/TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOIC OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUMBLE HOUSE MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPTA FLORIDA CONGRESS SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA: $4,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPTA FLORIDA CONGRESS: $3,000 over 1y, 4.9% 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.

Mightycause Charitabl…Peacock Foundation IncThe Kirk FoundationThe Miami Foundation …The Frederick a Deluc…The Batchelor Foundat…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Mightycause Charitable FoundationFL19× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Peacock Foundation Inc · The Kirk Foundation · The Miami Foundation Inc · The Frederick a Deluca Foundation Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 P L Dodge Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from P L Dodge Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Oic of South Florida Inc: 89% of income from government
  • Care Elementary School Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Feeding South Florida Inc: 5% of income from government
  • The Education Fund Inc F/K/a Dade Public Education Fund in: 0% of income from government
  • Tsic Inc Dba/Take Stock in Children: 0% of income from government
  • Humble House Ministries Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Seraphic Fire Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Educate Tomorrow Corp: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 25 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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