Florida · Private foundation
Palmer 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.
- $208k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2025
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 29
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations Palmer Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 25 | $208k | 16% |
| FY2024 | 26 | $208k | 4% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $237k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $244k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $270k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $260k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $252k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $239k | 36% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interfaith Emergency Services Inc | $200,900 | 9 | 1% |
| The Salvation Army | $132,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Marion Senior Services Inc | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Arnette House Inc | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Hope Clinic Inc | $72,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Skill Day Center Inc | $70,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Marion County Literacy Council Inc | $68,500 | 8 | 6% |
| Share the Love Ocala Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 6% |
| Marion County Children's Avocacy Center Inc | $42,000 | 4 | 1% |
| United Way of Marion County Inc | $40,500 | 8 | 1% |
Show all 35 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($990k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Palmer Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 Community Foundation for Ocala Marion County Inc · United Way of Marion County Inc · Browder Family Foundation · Enchanted Backpack · Clay Electric Foundation Inc · The Colen Foundation Inc · Munroe Regional Health System Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · The Lilac Foundation Corporation · The DeLuca Family Foundation · Mantz Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund
How this is measured
About Palmer Foundation Inc
- How much does Palmer Foundation Inc give?
- Palmer Foundation Inc reported 25 grants totaling $208,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Palmer Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (43%), Youth Development (19%), Education (9%).
- Who are Palmer Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Interfaith Emergency Services Inc ($201k), The Salvation Army ($133k), Marion Senior Services Inc ($90k).
- Does Palmer Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Palmer Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Palmer Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Ocala Marion County Inc, United Way of Marion County Inc, Browder Family Foundation.
- Where is Palmer Foundation Inc based?
- Palmer Foundation Inc is based in FL.
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