· Private foundation
Penniman Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k31 grants · $67k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $80k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FLORIDA CENTER FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY | $45,000 |
| ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY | $14,000 |
| FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY | $10,500 |
| NAPLES ART ASSOCIATION | $10,000 |
| GULFSHORE PLAYHOUSE | $8,000 |
| NAPLES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | $7,500 |
| GEORGETOWN DAY SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN | $5,000 |
| NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC | $5,000 |
| MOORINGS PARK FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| EVERGLADES FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER | $2,500 |
| ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM | $2,500 |
| ROCK CREEK PARK CONSERVANCY | $2,500 |
| WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY | $2,000 |
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 (FY20–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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 +52% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.
48 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2024, 23 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FCFLORIDA CENTER FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INC4× · 2021–2024 · $186k · revenue +197% · 34% of their budget
- MHMEDSTAR HEALTH INC4× · 2020–2023 · $60k · revenue +54%
THE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA2× · 2021–2023 · $35k · revenue +271%
Funded once
- WWGCUone grant, 2020 · $7k
- SFSouthwest Florida Music Education Center Incone grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -85%
- FOFRIENDS OF SLIGO CREEKone grant, 2022 · $2k
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.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
In 2024, biscayne bay waterkeeper (d/b/a miami waterkeeper) built on our reputation by navigating challenges, seizing opportunities, and continuing our unwavering commitment to safeguarding our precious waterways and finding local…
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…
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…
Mission is to seek protection of land and water resources through restoration and conservation; and conducting education and outreach on the ecological and economic importance of natural lands. we protect land from development and protect…
Florida state parks foundation preserves, protects, sustains and grows florida state parks.
The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…
To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.
Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.
UF Health's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic,…
The wildlife society's mission is to inspire, empower, and enable wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation.
How this is measured
55 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. 55 of the 90 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 FLORIDA CENTER FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INC ↗
- Who funds MEDSTAR HEALTH INC ↗
- Who funds THE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ↗
- Who funds ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds LOWELL SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES ↗
- Who funds NAPLES ART ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
- Who funds GEORGETOWN DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
- Who funds OPENSECRETS ↗
- Who funds TROUT UNLIMITED INC ↗
- Who funds ST LOUIS SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE EVERGLADES INC ↗
- Who funds CALUSA WATERKEEPER INC ↗
- Who funds GULFSHORE PLAYHOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds NAPLES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN RIVERS INC ↗
- Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Southwest Florida Music Education Center Inc ↗
- Who funds ARTIS-NAPLES INC ↗
- Who funds THE ODYSSEY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds 1000 FRIENDS OF FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds Broward Bulldog Inc DBA Florida Bulldog ↗
- Who funds MOORINGS PARK FOUNDATION 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.
Open a dossier: Collier Community Foundation Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · The League Club Inc · Greater Washington Community Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · The Miami Foundation Inc · WK Kellogg Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Penniman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Penniman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Medstar Health Inc: 23% of income from government
- Maryland Historical Society Inc: 9% of income from government
- Naples Botanical Garden Inc: 3% of income from government
- The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc: 2% of income from government
- Gulfshore Playhouse Inc: 0% of income from government
- Naples Community Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
- Avow Hospice Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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