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· Public charity

Pinellas County Education Foundation Inc

We accelerate academic achievement for all students through the effective mobilization of innovation, relationships, and resources.

$6.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$6.0MHealth$67kInternational$56kCrime & Legal$40kAnimals$29kYouth Development$15kHuman Services$10kPhilanthropy$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $1,042,456, the rows itemized in this filing. The $6,394,014 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $5,351,558 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.0M
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$50M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PINELLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS$1,018,456
ELISA NELSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$10,000
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC$8,000
SUNCOAST ANIMAL LEAGUE$6,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%THERHAPPY THERAPY SERVICES INC: $7k → 12%SUNCOAST VOICES FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 12%MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FLORIDA INC: $8k → 13%GIRL SCOUTS OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA: $15k → 13%MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC: $8k → 15%THERHAPPY THERAPY SERVICES INC: $5k → 12%PINELLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE: $10k → 12%MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FLORIDA INC: $8k → 13%MAKE-A-WISH CENTRAL & NORTH FLORIDA: $8k → 13%SUNCOAST VOICES FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 12%MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FLORIDA INC: $8k → 13%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF TAMPA BAY INC: $31k → 13%CONNECT-IT 360 INC: $30k → 12%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF TAMPA BAY: $13k → 13%CONNECT-IT 360 INC: $15k → 12%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF TAMPA BAY: $13k → 13%PINELLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS: $3.2M → 12%PINELLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS: $288k → 12%PINELLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS: $285k → 12%PINELLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS: $62k → 12%PINELLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS: $47k → 12%PINELLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS: $9k → 12%ELISA NELSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $10k → 12%ELISA NELSON ELEMENTARY: $10k → 12%ELISA NELSON ELEMENTARY: $10k → 12%SUNCOAST ANIMAL LEAGUE: $6k → 12%SUNCOAST ANIMAL LEAGUE: $6k → 12%SUNCOAST ANIMAL LEAGUE: $6k → 12%SUNCOAST ANIMAL LEAGUE: $6k → 12%JOYFUL MOTION: $5k → 12%SUNCOAST ANIMAL LEAGUE: $5k → 12%CHILDREN'S DREAM FUND INC: $5k → 12%CHILDREN'S DREAM FUND INC: $5k → 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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.2M · 11 repeat orgs$48k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +139% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
3

Total granted

$6.2M
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+139%
+14%

Still filing today

73%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthInternationalYouth DevelopmentAnimalsPhilanthropyCrime & LegalOther
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

  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF TAMPA BAY INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $56k · revenue +132%
  • MF
    MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL & NORTHERN FLORIDA
    4× · 2020–2023 · $32k · revenue +163%
  • SA
    SUNCOAST ANIMAL LEAGUE INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $29k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • GS
    Girl Scouts of West Central Florida Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +2%
  • PC
    Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • JM
    Joyful Motion Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +14%
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
Space Coast Field of Dreams Inc

Working with local organizations to support the special needs community by providing a safe and loving space for individuals of all abilities to play and feel welcome.

Recreation & Sports
2
Give Hope Foundation Inc

Provide support to children and families in Central Florida who are battling childhood cancer and have a unique combination of medical, emotional and financial needs.

Philanthropy
3
The Sunshine Foundation
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4
Southern California Dachshund Relief Inc

Rescue, rehabilitate and rehome dogs

Animals
5
Florida Little Dog Rescue Group Inc

To rescue rehabilitate and rehome homeless and abandoned pets.

Animals
6
Celebrities Fore Kids Inc

The organization's mission is to make a difference in the lives of children affected by cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. we strive to improve the quality of life and well-being for them and their families by offering financial…

Human Services
7
Healing the Children - Florida Inc

To provide medical care to the poor and indigent.

Health
8
Central Florida Pediatric Therapy Foundation Inc

The central florida pediatric therapy foundation is dedicated to providing relief to poor, distressed,and underpriveledged youths. as well as promoting health and education by providing assistance to special needs individuals and their…

Housing & Shelter
9
Sunshine Dog Rescue Inc

Rescuing medium to large breed dogs and puppies from high kill shelters and unsafe conditions. We give each animal proper vet care, vaccinations, rehabilitation, microchipping and basic training to secure their future in a Furever home.

Animals
10
Hollys Hope of North Port
Education
11
Swfl Children's Charities Inc Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest

We provide support to organizations that provide services to children in southwest florida and education to local students majoring in health sciences at local colleges.

Philanthropy
12
Suncoast Basset Rescue Inc

Suncoast Basset Rescue (SBR) rescues Basset Hounds from stray, abusive, abandoned and sheltered situations. SBR gives Basset Hounds a second chance to live as someones best animal friend.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Dream Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is TherHappy Therapy Services 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

11 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. 11 of the 16 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
11/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PINELLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS: $5,936,398 · OtherPINELLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS+6 more: $110,000 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL & NORTHERN FLORIDA: $32,000 · HealthTherHappy Therapy Services Inc: $12,200 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC: $8,000 · HealthJoyful Motion Inc: $5,000 · HealthJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF TAMPA BAY INC: $55,965 · InternationalPINELLAS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentSUNCOAST ANIMAL LEAGUE INC: $29,000 · AnimalsBETH DILLINGER FOUNDATION INC CO KAY DILLINGER: $10,000 · PhilanthropySUNCOAST VOICES FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$6,046,398Health$57,200International$55,965Youth Development$30,000Animals$29,000Philanthropy$10,000Crime & Legal$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF TAMPA BAY INC: $55,965 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL & NORTHERN FLORIDA: $32,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSUNCOAST ANIMAL LEAGUE INC: $29,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetGirl Scouts of West Central Florida Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTherHappy Therapy Services Inc: $12,200 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBETH DILLINGER FOUNDATION INC CO KAY DILLINGER: $10,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetSUNCOAST VOICES FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCHILDREN'S DREAM FUND INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% 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.

Community Foundation …Vinik Family Foundati…Publix Super Markets …The Richard M Schulze…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of Tampa Bay IncFL17.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · Vinik Family Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving 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 Pinellas County Education Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pinellas County Education Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • TherHappy Therapy Services Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Children's Dream Fund Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
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 16 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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