Florida · Public charity
Polk Sheriff's Charities Inc
The mission of polk sheriffs charities, inc. Is to strive to support activities and charities that benefit the community associated with the polk county sheriffs office. Polk sheriffs charities, inc. Shall especially strive to support the needs identified by members of polk countys law enforcement community.
- $438k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $239k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $29,880
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $78,026
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 57% of the organizations Polk Sheriff's Charities Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $97k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $239k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $263k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $578k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $156k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $76k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $166k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $54k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $132k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Central Florida Inc | $315,583 | 7 | 1% |
| Polk County Sheriff Office | $281,233 | 7 | n/a |
| The Freedom Tour Inc | $191,500 | 2 | 12% |
| Bonnet Springs Park Inc | $124,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $116,900 | 2 | n/a |
| Refuge on the Ridge Inc | $110,880 | 3 | 5% |
| Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc | $102,900 | 1 | 1% |
| God's Hand Farm Inc | $60,893 | 1 | 80% |
| Women and Youth Center Inc | $60,111 | 3 | 10% |
| Polk County School Board | $32,767 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 27 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($5k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Polk Sheriff's Charities Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Polk Sheriff's Charities Inc
- How much does Polk Sheriff's Charities Inc give?
- Polk Sheriff's Charities Inc reported 7 itemized grants totaling $239,160, out of $438,327 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Polk Sheriff's Charities Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (19%), Crime & Legal (18%), Food & Nutrition (15%).
- Who are Polk Sheriff's Charities Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: United Way of Central Florida Inc ($316k), Polk County Sheriff Office ($281k), The Freedom Tour Inc ($192k).
- Does Polk Sheriff's Charities Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Polk Sheriff's Charities Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Central Florida Inc, Givewell Community Foundation Inc, Publix Super Markets Charities Inc.
- Where is Polk Sheriff's Charities Inc based?
- Polk Sheriff's Charities Inc is based in FL.
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