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Polk Sheriff's Charities Inc

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$438k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$78k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$316kCrime & Legal$301kFood & Nutrition$252kHuman Services$140kRecreation & Sports$125kYouth Development$118kHousing & Shelter$93kHealth$92kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $239,160, the rows itemized in this filing. The $438,327 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $199,167 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $85k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $148k
$29,880
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
POLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE$78,026
UNITED WAY CENTRAL FL$70,198
FREEDOM TOUR INC$31,500
REFUGE ON THE RIDGE$29,880
HOPE EQUINE RESCUE INC$13,556
WOMEN AND YOUTH CENTER INC$10,000
POLK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS$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:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $60k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOMEN & YOUTH CENTER: $40k → 16%WOMEN & YOUTH CENTER: $10k → 16%WOMEN AND YOUTH CENTER INC: $10k → 16%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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 10 repeat orgs$401k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
17

Total granted

$1.3M
$395k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+44%

Still filing today

80%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthReligionYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyCrime & LegalRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • UW
    United Way of Central Florida Inc
    7× · 2018–2024 · $316k · revenue +25%
  • WA
    WOMEN AND YOUTH CENTER INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $60k · revenue +7%
  • HE
    HOPE EQUINE RESCUE INC
    2× · 2020–2024 · $32k · revenue +187%

Funded once

  • FS
    Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $103k · revenue +32%
  • GH
    GOD'S HAND FARM INC
    one grant, 2023 · $61k · 80% of their budget
  • PC
    POLK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD
    one grant, 2019 · $33k
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
Hospice of Okeechobee Inc

Hospice of Okeechobee, Inc. provides hospice services that relieve the suffering of persons residing in its communities affected by life-limiting illnesses and end-of-life issues so all may live as fully and comfortably as possible.

Human Services
2
Hernando Pasco Hospice Inc

Hernando Pasco Hospice, Inc. provides hospice services that relieve the suffering of persons residing in its communities affected by life-limiting illnesses and end-of-life issues so all may live as fully and comfortably as possible.

Human Services
3
Hope Hospice and Community Services Inc

Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc. provides hospice services that relieve the suffering of persons residing in its communities affected by life-limiting illnesses and end-of-life issues so all may live as fully and comfortably as…

Human Services
4
Florida Community Health Centers Inc

Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.

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5
Circles of Care Inc

The mission of circles of care is to prmote and provide high quality comprehensive behavioral healthcare services and be the provider of choice in our community.

Health
6
Hospice of Martin & St Lucie Inc

Hospice of martin & st. lucie, inc. exists to provide hospice, grief counseling, education and other services to patients and families, dealing with death and dying so that they might live as fully and comfortably as possible. hospice…

Human Services
7
Hospice of the Treasure Coast Inc

Hospice of the treasure coast, inc. exists to provide hospice, grief counseling, education and other services to patients and families dealing with death and dying so that they might live as fully and comfortably as possible.

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8
Community Reach Center Inc

Community reach center's mission is to enhance the health of our community.

Health
9
Chapters Health System Inc

Chapters Health System, Inc. (CHS), through its affiliates, provides support and care for people in our community with or affected by advanced illnesses by offering a wide variety of compassionate healthcare choices. CHS also works to…

Human Services
10
LifePath Hospice Inc

Lifepath Hospice, Inc. provides hospice services that relieve the suffering of persons residing in its communities affected by life-limiting illnesses and end-of-life issues so all may live as fully and comfortably as possible.

Health
11
Cook Children's Medical Center - Prosper

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
12
Cook Children's Medical Center

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Drug Prevention Resource Center; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association 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

22 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. 22 of the 28 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
14/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

POLK COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE: $281,233 · OtherPOLK COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICETHE SALVATION ARMY: $116,900 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYPOLK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD: $32,767 · OtherCHURCH SERVICE CENTER INC: $25,000 · OtherWOMEN AND YOUTH CENTER INC: $60,111 · OtherWOMEN AND YOUTH CENTER INCHOPE EQUINE RESCUE INC: $32,056 · OtherFLORIDA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $25,000 · Other+9 more: $91,641 · Other+9 moreUnited Way of Central Florida Inc: $315,583 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Central…THE FREEDOM TOUR INC: $191,500 · ReligionTHE FREEDOM TOUR INCREFUGE ON THE RIDGE INC: $110,880 · ReligionREFUGE ON THE RIDGE I…+1 more: $8,226 · ReligionBONNET SPRINGS PARK INC: $124,500 · Recreation & SportsFlorida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc: $102,900 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF POLK COUNTY INC: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentLakeland Regional Medical Center Inc: $25,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $20,000 · HealthGood Shepherd Hospice Inc: $15,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · HealthGOD'S HAND FARM INC: $60,893 · Food & Nutrition
Other$664,708Philanthropy$315,583Religion$310,606Recreation & Sports$124,500Youth Development$117,900Health$70,000Food & Nutrition$60,893

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Way of Central Florida Inc: $315,583 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetTHE FREEDOM TOUR INC: $191,500 over 2y, 12% of budgetBONNET SPRINGS PARK INC: $124,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetREFUGE ON THE RIDGE INC: $110,880 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetFlorida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc: $102,900 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGOD'S HAND FARM INC: $60,893 over 1y, 80% of budgetWOMEN AND YOUTH CENTER INC: $60,111 over 3y, 10% of budgetHOPE EQUINE RESCUE INC: $32,056 over 2y, 13% of budgetLakeland Regional Medical Center Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPOLK EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP INC: $17,645 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF POLK COUNTY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGood Shepherd Hospice Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPARROW EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONCERNS OF POLICE SURVIVORS INC: $8,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetIdols Aside Ministries Inc: $8,226 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCENTRAL FLORIDA SPEECH & HEARING CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

United Way of Central…Givewell Community Fo…Publix Super Markets …George Jenkins Founda…Harrell Family Charit…Cps Cares IncGlenn W & Hazelle Pax…Florida's Natural Gro…Lola Mann Memorial Fu…Iron Horse Family Fou…Duke Energy FoundationThe Bank of America C…
United Way of Central Florida IncFL26× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Central Florida Inc · Givewell Community Foundation Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · George Jenkins Foundation Inc · Harrell Family Charities Inc · Cps Cares Inc · Glenn W & Hazelle Paxson Morrison Foundation Inc · Florida's Natural Growers Foundation Inc · Lola Mann Memorial Fund · Iron Horse Family Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Polk Sheriff's Charities Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Polk Sheriff's Charities Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Women and Youth Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Lakeland Regional Medical Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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Find your warmest path to Polk Sheriff's Charities Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 28 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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