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Robert O Law Foundation

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.

$10k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$27kHuman Services$22kEmployment$21kScience & Tech$20kHealth$15kCrime & Legal$15kYouth Development$10kFood & Nutrition$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MOTE MARINE LABORATORY$3,000
CLIMB WYOMING$3,000
CAMP BOGGY CREEK$3,000
RODEHEAVER BOYS RANCH$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $23k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CLIMB WYOMING: $7k → 10%MARTIN ANDERSON SENIOR CENTER: $1k → 10%COVENANT HOUSE: $800 → 13%CLIMB WYOMING: $4k → 10%CLIMB WYOMING: $4k → 10%CLIMB WYOMING: $3k → 10%CLIMB WYOMING: $3k → 10%CLIMB WYOMING: $2k → 10%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$139k · 13 repeat orgs$7k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
5

Total granted

$139k
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+18%

Still filing today

54%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesCrime & LegalFood & NutritionEnvironmentRecreation & 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

  • CD
    CLIMB DBA CLIMB WYOMING
    6× · 2020–2025 · $21k · revenue +33%
  • MOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $20k · revenue +89%
  • RB
    RODEHEAVER BOYS RANCH INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $15k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • BS
    BROWARD SPECIAL OLYMPICS
    one grant, 2024 · $4k
  • LO
    LIGHTHOUSE OF BROWARD
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
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
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

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…

Environment
2
The Lord's Place Inc

The lord's place, inc. (the lord's place or agency) is a non-sectarian organization dedicated to breaking the cycle of homelessness for men, women and children in our community. supportive services offered through our housing programs…

Housing & Shelter
3
Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife Inc

The clinic for the rehabilitation of wildlife is a teaching hospital and visitor center dedicated to the saving of wildlife through state-of-the-art veterinary care, research, education, and conservation medicine.

Animals
4
Children's Case Management Organization Inc D/B/a Families First of Pb County

Families first of palm beach county, through innovative programs, promotes generational change by addressing families emotional, physical, and social well-being.

Environment
5
Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc

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…

Environment
6
Meals On Wheels Plus of Manatee Inc

The mission of meals on wheels plus of manatee, inc. is to assist individuals to live independently by providing nutrition and caring supportive services.

Food & Nutrition
7
Operation Par Inc

To strengthen our communities by caring for families and individuals impacted by substance abuse and to promote mental well-being. operation par, inc. offers a full continuum of services at locations in pinellas, pasco, lee, manatee,…

Health
8
Goodwill Industries of South Florida Inc

Goodwill south florida, serving miami, broward, and monroe counties, is the 17th largest employer in south florida. the nonprofit's mission is the training, employment, and job placement of people with disabilities and other barriers to…

Employment
9
West Kendall Baptist Hospital Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of west kendall baptist hospital, inc. is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist…

Health
10
Homestead Hospital Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of homestead hospital inc. is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is a…

Health
11
Variety Children's Hospital

To inspire hope and promote lifelong health by providing the best care to every child.

Health
12
Broward House Inc

Mission the mission of broward house is to improve the quality of life for individuals impacted with chronic health challenges, including hiv, by providing pathways to wellness. vision providing hope and healing to our communities,

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Give Kids the World Inc; the most unlike its peers is Martin Andersen Senior Center 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

9 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. 9 of the 18 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
8/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAMP BOGGY CREEK: $22,185 · OtherCAMP BOGGY CREEKMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC: $20,285 · OtherMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INCGIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC: $13,100 · OtherGIVE KIDS THE WORLD INCMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION: $13,100 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATIONDAV SPACE COAST #123: $10,000 · OtherDAV SPACE COAST #123Individual grant recipient: $6,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSOS CHILDRENS VILLAGE: $4,500 · OtherBROWARD SPECIAL OLYMPICS: $3,500 · Other+3 more: $4,000 · OtherCLIMB DBA CLIMB WYOMING: $21,285 · Human ServicesCLIMB DBA CLIMB WYOM…MARTIN ANDERSEN SENIOR CENTER INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesMARTIN ANDERSEN SENI…+1 more: $800 · Human ServicesRODEHEAVER BOYS RANCH INC: $14,700 · Crime & LegalRODEHEAVER …THE PANTRY OF BROWARD INC: $4,000 · Food & NutritionWyoming Pathways: $3,000 · EnvironmentSPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc: $1,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$97,170Human Services$26,085Crime & Legal$14,700Food & Nutrition$4,000Environment$3,000Recreation & Sports$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCLIMB DBA CLIMB WYOMING: $21,285 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC: $20,285 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRODEHEAVER BOYS RANCH INC: $14,700 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC: $13,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PANTRY OF BROWARD INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMARTIN ANDERSEN SENIOR CENTER INC: $4,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetWyoming Pathways: $3,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $800 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds CLIMB DBA CLIMB WYOMING ↗
  • Who funds MOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC ↗
  • Who funds RODEHEAVER BOYS RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds GIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PANTRY OF BROWARD INC ↗
  • Who funds MARTIN ANDERSEN SENIOR CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Wyoming Pathways ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Robert O Law Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert O Law Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Mote Marine Laboratory Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Covenant House Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
3report 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.

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 18 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-PF 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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