Florida · Private foundation
Root Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $884k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 37
- Grants FY2024
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 53%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 36
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $8.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 53% of the organizations Root Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $83k 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 | 36 | $859k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 36 | $233k | 53% |
| FY2022 | 36 | $501k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $422k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 30 | $402k | 70% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $76k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum of Arts and Sciences Inc | $610,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Sage School Inc | $250,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Jae Foundation Inc | $111,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Hearts for Moms Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Sailfuture Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Spot Sun Valley Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Community Action Stops Abuse Inc | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Save Our Shores | $30,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Pawlicious Poochie Pet Rescue Inc | $27,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Voice for Children Inc AKA Voices for Children of Florida | $26,000 | 2 | 41% |
Show all 72 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($805k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Root Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 63 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
Open a dossier: United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties Inc · Simpkins Family Foundation Inc · Paul B Hunter & Constance D Hunter Charitable Foundation Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Jeep Beach Inc · Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Volusiaflagler County Coalition for the Homeless Inc · Latitude at Daytona Beach · Perryman Family Foundation · Earl W & Patricia B Colvard Charitable Foundation · Vinik Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Root Family Foundation
- How much does Root Family Foundation give?
- Root Family Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $883,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 36 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Root Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (29%), Philanthropy (27%), Education (11%).
- Who are Root Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Museum of Arts and Sciences Inc ($610k), The Sage School Inc ($250k), Jae Foundation Inc ($111k).
- Does Root Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Root Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Root Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties Inc, Simpkins Family Foundation Inc, Paul B Hunter & Constance D Hunter Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Root Family Foundation based?
- Root Family Foundation is based in FL.
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