Skip to content
Roper Family Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Roper Family Foundation Inc

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.

$12k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Youth Development$68kArts & Culture$33kRecreation & Sports$5kScience & Tech$3kEnvironment$1kEducation$1kFood & Nutrition$715
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $2k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$246k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CENTRAL FLORIDA YMCA$10,000
GARDEN THEATRE$1,500
WINTER GARDEN ART ASSOCIATION$250
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%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%PAYETTE LAKES SKI CLUB: $5k → 8%UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: $8k → 13%UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: $5k → 13%UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: $5k → 13%UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: $3k → 13%ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER: $3k → 13%SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $715 → 13%JUNIOR ACHIEVMENT OF CEN FL: $1k → 13%OAKLAND NATURE PRESERVE: $1k → 13%CEN FL COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS: $1k → 13%CENTRAL FLORIDA YMCA: $11k → 13%CENTRAL FLORIDA YMCA: $10k → 13%CENTRAL FLORIDA YMCA: $10k → 13%CENTRAL FLORIDA YMCA: $10k → 13%CENTRAL FLORIDA YMCA: $10k → 13%CENTRAL FLORIDA YMCA: $10k → 13%CENTRAL FLORIDA YMCA: $6k → 13%GARDEN THEATRE: $3k → 13%GARDEN THEATRE: $3k → 13%GARDEN THEATRE: $2k → 13%GARDEN THEATRE: $2k → 13%WINTER GARDEN ART ASSOCIATION: $1k → 13%WINTER GARDEN ART ASSOCIATION: $1k → 13%WINTER GARDEN ART ASSOCIATION: $450 → 13%WINTER GARDEN ART ASSOCIATION: $250 → 13%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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$99k · 4 repeat orgs$12k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +97% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
7

Total granted

$99k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+97%
+26%

Still filing today

75%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Arts & CultureRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther
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

  • UA
    UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $20k · revenue +97%
  • GT
    GARDEN THEATRE INC
    4× · 2017–2025 · $9k · revenue +46%
  • WG
    WINTER GARDEN ART ASSOCIATION
    4× · 2017–2025 · $3k · revenue +179%

Funded once

  • PL
    PAYETTE LAKES SKI CLUB INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +26%
  • OS
    ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTERINC
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue -10%
  • CF
    CEN FL COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS
    one grant, 2024 · $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
Orlando Museum of Art Inc

The mission of the orlando museum of art is to interpret and present art for a diverse public audience; to positively affect people's lives with inclusive, innovative, and inspiring educational programming which will endure as a cultural…

Arts & Culture
2
Ocala Civic Theatre Inc

By offering quality theatrical experiences and performing arts eduction, ocala civic theatre helps cultivate future artists and audiences, fostering a lifelong connection to the arts. we work to ensure the arts remain a place where the…

Arts & Culture
3
Orlando Philharmonic
—
4
Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Inc

The orlando philharmonic orchestra is central floridas resident professional orchestra. its mission is to foster and promote symphonic music through excellence in performance, education and cultural leadership. each season, the…

Arts & Culture
5
Dr Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Inc

Guided by the vision of arts for every life, the dr. phillips center serves as a cultural conerstone for orlando and the seven-county region as well as the many visitors to the orlando area. we bring arts to life through performances,…

Arts & Culture
6
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
7
Central Florida Vocal Arts

Central florida vocal arts and opera del sol exist to create a better central florida community through arts education, performance and appreciation. we strive to create equitable access to meaningful arts experiences for all people in our…

Arts & Culture
8
Ocala Symphony Orchestra Inc

To create cultural experiences and educational opportunities for our community through music. This includes symphony orchestra performances and other live entertainment at the Reilly Arts Center and the Marion Theatre in Downtown Ocala.

—
9
Occidental Center for the Arts

Occidental Center for the Arts exists to provide a welcoming and accessible venue for the performing and visual arts in Sonoma County California for local regional national and international artists. our mission is to enrich our community…

Arts & Culture
10
Florida Grand Opera Inc

The mission of florida grand opera is to enrich people's lives through an awareness and deeper appreciation of opera while supporting the operations of the greater miami opera and the opera guild, inc. by expanding its reach to diverse…

Arts & Culture
11
Flagler County Art League Inc

To provide art education and exhibit art by local artists for the enrichment and benefit of the public in Flagler and surrounding counties, Florida.

Education
12
Florida Repertory Company Inc

Florida rep is committed to providing a first-class regional theatre for southwest florida; to creating, nurturing and developing an ensemble of theatre professionals who will develop long term relationships working on a wide variety of…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Garden Theatre Inc; the most unlike its peers is Payette Lakes Ski Club 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

8 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. 8 of the 11 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
7/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTRAL FLORIDA YMCA: $66,915 · OtherCENTRAL FLORIDA YMCA+3 more: $2,715 · OtherUNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $20,125 · Arts & CultureUNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INCGARDEN THEATRE INC: $9,300 · Arts & CultureGARDEN THEATRE INCWINTER GARDEN ART ASSOCIATION: $2,700 · Arts & CultureWINTER GARDEN ART ASSOCIATIONORLANDO SCIENCE CENTERINC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureORLANDO SCIENCE CENTERINC+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CulturePAYETTE LAKES SKI CLUB INC: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsOAKLAND NATURE PRESERVE INC: $1,000 · Environment
Other$69,630Arts & Culture$35,625Recreation & Sports$5,000Environment$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $20,125 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGARDEN THEATRE INC: $9,300 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPAYETTE LAKES SKI CLUB INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWINTER GARDEN ART ASSOCIATION: $2,700 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetORLANDO SCIENCE CENTERINC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOAKLAND NATURE PRESERVE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOPERA ORLANDO INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $715 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.

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.

Duke Energy FoundationThe Bond Foundation I…Universal Orlando Fou…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Duke Energy FoundationNC14.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · The Bond Foundation Inc · Universal Orlando 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 Roper Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Roper Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Orlando Science Centerinc: 4% of income from government
  • United Arts of Central Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Garden Theatre Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 11 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.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Roper Family’s filings →

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home