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Sara H Woodruff Foundation at a glance

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Sara H Woodruff 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.

$233k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Animals$213kHealth$210kReligion$163kHousing & Shelter$109kEducation$90kYouth Development$77kRecreation & Sports$50kInternational$48kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $68k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $165k
$7,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRACE HOUSE IN BRUNSWICK$30,000
SKYLARK CLINIC INC$30,000
LAKE OCONEE HUMANE SOCIETY$25,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE PLATEAU$25,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY - GREENE COUNTY$25,000
ZOO MIAMI FOUNDATION$10,000
CENTER FOR GREAT APES$10,000
HOLD FAST FOUNDATION$10,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MIAMI$7,500
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER MIAMI$7,500
THE THILLEN FOUNDATION$7,500
CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP$7,500
CAMILLUS HOUSE$7,500
CASA GLYNN INC$5,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA$5,000
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 (FY21–25, $85k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $8k → 17%GRACE HOUSE IN BRUNSWICK: $30k → 14%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%GRACE HOUSE IN BRUNSWICK: $15k → 14%GRACE HOUSE IN BRUNSWICK: $5k → 14%GRACE HOUSE IN BRUNSWICK: $5k → 14%GRACE HOUSE IN BRUNSWICK: $5k → 14%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $8k → 15%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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$923k · 26 repeat orgs$143k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
9

Total granted

$923k
$48k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+15%

Still filing today

62%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Youth DevelopmentAnimalsHuman ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureOther
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

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $90k · revenue +46%
  • GH
    GRACE HOUSE OF BRUNSWICK INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $60k · revenue +21%
  • CF
    Center for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc
    5× · 2021–2025 · $50k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • WT
    WESTMINSTER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -5%
  • TB
    The Bascom Corporation
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +15%
  • OC
    OLD CUTLER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH INC
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
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
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Palm Beach County

Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

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2
The Miami Foundation Inc

To create a greater miami where everyone can thrive by accelerating generosity, leadership, and community engagement. the miami foundation serves as a philanthropic and community backbone for greater miami, bringing together donors,…

Philanthropy
3
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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4
Greater Miami Service Corps

Developing and administering a volunteer service program consisting principally of youth volunteers, which benefit the community by providing this needed public service. the program also develops employment opportunities for the youth.

Employment
5
Baptist Medical Center of the Beaches Inc

To make hope, healing and well-being accessible to every person as an expression of God's love.

Health
6
Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce

The chamber is organized for the purpose of advancing the economic, professional, cultural, educational and civic welfare of miami beach and the area surrounding miami beach, florida. the chamber is committed to encouraging the growth of…

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7
Broward Community and Family Health Centers Inc

The organization is a non-profit organization and is committed to providing accessible comprehensive high quality primary and preventive care services to all persons with dignity and respect. our focus is on preventive care and health…

Health
8
Catholic Palliative Care Services Inc

Catholic palliative care services, inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of catholic hospice, inc. and under the sponsorship of the archdiocese of miami, provides responsive end-of-life care to patients and families in broward and dade…

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9
Holy Cross Hospital Inc

We, holy cross hospital and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. holy cross hospital is a member of trinity health.

Health
10
Camillus Health Concern Inc

Camillus health concern mission is to follow the teachings of jesus christ and in the compassionate hospitality of st. john of god. camillus health concern strives to deliver comprehensive health care services with the highest quality…

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11
Lighthouse for the Blind of the Palm Beaches Inc

Lighthouse for the blind of the palm beaches, inc's mission is to assist persons with visual impairments to develop their capabilities to the fullest and to utilize them in the pursuits of life which are the right and privilege of all.

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12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Hold Fast Foundation 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

28 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. 28 of the 45 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/28
Grantees still filing
18/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH INC: $70,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY BIBLE CHURCH INCHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $50,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITYST MARY'S GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 · OtherST MARY'S GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION INCCHRIST FELLOWSHIP: $33,000 · OtherCHRIST FELLOWSHIPCHRIST OUR KING & SAVIOR: $30,000 · OtherCHRIST OUR KING & SAVIORHABITAT FOR HUMANITY - GREENE COUNTY: $25,000 · OtherHUMANITY OF GREENE COUNTY: $20,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA INC: $25,000 · OtherCASA GLYNN INC: $35,000 · OtherCASA GLYNN INC+24 more: $178,964 · Other+24 moreZOO MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $110,000 · AnimalsZOO MIAMI FOUNDATION …Center for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc: $50,000 · AnimalsCenter for Orangutan …LAKE OCONEE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $40,000 · AnimalsLAKE OCONEE HUMANE SO…THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $90,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSI…Boys & Girls Club of The Plateau Inc: $25,000 · EducationBoys & Girls…GRACE HOUSE OF BRUNSWICK INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 · Human ServicesCHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesSKYLARK CLINIC INC: $45,000 · HealthJACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 · HealthTHE HOLD FAST FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsMAP International Inc: $48,000 · International
Other$511,964Animals$200,000Education$115,000Human Services$85,000Health$62,500Recreation & Sports$50,000International$48,000

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 budgetZOO MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $110,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $90,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGRACE HOUSE OF BRUNSWICK INC: $60,000 over 5y, 6.8% of budgetCenter for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMAP International Inc: $48,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSKYLARK CLINIC INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetST MARY'S GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetLAKE OCONEE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $40,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetCASA GLYNN INC: $35,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCAMILLUS HOUSE INC: $14,139 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMIAMI CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC FKA MIAMI YOUTH MUSEUM: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWESTMINSTER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LITTLE LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MIAMI INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER MIAMI INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY MIAMI INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOVERTOWN YOUTH CENTER INC: $5,325 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Bascom Corporation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetST SIMONS LAND TRUST INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER MIAMI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAGAPE NETWORK INC: $3,000 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.

Ludwig Family Foundat…St Marys Methodist Ch…Publix Super Markets …United Way of Coastal…Andres Asion Foundati…Julia Terrill Thomas …Natl Christian Charit…Anthony Abraham Found…Davis Love III Founda…Communities of Coasta…Mightycause Charitabl…The Batchelor Foundat…
Ludwig Family FoundationGA17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ludwig Family Foundation · St Marys Methodist Church Foundation I · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · United Way of Coastal Georgia Inc · Andres Asion Foundation Inc · Julia Terrill Thomas Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Anthony Abraham Foundation · Davis Love III Foundation · Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Batchelor 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 Sara H Woodruff Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sara H Woodruff Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • United Way Miami Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Agape Network Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Camillus House Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Jackson Health Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Miami Children's Museum Inc Fka Miami Youth Museum: 0% of income from government
  • Chapman Partnership Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Zoo Miami Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 45 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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