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South Florida Sports Foundation Inc

To support health, education, and volunteerism in south florida, and to improve the lives of people and communities in need.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$300k
Largest
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.

Health$3.8MEducation$2.0MCivil Rights$900kYouth Development$878kRecreation & Sports$838kPublic Safety & Disaster$439kHuman Services$350kCommunity Improvement$300kOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 26 grants below total $863,506, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,349,657 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $486,151 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 $10k4 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $288k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $247k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$15,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$5.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION$300,000
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI KIDZ NEUROSCIENCE$75,000
CDW DIRECT LLC$72,207
BAPTIST HEALTH SOUTH FOUNDATION$50,000
INGOLD FAMILY FOUNDATION$50,000
5000 ROLE MODELS OF EXCELLENCE$40,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS-MIAMI$35,000
DOUG BETTERS SPECIAL NEEDS FUND$25,000
MEXICAN AMERICAN COUNCIL$25,000
ANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE$20,000
CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS$15,000
JASON TAYLOR FOUNDATION$15,000
DWIGHT STEPHENSON FOUNDATION$15,000
THE TUA FOUNDATION$15,000
MARCH OF DIMES INC$12,500
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 (FY17–24, $645k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%DOUG BETTERS FOR THE CHILDREN INC: $25k → 11%DOUG BETTERS SPECIAL NEEDS FUND: $25k → 12%FOR OAK CLIFF: $10k → 14%FLORIDA KEYS CHILDRENS SHELTER INC: $20k → 13%AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $20k → 14%AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION (SAVE FOUNDATION): $10k → 14%AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%MEXICAN AMERICAN COUNCIL: $25k → 15%FLORIDA AIDS WALK: $9k → 14%DAN MARINO FOUNDATION: $25k → 13%URBAN LEAGUE OF BROWARD COUNTY: $46k → 13%MEXICAN-AMERICAN COUNCIL: $10k → 15%URBAN LEAGUE OF BROWARD: $20k → 13%THE DAN MARINO FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%REBUILDING TOGETHER MIAMI DADE: $10k → 15%URBAN LEAGUE OF BROWARD: $15k → 13%Urban League Broward: $10k → 13%TRAYVON MARTIN FOUNDATION: $20k → 15%THE TRAYVON MARTIN FOUNDATION: $20k → 15%THE TRAYVON MARTIN FOUNDATION: $15k → 15%JASON TAYLOR FOUNDATION: $15k → 13%JASON TAYLOR FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%JASON TAYLOR FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%THE TRAYVON MARTIN FOUNDATION: $10k → 15%FLORIDA AIDS WALK FBO SUNSERVE: $10k → 13%SUNSHINE SOCIAL SERVICES INC DBA SUNSERVE: $10k → 13%DAVID POSNACK JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $15k → 13%STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL: $100k → 13%HEALTH IN THE HOOD INC: $10k → 15%MOURNING FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $20k → 15%BE STRONG: $13k → 15%YWCA SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $15k → 15%YWCA: $10k → 15%ANTIOCH CAROL CITY COMMUNITY: $28k → 15%YWCA OF GREATER MIAMI (YWCA SOUTH FLORIDA INC): $5k → 15%NORTH MIAMI BEACH POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE: $10k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
IL
WI
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
PA
CA
VA
MD
NC
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.1M · 50 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

50 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 36 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
71

Total granted

$8.1M
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+44%

Still filing today

88%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $315k 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
Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentHealthPhilanthropyCivil RightsOther
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

  • BH
    Baptist Health System Foundation Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +77%
  • OB
    Orange Bowl Committee Inc
    3× · 2018–2022 · $600k · revenue +44%
  • CITY YEAR INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $500k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • NF
    NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION AND COLLEGE HALL OF FAME INC
    one grant, 2019 · $330k
  • DC
    DOLPHINS CYCLING CHALLENGE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $150k · revenue +42%
  • GE
    GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue ×29
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
University of Miami
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2
The Miami Foundation Inc

The miami foundation is building a greater miami where everyone can thrive. since 1967, the foundation has invested over $905m to strengthen our community in partnership with more than 1,000 fundholders and over 60,000 donors. by…

Philanthropy
3
Miami Childrens Initiative Inc

The mission is to create a community-based network that develops coordinates and provides quality education accessible health care youth development programs opportunities for employment and safe neighborhoods for children and families…

Community Improvement
4
Florida's Children First Inc

Organization mission: florida's children first is a non-profit, nonpartisan, independent advocacy organization committed to protecting and advancing the rights of children and youth impacted by the child welfare, juvenile justice, and…

Human Services
5
Miami Homes for All Inc

Miami Homes For All's mission is to ensure that everyone in Miami-Dade has a safe, affordable place to call home.

Human Services
6
The Miami Girls Foundation Inc
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7
Florida Alliance of Children's Councils & Trusts Inc

To promote policies that build effective primary prevention and early intervention systems of support for florida's children and families by engaging and enhancing the collective strengths of the individual children's services councils of…

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8
Better Together Strengthening Familes Inc

Better together helps at-risk families by empowering parents and surrounding them with community, meaningful work opportunities, and practical support. our volunteer-driven, professionally supported model provides direct services so that…

Human Services
9
Start Off Smart Inc

To effectively and efficiently guide individuals, children and families towards independence and safety and to improve the quality of life for the residents living and playing in the community using strong community collaboration.

Crime & Legal
10
South Miami Childrens Clinic Inc

South miami children's clinic provides high-quality, accessible pediatric health care to uninsured, underinsured, medicaid, and other underserved children from birth through age 18, regardless of a family's ability to pay. the clinic…

Health
11
Institute for Child and Family Health Inc

The institute for child and family health is committed to empowering the children, youth and families of miami-dade county, florida by providing services that enhance their emotional, physical and educational well-being.

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12
Endeavor Miami Inc

Endeavor miami inc's mission is to lead the movement to catalyze long-term economic growth by selecting, mentoring, and accelerating the best high impact entrepreneurs in the south florida region. high-impact entrepreneurs are individuals…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mourning Family Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Key Bridge 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

109 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. 109 of the 138 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
24
Early backer (in before they grew)
107/109
Grantees still filing
81/109
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Baptist Health System Foundation Inc: $1,900,000 · OtherBaptist Health System Foundation IncMiami Children's Health System Foundation Inc: $1,000,000 · OtherMiami Children's Health System Foundation IncCITY YEAR INC: $500,000 · OtherCITY YEAR INCTHE SCHOOL BOARD OF BROWARD COUNTY: $331,000 · OtherNATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION AND COLLEGE HALL OF FAME INC: $330,000 · OtherPTA FLORIDA CONGRESS MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH: $275,000 · Other+60 more: $1,943,456 · Other+60 moreOrange Bowl Committee Inc: $600,000 · EducationOrange Bowl Committe…University of Miami: $460,000 · EducationUniversity of MiamiFOUNDATION FOR NEW EDUCATION INITIATIVES INC: $395,500 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR NEW E…BREAKTHROUGH MIAMI INC: $110,900 · EducationBREAKTHROUGH MIAMI I…POSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $75,000 · Education+10 more: $187,908 · Education+10 moreAIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $149,000 · Human ServicesUrban League of Broward County Inc: $90,985 · Human ServicesThe Trayvon Martin Foundation: $65,000 · Human ServicesFOR THE CHILDREN INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE DAN MARINO FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesMexican American Council Inc: $35,000 · Human ServicesJASON TAYLOR FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesYWCA SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN IN DISTRESS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesANTIOCH CAROL CITY COMMUNITY DEVEL: $27,893 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF VENICE INC: $25,000 · Human Services+10 more: $142,500 · Human Services5000 Role Models of Excellence Project Inc: $204,649 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MIAMI INC: $70,500 · Youth DevelopmentPRIDELINES YOUTH SERVICES INC: $59,000 · Youth DevelopmentLARRY LITTLES GOLD COAST SUMMER CAMP INC: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MIAMI INSTITUTE INC: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentWOMEN OF TOMORROW MENTOR AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM INC: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentTUA FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $19,055 · Youth Development+2 more: $23,500 · Youth DevelopmentTIDES FOUNDATION: $210,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY MIAMI INC: $70,000 · PhilanthropyDwight Stephenson Foundation Inc: $45,000 · Philanthropy4WARD Miami Inc: $37,138 · PhilanthropyLITTLE STEVEN'S POLICEMAN'S BALL INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyThe Shack Harris and Doug Williams Foundation: $25,000 · Philanthropy+7 more: $67,503 · PhilanthropyDOLPHINS CYCLING CHALLENGE INC: $149,861 · HealthBaptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc: $85,000 · HealthISLAND DOLPHIN CARE INC: $20,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $18,000 · HealthFlorida Keys Healthy Start Coalition: $15,000 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $12,500 · Health+2 more: $15,500 · HealthKABOOM INC: $131,500 · Recreation & SportsSOUTH FLORIDA FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE: $24,500 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsHUIZENGA PARK FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$6,279,456Education$1,829,308Human Services$715,378Youth Development$556,704Philanthropy$479,641Health$315,861Recreation & Sports$181,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBaptist Health System Foundation Inc: $1,900,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetMiami Children's Health System Foundation Inc: $1,000,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetOrange Bowl Committee Inc: $600,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $500,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $460,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR NEW EDUCATION INITIATIVES INC: $395,500 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetPTA FLORIDA CONGRESS MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH: $275,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $210,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budget5000 Role Models of Excellence Project Inc: $204,649 over 6y, 16% of budgetEDUCATION FOUNDATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $200,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetDOLPHINS CYCLING CHALLENGE INC: $149,861 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetAIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $149,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $138,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $124,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH MIAMI INC: $110,900 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetGLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetUrban League of Broward County Inc: $90,985 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMIAMI-DADE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $90,000 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetBaptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc: $85,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHC CREATING HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES: $75,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $75,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MIAMI INC: $70,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY MIAMI INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BROWARD INC: $65,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetThe Trayvon Martin Foundation: $65,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetPRIDELINES YOUTH SERVICES INC: $59,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $55,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFISH & WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA I: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLARRY LITTLES GOLD COAST SUMMER CAMP INC: $50,000 over 5y, 7.6% of budgetINGOLD FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetTHE SUNDARI FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNova Southeastern University Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDwight Stephenson Foundation Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 48% of budgetLauren's Kids Inc: $44,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budget4WARD Miami Inc: $37,138 over 3y, 28% of budgetTHE DAN MARINO FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMexican American Council Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetJASON TAYLOR FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MIAMI INSTITUTE INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWOMEN OF TOMORROW MENTOR AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM INC: $35,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetSAVE FOUNDATION INC: $31,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetYWCA SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTUA FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetJORGE M PEREZ ART MUSEUM OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN IN DISTRESS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANTIOCH CAROL CITY COMMUNITY DEVEL: $27,893 over 1y, 45% of budgetWOMEN'S FUND OF MIAMI-DADE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.0% 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.

The Miami Foundation IncFL61.3× affinity39 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Miami Foundation Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · United Way Miami Inc · Nfl Foundation Inc · Hfsf Grants Management Inc · Baptist Health South Florida Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of Broward Inc · The Carrie Meek Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of the Florida Keys · Our Fund Foundation Inc · Ocean Reef Community 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 South Florida Sports Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from South Florida Sports Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 290%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Urban League of Broward County Inc: 44% of income from government
  • United Way Miami Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Be Strong International Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Florida Keys Childrens Shelter Inc: 19% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Jewish Community Centers of South Broward Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Kipp Miami Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Feeding South Florida Inc: 5% of income from government
  • The Sundari Foundation Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Key Bridge Inc: 5% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Here's Help Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Nova Southeastern University Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Historical Association of Southern Florida Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I: 1% of income from government
  • Health in the Hood Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Orange Bowl Committee Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Ywca South Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Lauren's Kids Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Sunshine Social Services Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Global Empowerment Mission Inc: 0% of income from government
  • St Thomas University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
29get no government money at all
32report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 138 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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