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Straz 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.

$5.9M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
37
Grants FY2024
35
Organizations funded FY2023
37%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,700,000
Organizations funded a year
12 to 41
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$132M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 37% of the organizations Straz Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $277k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving36$5.9M22%
FY202335$4.8M37%
FY202226$2.2M38%
FY202121$9.8M29%
FY202012$4.8M42%
FY201941$1.2Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$19MAnimals$2.9MEducation$2.5MRecreation & Sports$1.6MReligion$1.3MHousing & Shelter$940kHealth$611kCommunity Improvement$173kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NY
CA
TN
NC
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center Foundation Inc$10,116,200211%
Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc$2,865,04054%
Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center Inc$2,403,64232%
Northwestern University$1,578,22060%
Tampa Museum of Art Inc$1,492,000413%
Wake Forest University$1,062,00060%
Metropolitan Ministries Inc$939,50061%
Carthage College$560,55050%
Berkeley Preparatory School Inc$460,0006n/a
Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc$250,00022%
Show all 37 grantees
All grantees of Straz Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center Foundation Inc$10,116,200211%
Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc$2,865,04054%
Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center Inc$2,403,64232%
Northwestern University$1,578,22060%
Tampa Museum of Art Inc$1,492,000413%
Wake Forest University$1,062,00060%
Metropolitan Ministries Inc$939,50061%
Carthage College$560,55050%
Berkeley Preparatory School Inc$460,0006n/a
Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc$250,00022%
Tampa General Hospital Foundation Inc$213,26232%
Florida House Washington DC Inc$160,706212%
The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation Incorporated$110,00013%
The University of Tampa Incorporated$85,00050%
Marquette University$65,00040%
Palma Ceia Presbyterian Church$60,0004n/a
Lightning Foundation$50,00011%
Arise Alliance Institute Inc$36,00015%
Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation Inc$35,00020%
Tampa Pride$30,00042%
Orlando Ballet Inc$20,00020%
University of Central Florida Foundation Inc$20,00010%
Mary Lees House Inc$15,05021%
Immanuel Presbyterian Church$15,0001n/a
The Florida Orchestra$15,00030%
The Chiselers Inc$15,00051%
The Junior League of Tampa Inc$10,05020%
University of South Florida Foundation Inc$10,00020%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$10,00010%
The American Film Institute$7,00010%
Innocence Project of Florida Inc$2,50020%
Cuban Club Foundation Inc$2,00020%
Rays of Hope Community Outreach Inc$2,0001n/a
St Andrews Episcopal Church$2,0001n/a
Johns Hopkins All Children's Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Children's Cancer Center Inc$1,00010%
Proverbs 31 Ministry Inc$52910%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 46 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Straz Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTampa Bay Performing Arts Center Foundation Inc: $10,116,200 over 2y, 11% of budgetLowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc: $2,865,040 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetTampa Bay Performing Arts Center Inc: $2,403,642 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetNorthwestern University: $1,578,220 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTampa Museum of Art Inc: $1,492,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetWake Forest University: $1,062,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Ministries Inc: $939,500 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetCarthage College: $560,550 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAscension Wisconsin Foundation Inc: $250,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetTampa General Hospital Foundation Inc: $213,262 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetFlorida House Washington DC Inc: $160,706 over 2y, 12% of budgetThe John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation Incorporated: $110,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetThe University of Tampa Incorporated: $85,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMarquette University: $65,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLightning Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetArise Alliance Institute Inc: $36,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetFlorida Wildlife Corridor Foundation Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTampa Pride: $30,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetOrlando Ballet Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Central Florida Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMary Lees House Inc: $15,050 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetThe Florida Orchestra: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Chiselers Inc: $15,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetThe Junior League of Tampa Inc: $10,050 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUniversity of South Florida Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Film Institute: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInnocence Project of Florida Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCuban Club Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJohns Hopkins All Children's Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Cancer Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProverbs 31 Ministry Inc: $529 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 32.

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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.

Vinik Family FoundationFL28× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vinik Family Foundation · Debartolo Family Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · Triad Foundation Inc · Frank E Duckwall Foundation · Mary & Bob Sierra Family Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Chris T Sullivan Foundation Inc · The Spurlino Foundation · Sbj Resch Family Foundation Inc · Lightning Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities 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.

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How do I get to Straz Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Straz Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Straz Family Foundation

How much does Straz Family Foundation give?
Straz Family Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $5,886,901 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 41 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Straz Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (65%), Animals (10%), Education (9%).
Who are Straz Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center Foundation Inc ($10M), Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc ($2.9M), Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center Inc ($2.4M).
Does Straz Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Straz 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 Straz Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vinik Family Foundation, Debartolo Family Foundation Inc, Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc.
Where is Straz Family Foundation based?
Straz Family Foundation is based in FL.

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 85 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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