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Swfl Children's Charities Inc Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest

We provide support to organizations that provide services to children in southwest florida and education to local students majoring in health sciences at local colleges.

$2.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$2.6M
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.

Health$16MHuman Services$92kPublic Safety & Disaster$72kFood & Nutrition$37kYouth Development$30kEducation$25k
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,602,123
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LEE HEALTH FOUNDATION$2,602,123
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 (FY19–19, $34k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%HOPE KIDS CAREHOPE HOSPICE: $34k → 11%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$16M · 3 repeat orgs$749k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
16

Total granted

$16M
$749k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
+51%

Still filing today

100%
100%

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
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • LM
    LEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $14M
  • FS
    FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +137%
  • FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $943k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • DL
    DAVID LAWRENCE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $226k · revenue +75%
  • RM
    Ronald McDonald House Globalgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $120k · revenue +82%
  • VH
    VALERIE'S HOUSE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $92k · revenue +165%
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
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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2
The Florida International University Health Care Network Inc

Fiu health care network's mission is to improve and support medical education at the fiu herbert wertheim college of medicine and provide clinical support services to the larger fiu community.

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3
University of Florida Health Corporation

UF Health's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic,…

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4
Volusiaflagler County Coalition for the Homeless Inc

Charitable or educational purposes related to services for persons experiencing homelessness and persons at risk of homelessness in the service area. in pursuance of the foregoing purposes, vfcch shall facilitate and coordinate the…

Human Services
5
Florida Association of Community Health Centers Inc

The mission of the florida association of community health centers, inc. is to advance florida's community health centers through resource development, partnerships, technical assistance, and increased community awareness.

Health
6
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Hospital Inc

The primary purpose of the h. lee moffitt cancer center and research institute hospital, inc. ("hospital") is to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer.

Health
7
The Florida Center for Early Childhood Inc

The florida center supports the healthy development of young children, specializing in those with delays, disabilities or mental health challenges. our mission- "to help build and foster strong families and expand the potential of young…

Human Services
8
Florida Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc

Working in partnership with state business leaders to secure florida's future.

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9
Flagler County Free Clinic Inc

The mission of the flagler county free clinic is to provide high-quality, free medical care to the medically uninsured, economically disadvantaged people of our community regardless of religious, racial or sexual identity. the clinic…

Health
10
The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast Inc

Suncoast hospice's mission is to be the center to improve life for those touched by advanced illness, death, dying, grief, bereavement and other end-of-life issues.

Human Services
11
Hospice of the Florida Keys Inc

To enable individuals to remain in their homes by supporting compassionate, effective, life-enhancing health and supportive services. at this time, hfk care corporation is inactive.

Human Services
12
Florida Research Center for Agricultural Sustainability Inc
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Cooperative Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. 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

19 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
13/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $13,688,188 · PhilanthropyLEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC+1 more: $72,019 · PhilanthropyFLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $1,093,630 · EducationFLORIDA SOUTHW…FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $943,150 · EducationFLORIDA GULF C…DAVID LAWRENCE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC: $226,270 · HealthRonald McDonald House Global: $120,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC: $20,400 · HealthHELP A DIABETIC CHILD INC: $13,600 · Health+2 more: $14,000 · HealthVALERIE'S HOUSE INC: $92,355 · Human ServicesHOPE HOSPICE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $34,000 · Human ServicesBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $17,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY COOPERATIVE INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesSALUSCARE INC: $50,000 · OtherLIGHTHOUSE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $15,000 · OtherPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE HEIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Community ImprovementHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $12,500 · Food & Nutrition
Philanthropy$13,760,207Education$2,036,780Health$394,270Human Services$150,355Other$65,000Youth Development$30,000Community Improvement$25,000Food & Nutrition$12,500

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 budgetLEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $13,688,188 over 8y, 6.3% of budgetFLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $1,093,630 over 6y, 8.4% of budgetFLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $943,150 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetDAVID LAWRENCE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC: $226,270 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetVALERIE'S HOUSE INC: $92,355 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetThe United Way of Lee County Inc: $72,019 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSALUSCARE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE HOSPICE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $34,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HEIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC: $20,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $17,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHELP A DIABETIC CHILD INC: $13,600 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA LIONS EYE CLINC INC: $7,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY COOPERATIVE INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Collier Community Fou…Suncoast Credit Union…The League Club IncSouthwest Florida Com…The Richard M Schulze…The United Way of Lee…The Bank of America C…Raymond James Charita…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…
Collier Community Foundation IncFL19.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Collier Community Foundation Inc · Suncoast Credit Union Foundation · The League Club Inc · Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · The United Way of Lee County Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Swfl Children's Charities Inc Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Swfl Children's Charities Inc Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Pace Center for Girlsinc: 2% of income from government
  • David Lawrence Mental Health Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The United Way of Lee County Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Saluscare Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Help a Diabetic Child Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Valerie's House Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get 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 · 0–10%
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 19 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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