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Tampa Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc

To market and promote the Hillsborough County destination to tourists nationally and internationally.

$145k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What you fund
0171% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY20172024.

Recreation & Sports$1.2MEmployment$105kPhilanthropy$80kCommunity Improvement$74kFood & Nutrition$60kArts & Culture$21kPublic Benefit$8kAnimals$5kOther$650k
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 3 grants below total $27,750 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $145,055 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $117,305 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$7,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival Inc$15,000
Bespoke Collaborative Charities Inc$7,500
Tampa Theatre$5,250
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%DSE HOCKEY CLUB LLP: $15k → 5%MEETING PROFESSIONALS INTERNATIONAL: $27k → 14%ASAE FOUNDATION: $12k → 14%MEETING PROFESSIONALS INTERNATIONAL: $17k → 11%COPPERHEAD CHARITIES INC: $25k → 12%Hispanic Business Initiative Fund of Florida Inc: $6k → 13%Laxer Family Foundation: $5k → 13%FLORIDA TOURISM INDUSTRY MARKETING CORP INC: $36k → 19%RELIGIOUS CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $7k → 16%PROFESSIONAL CONVENTION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: $16k → 14%SOCIETY OF GOVERNMENT MEETING PROFESSIONALS INC: $16k → 9%MEETING PROFESSIONALS INTERNATIONAL: $9k → 14%ASAE FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%COPPERHEAD CHARITIES INC: $25k → 12%Hispanic Business Initiative Fund of Florida Inc: $5k → 13%TAMPA BAY SPORTS COMMISSION INC: $788k → 13%FLORIDA SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES INC: $33k → 19%RELIGIOUS CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $7k → 16%PROFESSIONAL CONVENTION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: $10k → 14%SOCIETY OF GOVERNMENT MEETING PROFESSIONALS INC: $15k → 9%DESTINATION MARKETING ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL: $14k → 14%COPPERHEAD CHARITIES INC: $25k → 12%Hispanic Business Initiative Fund of Florida Inc: $5k → 13%TAMPA BAY SPORTS COMMISSION: $253k → 13%FLORIDA SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES INC: $32k → 19%RELIGIOUS CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $7k → 16%PROFESSIONAL CONVENTION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: $7k → 14%SOCIETY OF GOVERNMENT MEETING PROFESSIONALS INC: $10k → 9%ESPN PRODUCTIONS: $25k → 12%TAMPA BAY SPORTS COMMISSION: $150k → 13%FLORIDA SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES INC: $31k → 19%TAMPA HILLSBOROUGH FILM & DIGITAL MEDIA COMMISSION INC: $50k → 13%TAMPA HILLSBOROUGH FILM & DIGITAL MEDIA COMMISSION INC: $30k → 13%TAMPA HILLSBOROUGH FILM & DIGITAL MEDIA COMMISSION INC: $25k → 13%Tampa Theatre Inc: $10k → 13%Tampa Theatre: $5k → 13%Tampa Theatre: $5k → 13%FEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY: $32k → 13%Feeding Tampa Bay: $8k → 13%Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc: $8k → 13%Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc: $8k → 13%TAMPA BAY BUSINESS JOURNAL: $27k → 13%Uptown Entertainment Group LLC: $15k → 13%TAMPA BAY BUSINESS JOURNAL: $7k → 13%Bespoke Collaborative Charities Inc: $8k → 13%TAMPA BAY BOWL ASSOCIATION INC: $100k → 13%TAMPA BAY BOWL ASSOCIATION INC: $100k → 13%TAMPA BAY BOWL ASSOCIATION INC: $100k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.0M · 14 repeat orgs$160k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
9

Total granted

$2.0M
$137k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+145%

Still filing today

86%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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
Community ImprovementRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyEmploymentFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TB
    TAMPA BAY BOWL ASSOCIATION INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $300k · revenue +13%
  • TH
    Tampa Hillsborough Film and Digital Media Commission Inc
    3× · 2017–2019 · $105k · revenue +31%
  • FS
    FLORIDA SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $95k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • FT
    FLORIDA TOURISM INDUSTRY MARKETING CORP INC
    one grant, 2019 · $36k · revenue +17%
  • EP
    ESPN PRODUCTIONS INC
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
  • MP
    Meeting Professionals International Tampa Bay Area
    one grant, 2017 · $17k · revenue -34%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Tampa Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc

To market and promote the Hillsborough County destination to tourists nationally and internationally.

2
Tampa Bay Partnership Inc

The tampa bay partnership is a privately funded, ceo-driven regional advocacy organization, committed to creating a unified, competitive and prosperous tampa bay.

3
Orlandoorange County Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc

The mission of visit orlando, as the industry's leader, is to brand, market and sell the area globally as a premier leisure, convention and business destination to generate positive economic impact.

4
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
5
Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce Inc

To serve our members and enhance our community by building business success.

6
Greater Cincinnati Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc

The cincinnati usa convention & visitors bureau is an aggressive sales, marketing, and service organization. our primary responsibility is to positively impact the region's area economy through convention, tradeshow and visitor…

7
Financial Planning Association

To elevate the profession that transforms lives through the power of financial planning.

Community Improvement
8
Florida Petroleum Marketers Association Inc

The mission of the florida petroleum marketers association is to protect the industry and advocate on its behalf. we strive to promote a growth oriented business community in the state of florida and work to ensure that everyone of our…

Community Improvement
9
St Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce

The st petersburg area chamber of commerce shall be the preeminent leader of business in order to ensure the economic growth and vitality for all in our community.

10
International Trademark Association Inc

We are a global association of brand owners and professionals dedicated to supporting trademarks and complementary intellectual property (IP) to foster consumer trust, economic growth, and innovation, and committed to building a better…

11
South Tampa Chamber of Commerce Inc

The mission of the south tampa chamber is to provide a forum which connects members, enhances commerce and enriches the south tampa community.

12
Texas Association of Business

As the state chamber of commerce, tab is the most influential and dominant voice for public policy issues affecting business in texas. through proven results-oriented advocacy and member services, tab develops a climate in texas which…

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tampa Bay Sports Commission Inc and the most unlike its peers is Meeting Professionals International Tampa Bay Area. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 43 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number27%5%<5yr16%10%5–10yr20%5%10–20yr15%20%20–35yr9%45%35–55yr12%15%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value27%0%<5yr16%1%5–10yr20%5%10–20yr15%60%20–35yr9%27%35–55yr12%7%55yr+

The field is 27% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 17% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/25
the rest of the field
17%
17,089/103,019

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 25 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

TAMPA BAY SPORTS COMMISSION INC — $1,190,470 · Recreation & SportsTAMPA BAY SPORTS COMMISSION INC+1 more — $15,000 · Recreation & SportsTAMPA BAY BOWL ASSOCIATION INC — $300,000 · OtherTAMPA BAY BOWL ASSOCIATION INCFLORIDA SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES INC — $94,900 · OtherFLORIDA SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATION EXE…SOCIETY OF GOVERNMENT MEETING PROFESSIONALS INC (SGMP) — $40,710 · OtherSOCIETY OF GOVERNMENT MEETING PROF…FLORIDA TOURISM INDUSTRY MARKETING CORP INC — $35,750 · OtherFLORIDA TOURISM INDUSTRY MARKETING…American City Business Journals Inc — $34,000 · OtherPROFESSIONAL CONVENTION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION — $33,448 · OtherESPN PRODUCTIONS INC — $25,000 · Other+8 more — $98,747 · Other+8 moreTampa Hillsborough Film and Digital Media Commission Inc — $105,000 · EmploymentCOPPERHEAD CHARITIES INC — $75,000 · PhilanthropyLaxer Family Foundation Inc — $5,000 · PhilanthropyMEETING PROFESSIONALS INTERNATIONAL — $35,569 · Community ImprovementASAE RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $22,000 · Community ImprovementHISPANIC BUSINESS INITIATIVE FUND INC — $16,000 · Community ImprovementFEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC — $59,500 · Food & NutritionTHE TAMPA THEATRE INC A/K/A TAMPA THEATRE FOUNDATION — $20,500 · Arts & Culture
Recreation & Sports$1,205,470Other$662,555Employment$105,000Philanthropy$80,000Community Improvement$73,569Food & Nutrition$59,500Arts & Culture$20,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTAMPA BAY SPORTS COMMISSION INC — $1,190,470 over 3y, 7.5% of budgetTAMPA BAY BOWL ASSOCIATION INC — $300,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTampa Hillsborough Film and Digital Media Commission Inc — $105,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetFLORIDA SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES INC — $94,900 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetCOPPERHEAD CHARITIES INC — $75,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC — $59,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSOCIETY OF GOVERNMENT MEETING PROFESSIONALS INC (SGMP) — $40,710 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetFLORIDA TOURISM INDUSTRY MARKETING CORP INC — $35,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEETING PROFESSIONALS INTERNATIONAL — $35,569 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPROFESSIONAL CONVENTION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION — $33,448 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetASAE RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $22,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE TAMPA THEATRE INC A/K/A TAMPA THEATRE FOUNDATION — $20,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMeeting Professionals International Tampa Bay Area — $17,110 over 1y, 23% of budgetHISPANIC BUSINESS INITIATIVE FUND INC — $16,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTAMPA BAY BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL INC — $15,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetBESPOKE COLLABORATIVE CHARITIES INC — $7,500 over 1y, 75% of budgetThe Florida Aquarium Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLaxer Family Foundation Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Tampa Bay Sports Commission IncFL13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tampa Bay Sports Commission Inc · Florida Health Sciences Center Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Tampa Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 70%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 2%
  • Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc2% of income from government
  • The Florida Aquarium Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 25 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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