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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 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 2024.

Recreation & Sports$1.6MCommunity Improvement$302kArts & Culture$156kFood & Nutrition$60kPublic Benefit$48kReligion$20kScience & Tech$6kAnimals$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $27,750, the rows itemized in this filing. The $145,055 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $117,305 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 $10k2 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$7,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$15M
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

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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its 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 America Tampa Bay Inc: $8k → 13%Feeding Tampa Bay: $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
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has 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

+40%
+138%

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
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

  • 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 +42%
  • 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%
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
Tampa Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc

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

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2
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.

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3
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
4
Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce Inc

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

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5
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.

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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…

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7
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
8
Florida Police Chiefs Association Inc

Fpca's mission is to continuously enhance law enforcement by providing a unified voice for police chiefs statewide and nationally, serving as the public face of law enforcement executive leadership, and providing a forum for executive…

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9
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…

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10
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
11
Financial Planning Association

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

Community Improvement
12
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.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tampa Bay Sports Commission Inc; 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.
04the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 25 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.

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

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 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 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 budgetLaxer Family Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetThe Florida Aquarium Inc: $5,000 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.

Tampa Bay Sports Comm…Florida Health Scienc…The Bank of America C…Amazonsmile Foundation
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

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 Tampa Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tampa Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Florida Aquarium Inc: 0% 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, 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 25 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $129k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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