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The Allen Family Foundation Inc Fka the Bob Allen Family Foundation at a glance

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The Allen Family Foundation Inc Fka the Bob Allen Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$92k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$160kHuman Services$129kArts & Culture$96kInternational$69kHousing & Shelter$24kRecreation & Sports$23kEducation$18kAnimals$16kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$616k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PARKINSON ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL FL$20,000
STUDIO REV$10,000
PCI-MEDIA IMPAT INC$10,000
SHEPHERDS HOPE INC$10,000
FUSIONFEST$6,730
BOUNTIFUL CITIES PROJECT$5,000
COLORADO PUBLIC TELEVISION INC$5,000
GIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC$5,000
PCI-MEDIA IMPACT INC$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA$3,000
UNITED ARTS CENTRAL FLORIDA INC$2,500
WINDERMERE POLICE FOUNDATION$2,500
SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC$2,071
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY$2,000
ENTRYWAY$1,000
02The need
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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 (FY20–24, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PATH: $5k → 12%REECE'S RAINBOW: $1k → 7%FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER ORLANDO: $500 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
ID
IL
WI
NY
OR
CA
UT
CO
VA
NM
NC
LA
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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$406k · 18 repeat orgs$226k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
57

Total granted

$406k
$177k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+22%

Still filing today

72%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k 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
Arts & CultureHealthHousing & ShelterEducationHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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

  • EC
    EDGEWOOD CHILDREN'S RANCH INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $111k · revenue +35%
  • GK
    GIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC
    3× · 2018–2025 · $35k · revenue +32%
  • FI
    FUSIONFEST INC
    3× · 2021–2025 · $23k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • HP
    HOPE PARTNERSHIP INC D/B/A COMMUNITY HOPE CENTER INC
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +7%
  • CC
    CANINE COMPANIONS
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $8k
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
Nashville Public Radio

Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.

Arts & Culture
2
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Palm Beach County

Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

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3
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
4
Heart of Florida United Way Inc

The mission of heart of florida united way is to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our communities. this is accomplished by standing up for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in central florida.

Philanthropy
5
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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6
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.

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7
Hospice of the Treasure Coast Inc

Hospice of the treasure coast, inc. exists to provide hospice, grief counseling, education and other services to patients and families dealing with death and dying so that they might live as fully and comfortably as possible.

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8
Opportunity Partners

Mission: together we advance the quality of life for people with disabilities. vision: people of all abilities thrive in the world. values: impact- generate solutions that make a difference. choice - create opportunities for people to lead…

Employment
9
United Way of Northeast Florida Inc

United Way envisions a community of opportunity where everyone has hope and can reach their full potential. United Way's mission is to solve Northeast Florida's toughest challenges by connecting people, resources and ideas.

Philanthropy
10
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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11
The Hospice Foundation of the Florida Suncoast Inc

The mission of suncoast hospice foundation is to advance the understanding, participation, and support of the mission and programs of suncoast hospice and its affilated organizations, honoring the community's sacred trust through sound…

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12
Hospice of Martin & St Lucie Inc

Hospice of martin & st. lucie, inc. exists to provide hospice, grief counseling, education and other services to patients and families, dealing with death and dying so that they might live as fully and comfortably as possible. hospice…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Entryway; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

43 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. 43 of the 83 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/43
Grantees still filing
26/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DR PHILLIPS CENTER: $52,500 · OtherDR PHILLIPS CENTERGIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC: $35,000 · OtherGIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC2022 SPECIAL OLYMPICS USA GAMES: $20,220 · Other2022 SPECIAL OLYMPICS USA GAMESDOWNTOWN ARTS DIST: $18,000 · OtherDOWNTOWN ARTS DISTCANINE COMPANIONS: $10,000 · Other+51 more: $138,636 · Other+51 moreEDGEWOOD CHILDREN'S RANCH INC: $110,972 · HealthEDGEWOOD CHILDREN'S RANCH INCSHEPHERD'S HOPE INC: $28,500 · HealthSHEPHERD'S HOPE INCPARKINSON ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $20,000 · HealthPARKINSON ASSOCIATION OF CENTRA…THE ZACHARY & ELIZABETH M FISHER CENTER FOR ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $7,500 · Health+4 more: $11,000 · Health+4 moreFUSIONFEST INC: $22,500 · Arts & CultureFUSIONFEST I…UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $12,500 · Arts & CultureUNITED ARTS …STUDIO REV: $10,000 · Arts & CultureSTUDIO REVFriends of Community Radio: $7,500 · Arts & CultureFriends of C…GARDEN THEATRE INC: $5,500 · Arts & CultureGARDEN THEAT…ATLANTIC CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureATLANTIC CEN…COLORADO PUBLIC TELEVISION: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO PUB…COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS INC: $2,400 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CulturePCI-MEDIA IMPACT INC: $60,500 · InternationalPCI-MEDIA I…+1 more: $1,000 · InternationalHOPE PARTNERSHIP INC D/B/A COMMUNITY HOPE CENTER INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterBELOVED ASHEVILLE: $7,500 · Housing & ShelterSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $6,071 · Housing & ShelterNO ONE HUNGRY INC: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterASTRONAUT SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · EducationWARREN WILSON COLLEGE: $5,000 · EducationBowdoin College: $3,000 · EducationSURVIVORS EMPOWERED INC: $10,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$274,356Health$177,972Arts & Culture$70,900International$61,500Housing & Shelter$24,571Education$13,000Public Safety & Disaster$10,000

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 budgetEDGEWOOD CHILDREN'S RANCH INC: $110,972 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetPCI-MEDIA IMPACT INC: $60,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetGIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHEPHERD'S HOPE INC: $28,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFUSIONFEST INC: $22,500 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetPARKINSON ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetUNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSURVIVORS EMPOWERED INC: $10,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetHOPE PARTNERSHIP INC D/B/A COMMUNITY HOPE CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBELOVED ASHEVILLE: $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFriends of Community Radio: $7,500 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetECHO INC: $7,500 over 1y, 26% of budgetTHE ZACHARY & ELIZABETH M FISHER CENTER FOR ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAllied Arts Foundation: $6,500 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $6,071 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGARDEN THEATRE INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GOOD ENERGY PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED AGAINST POVERTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPATH - PEOPLE ATTEMPTING TO HELP: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetASTRONAUT SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetATLANTIC CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOLORADO PUBLIC TELEVISION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRunway to Hope Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWARREN WILSON COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAVE'S HOUSE INC: $3,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetBowdoin College: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS INC: $2,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREECE'S RAINBOW INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWEST ORANGE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNO ONE HUNGRY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetENTRYWAY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONE PURSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAMI GREATER ORLANDO INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER ORLANDO INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION ORLANDO INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTIMUCUA ARTS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Central Florida Found…Universal Orlando Fou…Orlando Health IncAdventist Health Syst…Mary Palmer Family Fo…The David and Lyn Ber…The Dr P Phillips Fou…John and Golda Cohen …Junebug Foundation IncJames T and Diana P B…The Lee FoundationGinsburg Family Found…
Central Florida FoundationFL25.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Central Florida Foundation · Universal Orlando Foundation Inc · Orlando Health Inc · Adventist Health SystemSunbelt Inc · Mary Palmer Family Foundation Inc · The David and Lyn Berelsman Family Charitable Foundation Trust · The Dr P Phillips Foundation · John and Golda Cohen Trust · Junebug Foundation Inc · James T and Diana P Barnes Foundation Inc · The Lee Foundation · Ginsburg Family 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 The Allen Family Foundation Inc Fka the Bob Allen Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Allen Family Foundation Inc Fka the Bob Allen Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Atlantic Center for the Arts Inc: 5% of income from government
  • United Arts of Central Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Nami Greater Orlando Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Garden Theatre Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.
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Find your warmest path to The Allen Family Foundation Inc Fka the Bob Allen 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.

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 83 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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