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The Blue Gator Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Blue Gator Foundation Inc

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.

$274k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$408kFood & Nutrition$201kHealth$56kArts & Culture$26kAnimals$15kHuman Services$10kReligion$8kEnvironment$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $24k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $250k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LAKE CARES INC$200,000
RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$50,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION$8,000
POWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$5,000
SECOND CITY CANINE RESCUE$4,700
DIAMONDS IN THE RUFF RESCUE MO$4,000
NO KILL GLYNN COUNTY INC$1,700
ECC NEPAL$1,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $205k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LAKE CARES INC: $200k → 10%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $2k → 14%SOS CHILDRENS VILLAGES ILLINOIS: $1k → 14%THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $1k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OH
CA
MO
VA
DC
GA
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.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$450k · 9 repeat orgs$299k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
20

Total granted

$450k
$36k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+23%

Still filing today

67%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $264k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesPhilanthropyAnimalsInternationalHealthYouth 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

  • WA
    WEBSTER ARTS
    3× · 2022–2024 · $11k · revenue +68%
  • AF
    ARTIST FIRST
    3× · 2019–2024 · $9k · revenue +248%
  • MT
    MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $6k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • P
    PAWS
    one grant, 2024 · $4k
  • CN
    CRISIS NURSERY ST LOUIS
    one grant, 2024 · $4k
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
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
2
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
3
Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society

To maintain and operate a hospital, ambulance and veterinary services for the care of animals. the maintenance and operation of kennels and suitable chambers for the humane destruction of wounded animals.

Animals
4
Chicago Canine Rescue Foundation

Chicago canine rescue foundation finds permanent homes for homeless dogs in our community with a specific emphasis on assisting the most vulnerable animals, who without our help, would have no other options. while in our care, they are…

Animals
5
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
6
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
7
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
8
Wedontwaste Inc

We Dont Waste increases food access and protects the planet by rescuing and repurposing food, while educating and advocating to increase food security and decrease food waste.

Food & Nutrition
9
Goodwill Industries of Northern Il and Wi Stateline Area Inc

The mission of goodwill is to create opportunities for individuals with barriers to enhance their lives. barriers include physical or mental disabilities, lack of education and job preparation, socio-economic disadvantages, and others.…

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10
Us Digital Response

U.s. digital response is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that helps governments, nonprofits, and public entities respond quickly to critical public needs. the organization serves the public by leveraging a network of pro bono…

Public Safety & Disaster
11
Mercy for Animals Inc

Mercy for animals' mission is to construct a compassionate food system that is not just kind to animals but essential for the future of our planet and all who share it. our vision of a world where animals are respected, protected, and free…

Animals
12
Wayside House Inc

Our mission is to break the cycle of addiction and trauma for women, children, and families.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Mary Culver Home. 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

22 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. 22 of the 34 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
14/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAYO FOUNDATION: $400,994 · OtherMAYO FOUNDATION+18 more: $50,000 · Other+18 moreLake Cares Inc: $200,000 · Human ServicesLake Cares Inc+3 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO: $50,000 · PhilanthropyRADY CHILD…WEBSTER ARTS: $11,000 · PhilanthropyWEBSTER AR…MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $6,012 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOY…+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropySECOND CITY CANINE RESCUE: $5,700 · AnimalsDIAMONDS IN THE RUFF RESCUE MO: $4,000 · AnimalsNO KILL GLYNN COUNTY INC: $1,700 · AnimalsARTIST FIRST: $9,000 · Arts & CultureWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,000 · InternationalGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $500 · InternationalWigs For Kids Inc: $2,000 · Health
Other$450,994Human Services$205,000Philanthropy$68,012Animals$11,400Arts & Culture$9,000International$2,500Health$2,000

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 budgetRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWEBSTER ARTS: $11,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetARTIST FIRST: $9,000 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $6,012 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND CITY CANINE RESCUE: $5,700 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetDIAMONDS IN THE RUFF RESCUE MO: $4,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWigs For Kids Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLAKE COUNTY CRISIS CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGOOD SPORTS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Network of Abortion Funds: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MARY CULVER HOME: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEAFLEAD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONE FAMILY ILLINOIS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN INCORPORATED: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILY PHILANTHROPY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $500 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.

St Louis Community Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
St Louis Community FoundationMO13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 The Blue Gator Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Blue Gator Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Blue Gator Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Blue Gator Foundation Inc 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 34 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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