Florida · Public charity
The Cape Coral Rotary Foundation Inc
The organization is organized to receive donations, bequests and income from money-raising efforts all for disbursal to charitable, literary or other eleemosynary activities as provided for and described in section 501(c)3 of the internal revenue code.
- $103k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2026
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Itemized, FY2026
- $43k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2026
- $10,600
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 4
- FY2020 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $758k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 25% of the organizations The Cape Coral Rotary Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 3 | $33k | 0% |
| FY2025 | 4 | $32k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $43k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $31k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $23k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $11k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Coral Caring Center Inc | $55,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Florida Gulf Coast University | $31,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Florida Southwestern State College | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Chamber of Commerce of Cape Coral Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lifeline Family Center Inc | $19,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Matlacha Hookers Inc | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Guardian Angels for Special Population Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Cape Coral Animal Shelter Corporation | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sally J Pimentel Deaf and Hard of Hearing Center | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Florida Gulf Coast Univeristy Financing Corp | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Coral Caring Center Inc | $55,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Florida Gulf Coast University | $31,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Florida Southwestern State College | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Chamber of Commerce of Cape Coral Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lifeline Family Center Inc | $19,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Matlacha Hookers Inc | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Guardian Angels for Special Population Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Cape Coral Animal Shelter Corporation | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sally J Pimentel Deaf and Hard of Hearing Center | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Florida Gulf Coast Univeristy Financing Corp | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Blue Line Bears Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
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.
Open a dossier: Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc · The United Way of Lee County Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Cape Coral Rotary Foundation Inc with peer funders
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus
How do I get to The Cape Coral Rotary Foundation Inc?
Find your warmest path to The Cape Coral Rotary 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.
About The Cape Coral Rotary Foundation Inc
- How much does The Cape Coral Rotary Foundation Inc give?
- The Cape Coral Rotary Foundation Inc reported 4 itemized grants totaling $43,100, out of $103,180 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 4 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2025.
- What does The Cape Coral Rotary Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (32%), Human Services (18%), International (16%).
- Who are The Cape Coral Rotary Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2026: Cape Coral Caring Center Inc ($56k), Florida Gulf Coast University ($32k), Florida Southwestern State College ($20k).
- Does The Cape Coral Rotary Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Cape Coral Rotary Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc, The United Way of Lee County Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Cape Coral Rotary Foundation Inc based?
- The Cape Coral Rotary Foundation Inc is based in FL.
Play a game based on Cape Coral Rotary’s filings →