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The Charles Lafitte Florida Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$641k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
14
Grants FY2025
12
Organizations funded FY2024
42%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$250,000
Organizations funded a year
10 to 24
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$36M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 42% of the organizations The Charles Lafitte Florida Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving14$641k43%
FY202412$1.9M42%
FY202314$2.5M21%
FY202212$1.4M42%
FY202111$2.4M55%
FY202010$1.5M50%
FY201915$1.6M33%
FY201824$1.6M71%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$12MRecreation & Sports$1.1MHealth$636kFood & Nutrition$150kYouth Development$105kAnimals$100kHuman Services$95kPhilanthropy$65kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
WA
MT
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
MD
DE
NC
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 47 grantees
All grantees of The Charles Lafitte Florida Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Duke University$10,832,67290%
Phillips Exeter Academy$766,66730%
Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation$310,00080%
American Friends of Black Stork$100,000225%
Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc$100,00010%
Special Operations Warrior Foundation$100,00011%
Game Conservancy USA Inc$100,00043%
Place of Hope Inc$81,00040%
Monmouth Medical Center Foundation Inc$45,00030%
Hobe Sound Community Chest Inc$30,00031%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$25,00010%
Mane Stream Inc$20,0001n/a
Friends of the Middlesex County Asap$16,00045%
Mary's Place by the Sea Inc$15,20021%
Center for Creative Education Inc$15,0001n/a
The Frances Foundation for Kids Fighting Cancer Inc$15,00031%
Jupiter Island Garden Clubinc$10,50031%
American Society for Yad Vashem Inc$10,00010%
Stuttering Association for the Young Inc$10,00011%
The Bridge of Books Foundation Inc$10,000212%
Tigger Stavola Foundation$10,00012%
Monmouth Day Care Center Inc$10,00011%
The Center for Family Justice Inc$10,00010%
House of Cherith Inc$10,00010%
United States Ski Team Foundation$10,00010%
World Cup Dreams Foundation Fka Sfi Foundation$10,00021%
Saint Barnabas Medical Center$10,0001n/a
International OCD Foundation Inc$9,78910%
Creative Visions Foundation$5,00010%
Academy for Precision Learning$5,00010%
Jupiter Island Arts Council Inc$5,00010%
Broward Education Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Jersey Strong Foundation$2,50013%
Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore Inc$2,50010%
Stephy's Place - a New Life Support Center for Grief and Loss$2,50012%
Els for Autism Foundation$2,50010%
Jupiter Island Historical Society Inc$2,00041%
Stowe Rescue Squad Inc$2,00021%
Jupiter Island Residents Association Inc$1,20011%
Brielle Fire Company No 1$1,00011%
The Development Wing Inc$1,00014%
University of San Diego$1,00010%
Design Thinking Academy Inc$1,0001n/a
Stowe Volunteer Firefighters Inc$1,00013%
The Greene School Inc$1,00010%
Meridian Health Foundation$1,0001n/a
Wild Sheep Foundation$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Charles Lafitte Florida Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 42 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDuke University: $10,832,672 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetPhillips Exeter Academy: $766,667 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation: $310,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Friends of Black Stork: $100,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSpecial Operations Warrior Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGame Conservancy USA Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetPlace of Hope Inc: $81,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMonmouth Medical Center Foundation Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHobe Sound Community Chest Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Middlesex County Asap: $16,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetMary's Place by the Sea Inc: $15,200 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetThe Frances Foundation for Kids Fighting Cancer Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetJupiter Island Garden Clubinc: $10,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican Society for Yad Vashem Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStuttering Association for the Young Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Bridge of Books Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetTigger Stavola Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetMonmouth Day Care Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Center for Family Justice Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHouse of Cherith Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUnited States Ski Team Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Cup Dreams Foundation Fka Sfi Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetInternational OCD Foundation Inc: $9,789 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCreative Visions Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAcademy for Precision Learning: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJupiter Island Arts Council Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBroward Education Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJersey Strong Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetGirl Scouts of the Jersey Shore Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStephy's Place - a New Life Support Center for Grief and Loss: $2,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetEls for Autism Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJupiter Island Historical Society Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetStowe Rescue Squad Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetJupiter Island Residents Association Inc: $1,200 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBrielle Fire Company No 1: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Development Wing Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetUniversity of San Diego: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStowe Volunteer Firefighters Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetThe Greene School Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWild Sheep Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 42.

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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.

New Jersey Natural Gas Company Charity IncNJ21.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Jersey Natural Gas Company Charity Inc · Oceanfirst Foundation · Manasquan Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · The Ansell Grimm & Aaron Foundation Inc · The Jay and Linda Grunin Foundation D/B/A Grunin Foundation · The Patton Charitable Foundation · George and Ruth Harms Foundation · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management 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.

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About The Charles Lafitte Florida Foundation

How much does The Charles Lafitte Florida Foundation give?
The Charles Lafitte Florida Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $641,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Charles Lafitte Florida Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (82%), Recreation & Sports (8%), Health (4%).
Who are The Charles Lafitte Florida Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Duke University ($11M), Phillips Exeter Academy ($767k), Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation ($310k).
Does The Charles Lafitte Florida Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Charles Lafitte Florida Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Charles Lafitte Florida Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include New Jersey Natural Gas Company Charity Inc, Oceanfirst Foundation, Manasquan Bank Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is The Charles Lafitte Florida Foundation based?
The Charles Lafitte Florida Foundation is based in FL.

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 80 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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