Florida · Private foundation
The Circle of Friends 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.
- $45k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $700
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $13,484
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $81k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations The Circle of Friends Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 17 | $44k | 12% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $52k | 19% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $67k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $60k | 26% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $47k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $48k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $52k | 32% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $40k | 39% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints Catholic Mission Inc | $38,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Broward Partnership for the Homeless Inc | $30,653 | 3 | 0% |
| Women in Distress of Broward County Inc | $25,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Henderson Behavioral Health Inc | $18,834 | 7 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $11,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Taskforce Fore Ending Homelessness Inc | $7,500 | 8 | 0% |
| The Pantry of Broward Inc | $6,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Pace Center for Girlsinc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Childrens Aid Club | $5,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Friends of Birch State Park Inc | $4,925 | 6 | 1% |
Show all 35 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($300k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Circle of Friends Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Community Foundation of Broward Inc · The Harry T Mangurian Jr Foundation Inc · Bbx Capital Foundation Inc · The Jim Moran Foundation Inc · Florida Panthers Foundation Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Hi Foundation Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Alan & Marsha Levy Charitable Foundation Inc · The William R Watts Fndn Inc · United Way of Broward County Inc · The Amaturo Family Foundation
How this is measured
About The Circle of Friends Foundation
- How much does The Circle of Friends Foundation give?
- The Circle of Friends Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $44,562 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Circle of Friends Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (29%), Housing & Shelter (26%), Human Services (20%).
- Who are The Circle of Friends Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: All Saints Catholic Mission Inc ($38k), Broward Partnership for the Homeless Inc ($31k), Women in Distress of Broward County Inc ($25k).
- Does The Circle of Friends Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Circle of Friends Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Circle of Friends Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Broward Inc, The Harry T Mangurian Jr Foundation Inc, Bbx Capital Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Circle of Friends Foundation based?
- The Circle of Friends Foundation is based in FL.
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