· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k16 grants · $19k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $26k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BROWARD PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HOMELESS INC | $13,484 |
| PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS - BROWARD | $12,278 |
| HENDERSON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | $4,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $3,000 |
| WOMEN IN DISTRESS INC | $2,500 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $2,500 |
| VOICES FOR THE CHILDREN | $2,000 |
| CHILDRENS AID CLUB | $750 |
| NSU ART MUSEUM | $700 |
| REBUILDING TOGETHER BROWARD | $500 |
| PANTRY OF BROWARD | $500 |
| TASKFORCE FOR ENDING HOMELESSNESS | $500 |
| UNCS CARES FOUNDATION | $500 |
| THE CARING PLACE | $500 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BROWARD | $250 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 21% of The Circle of Friends Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 96% of the giving stays in FL; by stated purpose, 78%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.
31 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $750 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BPBROWARD PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HOMELESS INC3× · 2017–2025 · $31k · revenue +112%
- WIWOMEN IN DISTRESS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC8× · 2017–2025 · $25k · revenue +135%
- HBHENDERSON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INC7× · 2019–2025 · $19k · revenue +35%
Funded once
- PCPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +28%
- HAHELPING ADVANCE AND NURTURE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH INC (HANDY INC)graduatedone grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue +166%
- FLFORT LAUDERDALE WOMANS CLUBone grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue -23%
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.
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.
Organization mission: florida's children first is a non-profit, nonpartisan, independent advocacy organization committed to protecting and advancing the rights of children and youth impacted by the child welfare, juvenile justice, and…
Mission the mission of broward house is to improve the quality of life for individuals impacted with chronic health challenges, including hiv, by providing pathways to wellness. vision providing hope and healing to our communities,
The lord's place, inc. (the lord's place or agency) is a non-sectarian organization dedicated to breaking the cycle of homelessness for men, women and children in our community. supportive services offered through our housing programs…
To save the lives of those impacted by breast cancer by supporting sscientific research, community education, public policy through advocacy, and community-based organizations.
To cultivate financial resources dedicated to building stronger families and stronger communities through the operations and programs of families first. contributing to the foundation is an investment in a safe, healthy and sustainable…
Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.
Working in partnership with state business leaders to secure florida's future.
The space coast health foundation will enhance the health and wellness of individuals and communities in brevard county. the foundation will carry out this mission by: routinely talking with the community to maintain a pulse on the health…
Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…
Broward regional health planning council is committed to delivering health and human service innovations at the national, state, and local level through planning, direct services, evaluation and capacity building.
Families first of palm beach county, through innovative programs, promotes generational change by addressing families emotional, physical, and social well-being.
Safety, empowerment, and social change for victims of domestic violence and their families. to that end we offer a full compendium of services for victims of domestic violence.
How this is measured
35 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. 35 of the 66 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds BROWARD PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HOMELESS INC ↗
- Who funds WOMEN IN DISTRESS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds HENDERSON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds TASKFORCE FORE ENDING HOMELESSNESS INC ↗
- Who funds THE PANTRY OF BROWARD INC ↗
- Who funds PACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC ↗
- Who funds CHILDRENS AID CLUB ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF BIRCH STATE PARK INC ↗
- Who funds HELPING ADVANCE AND NURTURE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH INC (HANDY INC) ↗
- Who funds FORT LAUDERDALE WOMANS CLUB ↗
- Who funds REBUILDING TOGETHER BROWARD COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds UNCS CARES CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds 1000 CLUB TO BENEFIT CANCER INC ↗
- Who funds GARY SINISE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER ↗
- Who funds SECOND CHANCE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds TOMORROW'S RAINBOW INC ↗
- Who funds Voice for Children Inc AKA Voices for Children of Florida ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Circle of Friends Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Circle of Friends Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Helping Advance and Nurture the Development of Youth Inc (Handy Inc): 21% of income from government
- Taskforce Fore Ending Homelessness Inc: 17% of income from government
- Feeding South Florida Inc: 5% of income from government
- Broward Partnership for the Homeless Inc: 5% of income from government
- Pace Center for Girlsinc: 2% of income from government
- Kids in Distress Inc: 0% of income from government
- Henderson Behavioral Health Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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