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The Circle's Foundation at a glance

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The Circle's 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.

$277k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$481kHealth$114kPhilanthropy$50kYouth Development$15kReligion$13kPublic Safety & Disaster$4kRecreation & Sports$1kEnvironment$500
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $23k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$23,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$250,000
GREATER MIAMI ADVENTIST ACADEMY$23,000
FOUNDATION FOR NEW EDUCATION INITIATIVES INC$3,000
GOONSQUAD BOOSTER CLUB INC$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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.

area typical 11%COMMUNITY HOSPICE OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC: $3k → 14%COMMUNITY HOSPICE OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC: $3k → 14%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.
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$520k · 8 repeat orgs$108k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
6

Total granted

$520k
$107k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+15%

Still filing today

63%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesInternationalEnvironmentOther
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

  • WC
    WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN PRIVATE SCHOOL INC
    4× · 2019–2025 · $385k · revenue +59%
  • JH
    JACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $8k · revenue +107%
  • CH
    COMMUNITY HOSPICE OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA
    2× · 2021–2024 · $5k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • BH
    Baptist Health South Florida Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +29%
  • GF
    GRACE FELLOWSHIP OF WEST PALM BEACH INC
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
  • ET
    EDUCATE TOMORROW CORP
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +8%
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
University of Miami
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2
South Miami Childrens Clinic Inc

Pediatric medical clinic for uninsured and underinsured children

Health
3
Miami Children's Health System Inc

Nicklaus Children's Health System is the region's only healthcare system exclusively for children. Our mission is to inspire hope and promote lifelong health by providing the best care to every child. TO PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS OF, OR TO…

Health
4
Doctors Hospital Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of doctors hospital, inc. is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is a…

Health
5
Miami Cancer Institute At Baptist Health Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of miami cancer institute at baptist health, inc is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve.…

Health
6
Variety Children's Hospital

To inspire hope and promote lifelong health by providing the best care to every child.

Health
7
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
8
South Miami Hospital Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of south miami hospital is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is a…

Health
9
Baptist Health Medical Group Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of baptist health medical group inc is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist…

Health
10
Baptist Hospital of Miami Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of baptist hospital of miami is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is a…

Health
11
Mariners Hospital Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of mariner's hospital is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is a…

Health
12
West Kendall Baptist Hospital Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of west kendall baptist hospital, inc. is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Baptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cure Ahc Inc. 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

11 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. 11 of the 16 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
8/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN PRIVATE SCHOOL INC: $384,500 · EducationWESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN PRIVATE SCHOOL INCFOUNDATION FOR NEW EDUCATION INITIATIVES INC: $49,500 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR NEW EDUCATION INITIATIVES INCBaptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc: $100,000 · HealthBaptist Health Sou…JACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 · HealthJACKSON HEALTH FOU…+2 more: $1,250 · HealthGREATER MIAMI ADVENTIST ACADEMY: $44,000 · OtherGREATER MIAM…MIAMI TEMPLE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH: $14,000 · OtherMIAMI TEMPLE…MIAMI BRIDGE YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $12,500 · OtherMIAMI BRIDGE…GRACE FELLOWSHIP OF WEST PALM BEACH INC: $3,000 · Other+2 more: $3,000 · OtherUNITED WAY MIAMI INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY HOSPICE OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA: $5,000 · Human ServicesEDUCATE TOMORROW CORP: $2,500 · InternationalFAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN INC: $500 · Environment
Education$434,000Health$109,250Other$76,500Philanthropy$50,000Human Services$5,000International$2,500Environment$500

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 budgetWESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN PRIVATE SCHOOL INC: $384,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetBaptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY MIAMI INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR NEW EDUCATION INITIATIVES INC: $49,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMIAMI BRIDGE YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY HOSPICE OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCATE TOMORROW CORP: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCURE AHC INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $250 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.

The Batchelor Foundat…United Way Miami IncThe Miami Foundation …Mightycause Charitabl…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Batchelor Foundation IncFL15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Batchelor Foundation Inc · United Way Miami Inc · The Miami Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Circle's Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Circle's Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • United Way Miami Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Jackson Health Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Educate Tomorrow Corp: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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.

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 16 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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