· Private foundation
The Dianne and Michael Bienes Charitable Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 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 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $10k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL | $100,000 |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BEARS FOUNDATION INC | $100,000 |
| BROWARD PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| ST THOMAS AQUINAS HIGH SCHOOL | $15,000 |
| AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORDER OF MALTA | $6,450 |
| ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CATHOLIC CHURCH | $4,000 |
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 (FY17–17, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HCHOLY CROSS HOSPITAL INC7× · 2017–2024 · $551k · revenue +52%
- STST THOMAS AQUINAS HIGH SCHOOL6× · 2017–2024 · $120k
- FGFLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC3× · 2017–2019 · $41k · revenue -91%
Funded once
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +35%- BPBROWARD PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue -12%
- CHCATHOLIC HOSPICE INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +122%
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.
See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…
The orchestra is dedicated to bringing orchestral music of the highest caliber to south florida. its mission is to delight, inspire and educate the communities we serve through music.
To enrich people's lives through an awareness and deeper appreciation of opera in broward county.
Prepares gifted graduates of prestigious music programs for successful careers in orchestras and ensembles.
Volta music foundations mission is to provide students in underserved communities the opportunity to advance their musical careers through a variety of educational programs and talent development opportunities.
Barry university is a catholic institution of higher education founded by the adrian dominican sisters. with a liberal arts tradition, barry university is a scholarly community committed to the highest academic standards in undergraduate,…
Community orchestra
To provide access to high-quality music education for anyone who seeks it, regardless of economic status, ability level, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or religious affiliation.
Miami music project uses music as an instrument for social transformation, empowering children to acquire values and achieve their full potential, positively affecting their society through the study and performance of music. our vision is…
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 15 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 HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BROWARD INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC ↗
- Who funds BROWARD PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SYMPHONY OF THE AMERICAS INC ↗
- Who funds BROWARD PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC HOSPICE INC ↗
- Who funds ORDER OF MALTA WORLDWIDE RELIEF MALTESER INTERNATIONAL AMERICAS ↗
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: Hi Foundation Inc · The Amaturo Family Foundation · Community Foundation of Broward Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Dianne and Michael Bienes Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dianne and Michael Bienes Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Holy Cross Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
- Catholic Hospice Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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