Florida · Private foundation
The Downes Family 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.
- $155k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations The Downes Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k 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 | 15 | $125k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $142k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $111k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $94k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $92k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $60k | 42% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $52k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $44k | 54% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Center for the Arts | $95,222 | 5 | 0% |
| Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church | $62,500 | 3 | n/a |
| MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation Inc | $54,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Hubbard House Inc | $26,772 | 5 | 0% |
| K9s for Warriors Inc | $23,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Sanctuary of Northeast Florida Inc | $17,645 | 4 | 1% |
| Sawgrass Foundation Inc | $17,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Center for the Arts of Bonita Springs Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Crested Butte Music Festival Inc | $9,400 | 3 | 1% |
| Mission House Inc | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Center for the Arts | $95,222 | 5 | 0% |
| Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church | $62,500 | 3 | n/a |
| MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation Inc | $54,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Hubbard House Inc | $26,772 | 5 | 0% |
| K9s for Warriors Inc | $23,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Sanctuary of Northeast Florida Inc | $17,645 | 4 | 1% |
| Sawgrass Foundation Inc | $17,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Center for the Arts of Bonita Springs Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Crested Butte Music Festival Inc | $9,400 | 3 | 1% |
| Mission House Inc | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Queen of All Saints | $5,650 | 4 | n/a |
| Annika Foundation | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Parkway Baptist | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| True Blue Navy Families Benefactors Inc | $650 | 2 | 0% |
| University of North Florida Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($405k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Downes Family 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: Pga Tour Inc · The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc · The Thomas M and Irene Kirbo Charitable Foundation · United Way of Northeast Florida Inc · Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Downes Family Foundation
- How much does The Downes Family Foundation give?
- The Downes Family Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $154,531 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Downes Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (20%), Religion (20%), Health (15%).
- Who are The Downes Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Center for the Arts ($95k), Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church ($63k), MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation Inc ($55k).
- Does The Downes Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Downes Family 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 Downes Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pga Tour Inc, The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc, The Thomas M and Irene Kirbo Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Downes Family Foundation based?
- The Downes Family Foundation is based in FL.
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