· Private foundation
The Emerald 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.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HYDROCEPHALUS ASSOCIATION | $2,000 |
| GALAPAGOS CONSERVANCY | $1,549 |
| MAPLE LEAF COMMUNITY RESIDENCES INC | $1,500 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $1,500 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE | $1,057 |
| NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE GREAT LAKES | $1,030 |
| SANIBEL CAPITVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| ST JUDE'S CHILDREN HOSPITAL | $1,000 |
| CLEVELAND METROPARKS | $1,000 |
| NOTES FOR MOTHER INC | $1,000 |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION | $1,000 |
| CONNECT TO A CAUSE | $1,000 |
| PELOTONIA | $518 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
| HOMER ELEMENTARY PTO | $500 |
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 (FY17–23, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 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
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 4 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, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HAHYDROCEPHALUS ASSOCIATION5× · 2020–2025 · $10k · revenue +10%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC6× · 2020–2025 · $8k · revenue +39%- ESEMPOWER SPORTS CORPORATION7× · 2017–2023 · $7k · revenue +271%
Funded once
- CTCLEAN THE WORLD FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue -10%
- PIPRESQUE ISLE COMMUNITY DEVEL ASSOone grant, 2017 · $3k
- LELCJVS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONone grant, 2020 · $3k
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.
The foundation for sarcoidosis research (fsr) is the leading international organization dedicated to finding a cure for sarcoidosis and improving care for sarcoidosis patients through research, education, and support. since its…
To empower the congenital heart disease (chd) community by advancing access to resources and specialized care that improve patient-centered outcomes.
Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.
Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…
At conquering chd we exist to conquerin the most common birth defect. we engage, listen, learn, and act. we create visibility and empower all impacted by chd. we accomplish this through awareness, knowledge, community and research.
To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.
Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.
The mission of health care without harm (hcwh) is to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health…
To improve the health of children, teenagers and young adults through excellence in patient care, education, research, advocacy and community partnerships.
We are called to strengthen communities by empowering people to respond to life's challenges.
Children's services
The mission of heart of florida united way is to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our communities. this is accomplished by standing up for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in central florida.
How this is measured
29 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. 29 of the 49 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 HYDROCEPHALUS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds EMPOWER SPORTS CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds GALAPAGOS CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF NORTHEAST OHIO ↗
- Who funds MAPLE LEAF COMMUNITY RESIDENCES ↗
- Who funds PELOTONIA ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LORAIN COUNTY ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CLEAN THE WORLD FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds FLAT ROCK HOMES INC ↗
- Who funds SANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DOWN SYNDROME DIAGNOSIS NETWORK ↗
- Who funds AROOSTOOK COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM ↗
- Who funds TOGETHER WE RISE ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS INC ↗
- Who funds The Childrens Advocacy Center ↗
- Who funds MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER ↗
- Who funds HOMER ELEMENTARY PTO INC ↗
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: Edward Jones Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Emerald Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Emerald Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Harbor House of Central Florida Inc: 24% of income from government
- Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation: 4% of income from government
- Clean the World Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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