· Private foundation
The Florence Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
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 $10k6 grants · $25k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $95k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF MOBILE | $20,000 |
| YOUNG LIFE | $15,000 |
| CRITTENTON YOUTH SERVICES | $10,000 |
| VICTORY HEALTH PARTNERS | $10,000 |
| DUMAS WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER | $10,000 |
| MOBILE COUNTY METRO JAIL MINISTRIES | $10,000 |
| LIGHT OF THE VILLAGE | $10,000 |
| BAYSIDE CHURCH | $10,000 |
| CAMP RAP-A-HOPE | $5,000 |
| ELIJAH HOUSE | $5,000 |
| WINGS OF LIFE | $5,000 |
| MCKEMIE PLACE | $5,000 |
| EDITH MURPHY FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| HISTORIC MOBILE LLC | $2,250 |
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 (FY17–24, $80k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 1 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, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UOUNIVERSITY OF MOBILE8× · 2017–2024 · $231k · revenue +22%
- YLYOUNG LIFE8× · 2017–2024 · $105k · revenue +59%
- DWDUMAS WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER8× · 2017–2024 · $80k · revenue +61%
Funded once
- UOUNIVERSITY OF MOBILE NURSINGone grant, 2017 · $15k
- MMMETRO MINISTRIES OF MOBILE INCone grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -72%
- SBSOUTH BALDWIN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INCone grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +14%
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.
Operation of a public charter school in Mobile Alabama.
Harding academy of memphis, inc. is a private school providing education from pre kindergarten through grade twelve.
The corporation owns and operates a christian school which provides primary education, including traditional courses of study, for students in grades pre-k through 12
Faith Academy is an AdvanceED accredited high school and provides an alternative method for students to earn an Accredited High School Diploma. Faith Academy's non-traditional method of instruction involves a highly disciplinary approach…
Educational institution, kindergarten through 12th grade.
The organization is a christian school with certified curriculum and state certified teachers, we partner with families to equip, challenge, and inspire students to impact the world for christ by living out biblical truth.
Jubilee is a private Preschool - 8th grade religious school that seeks to provide an excellent education from a Christ centered world view.
To encourage and demonstrate grace in the body of christ across racial lines, so that communities throughout mississippi can see practical evidence of the gospel message.
To glorify god by providing a quality, christ-centered education which challenges students and teachers to maximize their potential so that graduates are prepared to further their education while becoming productive christian citizens.
Chattahoochee christian school is committed to be a school that partners with families to create a foundation of christian faith and character upon which to build academic excellence.
The Academy operates a private elementary and secondary school in Jacksonville, Florida, which teaches subjects usually taught in public schools. As a christian school, the Academy further offers students an opportunity to study the bible…
Wesley biblical seminary is a multi-denominational school of theology that provides undergraduate, graduate and doctorate level education for individuals who are preparing for christian service.
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 33 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 UNIVERSITY OF MOBILE ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds CRITTENTON YOUTH SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds DUMAS WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
- Who funds Victory Health Partners Inc ↗
- Who funds THE LIGHT OF THE VILLAGE A NONPROF CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds TEAM FOCUS INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY SERVICES VISION REHAB ↗
- Who funds Providence Hospital ↗
- Who funds McKemie Place Inc ↗
- Who funds WINGS OF LIFE INC ↗
- Who funds UMS-WRIGHT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds EDITH MURPHY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds METRO MINISTRIES OF MOBILE INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTH BALDWIN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 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: Crampton Trust #1255000731 Regions Bank Trustee · Hearin - Chandler Foundation · J L Bedsole Foundation Regions Bank Co-Trustee · Harry J and Aloyis L Sonneborn Charitable Foundation · Mayer & Arlene Mitchell Charitable Foundation · Cd Helen and Jeff Glaze Foundation · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Lillian C McGowin Foundation · Williams Charitable Foundation · Rjjb Family Foundation · As Mitchell Foundation Inc · Mapp Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Florence Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Florence Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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