Florida · Public charity
The Fort Myers Rotary Trust Fund
To promote charitable giving for qualified organizations.
- $103k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2025
- $51k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,753
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $738k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 80% of the organizations The Fort Myers Rotary Trust Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 93% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 7% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $185k 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 | 3 | $51k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $198k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $26k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $65k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $31k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $51k | 80% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $41k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon of Hope Pine Island Inc | $84,907 | 2 | 5% |
| The Heights Center Inc | $79,743 | 1 | 3% |
| Joshua Collingsworth Memorial Foundation | $66,595 | 5 | 8% |
| Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc | $54,684 | 3 | 0% |
| Global Refuge International | $47,300 | 2 | n/a |
| The United Way of Lee County Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Goodwill Industries of Sw Florida Inc | $33,848 | 2 | 0% |
| Midwest Food Bank Nfp | $10,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Cart Fund Inc | $9,391 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon of Hope Pine Island Inc | $84,907 | 2 | 5% |
| The Heights Center Inc | $79,743 | 1 | 3% |
| Joshua Collingsworth Memorial Foundation | $66,595 | 5 | 8% |
| Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc | $54,684 | 3 | 0% |
| Global Refuge International | $47,300 | 2 | n/a |
| The United Way of Lee County Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Goodwill Industries of Sw Florida Inc | $33,848 | 2 | 0% |
| Midwest Food Bank Nfp | $10,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Cart Fund Inc | $9,391 | 1 | 0% |
| Lee County Coalition for a Drug Free SWFL | $5,123 | 1 | n/a |
| Rotary District 5890 Charities Inc | $5,100 | 1 | 2% |
| Florida Dental Association Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Partners for Breast Cancer Careinc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Pine Manor Improvement Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 9% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Fort Myers Rotary Trust Fund 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: The United Way of Lee County Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Fort Myers Rotary Trust Fund
- How much does The Fort Myers Rotary Trust Fund give?
- The Fort Myers Rotary Trust Fund reported 3 itemized grants totaling $51,144, out of $103,375 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Fort Myers Rotary Trust Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (50%), Food & Nutrition (14%), International (13%).
- Who are The Fort Myers Rotary Trust Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Beacon of Hope Pine Island Inc ($85k), The Heights Center Inc ($80k), Joshua Collingsworth Memorial Foundation ($67k).
- Does The Fort Myers Rotary Trust Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Fort Myers Rotary Trust Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The United Way of Lee County Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Fort Myers Rotary Trust Fund based?
- The Fort Myers Rotary Trust Fund is based in FL.
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