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The Fortin Foundation of Florida 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.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
62
Grants FY2024
70
Organizations funded FY2023
21%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$165,000
Organizations funded a year
63 to 73
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$32M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 21% of the organizations The Fortin Foundation of Florida Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving61$1.8M16%
FY202370$3.0M21%
FY202270$2.1M83%
FY202168$3.0M26%
FY202064$1.9M19%
FY201968$2.3M22%
FY201863$1.8M29%
FY201773$2.6Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$2.4MHealth$2.4MArts & Culture$2.4MHuman Services$2.2MAnimals$2.0MPhilanthropy$1.6MYouth Development$1.2MReligion$1.2MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
MT
NY
MA
PA
CA
KY
MD
TN
NC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Billings Clinic Foundation$1,000,00017%
Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc$541,20032%
Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc$530,00033%
Boys & Girls Club of Pbc$457,50031%
Promise Fund of Florida Inc$350,00035%
Billings Family YMCA Inc$290,00032%
Palm Beach Civic Association Inc$255,00035%
Rosarian Academy$235,0001n/a
Feeding South Florida Inc$150,00030%
Carroll College$150,00010%
Show all 62 grantees
All grantees of The Fortin Foundation of Florida Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Billings Clinic Foundation$1,000,00017%
Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc$541,20032%
Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc$530,00033%
Boys & Girls Club of Pbc$457,50031%
Promise Fund of Florida Inc$350,00035%
Billings Family YMCA Inc$290,00032%
Palm Beach Civic Association Inc$255,00035%
Rosarian Academy$235,0001n/a
Feeding South Florida Inc$150,00030%
Carroll College$150,00010%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Yellowstone County$110,00022%
The Doe Fund Inc$90,00030%
Family Promise of Yellowstone Valley$90,00035%
Good Shepherd Food Bank$90,00030%
St Edwards Church$76,0002n/a
Tumbleweed Runaway Program Inc$75,00032%
The Society of the Four Arts Inc$75,00030%
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church$70,0003n/a
Gulliver Preparatory School Inc$65,00030%
Billings Catholic Schools Foundation$65,00021%
Vinceremos Riding Center Inc$50,00031%
Childrens Oncology Camp Foundation$50,00031%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Palm Beach Inc$50,00020%
Her Justice Inc$45,00030%
Chinook Horses$45,000311%
Everglades Preparatory Academy Inc$43,50031%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$40,00030%
St Jude Shrine$40,0003n/a
Star of the Sea Foundation Inc$37,50030%
Alzheimer's Community Care Inc$35,00030%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Montana$35,00033%
Center for Creative Education$30,00011%
Unc Health Foundation Inc$30,00030%
Billings Catholic Schools$30,0001n/a
Georgetown Community Center Inc$30,000324%
Farmworker Childrens Centerinc$28,00026%
The Victory Center Inc$22,50030%
Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter$20,00021%
Palm Beach Fellowship of Christians and Jews Inc$17,00034%
Nashville Zoo Inc$15,00030%
Midcoast Humane$15,00030%
Holy Ground Shelter for Homeless Inc$15,00012%
The Busch Wildlife Sanctuary Inc$15,00010%
The Salvation Army$15,0002n/a
Tri County Humane Society$15,00030%
Common Grounds Community Development Corp$14,00026%
Palm Beach Island Cats Inc$13,00024%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$12,0002n/a
Woodmont Christian Church$10,0001n/a
Montana State University Billings Foundation & Alumni$10,00010%
The North Carolina Children's Museum$10,00020%
National Disaster Search Dog Foundation$10,00010%
Diocese of Palm Beach$10,0001n/a
Gumbo Limbo Coastal Stewards Inc$10,00012%
Adopt a Family Inc$10,0001n/a
New Hope Charities Inc$10,00011%
University of the Cumberlands Inc$10,00010%
Pelican Harbor Seabird Station Inc$5,00010%
R U 4 Me Pet Rescue Inc$5,00012%
The Garden Club of Palm Beach Inc$5,00011%
Palm Beach Public School Orchestral Strings Foundation Inc$5,00018%
Glades Academy Foundation Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 157 recipients with no EIN on record ($13M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Fortin Foundation of Florida Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBillings Clinic Foundation: $1,000,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetPeggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc: $541,200 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $530,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Pbc: $457,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetPromise Fund of Florida Inc: $350,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetBillings Family YMCA Inc: $290,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetPalm Beach Civic Association Inc: $255,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetFeeding South Florida Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCarroll College: $150,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Yellowstone County: $110,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetThe Doe Fund Inc: $90,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Promise of Yellowstone Valley: $90,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank: $90,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTumbleweed Runaway Program Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGulliver Preparatory School Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBillings Catholic Schools Foundation: $65,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetVinceremos Riding Center Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetChildrens Oncology Camp Foundation: $50,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Diocese of Palm Beach Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHer Justice Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetChinook Horses: $45,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetEverglades Preparatory Academy Inc: $43,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetStar of the Sea Foundation Inc: $37,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAlzheimer's Community Care Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Central Montana: $35,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetCenter for Creative Education: $30,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUnc Health Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgetown Community Center Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 24% of budgetFarmworker Childrens Centerinc: $28,000 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetThe Victory Center Inc: $22,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetYellowstone Valley Animal Shelter: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetPalm Beach Fellowship of Christians and Jews Inc: $17,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetNashville Zoo Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMidcoast Humane: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHoly Ground Shelter for Homeless Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetThe Busch Wildlife Sanctuary Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTri County Humane Society: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCommon Grounds Community Development Corp: $14,000 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetPalm Beach Island Cats Inc: $13,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetMontana State University Billings Foundation & Alumni: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe North Carolina Children's Museum: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNational Disaster Search Dog Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGumbo Limbo Coastal Stewards Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetNew Hope Charities Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUniversity of the Cumberlands Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPelican Harbor Seabird Station Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 52.

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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.

The Mary Alice Fortin FoundationFL40.6× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Mary Alice Fortin Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · Town Pump Charitable Foundation · Billings Community Foundation · Donald & Carol Roberts Foundation in Memory of Virginia K Weston Inc · Charles M Bair Family Trust · Lost Tree Village Charitable Foundation · Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Fortin Foundation of Florida Inc

How much does The Fortin Foundation of Florida Inc give?
The Fortin Foundation of Florida Inc reported 62 grants totaling $1,845,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 63 and 73 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Fortin Foundation of Florida Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (12%), Health (12%), Arts & Culture (12%).
Who are The Fortin Foundation of Florida Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Billings Clinic Foundation ($1.0M), Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc ($541k), Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc ($530k).
Does The Fortin Foundation of Florida Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Fortin Foundation of Florida Inc 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 Fortin Foundation of Florida Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Mary Alice Fortin Foundation, Montana Community Foundation Inc, First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc.
Where is The Fortin Foundation of Florida Inc based?
The Fortin Foundation of Florida Inc is based in FL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 220 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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