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The Garden Club of Palm Beach Inc

These objectives are accomplished through educating our members and the community through meetings and programs and by maintaining and restoring the club's town beautification projects that have been gifted to the town over the years.

$37k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$29k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Community Improvement$235kArts & Culture$73kPublic Benefit$70kEnvironment$68kEducation$57kFood & Nutrition$3kYouth Development$2kHealth$250
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $29k
$250
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Pine Jog Environmental Center$28,500
Town of Palm Beach$6,714
Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce$500
The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc$250
Gentleman of the GardenRobert Eigelberger$250
Palm Beach Island Hospice Foundation$250
Garden Club of America$250
Palm Beach Civic Association$250
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $250) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Palm Beach Island Hospice Foundation: $250 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$502k · 8 repeat orgs$5k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
2

Total granted

$502k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
+83%

Still filing today

75%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementEducationYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • PB
    Palm Beach Civic Association Inc
    6× · 2019–2024 · $240k · revenue +30%
  • FA
    FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $97k · revenue +34%
  • TS
    The Society of the Four Arts Inc
    5× · 2019–2023 · $67k · revenue +989%

Funded once

  • FG
    FOUNDERS GARDEN CLUB OF SARASOTA INC
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue -70%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +83%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
The Garden Club of Palm Beach Inc

These objectives are accomplished through educating our members and the community through meetings and programs and by maintaining and restoring the club's town beautification projects that have been gifted to the town over the years. the…

Environment
2
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
3
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
4
Bok Tower Gardens Inc

To inspire a better and more beautiful world by sharing edward bok's legacy.

—
5
Palm Beach Country Club Inc

Palm beach country club is a social club whose expemt purpose is to promote social interaction of club members by providing dining and recreational activities.

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6
Houston Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
7
Grand Lodge of Florida Museum & Library Inc
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8
University of South Florida Foundation Inc

University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.'s mission is to provide charitable and educational aid to the University of South Florida; to promote education and other related activities of the University; and to encourage research,…

Education
9
National Tropical Botanical Garden

To enrich life by perpetuating tropical plants, ecosystems and cultural heritage through discovery, scientific research, conservation, and education.

Environment
10
Cultural Council of Palm Beach County Inc

To educate, develop, advocate, and promote the visual and performing arts and cultural activities throughout Palm Beach County, Florida.

Arts & Culture
11
North Florida Botanical Society Inc

To establish, develop and maintain a botanical garden that celebrates the immense beauty and diversity of the earths flora.

Environment
12
The Country Club of Florida

The country club of florida is devoted to preserving its rich tradition through the friendship and camaraderie of its members. offering a premier golf course, clubhouse and lifestyle center, warm and professional staff, the club continues…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Society of the Four Arts Inc; the most unlike its peers is Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

12 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. 12 of the 14 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Palm Beach Civic Association Inc: $240,109 · Community ImprovementPalm Beach Civic Association IncFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $97,000 · EducationFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIV…Civic Spaces Fund: $65,126 · OtherCivic Spaces FundPINE JOG ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER: $20,000 · OtherPINE JOG ENVIRONMEN…+3 more: $3,250 · OtherThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $66,682 · Arts & CultureThe Society of t…THE HENRY MORRISON FLAGLER MUSEUM INC: $5,175 · Arts & CultureTHE HENRY MORRIS…+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF MOUNTS BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $7,600 · Environment+1 more: $250 · EnvironmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $1,500 · Youth DevelopmentHospice of Palm Beach County Inc: $250 · Human Services
Community Improvement$240,109Education$97,000Other$88,376Arts & Culture$72,357Environment$7,850Youth Development$1,500Human Services$250

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPalm Beach Civic Association Inc: $240,109 over 6y, 8.0% of budgetFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $97,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $66,682 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF MOUNTS BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $7,600 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE HENRY MORRISON FLAGLER MUSEUM INC: $5,175 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDERS GARDEN CLUB OF SARASOTA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPalm Beach Chamber of Commerce: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of Palm Beach County Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGENTLEMEN OF THE GARDEN: $250 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Garden Club of Palm Beach Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Garden Club of Palm Beach Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 14 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $8k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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