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The Garner Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Garner Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$860k
Granted FY2026still arriving
54
Grants FY2026still arriving
13
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.

Education$3.5MHealth$1.1MRecreation & Sports$969kHuman Services$549kArts & Culture$277kReligion$211kInternational$186kPhilanthropy$149kOther$0
02FY2026 · 54 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k31 grants · $96k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $419k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $345k
$5,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MIAMI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL$150,000
FIRST SERVE MIAMI$115,000
BAY OAKS HISTORIC RETIREMENT RESIDENCE INC$80,000
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI ATHLETICS$40,000
BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION$40,000
OPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION$40,000
OVERTOWN YOUTH CENTER$30,000
NEIGHBORS 4 NEIGHBORS$30,000
SAINT THOMAS UNIVERSITY$29,000
FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY$25,000
WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW$25,000
JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL$20,000
DIASPORA VIBE CULTURAL ARTS INCUBATOR INC$20,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
DARLINGTON SCHOOL$15,000
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 (FY17–26, $93k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%THORNWELL: $1k → 18%HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $1k → 12%EMMETT TILL INTERPRETIVE CENTER: $5k → 31%HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $1k → 12%ORPHANED STARFISH FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 17%ORPHANED STARFISH FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 17%MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 15%MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 15%MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 15%MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 15%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $10k → 15%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $10k → 15%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $10k → 15%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $10k → 15%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $10k → 15%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $5k → 15%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $5k → 15%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $3k → 15%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $3k → 15%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $3k → 15%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
MA
IA
OH
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AR
NC
SC
DC
MS
GA
TX
FL
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.2M · 99 repeat orgs$303k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

99 repeat relationships: 47 still active in FY2026, 52 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

99
54

Total granted

$7.2M
$265k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+17%

Still filing today

55%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
EducationHealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesArts & CultureAnimalsOther
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

  • MC
    MIAMI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC
    10× · 2017–2026 · $1.8M · revenue +105%
  • FS
    FIRST SERVE MIAMI INC
    8× · 2019–2026 · $633k · revenue +28% · 31% of their budget
  • BU
    BARRY UNIVERSITY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $432k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • UC
    UMASS CHAN MEDICAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • MA
    MAKE A WISH
    one grant, 2024 · $20k
  • EN
    EARTH N US INC
    one grant, 2019 · $20k
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
Saint Andrew's School of Boca Raton Inc

Saint andrew's school is an independent school founded in the episcopal tradition. our mission is to build a community of learners, provide excellence in education, and nurture each student in mind, body, and spirit.

Education
2
University of Miami
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3
Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc

To advance florida gulf coast university and its students by promoting the institution, securing philanthropy to support the needs of the university, managing and administering assets with a long term perspective, and providing resources…

Education
4
Miami Arts Inc

We strive to be the school where students dare to dream. We promise to make sure no doors for students are ever closed. We value the privilege of our role in shaping the future leaders of tomorrow. Together, we will create an inspiring…

Education
5
Institute for Child and Family Health Inc

The institute for child and family health is committed to empowering the children, youth and families of miami-dade county, florida by providing services that enhance their emotional, physical and educational well-being.

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6
Miami University Foundation

Support of miami university

Education
7
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
8
University of Florida Health Corporation

UF Health's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic,…

—
9
Florida Community Health Centers Inc

Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.

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10
Downtown Doral Charter Upper School Inc

To provide our students with a comprehensive dual curriculum and bicultural/bilingual education through language acquisition and innovative programs, facilitated by a highly qualified staff promoting students' academic excellence creating…

Education
11
Palm Beach Day Academy Inc

The foundation of the palm beach day academy's program is the education of our students in an academically challenging and compassion rich environment that guides each child toward personal excellence of mind, body and character.

Education
12
The Downtown Miami Charter School Inc

Downtown miami charter school, inc. is nonprofit corporation and a component unit of the public school board of miami-dade county, florida. the school is a public charter school which serves students from kindergarten to sixth grade in…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Neighbors 4 Neighbors; the most unlike its peers is Anc Highlands-Cashiers Hospital 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

91 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 91 of the 163 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
89/91
Grantees still filing
62/91
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST SERVE MIAMI INC: $632,500 · OtherFIRST SERVE MIAMI INCBAY OAKS HOME FOR THE AGED INC: $415,000 · OtherBAY OAKS HOME FOR THE AGED INCBAY OAKS HISTORIC RETIREMENT RESIDENCE INC: $240,000 · OtherBAY OAKS HISTORIC RETIREMENT RESIDENCE INCEAST RIDGE AT CUTLER BAY FOUNDATION: $230,500 · OtherEAST RIDGE AT CUTLER BAY FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF MIAMI ATHLETICS: $223,750 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MIAMI ATHLETICSIndividual grant recipient: $145,000 · Other+96 more: $1,829,000 · Other+96 moreMIAMI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $1,759,000 · EducationMIAMI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INCBARRY UNIVERSITY INC: $431,500 · EducationBARRY UNIVERSITY INCDarlington School Inc: $140,000 · EducationWESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN PRIVATE SCHOOL INC: $112,500 · Education+17 more: $320,000 · Education+17 moreMOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $170,000 · HealthJACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $91,000 · HealthBaptist Health Foundation Inc: $61,000 · HealthINFORMED FAMILIESTHE FLORIDA FAMILY PARTNERSHIP INC: $34,000 · HealthAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $20,000 · HealthTHE MCCLEAN FLETCHER CENTER INC: $15,000 · HealthANC HIGHLANDS-CASHIERS HOSPITAL INC: $14,000 · Health+4 more: $9,500 · HealthOPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $130,000 · PhilanthropyTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · PhilanthropyBROWARD COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $27,500 · PhilanthropyUMASS CHAN MEDICAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyThe Woody Foundation Inc dba The Way Forward Foundation: $24,500 · PhilanthropyCROCKETT FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Philanthropy+5 more: $26,000 · PhilanthropyDIASPORA VIBE CULTURAL ARTS INCUBATOR: $118,700 · Arts & CulturePLAYERS BY THE SEA INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureMIAMI CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC FKA MIAMI YOUTH MUSEUM: $42,500 · Arts & CultureSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $14,500 · Arts & CultureVAGABOND SCHOOL OF THE DRAMA INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $3,500 · Arts & CultureCHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP INC: $67,500 · Human ServicesMIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED INC: $12,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesOrphaned Starfish Foundation Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesEMMETT TILL INTERPRETIVE CENTER: $5,000 · Human Services+2 more: $3,000 · Human ServicesANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY OF SOUTH FLA INC: $66,350 · AnimalsPELICAN HARBOR SEABIRD STATION INC: $6,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF MIAMI ANIMALS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · AnimalsDOLPHIN RESEARCH CENTER INC: $4,000 · Animals
Other$3,715,750Education$2,763,000Health$414,500Philanthropy$308,000Arts & Culture$239,200Human Services$102,500Animals$81,350

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMIAMI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $1,759,000 over 10y, 0.7% of budgetFIRST SERVE MIAMI INC: $632,500 over 8y, 31% of budgetBARRY UNIVERSITY INC: $431,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBAY OAKS HISTORIC RETIREMENT RESIDENCE INC: $240,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetMOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $170,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetDarlington School Inc: $140,000 over 10y, 0.1% of budgetOPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $130,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetDIASPORA VIBE CULTURAL ARTS INCUBATOR: $118,700 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetWESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN PRIVATE SCHOOL INC: $112,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $91,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP INC: $67,500 over 10y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY OF SOUTH FLA INC: $66,350 over 10y, 0.5% of budgetMIRACLE LEAGUE OF MIAMI DADE INC: $65,000 over 7y, 43% of budgetBaptist Health Foundation Inc: $61,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CUSHMAN SCHOOL INC: $55,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPLAYERS BY THE SEA INC: $50,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetOVERTOWN YOUTH CENTER INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMIAMI CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC FKA MIAMI YOUTH MUSEUM: $42,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAITIAN EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAM: $35,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORS 4 NEIGHBORS: $35,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetINFORMED FAMILIESTHE FLORIDA FAMILY PARTNERSHIP INC: $34,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetBROWARD COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $27,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION OUTREACH INC: $27,500 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetThe Woody Foundation Inc dba The Way Forward Foundation: $24,500 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetCAMILLUS HOUSE INC: $24,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSAINT JOSEPH'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOLINC: $23,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCARE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INC: $17,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE RHYTHM FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCROCKETT FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLiteracy Council of Highlands Inc: $15,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetPALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MCCLEAN FLETCHER CENTER INC: $15,000 over 10y, 0.9% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEPILEPSY FLORIDA INC: $15,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $14,500 over 10y, 0.0% of budgetANC HIGHLANDS-CASHIERS HOSPITAL INC: $14,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED INC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVAGABOND SCHOOL OF THE DRAMA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMATT AND LISA ALLEN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCRISTO REY MIAMI HIGH SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFORMAN SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 10y, 0.0% of budgetThe Madeira School: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds MIAMI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds FIRST SERVE MIAMI INC ↗
  • Who funds BARRY UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds BAY OAKS HISTORIC RETIREMENT RESIDENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Darlington School Inc ↗
  • Who funds OPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DIASPORA VIBE CULTURAL ARTS INCUBATOR ↗
  • Who funds WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN PRIVATE SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds JACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY OF SOUTH FLA INC ↗
  • Who funds MIRACLE LEAGUE OF MIAMI DADE INC ↗
  • Who funds Baptist Health Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CUSHMAN SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds PLAYERS BY THE SEA INC ↗
  • Who funds OVERTOWN YOUTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MIAMI CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC FKA MIAMI YOUTH MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds University of Miami ↗

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 Miami Foundation …The Batchelor Foundat…United Way Miami IncMightycause Charitabl…The Kirk FoundationAnthony Abraham Found…The H FoundationPeacock Foundation IncThe Community Foundat…Greater Miami Jewish …Thomas E Rodgers Jr F…Lacy Foundation Inc
The Miami Foundation IncFL44.2× affinity26 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Miami Foundation Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · United Way Miami Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Kirk Foundation · Anthony Abraham Foundation · The H Foundation · Peacock Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc · Thomas E Rodgers Jr Foundation Inc · Lacy 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Garner Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Garner Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 240%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Kristi House Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Care Elementary School Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Epilepsy Florida Inc: 8% of income from government
  • The Village Learning Place Inc: 6% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Camillus House Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Barry University Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Jackson Health Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Miami Children's Museum Inc Fka Miami Youth Museum: 0% of income from government
  • Dolphin Research Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Lauren's Kids Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Cushman School Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Chapman Partnership Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc: 0% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
24get no government money at all
24report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 163 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The camps
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By state
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