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The GEO Group Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

The GEO Group Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.2M
Granted FY2023
423
Grants FY2023
15
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$1.2MHealth$820kRecreation & Sports$422kHuman Services$294kCrime & Legal$253kYouth Development$174kEnvironment$160kPhilanthropy$155kOther$0
02FY2023 · 423 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 423 grants below total $1,599,925, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,224,925 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $625,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k366 grants · $791k
  • $10k–50k56 grants · $759k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$2,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$208k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Take Stock in Children Inc$50,000
Children's Healthcare Charity Inc$35,000
The Arc of Palm Beach County$28,000
USMS Survivors Benefit Fund$25,000
The Jack Brewer Foundation$25,000
National Assn of Blacks in Crmnl Justice$25,000
U.S.M.S. SURVIVORS BENEFIT FUND$25,000
Take Stock in Children Inc$25,000
The Lord's Place$25,000
Volunteer Florida Foundation$25,000
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital$25,000
Huntington College$20,000
Pearsall High School$18,000
Pahokee High School$16,000
Del Rio High School$15,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.5M · 221 repeat orgs$2.4M to everyone else

221 repeat relationships: 156 still active in FY2023, 65 since wound down; 206 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

221
408

Total granted

$3.5M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+33%

Still filing today

29%
18%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $752k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthEducationRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TA
    THE ARC OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $258k · revenue +113%
  • VF
    VOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $120k · revenue ×64
  • TI
    TSIC INC DBA/TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN
    3× · 2021–2023 · $115k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • T
    TEDxWaterstreet
    one grant, 2022 · $160k
  • BC
    Boca Champions Golf Fndn
    one grant, 2022 · $57k
  • PF
    PGA First Tee Fnd. Inc.
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
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.

03Its 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
Florida Foundation for Correctional Excellence Inc

The purpose of the foundation is to serve as a catalyst to identify and address critical issues which impact public safety, programs, and the reentry of inmates and offenders who are under the supervision of the florida department of…

Crime & Legal
2
Florida Youth Foundation Inc

To encourage the collaboration among business people, community members, parents, youths of florida, and the florida juvenile justice system to promote education and public safety through effective prevention, intervention, and treatment…

Crime & Legal
3
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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4
Florida Sports Foundation Incorporated

To promote and develop professional, amateur, and participatory sports for the citizens of florida and attract out of state visitors through sports, thus creating significant economic benefit for florida.

Recreation & Sports
5
Police Benevolent Associaton Charity Fund Inc

To provide financial assistance to the families of police officers in need.

Education
6
Palm Beach County Sports Commission

The palm beach sports commission develops tourism throughout sports activities. the commission promotes the county as a tourist destination and supports sports events that increases bed tax revenues, enhance economic impact and maximizes…

Youth Development
7
Miami Beach Police Athletic League Inc

The mission of the miami beach police athletic league is to foster positive relationships between youths and law enforcement; as well as cultivate and improve the moral and civic standards of the youth in our community.

Youth Development
8
Florida Food Force Inc

To fight hunger through united forces/partnerships; provide nutritional food products that will nurture, sustain and enhance quality of life; facility, contribute and promote programs for hunger relief, strengthening our communities.

Food & Nutrition
9
Florida High School Athletic Association Inc

Operation, promotion, direction, supervision, and regulation of interscholastic athletics of member high schools in florida.

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10
Health Foundation of South Florida Inc

The mission of health foundation of south florida is to invest in and be a catalyst for collaborations, policy and systems change that improves the health of south florida communities, with a focus on vulnerable, low to moderate-income…

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11
Florida Council for Behavioral Healthcare Inc

The council promotes the improvement of mental health, alcoholism and drug abuse services in florida through the encouragement of sound legislation for the welfare of patients and member agencies.

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12
Celebrities Fore Kids Inc

The organization's mission is to make a difference in the lives of children affected by cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. we strive to improve the quality of life and well-being for them and their families by offering financial…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kids in Distress Inc; the most unlike its peers is Pinal County Historical Society Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

177 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. 177 of the 836 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
47
Early backer (in before they grew)
174/177
Grantees still filing
114/177
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEDxWaterstreet: $160,000 · OtherUSMS Survivors Benefit Fund: $145,000 · Other+163 more: $2,812,925 · Other+163 moreTHE ARC OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $258,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARC O…PLACE OF HOPE INC: $36,100 · Human ServicesPLACE OF …HEARTS FOR MOMS INC: $25,500 · Human ServicesHEARTS FO…+5 more: $49,500 · Human Services+5 moreBoca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $347,500 · Community ImprovementBoca Rato…+2 more: $20,000 · Community Improvement+2 moreBOCA RATON CHAMPIONS GOLF CHARITIES INC: $42,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $25,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $21,000 · HealthMAKING EVERY DAY COUNT INC: $20,000 · HealthSAN DIEGO EDUCATION FUND: $15,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $15,000 · HealthEPILEPSY SUPPORT NETWORK OF ORANGE COUNTY: $10,000 · HealthDELIVER THE DREAM INC: $10,000 · HealthLORETTO HOSPITAL: $10,000 · HealthUnited Home Care Services Inc: $10,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $9,100 · HealthFRIENDS OF VETERANS INC: $7,500 · HealthVOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $120,000 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE CHARITY INC: $68,950 · PhilanthropyJACK BREWER FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $44,500 · EducationBroward Education Foundation Inc: $25,000 · EducationJohn Milledge Academy: $20,000 · EducationGEORGIA MILITARY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 · EducationKINGMAN ACADEMY OF LEARNING INC: $7,500 · EducationLYNN UNIVERSITY INC: $7,500 · EducationTSIC INC DBA/TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN: $115,000 · Crime & LegalAURORA POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Crime & LegalDIGNITY SPEAKS INC: $7,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$3,117,925Human Services$369,100Community Improvement$367,500Health$194,600Philanthropy$188,950Education$165,500Crime & Legal$137,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetBoca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $347,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ARC OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $258,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetVOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $120,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetTSIC INC DBA/TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN: $115,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetPGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE CHARITY INC: $68,950 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE LORD'S PLACE INC: $55,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetJACK BREWER FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $44,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBOCA RATON CHAMPIONS GOLF CHARITIES INC: $42,000 over 1y, 45% of budgetSANTA ROSA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $41,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetPLACE OF HOPE INC: $36,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBoca Raton Police Athletic League: $26,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetHEARTS FOR MOMS INC: $25,500 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBroward Education Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFLORIDA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD SHARE INC: $23,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $21,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLUB FOR YOUTH: $20,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetJohn Milledge Academy: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMAKING EVERY DAY COUNT INC: $20,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetLAREDO INTERNATIONAL FAIR & EXPOSITION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBethany House of Laredo Inc: $15,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAURORA POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetSAN DIEGO EDUCATION FUND: $15,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHERIFFS ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS: $14,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBoca Raton Historical Society Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGEORGIA MILITARY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWOMEN'S SHELTER OF SOUTH TEXAS: $10,100 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHEROES ON THE WATER INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE AND A FUTURE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFlorida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJunior League of Boca Raton Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetEPILEPSY SUPPORT NETWORK OF ORANGE COUNTY: $10,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetMission K9 Rescue Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDELIVER THE DREAM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetUNITED STATES CAPITOL HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLORETTO HOSPITAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOMELESS COALITION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFEEDING THE HUNGRY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOperation New Hope Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROTARY CLUB DOWNTOWN BOCA RATON INC: $10,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetUnited Home Care Services Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOULDER CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetBOCA WEST CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION FKA BOCA WEST COMMUNITY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $9,500 over 3y, 0.2% 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 Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE ARC OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds VOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TSIC INC DBA/TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds PGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE CHARITY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LORD'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds JACK BREWER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BOCA RATON CHAMPIONS GOLF CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds SANTA ROSA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PLACE OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds Boca Raton Police Athletic League ↗
  • Who funds McFarland USA Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HEARTS FOR MOMS INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL 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.

Community Foundation …Pga Tour IncThe Vegso Family Foun…EM Lynn FoundationBoca West Children's …Florida Panthers Foun…Sun Capital Partners …The Leandro P Rizzuto…United Way of Palm Be…Laredo Area Community…Ballenisles Charities…Ibis Charities Founda…
Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties IncFL23.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · Pga Tour Inc · The Vegso Family Foundation Inc · EM Lynn Foundation · Boca West Children's Foundation Fka Boca West Community Charitable Foundation · Florida Panthers Foundation Inc · Sun Capital Partners Foundation Inc · The Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation · United Way of Palm Beach County Inc · Laredo Area Community Foundation · Ballenisles Charities Foundation Inc · Ibis Charities 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.

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 836 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $2.3M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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