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The Henry E Becker and Pauline S Becker Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$7.5M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
40
Grants FY2025
19
Organizations funded FY2024
53%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$100,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,483,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 20
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$28M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 53% of the organizations The Henry E Becker and Pauline S Becker Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 74% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
HealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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
FY2025still arriving40$7.5M45%
FY202419$3.7M53%
FY202320$2.4M20%
FY202220$1.8M45%
FY202116$1.6M63%
FY20208$700kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$7.8MRecreation & Sports$1.9MYouth Development$1.6MAnimals$1.5MEnvironment$1.2MFood & Nutrition$693kArts & Culture$656kPhilanthropy$480kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 46 grantees
All grantees of The Henry E Becker and Pauline S Becker Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kessler Foundation Inc$2,440,00044%
Easter Seals Southwest Florida Inc$2,075,00024%
The Bay Park Conservancy Inc$1,683,00025%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Sarasota and Desoto Counties Inc$1,501,00054%
Dolphin Biology Research Institute$966,000644%
Sarasota African American Cultural Coalition Inc$501,000345%
All Faiths Food Bank Inc$375,00040%
Rotary Club of Sarasota Foundation Inc$342,000443%
Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc$310,00040%
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc$300,00050%
Throne of Grace Ministries Inc$260,000422%
World Central Kitchen Inc$250,00020%
Sarasota Youth Sailing Inc$245,000214%
Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center Inc$210,00032%
Suncoast Waterkeeper Inc$200,000234%
Meals on Wheels Plus of Manatee Inc$200,00021%
Florida Ocean Alliance Inc$200,000264%
Pines of Sarasota Foundation Inc$190,00043%
Agape Flights Inc$160,00042%
Suncoast Communities Blood Bank Inc Dba Suncoast Blood Centers$130,00011%
Shelterbox USA Inc$100,0001n/a
Foundation for Morristown Medical Center$100,00010%
The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc$100,00011%
Florida Veterans for Common Sense Inc$100,0001n/a
Children First Inc$100,00040%
Library Foundation for Sarasota County Inc$100,000111%
Big Waters Land Trust Inc$100,00012%
Tsic Inc Dba/Take Stock in Children$100,00021%
The Florida State University Foundation Inc$100,00010%
Environmental Conservancy of North Port Inc$100,000320%
Sarasota Bay Watch Inc$78,000181%
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation$70,00010%
Streets of Paradise Inc$65,00029%
Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc$60,00010%
Save Our Seabirds Inc$55,0001n/a
Mana-Sota Lighthouse for the Blind Inc$50,00013%
Pasadena Humane$50,0001n/a
Embracing Our Differences Inc$45,00012%
Selah Freedom Inc$30,0001n/a
Resurrection House Inc$25,00012%
Minorities in Shark Sciences Inc$25,00014%
Save Barnegat Bay Inc$25,0001n/a
Aspen Global Change Institute Inc$25,0001n/a
Friends of the Everglades Inc$5,0001n/a
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc$5,00010%
Tri 4 Number 1 Foundation Inc$2,5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Henry E Becker and Pauline S Becker Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 37 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKessler Foundation Inc: $2,440,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetEaster Seals Southwest Florida Inc: $2,075,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetThe Bay Park Conservancy Inc: $1,683,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Sarasota and Desoto Counties Inc: $1,501,000 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetDolphin Biology Research Institute: $966,000 over 6y, 44% of budgetSarasota African American Cultural Coalition Inc: $501,000 over 3y, 45% of budgetAll Faiths Food Bank Inc: $375,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetRotary Club of Sarasota Foundation Inc: $342,000 over 4y, 43% of budgetSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $310,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc: $300,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetThrone of Grace Ministries Inc: $260,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $250,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSarasota Youth Sailing Inc: $245,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetSafe Place and Rape Crisis Center Inc: $210,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetSuncoast Waterkeeper Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 34% of budgetMeals on Wheels Plus of Manatee Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFlorida Ocean Alliance Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 64% of budgetPines of Sarasota Foundation Inc: $190,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetAgape Flights Inc: $160,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetSuncoast Communities Blood Bank Inc Dba Suncoast Blood Centers: $130,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFoundation for Morristown Medical Center: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetChildren First Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLibrary Foundation for Sarasota County Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetBig Waters Land Trust Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTsic Inc Dba/Take Stock in Children: $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Florida State University Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEnvironmental Conservancy of North Port Inc: $100,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetSarasota Bay Watch Inc: $78,000 over 1y, 81% of budgetNational Marine Sanctuary Foundation: $70,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetStreets of Paradise Inc: $65,000 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetFlorida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMana-Sota Lighthouse for the Blind Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetEmbracing Our Differences Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetResurrection House Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMinorities in Shark Sciences Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetTheodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 37.

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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 Community Foundation of Sarasota Co IncFL47.6× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · Manatee Community Foundation Inc · The Louis and Gloria Flanzer Philanthropic Trust · William G and Marie Selby Foundation Inc · Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Inc · Mote Scientific Foundation Inc Pratt · Msc Foundation Inc · Seidman Family Foundation · The Tillie Jennie & Harold Schwartz Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Harry Sudakoff 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 Henry E Becker and Pauline S Becker Charitable Foundation

How much does The Henry E Becker and Pauline S Becker Charitable Foundation give?
The Henry E Becker and Pauline S Becker Charitable Foundation reported 40 grants totaling $7,549,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 20 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does The Henry E Becker and Pauline S Becker Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (44%), Recreation & Sports (11%), Youth Development (9%).
Who are The Henry E Becker and Pauline S Becker Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Kessler Foundation Inc ($2.4M), Easter Seals Southwest Florida Inc ($2.1M), The Bay Park Conservancy Inc ($1.7M).
Does The Henry E Becker and Pauline S Becker Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Henry E Becker and Pauline S Becker Charitable Foundation 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 Henry E Becker and Pauline S Becker Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc, Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc, Manatee Community Foundation Inc.
Where is The Henry E Becker and Pauline S Becker Charitable Foundation based?
The Henry E Becker and Pauline S Becker Charitable Foundation 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 59 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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