Does The Jayne and Leonard Abess Foundation Inc C/O Thinklab Ventures 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 Jayne and Leonard Abess Foundation Inc C/O Thinklab Ventures?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Miami Foundation Inc, The Batchelor Foundation Inc, Mightycause Charitable Foundation.

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The Jayne and Leonard Abess Foundation Inc C/O Thinklab Ventures

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.

$818k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 18
Grants FY2025: 16
Organizations funded FY2024: 19%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $20,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $255,000
Organizations funded a year: 10 to 17; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 6
Total assets, FY2025: $13M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 19% of the organizations The Jayne and Leonard Abess Foundation Inc C/O Thinklab Ventures funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Civil RightsArts & CultureHealthCommunity ImprovementInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	16	$491k	38%
FY2024	16	$303k	19%
FY2023	16	$503k	38%
FY2022	17	$626k	18%
FY2021	12	$486k	17%
FY2020	15	$354k	60%
FY2019	10	$449k	20%
FY2018	17	$481k	47%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$2.2MPhilanthropy$1.3MHealth$673kEducation$372kArts & Culture$255kReligion$159kCivil Rights$120kEmployment$100kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
New York Botanical Garden	$2,104,900	9	0%
Miami Country Day School Inc	$275,000	9	0%
Temple Israel of Greater Miami	$123,840	5	n/a
Storm King Art Center	$105,000	6	0%
Montgomery Botanical Center	$102,500	9	1%
Goodwill Industries of South Florida Inc	$100,000	3	0%
University of Miami	$83,000	3	0%
Anti-Defamation League	$75,000	2	0%
Socrates Sculpture Park Inc	$55,000	2	2%
Catholic Charities Legal Services Archdiocese of Miami Inc	$50,000	1	0%

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All grantees of The Jayne and Leonard Abess Foundation Inc C/O Thinklab Ventures by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
New York Botanical Garden	$2,104,900	9	0%
Miami Country Day School Inc	$275,000	9	0%
Temple Israel of Greater Miami	$123,840	5	n/a
Storm King Art Center	$105,000	6	0%
Montgomery Botanical Center	$102,500	9	1%
Goodwill Industries of South Florida Inc	$100,000	3	0%
University of Miami	$83,000	3	0%
Anti-Defamation League	$75,000	2	0%
Socrates Sculpture Park Inc	$55,000	2	2%
Catholic Charities Legal Services Archdiocese of Miami Inc	$50,000	1	0%
American Jewish Committee	$45,000	3	0%
Institute of Contemporary Art Miami Inc	$31,000	4	0%
Jorge M Perez Art Museum of Miami-Dade County Inc	$30,000	1	0%
Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Inc	$27,500	3	0%
Friends of Madagascar Mission Inc	$20,000	2	4%
The Junior League of Miami Inc	$13,175	9	3%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Historical Association of Southern Florida Inc	$10,000	1	0%
American Friends of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra	$5,000	1	0%
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Trust Inc	$5,000	1	0%
The Frick Collection	$5,000	1	0%
National Tropical Botanical Garden	$5,000	1	n/a
South Florida Pbs Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Center for Northern Woodlands Education Inc	$4,800	7	0%
Florida Osteopathic Medical Association	$4,000	2	0%
Healthnetwork Foundation Fka Health Net Foundation Inc	$3,000	3	0%
Young at Art of Broward Inc	$2,000	1	0%
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc	$1,800	1	0%
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Miami Inc	$1,000	1	0%
Friends of the Everglades Inc	$1,000	1	0%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc	$1,000	1	0%
Dolphins Cycling Challenge Inc	$1,000	1	0%
Longhouse Reserve	$1,000	1	0%
The Frederick Gunn School Inc	$500	1	0%
Dade Heritage Trust Inc	$500	1	0%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc	$500	1	0%
Rotary Club of Homestead Charitable Foundation Inc	$500	1	1%
Magic City K9 Inc	$500	1	n/a
McCj Inc	$50	1	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($754k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Jayne and Leonard Abess Foundation Inc C/O Thinklab Ventures supplied at peak.

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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 Miami Foundation IncFL30.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Miami Foundation Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Cobb Family Foundation Inc · Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc · The Kirk Foundation · Leonard L and Bertha U Abess Foundation · Coral Gables Community Foundation Inc · Baptist Health South Florida Inc · United Way Miami Inc · John S and James L Knight Foundation · Medina Family 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 Jayne and Leonard Abess Foundation Inc C/O Thinklab Ventures

How much does The Jayne and Leonard Abess Foundation Inc C/O Thinklab Ventures give?: The Jayne and Leonard Abess Foundation Inc C/O Thinklab Ventures reported 18 grants totaling $818,175 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Jayne and Leonard Abess Foundation Inc C/O Thinklab Ventures fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (41%), Philanthropy (24%), Health (12%).
Who are The Jayne and Leonard Abess Foundation Inc C/O Thinklab Ventures's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: New York Botanical Garden ($2.1M), Miami Country Day School Inc ($275k), Temple Israel of Greater Miami ($124k).
Does The Jayne and Leonard Abess Foundation Inc C/O Thinklab Ventures fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Jayne and Leonard Abess Foundation Inc C/O Thinklab Ventures 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 Jayne and Leonard Abess Foundation Inc C/O Thinklab Ventures?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Miami Foundation Inc, The Batchelor Foundation Inc, Mightycause Charitable Foundation.
Where is The Jayne and Leonard Abess Foundation Inc C/O Thinklab Ventures based?: The Jayne and Leonard Abess Foundation Inc C/O Thinklab Ventures is based in FL.