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The John a & Elizabeth F Taylor Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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The John a & Elizabeth F Taylor Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

$780k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$169k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$1.8MRecreation & Sports$803kScience & Tech$540kAnimals$509kEducation$371kPublic Benefit$85kCommunity Improvement$25kFood & Nutrition$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $367k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $361k
$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$7.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONSERVATION FLORIDA INC$168,750
PALM BEACH COUNTY FISHING FOUNDATION INC$125,000
CAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC$67,097
LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER INC$49,875
SURFRIDER FOUNDATION$47,097
BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC$41,000
I CARE CORPORATION$35,750
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION$34,099
BILLION OYSTER PROJECT INC$33,000
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FISHING ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP TRUST$29,875
FLORIDA AQUARIUM INC$25,000
WILD OCEANS INC$22,097
GUY HARVEY OCEAN FUND INC$20,000
DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LAB$19,097
CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION INC$10,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 83% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $47k → 10%NEW YORK HARBOR FOUNDATION INC: $69k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION: $60k → 6%CAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC: $67k → 11%THE NATURE CONSERVATORY: $73k → 11%LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER INC: $155k → 11%FLORIDA AQUARIUM INC: $35k → 13%BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC: $42k → 13%OCEAN RESEARCH & CONSERVATION ASSOC INC INDIAN RIVER LAGOON: $30k → 13%INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FISHING ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP TRUST: $30k → 15%CONSERVATION FLORIDA INC: $53k → 19%DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LAB: $31k → 12%SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $44k → 10%BILLION OYSTER PROJECT INC: $40k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION: $56k → 6%CAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC: $50k → 11%LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER INC: $98k → 11%CONSERVATION FLORIDA INC: $169k → 13%FLORIDA AQUARIUM INC: $27k → 13%BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC: $41k → 13%CONSERVATION FLORIDA INC: $26k → 19%DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LAB: $30k → 12%SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $42k → 10%BILLION OYSTER PROJECT INC: $38k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION: $35k → 6%CAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC: $43k → 11%LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER INC: $50k → 11%CLEAN WATER COALITION OF INDIAN RIVER CTY: $25k → 12%BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC: $30k → 13%CONSERVATION FLORIDA INC: $25k → 19%DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LAB: $25k → 12%SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%BILLION OYSTER PROJECT INC: $33k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION: $34k → 6%CAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC: $37k → 11%CONSERVATION FLORIDA INC: $114k → 13%I CARE CORPORATION: $36k → 13%BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC: $30k → 13%THE OCEAN FOUNDATION: $30k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION: $29k → 6%LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER INC: $40k → 11%BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC: $30k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION: $29k → 6%LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER INC: $29k → 11%SEALEGACY FOUNDATION: $28k → 11%LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER INC: $27k → 11%KIBBLEZ OF LOVE: $50k → 11%KIBBLEZ OF LOVE: $35k → 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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.9M · 27 repeat orgs$272k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
13

Total granted

$3.9M
$253k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+9%

Still filing today

93%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentAnimalsEducationRecreation & SportsScience & TechCivil RightsOther
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 COUNTY FISHING FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $798k · revenue +51% · 26% of their budget
  • CF
    CONSERVATION FLORIDA INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $407k · revenue ×23
  • LM
    LOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $398k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • TN
    THE NATURE CONSERVATORY
    one grant, 2023 · $73k
  • SF
    SeaLegacy Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $28k · revenue -46%
  • FR
    FLORIDA RISING TOGETHER INC
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -12%
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
Ocean Alliance Project

Protecting and promoting the marine biodiversity of Hawai'i through coral restoration, ecological monitoring, regenerative tourism, and cultural integration

Science & Tech
2
Wildcoast

The mission of wildcoast is to conserve coastal and marine ecosystems and address climate change through natural solutions. our staff is dedicated to conserving threatened and endangered coastlines and wildlife in california and mexico.…

Environment
3
Clean Reefs
Environment
4
The Coral Reef and Marine Science Foundation Inc C/O James Bildner
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5
Marine Megafauna Foundation

Save threatened marine life using pioneering research, education, and sustainable conservation solutions

International
6
Marine Resources Council of East Florida Inc

The mission of the marine resources council (mrc) is to maintain and enhance the quality of marine systems for the economic, recreational, aesthetic, and environmental use for the people of florida

Environment
7
Ocean First Institute

The mission of Ocean First Institute is ocean conservation through research and education. We work to deepen the natural connection between people and the ocean. We educate and empower people to understand the ocean is our life support…

Education
8
The Coral Reef Alliance

Our research has demonstrated that corals can adapt to the effects of environmental stressors if immediate threats are reduced and if we protect healthy, ecologically connected networks of reefs.

Environment
9
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
10
Reef Check Foundation

Leading Citizen scientists to promote stewardship of sustainable reef communities worldwide.

Environment
11
Global Coralition Inc

To scale coral reef restoration through a holistic model of art, science and community. we design marine regeneration hubs that consist of sculptural coral gardens and land-based coral farms. we aim to target local impacts on reefs while…

Environment
12
Florida Wildlife Federation

To safeguard Florida's water, wildlife, and wild spaces by taking action today to prevent irreversible loss tomorrow.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Captains for Clean Water Inc; the most unlike its peers is Baltimore Museum of Art. 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

39 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. 39 of the 43 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/39
Grantees still filing
23/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONSERVATION FLORIDA INC: $406,947 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION FLORIDA INCTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $199,324 · EnvironmentTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATIONCAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC: $197,294 · EnvironmentCAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC1000 FRIENDS OF FLORIDA INC: $148,375 · Environment1000 FRIENDS OF FLORIDA INCICARE CORPORATION: $47,291 · Environment+8 more: $196,513 · Environment+8 morePALM BEACH COUNTY FISHING FOUNDATION INC: $798,000 · Recreation & SportsPALM BEACH COUNTY FISH…+1 more: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsWILD OCEANS INC: $152,296 · OtherWILD OCEANS INCDUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LAB: $136,755 · OtherDUKE UNIVERSITY MA…INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FISHING ASSOC SCHOLARSHIP FUND C/O JOAN VERNON: $114,875 · OtherINTERNATIONAL WOME…THE NATURE CONSERVATORY: $72,500 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERV…OCEAN RESEARCH & CONSERVATION ASSOC INC INDIAN RIVER LAGOON: $67,753 · OtherOCEAN RESEARCH & C…SeaLegacy Foundation Inc: $28,000 · OtherGUMBO LIMBO COASTAL STEWARDS INC: $42,656 · OtherGUMBO LIMBO COASTA…+4 more: $42,000 · Other+4 moreTHE BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC: $187,541 · AnimalsTHE BILLFISH …The Florida Aquarium Inc: $144,500 · AnimalsThe Florida A…KIBBLEZ OF LOVE INC: $108,572 · AnimalsKIBBLEZ OF LO…SAVE THE MANATEE CLUB INC: $31,000 · AnimalsSAVE THE MANA…+4 more: $37,000 · Animals+4 moreTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $242,328 · EducationTHE UNIVERSIT…BILLION OYSTER PROJECT INC: $209,072 · EducationBILLION OYSTE…+3 more: $29,097 · Education+3 moreLOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INC: $398,416 · Science & TechLOGGERHEAD …Ocean Rescue Alliance Inc: $36,753 · Science & TechOcean Rescu…VOTO LATINO FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Civil RightsFLORIDA RISING TOGETHER INC: $25,000 · Civil Rights
Environment$1,195,744Recreation & Sports$803,000Other$656,835Animals$508,613Education$480,497Science & Tech$435,169Civil Rights$50,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPALM BEACH COUNTY FISHING FOUNDATION INC: $798,000 over 6y, 26% of budgetCONSERVATION FLORIDA INC: $406,947 over 6y, 5.0% of budgetLOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INC: $398,416 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $242,328 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBILLION OYSTER PROJECT INC: $209,072 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $199,324 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC: $197,294 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetTHE BILLFISH FOUNDATION INC: $187,541 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetWILD OCEANS INC: $152,296 over 6y, 6.5% of budget1000 FRIENDS OF FLORIDA INC: $148,375 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetThe Florida Aquarium Inc: $144,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FISHING ASSOC SCHOLARSHIP FUND C/O JOAN VERNON: $114,875 over 6y, 28% of budgetKIBBLEZ OF LOVE INC: $108,572 over 5y, 18% of budgetICARE CORPORATION: $47,291 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetGUMBO LIMBO COASTAL STEWARDS INC: $42,656 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetThe Ocean Foundation: $39,097 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOcean Rescue Alliance Inc: $36,753 over 4y, 9.0% of budgetTHE CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCLEAN WATER COALITION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY: $35,000 over 2y, 43% of budgetGUY HARVEY OCEAN FUND INC: $31,541 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSAVE THE MANATEE CLUB INC: $31,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSeaLegacy Foundation Inc: $28,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetVOTO LATINO FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFLORIDA RISING TOGETHER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWHEN WE ALL VOTE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EVERGLADES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCivic Nation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCITIZENS FOR A BETTER SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEASHARE: $12,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFISH & WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA I: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHARK ALLIES: $10,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetORCA CONSERVANCY: $10,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $9,097 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILLBROOK SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWashington Area Bicyclist Association: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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.

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 Batchelor Foundat…Community Foundation …Verizon FoundationNational Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…The Pfizer Foundation…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…Natl Christian Charit…Paypal Charitable Giv…
The Batchelor Foundation IncFL13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · Verizon Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

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 John a & Elizabeth F Taylor Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The John a & Elizabeth F Taylor Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 160%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Baltimore Museum of Art: 4% of income from government
  • Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I: 1% of income from government
  • Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Guy Harvey Ocean Fund Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Florida Aquarium Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
16get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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Find your warmest path to The John a & Elizabeth F Taylor Charitable Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 43 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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