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The Jose Milton Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$509k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$4.7MEducation$2.3MPhilanthropy$567kPublic Safety & Disaster$183kAnimals$115kInternational$85kYouth Development$74kHuman Services$62kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $211k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $556k
  • $250k+1 grant · $509k
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$6.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION$508,500
BELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL$225,000
BAPTIST HEALTH SOUTH FL FOUNDATION$200,000
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$130,930
MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER FOUND$47,500
THE FOUNDTN FOR NEW EDUC INITIATIVE$45,000
UNITED WAY OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY$33,500
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$30,000
CORAL GABLES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$20,000
5000 ROLE MODELS$15,000
SHAKE-A-LEG MIAMI$10,000
BRANCHES INC$10,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF TROPICAL FL$7,500
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF CHARITIES$6,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
02The need
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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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Its human-services grants (FY18–22, $63k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%JACK & JILL CHILDREN'S CENTER: $10k → 13%JACK & JILL CHILDREN'S CENTER: $10k → 13%JACK & JILL CHILDREN'S CENTER: $10k → 13%JACK & JILL CHILDREN'S CENTER: $10k → 13%JACK & JILL CHILDREN'S CENTER: $10k → 13%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $2k → 15%CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP: $1k → 15%BE STRONG INTERNATIONAL INC: $5k → 15%BE STRONG INTERNATIONAL: $5k → 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.
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.8M · 26 repeat orgs$131k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
14

Total granted

$7.8M
$91k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+10%

Still filing today

65%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentAnimalsOther
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

  • JH
    JACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.9M · revenue +272%
  • UO
    University of Miami
    6× · 2017–2024 · $981k · revenue +96%
  • MS
    MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $238k · revenue +140%

Funded once

  • MA
    MIAMI-DADE AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue -56%
  • JM
    JORGE M PEREZ ART MUSEUM OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +33%
  • GI
    GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SO FLORIDA
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
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.

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University of Miami
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2
Central Miami Intergroup
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3
Miami-Dade Foundation for Educational Innovation Inc

To provide students with a comprehensive international education through the use of technology and language acquisition, so that students will become life-long inquisitive learners and utilize this knowledge across international boundaries.

Education
4
Miami-Dade County League of Cities

None

Public Benefit
5
Miami Children's Museum Inc Fka Miami Youth Museum

Miami children's museum is a non-profit educational institution, which meets the needs of all children in our multicultural community. visitors of all ages are encouraged to play together, learn, imagine, and create. the museum offers…

Arts & Culture
6
Miami Association of Realtors Inc

The miami association of realtors (miami) was chartered by the national association of realtors in 1920 and is celebrating 105 years of service to realtors, the buying and selling public, and the communities in south florida. comprised of…

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7
Technology Innovation Foundation of the Americas Inc

To serve as a catalyst for the establishment of miami as the technology hub for the americas in order to propel innovation and investment in south florida and latin america.

Education
8
Miami-Dade Innovation Authority Inc

Miami-dade innovation authority bridges the gap between private innovators and the public sector to fast track innovation that improves quality of life for miamians.

Science & Tech
9
The Miami Girls Foundation Inc
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10
Endeavor Miami Inc

Endeavor miami inc's mission is to lead the movement to catalyze long-term economic growth by selecting, mentoring, and accelerating the best high impact entrepreneurs in the south florida region. high-impact entrepreneurs are individuals…

Community Improvement
11
Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc

In 2024, biscayne bay waterkeeper (d/b/a miami waterkeeper) built on our reputation by navigating challenges, seizing opportunities, and continuing our unwavering commitment to safeguarding our precious waterways and finding local…

Environment
12
Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce Inc

The mission of M-DCC is to create opportunities for economic and social transformation in our community. The vision of M-DCC envision a future where the diaspora of Black businesses thrive.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Education Fund Inc F/K/a Dade Public Education Fund in; the most unlike its peers is Lba Community Foundation 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

32 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. 32 of the 48 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/32
Grantees still filing
23/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $2,867,475 · HealthJACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INCMOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $237,500 · HealthMOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION+4 more: $69,454 · HealthBAPTIST HEALTH SOUTH FL FOUNDATION: $1,500,000 · OtherBAPTIST HEALTH SOUTH FL FOUNDATIONBELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $750,000 · OtherBELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL INCTHE FOUNDTN FOR NEW EDUC INITIATIVE: $270,000 · OtherTHE FOUNDTN FOR NEW EDUC INITIATIVE5000 ROLE MODELS: $195,000 · Other5000 ROLE MODELSAMERICAN RED CROSS: $182,700 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSS+24 more: $400,505 · Other+24 moreUniversity of Miami: $980,930 · EducationUniversity of Mi…Mas is more PTO Inc: $122,088 · EducationMas is more PTO …FOUNDATION FOR NEW EDUCATION INITIATIVES INC: $119,000 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR N…+2 more: $9,767 · EducationUNITED WAY MIAMI INC: $484,060 · PhilanthropyCORAL GABLES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $30,600 · PhilanthropyTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyZOO MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $115,200 · AnimalsALFALIT INTERNATIONAL INC: $80,300 · InternationalJACK AND JILL CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesBE STRONG INTERNATIONAL INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP INC: $3,350 · Human Services
Health$3,174,429Other$3,298,205Education$1,231,785Philanthropy$539,660Animals$115,200International$80,300Human Services$63,350

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 budgetJACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $2,867,475 over 8y, 5.5% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $980,930 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY MIAMI INC: $484,060 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $237,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMas is more PTO Inc: $122,088 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR NEW EDUCATION INITIATIVES INC: $119,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetZOO MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $115,200 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetALFALIT INTERNATIONAL INC: $80,300 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetJACK AND JILL CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICANS FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE INC F/K/A FLA IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY CENTER: $50,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGIRL SCOUT COUNCIL OF TROPICAL FLORIDA INC: $31,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetCORAL GABLES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $30,600 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLBA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $22,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetMIAMI-DADE AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetSHAKE A LEG MIAMI INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN INC: $19,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $12,954 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBE STRONG INTERNATIONAL INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LBA CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MIAMI INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER MIAMI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $6,750 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMIAMI DADE URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE: $5,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetHISPANIC POLICE OFFICERS ASSOC INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE EDUCATION FUND INC F/K/A DADE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND IN: $4,767 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP INC: $3,350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKRISTI HOUSE INC: $2,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCuban American Bar Foundation Inc: $2,250 over 1y, 1.2% 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.

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…The Miami Foundation …Peacock Foundation IncThe Kirk FoundationUnited Way Miami IncMightycause Charitabl…Publix Super Markets …Assurant FoundationMiguel B Fernandez Fa…The Carrie Meek Found…Td Charitable Foundat…Wilder Foundation Inc
The Batchelor Foundation IncFL30.1× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Batchelor Foundation Inc · The Miami Foundation Inc · Peacock Foundation Inc · The Kirk Foundation · United Way Miami Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Assurant Foundation · Miguel B Fernandez Family Foundation · The Carrie Meek Foundation Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · Wilder 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 Jose Milton Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jose Milton Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Kristi House Inc: 49% of income from government
  • United Way Miami Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Be Strong International Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Girl Scout Council of Tropical Florida Inc: 14% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Jack and Jill Children's Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Jackson Health Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Education Fund Inc F/K/a Dade Public Education Fund in: 0% of income from government
  • Chapman Partnership Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Zoo Miami Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 Jose Milton Foundation 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 48 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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