· Private foundation
The Lilac Foundation Corporation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $6k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $46k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $166k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ARTS IN HEALTH OCALA METRO INC | $116,000 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $25,000 |
| MARION CULTURAL ALLIANCE | $11,250 |
| OCALA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC | $10,000 |
| PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS MARION COUNTY | $5,000 |
| THE PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $81k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AIARTS IN HEALTH OCALA METRO INC3× · 2022–2024 · $309k · revenue +340% · 74% of their budget
- MCMARION COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL INC4× · 2020–2023 · $70k · revenue +53%
- OSOcala Symphony Orchestra Inc2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue +7%
Funded once
- TCTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR OCALAone grant, 2022 · $20k
- HOHospice of Marion Coiuntyone grant, 2020 · $6k
- TCTHE COLLEGE OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNone grant, 2021 · $5k
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.
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.
The mission of united arts of central florida is to inspire and enrich communities by strengthening arts, science, history, and culture through strategic collaborations and investments.
The Art League of Marco Island, Inc. sponsors and promotes the study of, appreciation and support for, and interest in, the fine arts and in allied and related creative arts and crafts. The Art Center honors Marco Island and Southwest…
To provide art education and exhibit art by local artists for the enrichment and benefit of the public in Flagler and surrounding counties, Florida.
To provide schools and community with exposure to the arts in all forms.
Arts Advocacy Education & Grants
To inspire participation and passion for the arts of martin county, florida. key programs include the court house cultural center gallery and educational arts programs.
A thriving art community creates a more prosperous and resilient community overall. We view resiliency as a top priority for our community as Panama City and the surrounding areas work to recover from Hurricane Michael in 2018. We believe…
Film Florida was formed to proide a leadership role in Floridas film and entertainment production industry.
The mission of the polk arts alliance, inc. is to cultivate an environment in which all the arts flourish. this corporation is organized generally to develop, coordinate, and promote the visual and performing arts and cultural activities…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 22 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 ARTS IN HEALTH OCALA METRO INC ↗
- Who funds MARION CULTURAL ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds MARION COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Ocala Symphony Orchestra Inc ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA DEFENDERS OF THE ENVIRONMENT ↗
- Who funds OCALA CIVIC THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds MAGNOLIA ART XCHANGE INC ↗
- Who funds United Way of Marion County Inc ↗
- Who funds PACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Ocala Marion County Inc · Palmer Foundation Inc · The Colen Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Lilac Foundation Corporation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lilac Foundation Corporation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Marion Cultural Alliance Inc: 9% of income from government
- United Way of Marion County Inc: 4% of income from government
- Pace Center for Girlsinc: 2% of income from government
- Arts in Health Ocala Metro Inc: 0% of income from government
- Ocala Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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