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The Ports 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.

$87k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Human Services$386kHealth$108kEducation$50kFood & Nutrition$35kPublic Safety & Disaster$15kAnimals$10kPublic Benefit$10kPhilanthropy$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $55k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS$25,000
AVOW FOUNDATION INC$10,000
GARY SINISE FOUNDATION$10,000
HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC$10,000
ST JUDE CHILDEREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC$5,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$5,000
ONEEIGHTY INC$5,000
GOLDEN PAWS ASSISTANCE DOGS INC$5,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$5,000
THE SALVATION ARMY - SUMMIT COUNTY AREA SERVICES$5,000
TASTE THE IMPACT INC$2,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $128k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 31% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GOLDEN PAWS ASSISTANCE DOGS: $10k → 10%VETITATION: $15k → 12%ONEEIGHTY INC: $5k → 10%GOLDEN PAWS ASSISTANCE DOGS: $10k → 10%VETITATION: $15k → 12%ONEEIGHTY INC: $5k → 10%GOLDEN PAWS ASSISTANCE DOGS INC: $5k → 10%VETITATION: $10k → 12%AVOW HOSPICE: $15k → 10%AVOW HOSPICE: $15k → 10%AVOW HOSPICE: $10k → 10%AVOW HOSPICE: $8k → 10%AVOW HOSPICE: $5k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$572k · 12 repeat orgs$57k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships — 8 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
5

Total granted

$572k
$37k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+77%

Still filing today

67%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthFood & NutritionEducationPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • AH
    AVOW Hospice Inc
    5× · 2019–2023 · $53k · revenue +46%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue +50%
  • HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $30k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • TF
    THE FIRST PRESBYERIAN CHURCH OF NAPLES
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
  • WH
    WARRIORS HOMES OF COLLIER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +77%
  • CA
    CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast Inc

Suncoast hospice's mission is to be the center to improve life for those touched by advanced illness, death, dying, grief, bereavement and other end-of-life issues.

Human Services
2
Hospice of the Treasure Coast Inc

Hospice of the treasure coast, inc. exists to provide hospice, grief counseling, education and other services to patients and families dealing with death and dying so that they might live as fully and comfortably as possible.

3
Hospice of Martin & St Lucie Inc

Hospice of martin & st. lucie, inc. exists to provide hospice, grief counseling, education and other services to patients and families, dealing with death and dying so that they might live as fully and comfortably as possible. hospice…

Human Services
4
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
5
The Hospice Foundation of the Florida Suncoast Inc

The mission of suncoast hospice foundation is to advance the understanding, participation, and support of the mission and programs of suncoast hospice and its affilated organizations, honoring the community's sacred trust through sound…

6
Hospice of Okeechobee Inc

Hospice of Okeechobee, Inc. provides hospice services that relieve the suffering of persons residing in its communities affected by life-limiting illnesses and end-of-life issues so all may live as fully and comfortably as possible.

Human Services
7
Wounded Veterans Relief Fund Inc

Wounded veterans relief fund (wvrf), founded in 2009, is a veteran-led 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization. our mission is to provide urgent financial assistance and critical dental care to florida's eligible wounded and disabled veterans.…

Human Services
8
Hospice of the Florida Keys Inc

To enable individuals to remain in their homes by supporting compassionate, effective, life-enhancing health and supportive services. at this time, hfk care corporation is inactive.

Human Services
9
Holy Cross Hospital Inc

We, holy cross hospital and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. holy cross hospital is a member of trinity health.

Health
10
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
11
Hospice of Gaston County Inc

To provide compassionate, exceptional and highly reliable care.

12
Hope Hospice and Community Services Inc

Hope Hospice and Community Services, Inc. provides hospice services that relieve the suffering of persons residing in its communities affected by life-limiting illnesses and end-of-life issues so all may live as fully and comfortably as…

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Avow Hospice Inc and the most unlike its peers is Vetitation. 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

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 21 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION — $291,217 · OtherHAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATIONTHE SALVATION ARMY — $20,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYTHE FIRST PRESBYERIAN CHURCH OF NAPLES — $15,000 · Other+6 more — $30,000 · Other+6 moreAVOW Hospice Inc — $52,500 · Human ServicesAVOW Hospice IncVETITATION — $40,000 · Human ServicesVETITATIONGolden PAWS Assistance Dogs Inc — $25,000 · Human ServicesGolden PAWS Assistance…ONEEIGHTY INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesONEEIGHTY INCSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $50,000 · EducationHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC — $30,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS OF HOPE INC — $5,000 · Food & NutritionGARY SINISE FOUNDATION — $30,000 · PhilanthropyWAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $5,000 · PhilanthropyST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $10,000 · HealthAvow Foundation Inc — $10,000 · HealthWARRIORS HOMES OF COLLIER INC — $10,000 · Public Benefit
Other$356,217Human Services$127,500Education$50,000Food & Nutrition$35,000Philanthropy$35,000Health$20,000Public Benefit$10,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetAVOW Hospice Inc — $52,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVETITATION — $40,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGolden PAWS Assistance Dogs Inc — $25,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetONEEIGHTY INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWARRIORS HOMES OF COLLIER INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAvow Foundation Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEALS OF HOPE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTASTE THE IMPACT INC — $3,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COLLIER COUNTY FLOR — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Collier Community Foundation IncFL15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Collier Community Foundation Inc · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Ports Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 0%
  • Avow Hospice Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 21 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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