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The Ports Foundation

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.

$87k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$386kHealth$108kEducation$50kFood & Nutrition$35kPublic Safety & Disaster$15kAnimals$10kPublic Benefit$10kPhilanthropy$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $57k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS$25,000
GARY SINISE FOUNDATION$12,000
AVOW FOUNDATION INC$10,000
HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC$10,000
ST JUDE CHILDEREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC$5,000
THE SALVATION ARMY - SUMMIT COUNTY AREA SERVICES$5,000
THE SALVATION ARMY - NAPLES$5,000
ONEEIGHTY INC$5,000
GOLDEN PAWS ASSISTANCE DOGS INC$5,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $138k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 29% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its 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%VETITATION: $10k → 12%ONEEIGHTY INC: $5k → 10%GOLDEN PAWS ASSISTANCE DOGS INC: $5k → 10%ONEEIGHTY INC: $5k → 10%GOLDEN PAWS ASSISTANCE DOGS INC: $5k → 10%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
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$674k · 15 repeat orgs$42k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
5

Total granted

$674k
$37k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
+86%

Still filing today

67%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $75k · revenue +50%
  • AH
    AVOW Hospice Inc
    5× · 2019–2023 · $53k · revenue +46%
  • GARY SINISE FOUNDATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $42k · revenue +39%

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
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
Robert Irvine Foundation Inc

The robert irvine foundation is a not-for-profit entity and is tax exempt under 501(c) (3) of the internal revenue code (irc). the organization supports and strengthens the physical and mental well-being of our service members, veterans,…

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.

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3
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
4
The Hospice of St Francis Foundation Inc

The mission of hospice of st. francis foundation is to build relationships in the community to generate funds to support the advancement of hospice of st. francis programs.

Health
5
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
6
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

—
7
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
8
Empath Health Inc

The mission of empath health, inc. is to preserve, protect, and advance the mission of suncoast hospice and its affiliated organizations through strategic leadership, support, and service.

Human Services
9
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
10
Hospice of Gaston County Inc

To provide compassionate, exceptional and highly reliable care.

—
11
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…

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12
Volusiaflagler County Coalition for the Homeless Inc

Charitable or educational purposes related to services for persons experiencing homelessness and persons at risk of homelessness in the service area. in pursuance of the foregoing purposes, vfcch shall facilitate and coordinate the…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Avow Hospice Inc; 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 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. 15 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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+7 more: $45,000 · Other+7 moreAVOW Hospice Inc: $52,500 · Human ServicesAVOW Hospice IncVETITATION: $40,000 · Human ServicesVETITATIONGolden PAWS Assistance Dogs Inc: $30,000 · Human ServicesGolden PAWS Assistanc…ONEEIGHTY INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesONEEIGHTY INCSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $75,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SIL…GARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $42,000 · PhilanthropyWAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $40,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS OF HOPE INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionAvow Foundation Inc: $20,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $15,000 · HealthSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 · Religion
Other$371,217Human Services$137,500Education$75,000Philanthropy$47,000Food & Nutrition$45,000Health$35,000Religion$10,000

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 budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAVOW Hospice Inc: $52,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $42,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVETITATION: $40,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetGolden PAWS Assistance Dogs Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAvow Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetONEEIGHTY INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWARRIORS HOMES OF COLLIER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMEALS OF HOPE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $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
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.

Collier Community Fou…The Richard M Schulze…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
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

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 Ports Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ports Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Avow Hospice Inc: 0% 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, 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.

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 22 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home