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The Sexton Family 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.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
78
Grants FY2024
81
Organizations funded FY2023
7%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$75,000
Organizations funded a year
70 to 84
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
16
Total assets, FY2024
$15M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 7% of the organizations The Sexton Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthEnvironmentAnimalsHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving75$1.2M11%
FY202381$1.0M7%
FY202284$986k20%
FY202171$820k23%
FY202070$502k4%
FY201977$514k6%
FY201876$384k20%
FY201771$357kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$1.7MEducation$1.1MPhilanthropy$798kEnvironment$607kAnimals$597kHuman Services$437kReligion$185kInternational$144kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
KY
WV
VA
MD
TN
SC
DC
LA
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 118 grantees
All grantees of The Sexton Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation$300,00082%
Fisher House Foundation Inc$297,50080%
Bluepath Service Dogs Inc$283,250811%
United Way of Indian River County Inc$224,00081%
Florida Keys Community Center Inc$224,000288%
Advancing Native Missions$185,00080%
Curesearch for Children's Cancer$170,00081%
Special Operations Fund$155,00081%
United Way of Greenwich Inc$144,00081%
The Boggy Creek Gang Inc$132,50081%
The Trustees of Princeton University$118,00080%
Danny & Rons Rescue$109,00081%
The Swedish-American Fund Inc$100,0001n/a
ASN Foundation for Kidney Research$100,00031%
Baptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc$100,00050%
United Way of the Florida Keys Inc$100,0007n/a
National Kidney Foundation Inc$80,00030%
Lupus Research Alliance Inc$80,00030%
Florida Keys Land & Sea Trust Inc$78,50082%
United Way of Collier and the Keys Inc$75,00012%
Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology$75,00030%
Mote Marine Laboratory Inc$71,00080%
Cardiovascular Research Foundation$70,00030%
The Learning Alliance Inc$67,50080%
The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc$67,00080%
Captains for Clean Water Inc$65,00041%
Reef Relief Inc$65,00084%
Johns Hopkins University$60,00030%
Monroe County Education Foundation Inc$60,00081%
Focused Ultrasound Foundation$60,00030%
Peacetrees Vietnam$60,00080%
Wesley House Family Services Inc$58,00080%
Boys & Girls Club of Indian River County Inc$55,00081%
Bucknell University$55,00080%
Eckerd College$55,00080%
Trustees of Deerfield Academy$54,00080%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$51,00080%
Pigeon Key Foundation Inc$50,00043%
Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich$47,50080%
Peter Michael Foundation$47,00082%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$45,00020%
American Kidney Fund Inc$40,00030%
Kevin Babington Foundation$40,0003n/a
The John's Island Foundation Inc$40,00081%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$40,00030%
Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc$37,50080%
Brightfocus Foundation$35,00020%
Noah's Ark Animal Rehabilitation Center and Sanctuary Inc$30,00031%
Cooke School and Institute$30,00010%
Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County Inc$30,00030%
Year Up Inc$28,50060%
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy USA$25,00040%
Indian River Land Trust Inc$25,00070%
Save the Chimps Inc$25,00010%
Firmkeys Inc$25,000413%
Greenwich Hospital$25,00080%
Hidden Harbor Marine Environmental Project Inc$24,50070%
Freedom House Ministryinc$21,00044%
American Battlefield Trust$21,00070%
Adopt-A-Dog Inc$21,00070%
Friends of the Everglades Inc$20,00031%
Norwalk Community College Foundation Inc$20,00080%
Denison University$20,00040%
Dolphin Research Center Inc$20,00050%
Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I$20,00020%
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc$20,00020%
Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation Inc$20,00030%
Cottage 1886 Foundation Inc$19,00083%
Womankind Inc$18,50060%
Camelot Equestrian Park Foundation$17,500312%
Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy$16,50050%
Robin Hood Foundation$16,00040%
Whole Family Health Center Inc$15,00040%
Conservation International Foundation$15,00030%
Indian River Hospital Foundation Inc$15,00030%
Project Recover Inc$15,00031%
The Salvation Army$14,5007n/a
Habitat for Humanity of the Middle Keys Inc$13,00051%
Exodus School$12,00040%
Smile Train Inc$11,00070%
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Inc$10,00010%
Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc$10,00011%
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc$10,00020%
Reach Prep Inc$10,00020%
Udt - Seal Museum Association Inc$10,00010%
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation$10,00010%
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Inc$10,00030%
Marathon Wild Bird Center Inc$9,50046%
Greenwich Emergency Medical Service Inc$7,50080%
John's Island Community Service League Inc$7,50020%
The Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc$7,50030%
The Posse Foundation Inc$7,50030%
Monroe Association for Retarded Citizens Inc$7,00020%
St John Community Foundation$6,0001n/a
Monroe Council of the Arts Corporation$6,0003n/a
Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust$5,00010%
The Abana Foundation$5,00015%
Hibiscus Children's Center Inc$5,00020%
Sylvia Earle AllianceMission Blue$4,50020%
Charity Navigator$4,00040%
The National World War II Museum Inc$3,50060%
Indian River County Volunteer Ambulance Squad Inc$3,00060%
Fisk University$3,00030%
Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice Foundation Inc$3,00030%
United Service Organizations Inc$2,50030%
Votewater Inc$2,50011%
Project Redwood$2,50010%
Marin Alano Club$2,50011%
Vero Beach Volunteer Fire Department Inc$2,4407n/a
Association of Small Foundations$2,25030%
Jack Strong Foundation Inc$2,0002n/a
Florida Keys Childrens Shelter Inc$2,00010%
Cure International Inc$2,00020%
Waterside School Inc$2,00020%
Books for Africa Inc$2,00010%
The Gifford Florida Youth Orchestra$1,50030%
Foundations in Education Inc$1,00010%
Womens Care Center of Bartow Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($377k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Sexton Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 110 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation: $300,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetFisher House Foundation Inc: $297,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBluepath Service Dogs Inc: $283,250 over 8y, 11% of budgetUnited Way of Indian River County Inc: $224,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetFlorida Keys Community Center Inc: $224,000 over 2y, 88% of budgetAdvancing Native Missions: $185,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCuresearch for Children's Cancer: $170,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetSpecial Operations Fund: $155,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetUnited Way of Greenwich Inc: $144,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetThe Boggy Creek Gang Inc: $132,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $118,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDanny & Rons Rescue: $109,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetASN Foundation for Kidney Research: $100,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetBaptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLupus Research Alliance Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFlorida Keys Land & Sea Trust Inc: $78,500 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetUnited Way of Collier and the Keys Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetConquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMote Marine Laboratory Inc: $71,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCardiovascular Research Foundation: $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Learning Alliance Inc: $67,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetThe Coral Restoration Foundation Inc: $67,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCaptains for Clean Water Inc: $65,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetReef Relief Inc: $65,000 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMonroe County Education Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetFocused Ultrasound Foundation: $60,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPeacetrees Vietnam: $60,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetWesley House Family Services Inc: $58,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Indian River County Inc: $55,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetBucknell University: $55,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetEckerd College: $55,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Deerfield Academy: $54,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $51,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPigeon Key Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Greenwich: $47,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPeter Michael Foundation: $47,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Kidney Fund Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe John's Island Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGuiding Eyes for the Blind Inc: $37,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBrightfocus Foundation: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNoah's Ark Animal Rehabilitation Center and Sanctuary Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCooke School and Institute: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetYear Up Inc: $28,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 110.

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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 Foundation IncFL23.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Indian River Community Foundation Inc · Edward B and Joan T Knight Foundati Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of the Florida Keys · Ocean Reef Community Foundation Inc · The Carwill Foundation · The John's Island Foundation Inc · The Clements Family Charitable Trust · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Welsh Family Foundation Inc · The Berghorst 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.

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About The Sexton Family Foundation

How much does The Sexton Family Foundation give?
The Sexton Family Foundation reported 78 grants totaling $1,219,800 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 70 and 84 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Sexton Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (29%), Education (18%), Philanthropy (13%).
Who are The Sexton Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation ($300k), Fisher House Foundation Inc ($298k), Bluepath Service Dogs Inc ($283k).
Does The Sexton Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Sexton Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Sexton Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Batchelor Foundation Inc, Indian River Community Foundation Inc, Edward B and Joan T Knight Foundati Foundation Inc.
Where is The Sexton Family Foundation based?
The Sexton Family Foundation is based in FL.

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 144 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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