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The Spirit Airlines Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$716k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
45
Grants FY2024
64
Organizations funded FY2023
80%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$71,697
Organizations funded a year
23 to 64
FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
12
Total assets, FY2024
$648k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 80% of the organizations The Spirit Airlines Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $842k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEnvironmentEducationPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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 arriving45$716k73%
FY202364$1.4M80%
FY202249$898k80%
FY202123$340kn/a
91% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$801kArts & Culture$523kYouth Development$325kHealth$321kEnvironment$240kPhilanthropy$215kAnimals$213kRecreation & Sports$151kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of The Spirit Airlines Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Humane Society of Broward County Inc$172,50041%
Shepherd Center Foundation Inc$100,0001n/a
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc$50,00020%
Urban League of Broward County Inc$50,00010%
Treepeople Inc$45,00020%
Soldiers' Angels$45,00020%
Girl Scout Council of Tropical Florida Inc$40,00021%
Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc$40,00020%
Pace Center for Girlsinc$40,00020%
Orlando Community & Youth Trust Inc$35,00020%
Jack and Jill Children's Center Inc$35,00020%
Sachamama Inc$30,00024%
The Houston Food Bank$25,00010%
Friends of the Underline Inc$25,00011%
World Bicycle Relief Nfp$25,00010%
Urban Roots Mn$20,00012%
Children's Diagnostic & Treatment Center Inc$20,00010%
Mandy's Special Farm$20,00010%
Gigis Playhouse Inc$20,0001n/a
BRCA Strong Corp$20,00017%
Latin Americans for Social and Economic Development Inc$20,00012%
Homeless Veterans Services Of Dallas Inc$20,00017%
Fcancer$20,00021%
Georgia Veterans Day Associati$20,000159%
Broward Childrens Center Inc$20,00010%
Center on Halsted$20,00010%
Unearth and Empower Communitie$20,00019%
National Women's Shelter Network Inc$20,00011%
Keep Pensacola Beautiful Inc$20,00014%
Court Appointed Special Advocates of New Hampshire Inc$15,00010%
Luke's Wings$15,00011%
Earth Force Inc$15,00011%
Panthers Warriors Inc$12,5001n/a
India Association of Minnesota$10,00015%
Juvenile Diabetes Cure Alliance$10,00017%
Friends of Fisher House Charleston$10,00012%
Childrens Aid Club$10,00014%
I Have a Dream Foundation$10,00010%
Jorge Pastore Foundation$10,00019%
Winterfest Inc$10,00010%
Grand Strand Down Syndrome Society$10,000124%
Royal Dames of Cancer Research Inc$10,00012%
Curls on the Block$10,0001n/a
Bridging the Gap Inc$10,00010%
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility$10,0001n/a
The Safe Alliance$10,00010%
Campaign One at a Time$10,00017%
Historical Association of Southern Florida Inc$10,00010%
Kids Kicking Cancer Inc$10,00010%
Soccer for Peace Foundation Inc$10,00013%
Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful$10,00011%
Common Threads$10,00010%
Children's Hunger Alliance$10,00010%
Sknvue Inc$10,000117%
Wish Foundation Inc$10,00012%
East Bay Agency for Children$10,00010%
Community Human Service Foundation$10,0001n/a
Roatan Childrens Fund$10,000121%
Rita Crockett Beach Sports Academy$10,0001n/a
Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City Inc$10,00010%
Rebuilding Warriors$10,00013%
Victory Program Inc$10,0001n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Manchester$10,00010%
Friends of Joshua House Foundation$10,00010%
Breakthrough T1d$10,00010%
Black Girls Break Bread Inc$10,0001n/a
All Nations Outreach$5,0001n/a
Arc Broward Inc$2,50010%
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc$2,20010%
Beccas Closet Inc$1,50012%
Women of Color Empowerment Institute Inc$1,40011%
Cameron Boyce Foundation$1,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 74 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Spirit Airlines Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 62 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHumane Society of Broward County Inc: $172,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUrban League of Broward County Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTreepeople Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSoldiers' Angels: $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGirl Scout Council of Tropical Florida Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetBig Dog Ranch Rescue Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPace Center for Girlsinc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOrlando Community & Youth Trust Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetJack and Jill Children's Center Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSachamama Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Underline Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWorld Bicycle Relief Nfp: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUrban Roots Mn: $20,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetChildren's Diagnostic & Treatment Center Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMandy's Special Farm: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBRCA Strong Corp: $20,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetLatin Americans for Social and Economic Development Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHomeless Veterans Services Of Dallas Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetFcancer: $20,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetGeorgia Veterans Day Associati: $20,000 over 1y, 59% of budgetBroward Childrens Center Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCenter on Halsted: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUnearth and Empower Communitie: $20,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetNational Women's Shelter Network Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetKeep Pensacola Beautiful Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetCourt Appointed Special Advocates of New Hampshire Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLuke's Wings: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetEarth Force Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetIndia Association of Minnesota: $10,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetJuvenile Diabetes Cure Alliance: $10,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetFriends of Fisher House Charleston: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetChildrens Aid Club: $10,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetI Have a Dream Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJorge Pastore Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetWinterfest Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGrand Strand Down Syndrome Society: $10,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetRoyal Dames of Cancer Research Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBridging the Gap Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Safe Alliance: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCampaign One at a Time: $10,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetHistorical Association of Southern Florida Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKids Kicking Cancer Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSoccer for Peace Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetKeep Tampa Bay Beautiful: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCommon Threads: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Hunger Alliance: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 62.

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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 IncFL19.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Baptist Health South Florida Inc · The Frederick a Deluca Foundation Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · The Thomas Family Foundation Inc · The Harry T Mangurian Jr Foundation Inc · The Taft Foundation · Florida Panthers Foundation Inc · The Jim Moran Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Broward Inc · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Foundation · Charles F and Esther M Frye 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.

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About The Spirit Airlines Charitable Foundation

How much does The Spirit Airlines Charitable Foundation give?
The Spirit Airlines Charitable Foundation reported 45 grants totaling $716,172 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 64 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does The Spirit Airlines Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (20%), Arts & Culture (13%), Youth Development (8%).
Who are The Spirit Airlines Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Humane Society of Broward County Inc ($173k), Shepherd Center Foundation Inc ($100k), Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc ($50k).
Does The Spirit Airlines Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Spirit Airlines Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Spirit Airlines Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Batchelor Foundation Inc, Baptist Health South Florida Inc, The Frederick a Deluca Foundation Inc.
Where is The Spirit Airlines Charitable Foundation based?
The Spirit Airlines Charitable 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 148 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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