Florida · Private foundation
The Thomas M and Irene Kirbo Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 159
- Grants FY2025
- 158
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 156 to 167
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $50M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations The Thomas M and Irene Kirbo Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $142k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 158 | $2.0M | 9% |
| FY2024 | 158 | $2.0M | 6% |
| FY2023 | 163 | $1.9M | 6% |
| FY2022 | 164 | $1.9M | 10% |
| FY2021 | 167 | $2.0M | 17% |
| FY2020 | 156 | $2.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Hadleys Black History Memorbillia Inc | $350,000 | 6 | 45% |
| St Vincent's Foundation Inc | $300,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Jacksonville University | $150,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Flagler College Inc | $150,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Arc Jacksonville Inc | $150,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Foundation Inc | $145,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Reef Ball Foundation Inc | $135,000 | 6 | 8% |
| Friends With Jesus Inc | $120,000 | 6 | 3% |
| The Corporation of Mercer University | $115,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Georgia Heirs Property Law Center Inc | $115,000 | 6 | 2% |
Show all 163 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 72 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Thomas M and Irene Kirbo Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 149 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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 Northeast Florida Inc · The Maryellen S Willis Charitable Trust · Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Inc · Pga Tour Inc · United Way of Northeast Florida Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Gate Foundation Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · The Jim Moran Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Southern Baptist Hospital of Florida Inc · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Thomas M and Irene Kirbo Charitable Foundation with peer funders
About The Thomas M and Irene Kirbo Charitable Foundation
- How much does The Thomas M and Irene Kirbo Charitable Foundation give?
- The Thomas M and Irene Kirbo Charitable Foundation reported 159 grants totaling $2,041,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 156 and 167 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Thomas M and Irene Kirbo Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (28%), Education (18%), Arts & Culture (9%).
- Who are The Thomas M and Irene Kirbo Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Jack Hadleys Black History Memorbillia Inc ($350k), St Vincent's Foundation Inc ($300k), Jacksonville University ($150k).
- Does The Thomas M and Irene Kirbo Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Thomas M and Irene Kirbo Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Thomas M and Irene Kirbo Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc, The Maryellen S Willis Charitable Trust, Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Thomas M and Irene Kirbo Charitable Foundation based?
- The Thomas M and Irene Kirbo Charitable Foundation is based in FL.
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