· Private foundation
Thomas A & Mary S James 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k51 grants · $202k
- $10k–50k33 grants · $535k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $630k
- $250k+2 grants · $1.3M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Salvador Dali Museum | $1,000,000 |
| Harvard Bus School | $250,000 |
| Moffitt Cancer Center | $220,000 |
| Chi Chi Rodriguez Youth Fdtn | $210,000 |
| United Way | $150,000 |
| Chi Chi Rodriguez Youth Fdtn | $50,000 |
| Eckerd College | $40,000 |
| Florida Orchestra | $40,000 |
| Museum of Fine Arts St Petersburg | $25,000 |
| Academy Prep | $25,000 |
| Tennis Foundation of St Petersburg | $25,000 |
| Friends of Raymond James | $25,000 |
| International Tennis Hall of Fame | $25,000 |
| Tampa General Hospital Foundation | $20,000 |
| Cure Alzheimer's Fund | $20,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $645k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
113 repeat relationships: 86 still active in FY2025, 27 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SDSALVADOR DALI MUSEUM INC5× · 2019–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +54%
- PIPARC INC3× · 2023–2025 · $525k · revenue +17%
- ECEckerd College5× · 2019–2025 · $200k · revenue +17%
Funded once
- SCSTETSON COLLEGE OF LAW - LAW CLINICone grant, 2021 · $25k
- FAFREDRICH'S ALAXIA RESEARCH ALLIANCEone grant, 2019 · $20k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $20k
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.
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.
See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.
We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…
Working in partnership with state business leaders to secure florida's future.
The advancement of marine and environmental sciences through scientific research, education and public outreach, leading new discoveries, revitalization and sustainability of our oceans and greater public understanding of our marine…
To promote, encourage and enhance research activities at the university of south florida.
To promote visitation to florida by strengthening florida's share of the global travel market with the goal of maximizing the economic impact of travel and tourism to florida.
The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…
The florida state university foundation enhances the academic mission and vision of florida state university through its organized fundraising activities and funds management. the fsu foundation accomplishes its mission by fostering…
Embry-riddle is the world leader in aviation and aerospace higher education. its mission is to teach the science, practice and business of aviation and aerospace, preparing students for productive careers and leadership roles in business,…
The mission of the foundation is to restore and protect america's everglades through its three programmatic pillars: science, advocacy and education. (continued on schedule o)
The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…
The tampa bay partnership is a privately funded, ceo-driven regional advocacy organization, committed to creating a unified, competitive and prosperous tampa bay.
How this is measured
62 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. 62 of the 126 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds SALVADOR DALI MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds PARC INC ↗
- Who funds Eckerd College ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS OF ST PETERSBURG FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds TENNIS FOUNDATION OF ST PETERSBURG INC ↗
- Who funds Chi Chi Rodriguez Youth Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL TENNIS HALL OF FAME INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds Wellesley College ↗
- Who funds PINELLAS COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds Friends of Raymond James Inc ↗
- Who funds ACADEMY PREP CENTER OF ST PETERSBURG ↗
- Who funds RUTH ECKERD HALL INC ↗
- Who funds TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION INC ↗
- Who funds WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds The American Stage Company Inc ↗
- Who funds American Diabetes Association ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAMPA BAY INC ↗
- Who funds St Petersburg Free Clinic Inc ↗
- Who funds MORTON PLANT MEASE HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
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: Pinellas Community Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · Vinik Family Foundation · Top Jewish Foundation Inc · Rays Baseball Foundation Inc · Debartolo Family Foundation Inc · Francis and Gertrude Levett Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Westphal Family Foundation Inc · J Crayton Pruitt Foundation Inc · Suncoast Credit Union Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Thomas A & Mary S James Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thomas A & Mary S James Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Spring of Tampa Bay Inc: 33% of income from government
- Community Action Stops Abuse Inc: 13% of income from government
- Parc Inc: 2% of income from government
- Oneblood Inc: 1% of income from government
- Clearwater Marine Aquarium Inc: 1% of income from government
- Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
- Great Explorations Inc: 1% of income from government
- The Children's Home Inc: 0% of income from government
- Stetson University Inc: 0% of income from government
- Eckerd College: 0% of income from government
- Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc: 0% of income from government
- Larc Inc: 0% of income from government
- Metropolitan Ministries Inc: 0% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
- Children's Dream Fund Inc: 0% of income from government
- Tampa Museum of Art Inc: 0% of income from government
- Florida Holocaust Museum Inc: 0% of income from government
- Operation Par Inc: 0% of income from government
- The Florida Aquarium Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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