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Universal Orlando Foundation Inc

The foundation seeks to promote the quality of life in the central florida community, addressing needs and concerns primarily in the areas of education, children, family and basic needs.

$2.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
42
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$385k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Education$4.8MHealth$2.6MFood & Nutrition$2.4MArts & Culture$2.1MHousing & Shelter$1.9MHuman Services$1.9MYouth Development$1.8MRecreation & Sports$442kOther$0
02FY2024 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 42 grants below total $2,802,638, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,938,568 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $135,930 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $498k
  • $50k–250k16 grants · $1.6M
  • $250k+2 grants · $644k
$41,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY YEAR ORLANDO$385,389
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC$258,750
ZEBRA YOUTH INC$164,000
LGBT CENTER ORLANDO INC$153,000
A GIFT FOR TEACHING INC$152,500
SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA INC$150,750
HARBOR HOUSE OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC$132,000
VALENCIA COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC$125,839
CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE$103,500
BREVARD HOMELESS COALTION$100,000
ORLANDO AFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS INC$100,000
LIGHTHOUSE CENTRAL FLORIDA INC$100,000
GIVE KIDS THE WORLD$87,750
CAMP BOGGY CREEK$63,250
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER ORLANDO AND OSCEOLA COUNTY INC$60,700
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 (FY17–24, $3.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 74% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%HOPE HELPS INC: $21k → 11%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY: $111k → 13%MID FLORIDA HOMELESS COALITION: $50k → 17%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY: $100k → 13%BREVARD HOMELESS COALITION: $20k → 10%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $35k → 13%BREVARD HOMELESS COALTION: $100k → 10%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $588k → 11%LAKE CARES INC: $50k → 10%LIGHTHOUSE CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $50k → 13%OSCEOLA COUNCIL ON AGING: $100k → 13%LIGHTHOUSE CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $40k → 13%OSCEOLA COUNCIL ON AGING: $50k → 13%KIDS HOUSE OF SEMINOLE INC: $21k → 11%KIDS HOUSE OF SEMINOLE INC: $20k → 11%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $104k → 13%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE - SE REGION: $59k → 13%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE - SE REGION: $34k → 13%EMBRACE FAMILIES SOLUTIONS INC: $25k → 13%EMBRACE FAMILIES SOLUTIONS: $24k → 13%LIGHTHOUSE CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $100k → 13%LIGHTHOUSE CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $50k → 13%OCA OPPORTUNITY COMMUNITY ABILITY INC: $41k → 13%OCA OPPORTUNITY COMMUNITY ABILITY INC: $25k → 13%FREEDOM RIDE INC: $29k → 13%FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER ORLANDO INC: $50k → 13%FOUNDATION FOR FOSTER CHILDREN INC: $43k → 13%FOUNDATION FOR FOSTER CHILDREN INC: $41k → 13%FOUNDATION FOR FOSTER CHILDREN: $40k → 13%CENTRAL FLORIDA DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION INC: $33k → 13%JFS ORLANDO: $30k → 13%FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER ORLANDO: $30k → 13%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES ORLANDO: $30k → 13%DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: $29k → 13%SALT OUTREACH INC: $100k → 13%HOMELESS SERVICES NETWORK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $50k → 13%IDIGNITY INC: $40k → 13%INDIGNITY INC: $33k → 13%SALT OUTREACH INC: $31k → 13%QUEST INC: $101k → 13%LIFE CONCEPTS INC DBA QUEST INC: $55k → 13%LIFE CONCEPTS INC DBA QUEST INC: $50k → 13%QUEST INC: $35k → 13%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: $25k → 13%LIFE CONCEPTS INC DBA QUEST INC: $24k → 13%CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER: $28k → 13%CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER FOR CENTRAL FLORIDA: $24k → 13%HOMELESS SERVICES NETWORK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: $81k → 13%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$18M · 85 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

85 repeat relationships: 37 still active in FY2024, 48 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

85
34

Total granted

$18M
$870k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+31%

Still filing today

96%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $145k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.1M · revenue +49%
  • CITY YEAR INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +15%
  • AG
    A GIFT FOR TEACHING INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $920k · revenue +52%

Funded once

  • CR
    COMIC RELIEF INC DBA COMIC RELIEF US
    one grant, 2020 · $200k · revenue -76%
  • MF
    MID FLORIDA HOMELESS COALITION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +36%
  • LC
    Lake Cares Incgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +68%
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
Orlando Center for Justice

Orlando Center for Justice, Inc.s mission is to bridge the access to justice gap in Florida for newcomers by helping these underserved communities navigate the legal system through education and innovation. We also walk alongside them,…

Crime & Legal
2
Central Florida Kidney Centers Inc

Our mission is to provide exceptional dialysis care and services to individuals with end-stage kidney disease throughout central florida. we are dedicated to expanding access to treatment and ensuring all those in need receive quality…

Health
3
Central Florida Commission On Homelessness Inc

The corporation is organized for the purpose of permanently reducing the number of homeless individuals and families in the central florida region.

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4
Orlando Philharmonic
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5
Florida Research Center for Agricultural Sustainability Inc
Philanthropy
6
Florida Community Health Centers Inc

Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.

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7
Florida Alliance of Children's Councils & Trusts Inc

To promote policies that build effective primary prevention and early intervention systems of support for florida's children and families by engaging and enhancing the collective strengths of the individual children's services councils of…

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8
Florida's Children First Inc

Organization mission: florida's children first is a non-profit, nonpartisan, independent advocacy organization committed to protecting and advancing the rights of children and youth impacted by the child welfare, juvenile justice, and…

Human Services
9
Ability Housing Inc

The mission of ability housing is to build flourishing communities where everyone has a home. its vision is a society where housing is a right, not a privilege; and all individuals have safe, affordable housing in vibrant communities. it…

Health
10
The Florida Center for Early Childhood Inc

The florida center supports the healthy development of young children, specializing in those with delays, disabilities or mental health challenges. our mission- "to help build and foster strong families and expand the potential of young…

Human Services
11
Central Florida Sports Commission Inc

The central florida sports commission is a non-profit, private organization created to attract international, national and regional events and sports-related business and activities to the central florida area.

Recreation & Sports
12
Central Florida Foundation

As our region's community foundation, central florida foundation serves as a launchpad for high-impact philanthropy through the collective power of head, heart and dollar, targeting today's most critical challenges.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rise Community Solutions Inc; the most unlike its peers is Greyhound Pets of Americagreater Orland. 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

119 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 119 of the 125 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
26
Early backer (in before they grew)
116/119
Grantees still filing
92/119
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $2,089,709 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INCCITY YEAR INC: $1,243,389 · OtherCITY YEAR INCHabitat for Humanity Greater Orlando and Osceola County Inc: $722,200 · OtherHabitat for Humanity Greater Orlando and Osceola Cou…VALENCIA COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $604,179 · OtherVALENCIA COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCFOUNDATION FOR ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $555,860 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INCCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $356,000 · OtherCENTRAL FLORIDA COMMUNITY ARTS INC: $306,600 · Other+40 more: $2,932,075 · Other+40 moreTHE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $882,388 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S HOME…LIFE CONCEPTS INC: $294,250 · Human ServicesLIFE CONCEPTS INCLIGHTHOUSE CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $260,000 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSE CENTRAL …CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $258,876 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANIONS F…Osceola County Council on Aging Inc: $170,000 · Human ServicesHOMELESS SERVICES NETWORK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $151,000 · Human ServicesSalt Outreach Inc: $130,750 · Human ServicesFOUNDATION FOR FOSTER CHILDREN INC: $123,250 · Human ServicesBREVARD HOMELESS COALITION INC: $120,000 · Human Services+16 more: $864,574 · Human Services+16 moreTHE BOGGY CREEK GANG INC: $427,500 · HealthTHE BOGGY CRE…MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL & NORTHERN FLORIDA: $321,250 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH F…UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $275,745 · HealthUNITED CEREBR…THE NEMOURS FOUNDATION: $201,380 · HealthTHE NEMOURS F…SHEPHERD'S HOPE INC: $198,500 · HealthSHEPHERD'S HO…NEW HOPE FOR KIDS INC: $101,000 · HealthOrlando Health Inc: $100,000 · HealthOrlando Health Foundation Inc: $97,000 · HealthRonald McDonald House Charities of Central Florida Inc: $89,250 · HealthAdventHealth Foundation Inc: $78,250 · Health+8 more: $326,670 · Health+8 moreA GIFT FOR TEACHING INC: $920,191 · EducationA GIFT FO…THE FOUNDATION FOR OSCEOLA EDUCATION INC: $218,000 · EducationTHE FOUND…NEED TO READ INC: $160,000 · EducationNEED TO R…THE FOUNDATION FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $104,900 · EducationTHE FOUND…ADULT LITERACY LEAGUE INC: $66,500 · Education+6 more: $183,500 · Education+6 moreORLANDO SCIENCE CENTERINC: $250,440 · Arts & CultureORLANDO FAMILY STAGE INC: $245,250 · Arts & CultureINTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $146,750 · Arts & CultureGARDEN THEATRE INC: $119,275 · Arts & CultureOsceola Arts Inc: $97,850 · Arts & CultureORLANDO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC: $95,000 · Arts & CultureORLANDO BALLET INC: $70,000 · Arts & CultureOPERA ORLANDO INC: $50,750 · Arts & Culture+9 more: $205,600 · Arts & CultureBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $647,537 · Youth DevelopmentZEBRA YOUTH INC: $447,500 · Youth DevelopmentFLORIDA LEADERSHIP VENTURE: $85,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentSPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc: $340,750 · Recreation & SportsOrlando After School All Stars Inc: $300,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$8,810,012Human Services$3,255,088Health$2,216,545Education$1,653,091Arts & Culture$1,280,915Youth Development$1,190,037Recreation & Sports$650,750

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 budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $2,089,709 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $1,243,389 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetA GIFT FOR TEACHING INC: $920,191 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $882,388 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetHabitat for Humanity Greater Orlando and Osceola County Inc: $722,200 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $647,537 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetVALENCIA COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $604,179 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $555,860 over 7y, 4.6% of budgetZEBRA YOUTH INC: $447,500 over 7y, 11% of budgetTHE BOGGY CREEK GANG INC: $427,500 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $356,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc: $340,750 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL & NORTHERN FLORIDA: $321,250 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetCENTRAL FLORIDA COMMUNITY ARTS INC: $306,600 over 7y, 9.3% of budgetOrlando After School All Stars Inc: $300,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetLIFE CONCEPTS INC: $294,250 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $275,745 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetHarbor House of Central Florida Inc: $273,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $260,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $258,876 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetGIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC: $256,850 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetORLANDO SCIENCE CENTERINC: $250,440 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetORLANDO FAMILY STAGE INC: $245,250 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR OSCEOLA EDUCATION INC: $218,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NEMOURS FOUNDATION: $201,380 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOMIC RELIEF INC DBA COMIC RELIEF US: $200,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSHEPHERD'S HOPE INC: $198,500 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetLGBT CENTER ORLANDO INC: $170,331 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetOsceola County Council on Aging Inc: $170,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetHEART OF FLORIDA UNITED WAY INC: $165,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHOPE PARTNERSHIP INC D/B/A COMMUNITY HOPE CENTER INC: $165,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetNEED TO READ INC: $160,000 over 3y, 90% of budgetHOMELESS SERVICES NETWORK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $151,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $146,750 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $135,743 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetSalt Outreach Inc: $130,750 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetCENTRAL FLORIDA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC: $126,350 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetSTONO INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOM JUSTICE AND SECURITY: $125,000 over 2y, 65% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR FOSTER CHILDREN INC: $123,250 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetBREVARD HOMELESS COALITION INC: $120,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetGARDEN THEATRE INC: $119,275 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetOPTIMIST CLUB OF PANAMA CITY BEACH: $115,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetTHE CHRISTIAN SHARING CENTER INC: $110,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $104,900 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetNathaniel's Hope Inc: $101,040 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetNEW HOPE FOR KIDS INC: $101,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetOrlando Health Inc: $100,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER ORLANDO INC: $98,000 over 3y, 4.0% 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.

  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY YEAR INC ↗
  • Who funds A GIFT FOR TEACHING INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA ↗
  • Who funds Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando and Osceola County Inc ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds VALENCIA COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds ZEBRA YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOGGY CREEK GANG INC ↗
  • Who funds COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL & NORTHERN FLORIDA ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL FLORIDA COMMUNITY ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Orlando After School All Stars Inc ↗
  • Who funds LIFE CONCEPTS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds Harbor House of Central Florida Inc ↗
  • Who funds LIGHTHOUSE CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds GIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC ↗
  • Who funds ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTERINC ↗
  • Who funds ORLANDO FAMILY STAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR OSCEOLA EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NEMOURS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMIC RELIEF INC DBA COMIC RELIEF US ↗
  • Who funds SHEPHERD'S HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds LGBT CENTER ORLANDO INC ↗
  • Who funds Osceola County Council on Aging Inc ↗
  • Who funds HEART OF FLORIDA UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE PARTNERSHIP INC D/B/A COMMUNITY HOPE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds NEED TO READ INC ↗
  • Who funds HOMELESS SERVICES NETWORK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds Salt Outreach Inc ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL FLORIDA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds STONO INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOM JUSTICE AND SECURITY ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR FOSTER CHILDREN 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.

The Dr P Phillips Fou…Central Florida Found…Orlando Magic Youth F…Magruder Chesley G Fd…Orlando Health IncAdventist Health Syst…Westgate Resorts Foun…Blue Cross Blue Shiel…Publix Super Markets …Heart of Florida Unit…Devos Family Foundati…Elizabeth Morse Geniu…
The Dr P Phillips FoundationFL87.2× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Dr P Phillips Foundation · Central Florida Foundation · Orlando Magic Youth Foundation Inc · Magruder Chesley G Fdn Im · Orlando Health Inc · Adventist Health SystemSunbelt Inc · Westgate Resorts Foundation Inc F/K/A Westgate Foundation Inc · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Heart of Florida United Way Inc · Devos Family Foundation · Elizabeth Morse Genius 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 Universal Orlando Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Universal Orlando Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 370%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Homeless Services Network of Central Florida Inc: 87% of income from government
  • Help Now of Osceola Inc: 48% of income from government
  • Brevard Homeless Coalition Inc: 43% of income from government
  • Harbor House of Central Florida Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Osceola County Council on Aging Inc: 22% of income from government
  • United Cerebral Palsy of Central Florida Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Mid Florida Homeless Coalition Inc: 13% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Kids House of Seminole Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Idignity Inc: 6% of income from government
  • The Children's Home Society of Florida: 6% of income from government
  • The Christian Sharing Center Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Orlando Science Centerinc: 4% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Rise Community Solutions Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Space Coast Health Foundation Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Central Florida Council Boy Scouts of America Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida Inc: 2% of income from government
  • United Arts of Central Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Collegiate Pathways Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Enzian Theater Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando and Osceola County Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Nemours Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Heart of Florida United Way Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Nami Greater Orlando Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Garden Theatre Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Orlando Health Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
37get no government money at all
43report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.
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Find your warmest path to Universal Orlando Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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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 125 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 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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More from the funding graph

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