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Ventus Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Ventus Charitable 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.

$11M
Granted FY2024still arriving
40
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$5.9M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$6.9MPhilanthropy$4.3MCivil Rights$1.6MPublic Benefit$1.2MHealth$467kHuman Services$270kEnvironment$240kCommunity Improvement$230kOther$0
02FY2024 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $335k
  • $50k–250k18 grants · $1.5M
  • $250k+6 grants · $8.8M
$55,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$53M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF PBC$5,935,382
NEOPHILANTHROPY$1,250,000
PROTEUS FUND$650,000
NEW VENTURE FUND$500,000
STATE DEMOCRACY PROJECT$250,000
TIDES CENTER - STATE VOICES FLORIDA$250,000
PUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION$200,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTHWEST CENTRAL FLORIDA$100,000
Individual grant recipient$100,000
YMCA$100,000
FLORIDA RISING TOGETHER INC$100,000
PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT (POGO)$100,000
ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM$100,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTH EAST AND NORTH FLORIDA$100,000
GLOBAL IMPACT$100,000
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 (FY21–24, $85k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 59% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%TIDES CENTER: $25k → 10%EARLY LEARNING SHARED SERVICES ALLIANCE: $50k → 13%DRESS FOR SUCCESS PALM BEACHES: $5k → 11%DRESS FOR SUCCESS PALM BEACHES: $5k → 11%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
MA
OH
PA
RI
CA
DC
FL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 10% of Ventus Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Ventus Charitable Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 33 repeat orgs$1.7M to everyone else

33 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
29

Total granted

$12M
$668k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+68%

Still filing today

58%
21%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M 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
Civil RightsPublic BenefitEducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
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

  • EF
    EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $6.4M · revenue +21% · 53% of their budget
  • NEO Philanthropy Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $2.2M · revenue +28%
  • FLORIDA PHILANTHROPIC NETWORK INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $325k · revenue +244%

Funded once

  • CF
    COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF PB & MARTIN COUNTIES
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • WA
    WOODLAND ARBORETUM FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +78% · 39% of their budget
  • CF
    COMMUNITY FUONDATION OF PB & MARTIN COUNTIES
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
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
Equality Florida Institute Inc

Equality florida institute is the educational arm of the largest civil rights organization in florida dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Civil Rights
2
Florida Rising Inc

Florida rising, inc. is an independent political organization bringing together black and brown communities to seize power and govern to advance social, economic and racial justice across florida.

Civil Rights
3
Partnership for Public Service Inc

Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…

Employment
4
Equality Florida Action Inc

Equality florida action is the advocacy arm of the largest civil rights organization working to secure full equality for florida's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (lgbtq) community.(continued on schedule o)we work to pass…

Civil Rights
5
Miami Freedom Project for Democracy

Miami freedom project for democracy (mfp for democracy), a non-partisan 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to engaging south florida's latino and immigrant communities through comprehensive civic education, leadership training, and…

Human Services
6
Florida Immigrant Coalition Inc

To focuses on public education and advocacy to generate public awareness of programs and services available to immigrants in Florida.

Civil Rights
7
Partnership for Policy Integrity

Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI) uses data-driven advocacy and litigation to fight for forests, communities and the climate.

Environment
8
Public Agenda Inc

Public agenda strengthens american democracy by connecting research to action enabling people and institutions to pursue changes that make a difference. we amplify the voices of americans and help communities discover and build on common…

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9
Center for Popular Democracy Inc

The center for popular democracy (cpd) and its affiliates know that everyday people have the power to change the world. we upend business and politics as usual to forge a representative, multiracial government and society where we all…

Public Benefit
10
Miami-Dade Innovation Authority Inc

Miami-dade innovation authority bridges the gap between private innovators and the public sector to fast track innovation that improves quality of life for miamians.

Science & Tech
11
Democracy Works Inc

The organization's mission is to leverage web-technologies to improve civic engagement and voter education.

Civil Rights
12
Pro Publica Inc

Pro publica is an independent, non-profit, pulitzer prize-winning newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories. [see continuation on schedule o] we produce…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Florida Philanthropic Network Inc; the most unlike its peers is Freedom to Read Project Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

39 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. 39 of the 80 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/39
Grantees still filing
25/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $6,425,984 · OtherEDUCATION FOUNDATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INCVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM (DAF): $725,000 · OtherVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM (DAF)TIDES CENTER - STATE VOICES FLORIDA: $350,000 · Other+51 more: $2,558,520 · Other+51 moreNEO Philanthropy Inc: $2,225,000 · Public BenefitNEO Philanthropy IncSTATE DEMOCRACY PROJECT: $250,000 · Public BenefitSTATE DEMOCRACY PROJ…PUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · Public BenefitPUBLIC CITIZEN FOUND…FLORIDA POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $120,000 · Public Benefit+1 more: $80,000 · Public BenefitFLORIDA PHILANTHROPIC NETWORK INC: $325,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR PALM BEACH AND MARTIN COUNTIES INC: $230,000 · PhilanthropyVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $200,000 · PhilanthropyFlorida Nonprofit Alliance Inc: $125,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $2,500 · PhilanthropyPROTEUS FUND INC: $800,000 · Education+3 more: $60,000 · EducationNEW VENTURE FUND: $500,000 · EnvironmentWOODLAND ARBORETUM FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EnvironmentEQUAL GROUND EDUCATION FUND INC: $110,000 · Civil RightsFair Elections Center: $100,000 · Civil RightsFLORIDA RISING TOGETHER INC: $100,000 · Civil RightsIFWHENHOW: $100,000 · Civil RightsPrison Policy Initiative: $30,000 · Civil RightsTHE GUATEMALAN-MAYA CENTER INC: $30,000 · Civil Rights+2 more: $10,500 · Civil RightsGlobal Impact: $100,000 · InternationalPANORAMA GLOBAL: $50,000 · International
Other$10,059,504Public Benefit$2,875,000Philanthropy$882,500Education$860,000Environment$600,000Civil Rights$480,500International$150,000

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 budgetEDUCATION FOUNDATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $6,425,984 over 8y, 53% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $2,225,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPROTEUS FUND INC: $800,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFLORIDA PHILANTHROPIC NETWORK INC: $325,000 over 4y, 8.5% of budgetSTATE DEMOCRACY PROJECT: $250,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR PALM BEACH AND MARTIN COUNTIES INC: $230,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetFlorida Nonprofit Alliance Inc: $125,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetFLORIDA POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $120,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetEQUAL GROUND EDUCATION FUND INC: $110,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetFAITH IN FLORIDA INC: $105,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetNALEO EDUCATIONAL FUND: $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGlobal Impact: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOODLAND ARBORETUM FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetFair Elections Center: $100,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetNATIONAL LATINA INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE: $100,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM: $100,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetFLORIDA RISING TOGETHER INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetIFWHENHOW: $100,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND: $80,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF MANATEE LAGOON INC: $75,000 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetEARLY LEARNING SHARED SERVICES ALLIANCE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetPANORAMA GLOBAL: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINNER CITY INNOVATORS INC: $50,000 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetPrison Policy Initiative: $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE GUATEMALAN-MAYA CENTER INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPS 305 INC: $25,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetCONNECT TO GREATNESS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetAdopt-A-Family of the Palm Beaches Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS PALM BEACHES: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFREEDOM TO READ PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetPEOPLE ENGAGED IN ACTIVE COMMUNITY EFFORTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetWOODLAWN CONSERVANCY INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPhilanthropy for Active Civic Engagement: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Community Foundation …Allegany Franciscan M…Quantum Foundation IncNew Venture FundUnited Way of Palm Be…Lost Tree Village Cha…The Ford FoundationThe Jim Moran Foundat…Rockefeller Philanthr…Florida Philanthropic…The Chamber of Nonpro…Freedom Together Foun…
Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties IncFL25.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · Allegany Franciscan Ministries Inc · Quantum Foundation Inc · New Venture Fund · United Way of Palm Beach County Inc · Lost Tree Village Charitable Foundation · The Ford Foundation · The Jim Moran Foundation Inc · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Florida Philanthropic Network Inc · The Chamber of Nonprofit Health and Human Agencies in Palm Beach County Inc · Freedom Together 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 Ventus Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ventus Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 150%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 15%
  • Adopt-a-Family of the Palm Beaches Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Florida Nonprofit Alliance Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
15get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.

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 80 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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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