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Vernon Family Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

$53k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$2,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDRENS DIAGNOSTIC & TREATMENT CENTER INC$10,000
UNITED JEWISH COMMUNITY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC$10,000
UNITED JEWISH COMMUNITY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC$5,000
UNITED JEWISH COMMUNITY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC$5,000
UNITED JEWISH COMMUNITY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC$5,000
FLAMINGO GARDENS INC$2,500
BROWARD PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HOMELESS INC$2,500
BROWARD PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC$2,500
WORLD AIDS MUSEUM INCORPORATED$2,500
LADY LUCK ANIMAL RESCUE INC$2,500
JOE DIMAGGIO CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC$2,500
FUNDING ARTS BROWARD INC$2,500
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY24–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BROWARD PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $3k → 13%WORLD AIDS MUSEUM INCORPORATED: $3k → 13%FLAMINGO GARDENS INC: $3k → 13%FUNDING ARTS BROWARD INC: $3k → 13%UNITED JEWISH COMMUNITY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $10k → 13%UNITED JEWISH COMMUNITY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $5k → 13%UNITED JEWISH COMMUNITY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $5k → 13%BROWARD PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 13%UNITED JEWISH COMMUNITY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $5k → 13%CHILDRENS DIAGNOSTIC & TREATMENT CENTER INC: $10k → 13%JOE DIMAGGIO CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 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 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
Broward House Inc

Mission the mission of broward house is to improve the quality of life for individuals impacted with chronic health challenges, including hiv, by providing pathways to wellness. vision providing hope and healing to our communities,

Human Services
2
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

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…

Environment
3
Young At Art of Broward Inc

To provide inspiring, interactive experiences in which art is central to shaping young minds and enriching our community.

Arts & Culture
4
Broward Regional Health Planning Council

Broward regional health planning council is committed to delivering health and human service innovations at the national, state, and local level through planning, direct services, evaluation and capacity building.

Health
5
Broward Behavioral Health Coalition Inc

To deliver a comprehensive array of behavioral health services in the state of florida to eligible children,adolescents, adults, elders and families in the organization's service area and to subcontract with qualified, direct service,…

Health
6
Heart Gallery of Broward County Inc

The heart gallery's mission is to provide innovative programs that help to promote the adoption and enrichment of broward's foster youth.

Human Services
7
Broward County Bar Association Inc

Maintain honor and dignity of the legal profession, regulate the practice of and promote improvement in the law and in the methods of its administration, educate its members and the general public in matters pertaining to the law and to…

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8
Broward County Medical Association Inc

To promote and preserve the highest standards of medical care and foster the ethical principles of the medical profession.

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9
Broward Public Library Foundation Inc

To raise&steward private funds for the enhancement of broward county library. the organization also supports creative adult&children's literacy programming, innovative library initiatives,&collection enhancements.

Education
10
Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce

Founded in 1910, the greater fort lauderdale chamber of commerce is the oldest and largest business organization in broward county and it is apparent that throughout our history we have transitioned to better serve the business community.

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11
Business for the Arts of Broward Inc

Support of the arts & cultural affairs in broward county by holding recognition events & workshops for artists.

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12
Hollywood Art & Culture Center Inc

The mission of the hollywood art and culture center is to cultivate creativity and the support of the arts in our community through education, innovation, and collaboration.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Broward Performing Arts Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Lady Luck Animal Rescue Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

9 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
3/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED JEWISH COMMUNITY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH COMMUNITY OF BROWARD COUNTY INCWORLD AIDS MUSEUM INCORPORATED: $2,500 · PhilanthropyWORLD AIDS MUSEUM INCORPORATEDCHILDREN'S DIAGNOSTIC & TREATMENT CENTER INC: $10,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S DIAGNOSTIC & TR…JOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · HealthJOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN'S HO…LADY LUCK ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $2,500 · AnimalsLADY LUCK …FLAMINGO GARDENS INC: $2,500 · AnimalsFLAMINGO G…BROWARD PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · OtherBROWARD PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $2,500 · Housing & ShelterFUNDING ARTS BROWARD INC: $2,500 · Arts & Culture
Philanthropy$27,500Health$12,500Animals$5,000Other$2,500Housing & Shelter$2,500Arts & Culture$2,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED JEWISH COMMUNITY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S DIAGNOSTIC & TREATMENT CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROWARD PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLADY LUCK ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBROWARD PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLAMINGO GARDENS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFUNDING ARTS BROWARD INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWORLD AIDS MUSEUM INCORPORATED: $2,500 over 1y, 1.7% 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 of Broward IncFL13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Broward Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Vernon Family Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Vernon Family Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Broward Partnership for the Homeless Inc: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 9 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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