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EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF MARTIN COUNTY

EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF MARTIN COUNTY (Florida) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,436,027 to it, the largest being HOBE SOUND COMMUNITY CHEST INC ($434,794). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.4M
Funders on record
24
Grants received
$1.4M
Net assets
$860k
17/24 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 33%
01What it does

What Education Foundation of Martin County does

Mission

The mission of the Education Foundation of Martin County is to enrich and enhance educational opportunities for all students and teachers, in the martin county school district, through effective fundraising efforts, positive collaborative partnerships, innovative programming, and efficient allocation of resources.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. See attached statement - classroom enrichment and instructional support

    $716,382 spentof which $453,488 as grants
    75% of program spending
  2. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $71,910 spentof which $60,465 as grants
    7% of program spending
  3. See attached statement - special initiatives & teacher recognition

    $171,340 spentof which $90,698 as grants
    18% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $959,632.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($750k) Expenses 100 ($753k) Net assets 100 ($432k)2020 Revenue 95 ($712k) Expenses 103 ($772k) Net assets 86 ($372k)2021 Revenue 102 ($762k) Expenses 83 ($624k) Net assets 118 ($511k)2022 Revenue 108 ($807k) Expenses 95 ($718k) Net assets 139 ($601k)2023 Revenue 129 ($967k) Expenses 127 ($953k) Net assets 142 ($615k)2024 Revenue 151 ($1.1M) Expenses 167 ($1.3M) Net assets 114 ($492k)2025 Revenue 184 ($1.4M) Expenses 135 ($1.0M) Net assets 199 ($860k)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (184)Expenses (135)Net assets (199)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $513k to $864k (+69%).

$432k
$400k
$540k
$617k
$618k
$513k
$864k
2019202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2019 4% · 2022 6% · 2023 5% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

87% of EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF MARTIN COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,052 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$2k
’19
−$60k
’20
$139k
’21
$89k
’22
$14k
’23
−$123k
’24
$368k
’25
9.1
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Lisa Rhodes

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

2019202020212022202320242025
Listed16181922171917
Joined·+2+5+3+4+3+1
No longer listed·040913
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $96k → $317k.

7 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

Left out of every figure on this page: $580k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Consortium of Florida Education Foundations Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF MARTIN COUNTY raised.

From the IRS filings of EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF MARTIN COUNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF MARTIN COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

89% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF MARTIN COUNTY.

30%
largest funder
68%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 26% · 2019 46% · 2020 24% · 2021 40% · 2022 61% · 2023 36% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

67% of EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF MARTIN COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

89% of EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF MARTIN COUNTY's grant income comes from Florida funders.

PA
CT
RI
NC
TX
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Florida out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $692k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF MARTIN COUNTY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin27% · above the median
Months of reserve9.1mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)11% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF MARTIN COUNTY

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

94% of spending goes to programs.

Program 94%Management 2%Fundraising 4%

Governance

16
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

98%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF MARTIN COUNTY?
EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF MARTIN COUNTY (Florida) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,436,027 to it, the largest being HOBE SOUND COMMUNITY CHEST INC ($434,794). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF MARTIN COUNTY have?
IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $1,436,027 in grants to EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF MARTIN COUNTY, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF MARTIN COUNTY?
HOBE SOUND COMMUNITY CHEST INC is the largest funder on record, with $434,794 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF MARTIN COUNTY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 24 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing