Florida · Nonprofit
FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY DRIVEN INNOVATION INC
FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY DRIVEN INNOVATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $274,152 to it, the largest being FLORIDA BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORP ($75,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $230k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $274k
- Net assets
- $123k
What Foundation for Community Driven Innovation Inc does
Mission
The Foundation for Community Driven Innovation mission is dedicated to supporting academic achievement economic development and the spirit of innovation through inspiring programs and active learning projects.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Advanced Manufacturing and Robotics Center AMRoC Fab Lab has successfully operated for over six years offering comprehensive technical training in various fields such as computer programming manufacturing sewing CAD design and the use of advanced manufacturing tools and equipment. The program plays a crucial role in improving participants skills thereby increasing their employability and fostering economic development within the community. Throughout the year AMRoC Fab Lab has positively impacted over 800 individuals ranging from young students to elderly seniors by providing them with valuable technical knowledge essential skills and exposure to cutting-edge technologies.
$170,896 spent$155,796 earned by the program72% of program spendingEquity in Entrepreneurship: This program helps members of the local community who want to start a new business enter into early-stage entrepreneurship. Participants learn the basics of business finance budgeting marketing and working within our local government and business ecosystem. Since the programs inception in 2020 this program has provided the foundations for business sustainability along with startup micro-seed funding and successfully assisted the launch of over 60 new Florida State-registered businesses.
$17,927 spent$17,660 earned by the program8% of program spendingStudent STEM & Robotics: This program promotes K-12 education in Science Technology Engineering and Math through direct hands-on practical application of all elements of STEM including team-based competitive robotics and technology projects and challenges. Participating students are well-positioned for pursuing technical and professional degrees in college and skilled positions in the technical industry. This year the program provided experiential STEM services to over 1000 students from local public-school teams as well as our own in-house student teams.
$39,996 spent$27,380 earned by the program17% of program spendingRoboticonTM is another program organized and produced by the Foundation for Community Driven Innovation. ROBOTICON presents a high-quality team-based competitive robotics event that inspires youth through its mentor supported hands-on skill building experience. The challenges of the competition inspire students to understand the real-world importance and applications of STEM skills. Since its inception is 2014 Roboticon has engaged over 24,000 students including approximately 1000 students in 2025 alone.
$5,948 spent$2,030 earned by the program3% of program spendingGulf Coast MakerCon is an annual event produced by the Foundation for Community Driven Innovation. The program provides an opportunity for everyone to join together to share resources learn a craft hone their skills share their knowledge find career and academic opportunities try new tools and innovations and showcase everyones amazing creativity! The event is free and open to the community.
$2,794 spent$2,088 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $237,561.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $73k to $150k (+105%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 32% · 2023 48% · 2024 28% · 2025 32%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
75% of FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY DRIVEN INNOVATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $25k → $31k.
4 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY DRIVEN INNOVATION INC’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
FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY DRIVEN INNOVATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
69% 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 FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY DRIVEN INNOVATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 60% · 2021 56% · 2022 27% · 2023 98% — growing more concentrated.
“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
43% of FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY DRIVEN INNOVATION INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.
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
74% of FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY DRIVEN INNOVATION INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $101k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Against its field
FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY DRIVEN INNOVATION INC has grown faster than half of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY DRIVEN INNOVATION INC
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.
In Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY DRIVEN INNOVATION INC?
- FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY DRIVEN INNOVATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $274,152 to it, the largest being FLORIDA BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORP ($75,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY DRIVEN INNOVATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $274,152 in grants to FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY DRIVEN INNOVATION INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY DRIVEN INNOVATION INC?
- FLORIDA BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORP is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY DRIVEN INNOVATION INC 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 15 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