Florida · Nonprofit
Maker Effect Foundation Inc
Maker Effect Foundation Inc (Florida) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $205,152 to it, the largest being UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ($61,590). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $388k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $205k
- Net assets
- $178k
What Maker Effect Foundation Inc does
Mission
The Maker Effect Foundation exists to activate and amplify the efforts of makers as they learn, build and work together in their communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Celebrate creativity, innovation, and hands-on learning by bringing together people from all backgrounds and ages. Guests explore DIY science, tech, engineering, arts, and math projects.
$176,289 spent$227,153 earned by the program52% of program spendingCommunity driven workshop dedicated to fostering creativity, innovation, and hands on learning by providing access to a wide array of tools, resources, and content experts.
$111,657 spent$98,139 earned by the program33% of program spendingSupports local FIRST robotics teams
$47,965 spent$53,967 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $335,911.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $163k to $362k (+122%).
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.
27% of Maker Effect Foundation Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $0 → $111k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 Maker Effect Foundation 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
Maker Effect Foundation Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 80%; 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 Maker Effect Foundation Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 97% · 2021 67% · 2022 50% · 2023 45% — 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.
Where its funders are
Maker Effect Foundation Inc draws 53% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $69k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
Maker Effect Foundation Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,130 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,130 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Maker Effect Foundation 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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Maker Effect Foundation Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Maker Effect Foundation Inc?
- Maker Effect Foundation Inc (Florida) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $205,152 to it, the largest being UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ($61,590). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Maker Effect Foundation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $205,152 in grants to Maker Effect Foundation Inc, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Maker Effect Foundation Inc?
- UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC is the largest funder on record, with $61,590 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Maker Effect Foundation 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 7 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