Florida · Nonprofit
MAX PLANCK FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC
MAX PLANCK FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $930,670 to it, the largest being DAVID MINKIN FOUNDATION ($749,550). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2018
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $931k
- Net assets
- $0
What Max Planck Florida Foundation Inc does
Mission
The max planck florida foundation, inc (mpff) was established to secure private philanthropic support from individuals, corporations, and foundations across the united states and internationally in support of the scientific mission, objectives, and programs of the max planck florida institute for neuroscience, a not-for-profit research organization dedicated to answering fundamental questions about brain development and function and developing new technologies enabling groundbreaking discoveries. Mpff raises funds to advance neuroscience research, bring cutting-edge technologies to the institute, and train the next generation of the best and brightest graduate and post-graduate scientific investigators. In november 2018, mpff merged its operations and assets into max planck florida corporation, a related tax-exempt organization and the sole member of mpff. At that time, mpff's existence as a separate legal entity ceased.
As stated on its FY2018 Form 990.
Program
Expenditures in support of program services were used to provide funding in research training fellowships, direct research in neuroscience, present a lecture series to the palm beach county residents and visitors advancing the role of max planck research in brain function and other scientific disciplines throughout the worldwide max planck organizations, host scientific symposia meetings bringing world renowned scientists to share and collaborate discoveries, and recurring fund raising activities and events. The foundation may also engage in activities to secure funds from governmental sources for the benefit of the institute. Funds recognized by the foundation from these activities were $1,639,101 and $889,101 for the years ended december 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. In november 2018, mpff merged its operations and assets into max planck florida corporation, a related tax-exempt organization and the sole member of mpff. At that time, mpff ceased to exist as a separate legal entity.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $8.6M to $0 (−100%).
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: 2017 51% · 2018 81%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $18k → $154k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 MAX PLANCK FLORIDA 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
MAX PLANCK FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 48% · 2019 53% · 2020 74% · 2021 85% · 2022 85% · 2023 97% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of MAX PLANCK FLORIDA FOUNDATION 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. $59k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Organizations like MAX PLANCK FLORIDA 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
0% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- MAX PLANCK FLORIDA CORPORATION DBA Max Planck Florida Institute for Neurosc · exempt
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Wissenschaften Ev · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MAX PLANCK FLORIDA 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 MAX PLANCK FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC?
- MAX PLANCK FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $930,670 to it, the largest being DAVID MINKIN FOUNDATION ($749,550). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MAX PLANCK FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $930,670 in grants to MAX PLANCK FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MAX PLANCK FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC?
- DAVID MINKIN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $749,550 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MAX PLANCK FLORIDA 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2018 (financials across 2017–2018), 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