Florida · Nonprofit
NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC
NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 145 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,684,654 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($6,684,124). 83 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $48M
- Funders on record
- 145
- Grants received
- $59M
- Net assets
- $106M
What Naples Children Foundation Inc does
Mission
To create lasting change by investing in proven programs that transform the lives of vulnerable children in collier county. Through strong partnerships, we bridge gaps in education and healthcare delivering measurable results that empower children, strengthen families, and transform communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Additional support and direct program overhead relate to the execution of our traditional grant and strategic initiative programs. It is through our development of effective, disciplined beneficiary partners, that we are able to transform the lives of vulnerable children in collier county.
$13,982,823 spentof which $12,537,275 as grants51% of program spendingThe mental health initiative aims to tackle critical issues in children's mental health, striving to create a brighter future for young minds. Efforts concentrate on establishing a continuum of care, advocating for awareness, prevention, and improving service coordination. Services encompass screening and early identification, specialty behavioral health services, and providing resources for the treatment and prevention of toxic stress, as well as support for families and children with autism spectrum disorder.
$9,016,074 spentof which $9,016,074 as grants33% of program spendingThe out-of-school time initiative in immokalee provides purposeful programs for at-risk students, aiming to enhance academic performance and overall well-being. Efforts include resource leveraging, capacity expansion, academic support, and enrichment opportunities in collaboration with community partners. Tailored to meet the needs of at-risk youth, programs are age-specific and locally customized. The services offer academic and resiliency support for at-risk immokalee students from kindergarten through 12th grade, spanning both the school year and summer. Each program emphasizes strong academic and leadership components, tailored to the strengths of each partnering organization.
$2,696,447 spentof which $2,696,447 as grants10% of program spendingThe early learning initiative in immokalee aims to improve access to quality early learning programs, supplemented by services to enhance teacher quality and support children's development. Efforts include partnerships providing behavior analysis for children, professional development for teachers, and initiatives to close the school readiness gap. Ncf's involvement doubles childcare scholarships, supporting providers delivering high-quality early childhood education.
$1,287,518 spentof which $1,287,518 as grants5% of program spendingThe hunger initiative provides nutritious food to children and their families who struggle with food insecurity-the fear of not knowing where their next meal will come from. Ncf's innovate approach to food access enables deliveries to remote and vulnerable sections of collier county, school-based food panties and increasing access of fresh produce and nutritional education.
$540,965 spentof which $540,965 as grants2% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $27,523,827.
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 2024 to 2025, from $106M to $130M (+24%).
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.
86% of NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (80% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
Maria Jimenez-Lara
CEO
Board chair
Dale Medford
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 33 funders to 70 funders, grant income rose $1.9M → $9.9M.
39 of 145 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 145 funders by total. 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
NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% of grant income, and it takes 9 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 9 funders to its left
43% 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 NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 16% · 2018 21% · 2019 32% · 2020 17% · 2021 20% · 2022 10% · 2023 12% — 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
41% of NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC draws 69% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 22 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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
NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 452 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 452 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $146 on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $146
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like NAPLES CHILDREN 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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC?
- NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 145 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,684,654 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($6,684,124). 83 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 145 organizations giving $58,684,654 in grants to NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC, 83 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $6,684,124 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NAPLES CHILDREN 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 145 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