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NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC
NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC (Florida) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $943,550 to it, the largest being Shark Shootout Charities Inc ($363,714). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $944k
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What National Kidney Foundation of Florida Inc does
Mission
The mission of the national kidney foundation of florida is to prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases, improve the health and well-being of patients and families affected by these diseases and increase the availability of all organs for transplantation.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Patient services - low income and other kidney patients receive medicines, transportation, seminars, retreats and other kidney disease related services. Through the direct aid program, the national kidney foundation of florida provided $205,949 in direct financial aid to patients for groceries, gas, transportation, utilities, and rent in fiscal year 2025. This aid was distributed to 1939 individuals over the course of the year.the hawthorne fund - designed to assist kidney transplant recipients who meet stated criteria with the cost of their post-transplant medications, including immunosuppressant and prophylaxis drugs. In fiscal year 2024, the nkff distributed nearly $37,626 over 70 individual patients for assistance.public education - literature and speaking engagements to educate the public of the needs of kidney patients and to teach about the early detection of the disease.
$455,840 spentof which $292,395 as grants45% of program spendingProfessional education and research - seminars, literature and research funding to educate healthcare personnel in the treatment of kidney disease.
$252,298 spent25% of program spendingCommunity services - the florida kidney patient support group provides free virtual educational seminars for patients with kidney disease and their caregivers.the nkff partners with community leaders and educators to hold monthly meetings, supporting hundreds of patients and their caregivers across the state. During the last fiscal year, the nkff conducted twelve support group meetings and continues to grow this program through additional organizational partnerships. In addition, nkff employs a full time patient advocate to lead the meetings and work with patients one on one to promote better outcomes.
$176,997 spent17% of program spendingItem 1. Public education - nkff provides literature and holds speaking engagements to educate the public of the needs of kidney patients and to teach about the early detection of the disease.item 2. Nkff holds professional educational seminars designed to bring up-to-date renal-specific information to nurses, social workers, technicians, and dieticians who care for kidney patients. During the last fiscal year, the nkff partnered with several organizations to conduct virtual educational opportunities for healthcare professionals in addition to holding the renal professional forum (rpf). 84 professionals attended rpf and received up to 18 continuing education credits for attending all sessions.item 3. Patient advocacy - nkff is unique in that it has a full-time experienced patient advocate. The advocate travels around the state offering programs designed to appeal to the specific audience. His recent presentations are to health care professionals, corporations, transplant centers, the naacp and other organizations, college students, and the general public. He is also available 7 days a week by phone or email to patients or the general public.
$138,881 spent$12,261 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,024,016.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.5M to $2.0M (+31%).
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: 2020 3% · 2021 6% · 2022 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
105% of NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% 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.
Chief executive
Savanna Lanza
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 10 funders, grant income fell $85k → $78k.
5 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA 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
NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
54% 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 NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 81% · 2019 91% · 2020 46% · 2021 58% · 2022 48% · 2023 43% — 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
38% of NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
64% of NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA 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. $108k 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.
Against its field
NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3k on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $3k
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 NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA 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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC?
- NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC (Florida) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $943,550 to it, the largest being Shark Shootout Charities Inc ($363,714). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $943,550 in grants to NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC?
- Shark Shootout Charities Inc is the largest funder on record, with $363,714 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA 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 29 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