Florida · Nonprofit
THE CEL INC
THE CEL INC (Florida) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $250,952 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAMPA BAY INC ($225,952). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2020
- $338k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $251k
- Net assets
- $50k
What The Cel Inc does
Mission
Harnessing the intellect, resources, and ingenuity of the tampa florida uptown innovation district to enrich the district's residents, institutions and businesses.
As stated on its FY2020 Form 990.
Program
Supported amroc's adult education in mechanical training program designed to provide training for 30+ adults.provided space for several classes of hillsborough community college's phlebotomy and ekg adult certification programs which graduated close to 50 students. Continued on schedule ocreated and implemented the we nourish initiative which:- supported 25 local food businesses (including restaurants, food trucks, and caterers)- provided work for over 10 hospitality workers who lost their jobs due to covid- provided almost 50,000 meals to families in need- partnered with over 20 non-profits and public schools to distribute meals
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $25k → $36k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 90% 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 THE CEL 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
THE CEL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 THE CEL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“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
90% of THE CEL INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $25k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Florida funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $226k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 THE CEL 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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE CEL 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 THE CEL INC?
- THE CEL INC (Florida) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $250,952 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAMPA BAY INC ($225,952). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE CEL INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $250,952 in grants to THE CEL INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CEL INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAMPA BAY INC is the largest funder on record, with $225,952 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CEL 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 FY2020 (financials across 2020–2020), and the filings of 2 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