Florida · Nonprofit
THE DEERING ESTATE FOUNDATION INC
THE DEERING ESTATE FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,369,334 to it, the largest being DEERING FOUNDATION ($650,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $978k
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $7.9M
What The Deering Estate Foundation Inc does
Mission
To provide resources and assistance for the enhancement & expansion of the educational, environmental, historical, cultural, archaeological, scientific, park and rec facilities, programs and other services offered at, through, or in conjuction with the deering estate at cutler, a 450 acre historical preserve located in south florida on biscayne bay.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
1. Historic preservation: project support for historic roof and soffet repairs on one of the historic buildings located on the deering estate - the stone house. Three art pieces were procured as part of the historic deering collection. The "flight into egypt" three paneled stained glass part of the charles deering collection was restored and is now part of the museum and is displayed in the stone house. A number of furnishings and collection projects were also undertaken. A climate controlled storage is maintained to house historic collection pieces off-site, and additionally, special art and collections insurance is provided.
$647,228 spentof which $369,901 as grants82% of program spending2. Program development support: funds were utilized in the creation and implementation of field study curricula including a provision for program supplies and equipment focused on stem and environmental education programs. This expanded the deering estate's exhibits, collections, cutural arts programs and related marketing and promotion, funding for special marketing and advertising initiatives and funding for staff and program special event support at the deering estate and the deering estate's institute for conservation, research, and learning.
$15,858 spentof which $9,063 as grants2% of program spending3. Raising public awareness and educating the community: public awareness and community awareness campaigns including website development and social media marketing were undertaken. Development of virtual platform programs. Documentary film on "the land - the charles deeering estate" was translated and is offered in spanish in order to engage community members and volunteers.
$129,727 spentof which $74,141 as grants16% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $792,813.
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 2020 to 2021, from $7.6M to $8.1M (+6%).
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 19% · 2018 28% · 2019 36% · 2020 39% · 2021 44% · 2022 17% · 2023 27% · 2024 19% · 2025 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $15k → $321k.
4 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 DEERING ESTATE 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
THE DEERING ESTATE FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 69% · 2018 40% · 2019 100% · 2020 52% · 2021 58% · 2022 53% · 2023 36% — 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
50% of THE DEERING ESTATE 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
THE DEERING ESTATE FOUNDATION INC draws 87% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $114k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Government funding THE DEERING ESTATE FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $207k on record — $10k federal, $197k state.
- National Endowment for the Arts$10k
- STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE - GENERAL $197k
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 THE DEERING ESTATE 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
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
61%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Deering Estate at Cutler · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE DEERING ESTATE FOUNDATION INC?
- THE DEERING ESTATE FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,369,334 to it, the largest being DEERING FOUNDATION ($650,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE DEERING ESTATE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $1,369,334 in grants to THE DEERING ESTATE FOUNDATION INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE DEERING ESTATE FOUNDATION INC?
- DEERING FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $650,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE DEERING ESTATE 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 28 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