Florida · Nonprofit
THE PAYTON WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC
THE PAYTON WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,113,087 to it, the largest being THE PENTECOST FOUNDATION ($249,500). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $773k
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $696k
What The Payton Wright Foundation Inc does
Mission
The payton wright foundation financially assists families who have children being treated for cancer of the brain and spinal cord.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Gas card program - assists families caring for a child with brain cancer by providing gas gift cards. The number one request from the hospitals that partner with the payton wright foundation are for gas gift cards to help the family transport their child to and from treatments.
$62,763 spentof which $38,604 as grants11% of program spendingPayton's angels program - when a child is undergoing a long hospital stay for treatment of their brain tumor/cancer, we provide the hospital with items to deliver to the child to help them feel a little more at home. These items include toys, games, arts & crafts, stuffed animals, hand made hats and blankets, computers, etc.
$82,602 spentof which $46,240 as grants14% of program spendingFamily assistance program - financially assists families caring for a child with brain cancer by paying a family's bill(s) such as rent/mortgage, phone bill, utilities, car payment, gas/food/groceries, funeral expenses, etc. The family in need is identified by the pediatric neuro-oncologist or pediatric oncology social worker. The physician or social worker will send the bill(s) to the payton wright foundation where the foundation will pay the bill directly to the company.
$437,802 spentof which $408,473 as grants75% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $583,167.
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 2022 to 2023, from $377k to $534k (+41%).
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 4% · 2021 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of THE PAYTON WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Holly Wright
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $28k → $118k.
8 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 PAYTON WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 26 of 27 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
THE PAYTON WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
56% 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 PAYTON WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 29% · 2019 42% · 2020 52% · 2021 71% · 2022 43% · 2023 69% — 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
46% of THE PAYTON WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
88% of THE PAYTON WRIGHT 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. $478k 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.
Against its field
THE PAYTON WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE PAYTON WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC
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In Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
58%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE PAYTON WRIGHT 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 THE PAYTON WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC?
- THE PAYTON WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,113,087 to it, the largest being THE PENTECOST FOUNDATION ($249,500). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE PAYTON WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $1,113,087 in grants to THE PAYTON WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE PAYTON WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC?
- THE PENTECOST FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $249,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE PAYTON WRIGHT 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 27 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