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The Unicorn Childrens Foundation

The Unicorn Childrens Foundation (Florida) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,260,700 to it, the largest being DIANE LYNN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($225,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$65k
Funders on record
46
Grants received
$1.3M
Net assets
$0
22/46 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 57%
01What it does

What The Unicorn Childrens Foundation does

Mission

Creating cradle to career pathways for kids and young adults with developmental or learning differences and helping their families navigate the complex journey.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Transition and Adulthood Programs: Providing virtual, hybrid and in-person instruction in employment, job training, lifelong learning, social interest groups and independent living skills. Providing vocational training and employment opportunities at Special Percs Cafe and uniquely gifted boutique. Partnering with businesses to train them on successfully employing neurodiverse individuals.

    $176,845 spent
    33% of program spending
  2. Collective Impact Programs: Galvanizing the community to work together to create lasting solutions for the large-scale social problems that impact individuals with special needs, their families and the community at large. These programs ensure the coordination of efforts by multiple stakeholders to create a comprehensive system of care for our most vulnerable members of society, as well as increasing awareness of special needs.

    $176,845 spent
    33% of program spending
  3. Family Navigation Programs: Strengthening and empowering families through support, connection and education to enhance their success at every stage of life. Research has demonstrated that early identification and intervention, as well as high expectations, are the best strategies for future success.

    $176,845 spent
    33% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $530,535.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($452k) Expenses 100 ($525k) Net assets 100 ($2.5M)2018 Revenue 117 ($527k) Expenses 122 ($640k) Net assets 95 ($2.4M)2019 Revenue 69 ($310k) Expenses 121 ($635k) Net assets 86 ($2.2M)2020 Revenue 104 ($470k) Expenses 119 ($625k) Net assets 82 ($2.1M)2021 Revenue 120 ($541k) Expenses 152 ($800k) Net assets 81 ($2.0M)2022 Revenue 130 ($585k) Expenses 194 ($1.0M) Net assets 56 ($1.4M)2023 Revenue 192 ($867k) Expenses 265 ($1.4M) Net assets 36 ($899k)2024 Revenue 14 ($65k) Expenses 187 ($984k) Net assets 0 ($0)
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Revenue (14)Expenses (187)Net assets (0)

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 $2.0M to $909k (−54%).

$2.8M
$2.6M
$2.4M
$2.2M
$2.4M
$2.0M
$909k
$0
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$74k
’17
−$113k
’18
−$325k
’19
−$155k
’20
−$258k
’21
−$434k
’22
−$524k
’23
−$919k
’24
4.9
months of
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.

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Listed16201716151977
Joined·+4+4+5+3+9+3+0
No longer listed·07645150
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 15 funders, grant income fell $190k → $89k.

4 of 46 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 Unicorn Childrens Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 46 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 Unicorn Childrens Foundation has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left

41% 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 Unicorn Childrens Foundation.

18%
largest funder
43%
top three
~10
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 37% · 2019 34% · 2020 27% · 2021 29% · 2022 30% · 2023 25% — 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

45% of The Unicorn Childrens Foundation's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

86% of The Unicorn Childrens Foundation's grant income comes from Florida funders.

ME
IL
WI
NY
MA
PA
CA
MD
GA
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Florida out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $177k 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like The Unicorn Childrens Foundation

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

29% of spending goes to programs.

Program 29%Management 70%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

94%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

FL

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Boca School for Autism Inc · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds The Unicorn Childrens Foundation?
The Unicorn Childrens Foundation (Florida) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,260,700 to it, the largest being DIANE LYNN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($225,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does The Unicorn Childrens Foundation have?
IRS filings report 46 organizations giving $1,260,700 in grants to The Unicorn Childrens Foundation, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of The Unicorn Childrens Foundation?
DIANE LYNN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $225,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like The Unicorn Childrens Foundation 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 46 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