Florida's Largest Foundations

A Survey of Large Private Independent and Community Foundations
January 2009

This FPN research update provides the latest data on Florida's 258 largest foundations, which held combined assets of more than $15 billion at the end of 2006 (the most recent year for which complete data are available).  Among the report's key findings:

> Florida's 258 largest private foundations represent just 7% of all such foundations in the state but hold 78% of the state's foundation assets.

> Slightly more than half - 54% - of Florida's largest foundations are located in southeast Florida, followed by central Florida (20%).

> Florida's large private foundations are relatively young, with more than half - 53% - formed just since 1990.

> In part because of the relatively young age of Florida's foundations, the state's foundation assets per capita lag behind the nation's other three largest states (New York, California and Texas) as well as two southern states (Georgia and North Carolina).

> About $3 of every $5 in grants awarded by Florida's largest foundations go to nonprofit organizations based in Florida.

The research update includes rankings of Florida's largest private foundations by region, in terms of both assets and grants paid, rankings of the state's largest community foundations, and other details of the grantmaking patterns of these foundations.

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