Foundations That Fund Health Care in Florida

3,773 foundations reported 14,985 grants worth $501.5M to health care organizations in Florida on their most recent tax filings. Here is who they are — and which ones actually accept applications.

22%accept unsolicited requests (816 of 3,773)
$4Kmedian grant
3,773funders
$501.5Mtotal granted
67%of grantees funded again next year
Why the first number matters. Most private foundations state on their tax return that they give only to organizations they select themselves. Applying to those is wasted effort. The figure above counts only the foundations in this group that did not check that box.

Repeat funding in health care, Florida

Across 338 funder-year observations in this group, a typical foundation funded 67% of the same organizations again the following year. That is why a record of past giving is worth reading before writing to a foundation. It describes the organizations a foundation already supports, not whether it would add yours.

Foundations that fund health care in Florida and accept requests

These are the funders worth your time first: each one granted to this cause in this state, and none of them told the IRS it only funds organizations it picks itself. Ordered by how many grants they made, not by dollars. That shows how widely each one gives, not whether any one of them would take a new applicant. Typical grant is the median, so you can judge whether you are their size.

FoundationBased inTypical grantGrants madeGranted here
The Bank of America CharitableCharlotte, NC$174446$1.6M
American Express FoundationNew York, NY$75125$30K
Enterprise Holdings FoundationSaint Louis, MO$2K112$464K
Westrock FoundationAtlanta, GA$1589$3K
Chubb Charitable FoundationPhiladelphia, PA$5183$8K
Lincoln Financial Foundation IncRadnor, PA$5866$17K
The Batchelor Foundation IncMiami Beach, FL$25K59$5.2M
Td Charitable FoundationPortland, ME$10K59$973K
Duke Energy FoundationCharlotte, NC$28258$85K
Publix Super Markets Charities IncLakeland, FL$2K44$316K
806 more foundations in Florida fund health care and accept requests. The weekly email works through the funders that gave to health care in Florida, up to five at a time, and never sends the same one twice. The weekly email has not started yet.

The largest funders — for reference

These give the most money to this cause in this state, but most do not accept unsolicited requests, and their grants are usually far larger than a small organization would seek. Useful context, not a target list.

FoundationTypical grantGranted hereApplications
Patty and Jay Baker Foundation Inc$4.9M$20.0MPreselected only
Brian and Sheila Jellison Family$100K$15.4MPreselected only
The Francis and Kathleen Rooney$5.8M$11.5MPreselected only
Ginsburg Family Foundation Inc$6K$10.2MPreselected only
The Ruth & J O Stone Foundation$22K$8.7MPreselected only

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Where the money actually goes in Florida

Total granted to organizations in each city. Funding is usually far more concentrated than people expect, which matters when you are judging your own odds.

Tampa
$91.0M
Naples
$61.8M
Sarasota
$51.2M
Jacksonville
$26.4M
Coral Gables
$26.0M
Orlando
$24.4M

How to use this list

  1. Start with the foundations that accept requests. The rest almost never respond to unsolicited approaches.
  2. Check whether they fund organizations your size. The median grant here is $4K — a funder writing $4K checks is unlikely to write you a six-figure one.
  3. Look for a local connection. Foundations concentrate their giving geographically, and repeat the same grantees year after year.
  4. Read their recent grants before writing. Past giving tells you what they actually fund, which is often narrower than their stated mission.
What this data can and cannot tell you. These figures come from foundations' own IRS filings, which are published about a year after the tax year ends. This is a record of who each foundation has funded, not a list of open application deadlines. It is a strong predictor — most foundations repeat most of their grantees — but it is history, not a live feed. Full methodology.