King Family Foundation Inc
Fort Myers Beach, FL · EIN 20-2386711. Reported 157 grants totalling $2,717,592 to 56 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". King Family Foundation Inc checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
3 of the organizations King Family Foundation Inc funded make grants themselves, and it reported 14 grants totalling $578,055 to them. That is 29% of the $1,989,746 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Florida Community Foundation | community foundation | Florida | $300,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| The United Way of Lee County Inc | federated giving programme | Florida | $253,055 | 5 | 5 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| Naples Children Foundation Inc | grantmaking organization | Florida | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $4,000 and $22,250; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $130,000.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collaboratory | Fort Myers, FL | $300,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| United Way | Fort Myers, FL | $253,055 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Fort Myers Beach Women's Club | Fort Myers Beach, FL | $236,167 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hope Clubhouse of Swfl | Fort Myers, FL | $224,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Friends of Lovers Key | Fort Myers Beach, FL | $174,167 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| One Way Out Ministries | Fort Myers, FL | $146,667 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Jordan Thomas Foundation | Brentwood, TN | $115,555 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Fort Myers Beach Community Fdtn | Fort Myers Beach, FL | $101,134 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Fmb Strong | Fort Myers, FL | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Laces of Love | Naples, FL | $90,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| 5110 Youth Ranch | Nathrop, CO | $89,295 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Atlanta Boxer Rescue | Mableton, GA | $80,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Kirk Gibson Foundation | Grosse Pointe Woods, MI | $65,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Jacksonville, FL | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Mound House | Fort Myers Beach, FL | $59,501 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| New Hope Ministries | Naples, FL | $52,501 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ocean Church | Cape Coral, FL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fort Myers Beach Lions Club | Fort Myers Beach, FL | $46,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Restore Fort Myers Beach Arches | Vail, AZ | $42,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Harry Chapin Food Bank | Fort Myers, FL | $40,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Captains for Clean Water | Fort Myers, FL | $39,700 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Fort Myers Beach Coc Water Fd | Fort Myers Beach, FL | $37,295 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Abercrombie & Kent Philanthropy | Downers Grove, IL | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vineyard Community Church | Cape Coral, FL | $25,555 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Naples Children | Naples, FL | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Valerie's House | Fort Myers, FL | $24,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wellfit Girls Program Swfl | Naples, FL | $21,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ford House | Gross Point Shores, MI | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Fmb Revival | Fort Myers, FL | $14,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fort Myers Beach Art Association | Fort Myers Beach, FL | $14,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Artis - Naples | Naples, FL | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Crow | Sanibel, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fort Myers Beach Elementary | Fort Myers Beach, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Fort Myers Beach Public Library | Fort Myers Beach, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wish Them Well | Malvern, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Imag | Fort Myers, FL | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Fort Myers Beach Friends of the Art | Fort Myers Beach, FL | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House | Fort Myers, FL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Turtle Time Inc | Fort Myers Beach, FL | $7,250 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Beach Kids Foundation | Fort Myers Beach, FL | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ostego Bay Foundation Inc | Fort Myers Beach, FL | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Meals of Hope | Naples, FL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sidney & Bernie Davis | Fort Myers, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center | Fort Myers, FL | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Restore Fort Myers Beach | Vail, AZ | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Whats Up Fmb Inc | Fort Myers Beach, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Zachary Plantz | Frankfort, IL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of Fort Myers | Fort Myers Beach, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of the Fmb Public Library | Fort Myers Beach, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fsw Foundation | Fort Myers, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Imag History & Science Center | Fort Myers, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marine and Environment | Boston, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Next Level Church | Fort Myers, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Town of Fort Myers Beach | Fort Myers Beach, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Fort Myers Beach Little League | Fort Myers, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Bay Oaks | Fort Myers Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
34 of 56 (61%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 77%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 87 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 34 | $481,000 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 23 | $575,001 | $12,500 |
| 2023 | 36 | $573,999 | $8,500 |
| 2024 | 31 | $575,002 | $10,000 |
| 2025 | 33 | $512,590 | $8,795 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
83% of its giving went to organizations in Florida.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from King Family Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 7841 Buccaneer Drive, Fort Myers Beach, FL, 33931. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 20-2386711 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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