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Powell Family Foundation Inc

Miami, FL · EIN 65-0934241. Reported 83 grants totalling $2,006,780 to 37 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$2,006,780granted, 2021-2024
37recipients, as named on its returns
72%of grantees funded again the next year
$10.4Massets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Powell Family Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $16,015; the smallest was $500 and the largest $300,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
2 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
13 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
19 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
32 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
4 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
8 grants
$100,000 and Up
5 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
University of Florida Foundation IncGainesville, FL$826,015442024
Florida Achievement Support TrustCorale Gables, FL$175,000222024
University of MiamiCoral Gables, FL$150,000332023
Miami Cancer InstituteMiami, FL$100,000222024
Yellow Ribbon FundBathesda, MD$100,000442024
Baptist Health South Florida FoundationCoral Gables, FL$55,500222023
Samaritan's Purse IncBoone, NC$50,000112024
University Athletic Association IncGainesville, FL$48,045332024
Soldier StrongStamford, CT$45,000332024
Stephens CollegeColumbia, MO$40,000442024
Wellspring CounselingPalmetto Bay, FL$40,000442024
Miami City BalletMiami, FL$39,720442024
Marine Corps Scholarship FoundationAlexandria, VA$35,000332023
Home for Our TroopsTaunton, MA$30,000222023
K9S for WarriorsPonte Vedra, FL$30,000222023
Semper Fi & America's FundQuantico, VA$30,000222023
Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show FoundationBlowing Rock, NC$25,500442024
Coral Gables Community FoundationCoral Gables, FL$20,000112022
World Widelife FundWashington, DC$20,000442024
Florida Grand OperaMiami, FL$16,500332023
Fisher House FoundationRockville, MD$15,000112022
Navy-Marine Corps Relief SocietyArlington, VA$15,000112022
Danny and Ron's RescueCamden, SC$12,500332024
Giveback for Special EquestiansCoral Gables, FL$12,500332023
The Brothers ProjectPalmetto Bay, FL$11,000112021
Elk River Helping HandsBanner Elk, NC$10,000112024
Junior AchievementNorth Miami, FL$10,000222024
Lee-Mcrae CollegeBanner Elk, NC$10,000112021
LifeManalapan, FL$10,000112021
Ypo IncCoral Gables, FL$10,000442024
Crossnore School & Children's HomeWinstonsalem, NC$5,000112023
FriendsFort Lauderdale, FL$5,000222022
Rehabilitation Center for Children & AdultsMiami Gardens, FL$1,500112023
High Country CaregiversBoone, NC$1,000112024
Southern Sun Farm Sanctuary IncWest Jefferson, NC$1,000112023
Boys and Girls Club of Miami Dade IncMiami, FL$500112022
Parkinson FoundationMiami, FL$500112021

23 of 37 (62%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 72%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 60 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.

Education
17 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
10 grants
Animal Welfare
6 grants
Health Care
4 grants
Arts & Culture
4 grants
Mental Health
4 grants
Recreation & Sports
3 grants
Housing & Shelter
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202118$477,015$10,000
202224$483,015$12,500
202324$580,735$12,500
202417$466,015$10,000

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

78% of its giving went to organizations in Florida. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Florida
$1.6M
Maryland
$115K
North Carolina
$102K
Virginia
$80K
Connecticut
$45K
Missouri
$40K
Massachusetts
$30K
District of Columbia
$20K

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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: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc17 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund16 shared recipientsNatl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc13 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust12 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation12 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program12 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Florida.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Powell Family Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: 3444 Main Highway 2ND Floor, Miami, FL, 33133. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 65-0934241 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.

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