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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “manatee”
Where the money went
Manatee Community FoundationBradenton, FLCharity · may take applications
72 matching grants · $3.5M · through 2024Largest: $82,050 to ART LEAGUE OF MANATEE COUNTY DBA ART CENTER MANATEE — program support, general support
The Community Foundation of Sarasota CoSarasota, FLCharity · may take applications
72 matching grants · $4.3M · through 2024Largest: $70,964 to WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF MANATEE INC — general support, program support, scholarship support
Largest: $309,378 to Women's Resource Center of Manatee — educational - to engage, educate, enrich and empower women
Largest: $150,000 to Manatee Community Foundation — to support the operations of manatee community foundation and barancik foundation work to create positive results in partnership with nonprofits and donors in manatee county.
Gulf Coast Community FoundationVenice, FLCharity · may take applications
24 matching grants · $3.6M · through 2024Largest: $1.4M to SARASOTA-MANATEE JEWISH FEDERATION — human services
United Way SuncoastTampa, FLCharity · may take applications
22 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $276,040 to SCHOOL DISTRICT OF MANATEE — allocations, designations, disaster relief response, grants & program impact funding
Largest: $193,390 to UNITED WAY OF MANATEE COUNTY — organization's charitable purpose
Largest: $65,000 to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA FOUNDATION (USF SARASOTA-MANATEE) — institutional scholarship
Largest: $20,000 to MEALS ON WHEELS PLUS OF MANATEE INC — adult day respite program
Largest: $55,000 to CLEARWATER MARINE AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE — for monitoring manatee use of the endangered ocklawaha river, monitoring manatee use of central florida's springs and for conservation medicines for the manatees
Suncoast Credit Union FoundationTampa, FLCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $521,025 · through 2025Largest: $10,000 to MEALS ON WHEELS PLUS OF MANATEE — eliminating barriers to food access for manatee county children: summer hunger
Kiwanis Club of BradentonBradenton, FLCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2023Largest: $784,142 to MANATEE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS-PLAYGROUND PROJECT — grant for operations-playground project
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →