Bill Kent Family Foundation
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About Bill Kent Family Foundation
The Bill Kent Family Foundation appears to be a small, highly focused private foundation making a single, sizeable gift to a local nonprofit. Their lone recorded grant of $75,000 to an organization named Heart 2 Heart suggests a preference for funding direct charitable programs serving community needs, likely in the Fort Lauderdale area. The foundation’s giving is concentrated and program-focused rather than broadly dispersed across many causes.
Focus Areas
Local Fort Lauderdale community charitable programsDirect-service nonprofit support (health, social services, or emergency assistance)Small private foundation rapid-response or one-off program funding
Who They Fund
students (scholarship recipients)individual named awardees
Giving Approach
Concentrated, one-time large grant to a single grantee rather than multiple smaller awards; appears to favor direct program support over institutional or capital grants.
Funding Style
scholarship/individual financial awards
About Bill Kent Family Foundation
Bill Kent Family Foundation Inc’s giving is marked by repeated support for swim education and scholarships, especially through Florida Swims Foundation and the foundation’s own scholarship-oriented programs. In 2024, the largest recorded grant went to Heart 2 Heart in Fort Lauderdale, a signal that the foundation also backs direct community charitable programs alongside its education-focused work. The grant record shows a private foundation that moves between individual scholarship awards, water-safety and learn-to-swim support, and broader charitable programs tied to community benefit. A second clear thread is recurring support for education recipients over multiple years. Marist School in Atlanta received grants in both 2023 and 2024, and Florida institutions such as the University of Central Florida, University of Florida, and Florida Atlantic University also appear in the recent record. The foundation funds both organizations and individual-directed scholarships, consistent with its stated focus on economically disadvantaged individuals and children. Its 2024 assets and annual giving place it in the small private foundation category, but the grant history shows a consistent pattern rather than isolated giving.
What Bill Kent Family Foundation Funds
Education and scholarship support are central to the foundation’s work. Florida Swims Foundation received $70,493 in 2024 and another $34,900 in 2024 marked as a 2023 scholarship award, showing that swim-related education and scholarship support can appear in the same funding stream. The foundation also made scholarship awards to the University of Central Florida, the University of Florida, Florida Atlantic University, and Broward College. Direct charitable programming is another major area. Heart 2 Heart received $75,000 in 2024 for charitable programs and an additional $25,000 the same year. St Ann School in West Palm Beach received $25,000 and $22,750 in 2024, after a $20,000 gift in 2023. The record also includes community and civic support through Florida Tax Watch, which received multiple grants across 2023 and 2024. Beyond education and direct services, the foundation supported arts and athletics-related groups such as Marist School and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
How Bill Kent Family Foundation Gives
The foundation’s typical grant size is modest: p25 $4,000, median $5,000, and p75 $10,000. That contrasts with a few larger awards in the recent record, including several multi-ten-thousand-dollar grants. The pattern is not purely one-off; Florida Swims Foundation, Heart 2 Heart, St Ann School, Marist School, Florida Tax Watch, and others appear in more than one year or in multiple grants. This is a private foundation, and it also funds individuals, which aligns with the scholarship and award language in the grant data. The active program descriptions indicate proactive scholarship support rather than an open, unsolicited application model.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$934K
Total Assets
$5.6M
Total Revenue
$2.6M
Total Expenses
$982K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $4K and $10K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$4K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$10K
Geographic Reach
Regional28 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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