This foundation concentrates its giving on direct family and child welfare services in the Jacksonville/North Florida region, prioritizing organizations that provide adoption, foster care, youth advocacy, and behavioral health supports. Grants are framed as general support/adopt-style gifts, suggesting trust-based funding to service providers rather than project-specific grants. There is also a clear commitment to serving specific communities (including Jewish communal social services) alongside broad child- and family-centered nonprofits.
Highly concentrated: very few, large unrestricted/support grants dominate the portfolio (three multi-million gifts make up the vast majority of giving). The foundation favors repeat/core service providers and operational support over many small or one-off grants.
A single 2023 grant of $7,988,415 to Jewish Family Community Service shows how Family Support Services of North Florida Inc uses very large awards to sustain family and child welfare providers. The foundation’s recent grantmaking is concentrated in direct service organizations that work with adoption, foster care, youth advocacy, behavioral health, and family support in Northeast Florida. Its naming pattern also points to a preference for organizational backing rather than narrow project funding, with several awards described as support or adopt-style gifts. The largest recent awards went to agencies serving people across the Jacksonville area and beyond. Daniel Memorial received $5,578,539, and National Youth Advocate Program received $2,933,717. Smaller grants still follow the same service-oriented pattern, including awards to Children's Home Society and Child Guidance Center. The portfolio shows a funder focused on providers that deliver ongoing care, case management, and family stabilization services rather than a broad mix of unrelated causes. Across the recent record, the foundation appears to prioritize established social-service organizations with direct connections to children, youth, and families. Grants to Jewish communal social services sit alongside awards to child welfare and behavioral health agencies, indicating a consistent interest in family-centered infrastructure.
In family support and social services, Family Support Services of North Florida Inc gave $7,988,415 to Jewish Family Community Service for support and adopt. That same service orientation appears in the $5,578,539 grant to Daniel Memorial, another organization tied to behavioral health and residential supports. Youth advocacy is another clear thread. The foundation awarded $2,933,717 to National Youth Advocate Program for support and adopt, pointing to a commitment to organizations that work with vulnerable youth through case management and related services. Child welfare and foster care also show up in the recent record. Children's Home Society received $318,009, while Child Guidance Center received $148,969 for support and foster. Together, those grants reinforce a pattern of backing agencies that help children and families through placement, counseling, and preservation services.
$17M
$15.8M
$85.5M
$85.1M
Most grants fall between $14K and $3.6M, with a median of $233K.
25th Percentile
$14K
Median
$233K
75th Percentile
$3.6M
About 86% of grants go to recipients in FL.
Sign up for a free Kindora account to access AI-generated insights into this funder's giving patterns, decision-makers, and fit signals.
Get Started FreeFree Kindora accounts unlock side-by-side comparisons with foundations that share this funder's focus areas and giving profile.
Get Started FreeSign up free to see how well your nonprofit fits this funder, get an AI-generated pitch, and unlock similar foundations.
Notable grantees: Jewish Family & Community Service, Daniel Memorial, National Youth Advocate Program, Children's Home Society, Child Guidance Center
Recent grants show a wide spread in award size, with p25 at $14,041, a median of $233,489, and p75 at $3,594,922. That gap suggests a mix of smaller operating grants and very large institutional support awards. The foundation gave in 2023, and the recent record points to repeated support for service providers rather than one-off, highly specified projects. The structure is that of a public charity, not an individual-funding vehicle, and the grant descriptions repeatedly use support-oriented language such as support, adopt, and foster.
This is a local funder, and 86% of grants went to recipients in Florida. Jacksonville is the clearest hub, with awards to Jewish Family Community Service, Daniel Memorial, and Child Guidance Center. Other Florida recipients include Children's Home Society in Winter Park and Tuckerhall Inc in Tampa. The only out-of-state recipient in the recent list is National Youth Advocate Program in Columbus, Ohio, while the recipient-country distribution remains entirely in the United States.
The recent record points to family and child welfare providers, including adoption and foster care agencies, youth advocacy organizations, behavioral health and residential service providers, and Jewish communal social services. Grants are described with support-oriented language such as support, adopt, and foster.
The grant-size distribution ranges from a p25 of $14,041 to a median of $233,489 and a p75 of $3,594,922. That spread indicates a mix of modest grants and very large awards.
Most grants go to Florida recipients, which account for 86% of the grants in the recent record. Jacksonville is the main recipient city, with additional Florida awards going to Winter Park and Tampa.
The recent grants are framed mainly as support, adopt, or foster awards, which suggests organizational backing for ongoing service providers. The largest awards in 2023 were made to established agencies rather than to project-only efforts.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JEWISH FAMILY COMMUNITY SERVICE | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $7,988,415 | 2023 | SUPPORT & ADOPT |
| DANIEL MEMORIAL | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $5,578,539 | 2023 | SUPPORT & ADOPT |
| NATIONAL YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAM | COLUMBUS, OH | $2,933,717 | 2023 | SUPPORT & ADOPT |
| CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY | WINTER PARK, FL | $318,009 | 2023 | SUPPORT & ADOPT |
| CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $148,969 | 2023 | SUPPORT & FOSTER |
| OTHER GRANTS | — | $15,531 | 2023 | — |
| HARDBALL CREATIVE INC | JACKSONVILLE, FL | $9,570 | 2023 | — |
| TUCKERHALL INC | TAMPA, FL | $7,026 | 2023 | — |
JEWISH FAMILY COMMUNITY SERVICE
$7,988,415SUPPORT & ADOPT
DANIEL MEMORIAL
$5,578,539SUPPORT & ADOPT
NATIONAL YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAM
$2,933,717SUPPORT & ADOPT
CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY
$318,009SUPPORT & ADOPT
CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER
$148,969SUPPORT & FOSTER
OTHER GRANTS
$15,531HARDBALL CREATIVE INC
TUCKERHALL INC
$7,026