What kinds of organizations does Florida Kiwanis Foundation Inc. fund?

The foundation funds Florida Kiwanis clubs, district-level student leadership groups, and related service programs. Recent recipients include the Florida District of Key Club, the Florida District of Circle K International, and local clubs such as Kiwanis Club of Tallahassee Northside, Kiwanis Club of Top of the Bay, and Kiwanis Club of Davie West Hollywood.

What are the foundation’s main program areas?

Its stated focus areas include children and youth, education and scholarships, disaster relief, early childhood development, and service leadership development. Recent grants also show support for special needs youth, capital improvements, and service leadership clubs such as Key Club, Circle K, Aktion Club, Builders Club, and K-Kids.

Does the foundation accept unsolicited applications?

Yes for several active programs. The scholarship program, Service Leadership Program Grants, Service Leadership Programs Mini-Grants, Wil & Rachel Blechman Fund, Matching Grants, Emergency Grants, and David & Donna Batelaan Fund are all listed as accepting unsolicited requests.

What is a typical grant size?

The foundation’s typical award size is $10,000. Its grant-size distribution is tight: p25 is $10,000, the median is $10,000, and p75 is $10,000.

Are grants limited to Florida?

Yes. The geographic scope is local, and the recent grants provided here all went to Florida recipients. The dataset shows 100% of grants given to recipients in Florida.

Florida Kiwanis Foundation

Name: Florida Kiwanis Foundation — grants, 990 financials & funding data
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ATLANTIC BEACH, FLWebsite9042426776

About Florida Kiwanis Foundation

To enable caring individuals, clubs, and divisions to combine their resources of time, talent, and funds to create a greater impact on the needs of children and families in Florida.

Focus Areas

Children & YouthEducation / ScholarshipsDisaster ReliefEarly Childhood DevelopmentService Leadership Development

Who They Fund

high school students (Key Club)college students (Circle K)adults with disabilities (Aktion Club)community-based volunteer clubs and local chaptersyouth-serving organizations (YCPO/Blechman-related)

Funding Style

matching grants

About Florida Kiwanis Foundation

Florida Kiwanis Foundation Inc. centers its grantmaking on Florida Kiwanis service clubs and the student leadership programs they sponsor, with awards that often combine several funding streams in a single grant. One 2025 example is the Kiwanis Club of Tallahassee Northside, which received support tagged for Aktion Club, the Blechman fund, matching support, and a mini-grant. That mix shows how the foundation uses restricted program dollars to back leadership development, youth service activities, and club-level projects. Its recent grants also show a consistent relationship with district-level service leadership programs. The Florida District of Key Club received 2025 support in Port Orange and 2023 support in Sanford, while Florida District of Circle K International received grants in both years as well. Those awards point to a funder that supports the Kiwanis service-leadership pipeline from high school through college. Alongside those district awards, the foundation funds local Kiwanis clubs for capital improvements, early childhood work, and special-needs youth programming through named funds such as Batelaan and Blechman. The pattern is Florida-only and closely tied to affiliated clubs and chapters.

What Florida Kiwanis Foundation Funds

In youth leadership work, the foundation backed the Florida District of Key Club with $24,750 in 2025 for a Key Club grant and $21,500 in 2023 for another Key Club grant. Florida District of Circle K International also received $23,749 in 2025 and $19,000 in 2023, reinforcing support for student-led service organizations. For club-level capacity and facilities, Kiwanis Club of Top of the Bay received a $10,000 matching grant in 2025, and Kiwanis Club of Bartow received a $10,000 matching grant in 2023. These awards fit the foundation’s project-based support for local Kiwanis divisions. The foundation also supports early childhood and special-needs youth programming. Kiwanis Club of Davie West Hollywood received a $10,000 Blechman YCPO grant in 2023, while Kiwanis Club of Little Havana, Kiwanis Club of Umatilla, and Kiwanis Club of Northside Naples each received $10,000 Batelaan grants in 2025.

How Florida Kiwanis Foundation Gives

Typical awards cluster tightly at $10,000: the p25, median, and p75 are all $10,000. Recent grantmaking includes both larger district-level awards and smaller club-level mini-grants, such as a $750 mini-grant bundled into the Tallahassee Northside award and a $5,750 award to Kiwanis Club of Safety Harbor that combined matching and mini-grant support. The foundation operates through named, cycle-based programs and accepts unsolicited requests for several of them, including scholarships, service leadership grants, mini-grants, matching grants, Batelaan, and Blechman YCPO support. The recent record shows repeated support for some of the same statewide organizations across 2023 and 2025, suggesting an ongoing relationship rather than one-off awards only.

Financial Snapshot

Annual Giving

$117K

Total Assets

$6.4M

Total Revenue

$447K

Total Expenses

$397K

Typical Grant Size

Most grants fall between $10K and $10K, with a median of $10K.

25th Percentile

$10K

Median

$10K

75th Percentile

$10K

Geographic Reach

Local1 state funded

Funding intensity

Low

High

Headquarters

Leadership

ALEX RALICKI MSA

Accepts unsolicited proposals

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Recipient	Location	Amount	Year	Purpose
KIWANIS CLUB OF PALM BEACH GARDENS	LOXAHATCHEE, FL	$19,500	2026	24-25 BATELAAN KIWANIS GRANT
KIWANIS CLUB OF PANAMA CITY	PANAMA CITY, FL	$12,000	2026	24-25 BATELAAN AKTION GRANT, 24-25 BATELAAN KIWANIS CLUB GRANT
KIWANIS CLUB OF GREATER PALM HARBOR	PALM HARBOR, FL	$10,000	2026	24-25 BATELAAN KIWANIS GRANT
FLORIDA DISTRICT OF CIRCLE K INTERNATIONAL	KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, FL	$10,000	2026	24-25 SLP SPONSORSHIP
KIWANIS DIVISION 13 COUNCIL	LARGO, FL	$10,000	2026	24-25 BATELAAN KIWAINS GRANT
KIWANIS CLUB OF MULBERRY	MULBERRY, FL	$10,000	2026	24-25 BATELAAN KIWANIS GRANT
KIWANIS CLUB OF TALLAHASSEE NORTHSIDE	TALLAHASSEE, FL	$9,917	2026	24-25 AKTION DISTRICT GRANT, BATELAAN AKTION CLUB GRANT, MINI GRANT
KIWANIS CLUB OF CLERMONT	CLERMONT, FL	$9,125	2026	24-25 MATCHING GRANT, 24-25 MINI GRANT
KIWANIS CLUB OF WAKULLA	TALLAHASSEE, FL	$9,125	2026	24-25 MATCHING GRANT, 24-25 MINI GRANT
KIWANIS CLUB OF DUNEDIN	DUNEDIN, FL	$9,125	2026	24-25 MATCHING GRANT, 24-25 MINI GRANT
KIWANIS CLUB OF LAKE REGION	KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, FL	$8,375	2026	24-25 MATCHING GRANT
FLORIDA DISTRICT OF KEY CLUB	PORT ORANGE, FL	$24,750	2025	KEY CLUB GRANT
FLORIDA DISTRICT OF CIRCLE K INTERNATIONAL	PORT ORANGE, FL	$23,749	2025	CIRCLE K GRANT
KIWANIS CLUB OF TALLAHASSEE NORTHSIDE	TALLAHASSEE, FL	$11,750	2025	$6,000 AKTION CLUB GRANT, $2,000 BLECHMAN GRANT, $3,000 MATCHING GRANT, $750 MINI GRANT
KIWANIS CLUB OF NORTHSIDE NAPLES	NAPLES, FL	$10,000	2025	CYCLE II BATELAAN GRANT
KIWANIS CLUB OF TOP OF THE BAY	OLDSMAR, FL	$10,000	2025	CYCLE I MATCHING
KIWANIS CLUB OF LITTLE HAVANA	MIAMI, FL	$10,000	2025	CYCLE II BATELAAN GRANT
KIWANIS CLUB OF UMATILLA	UMATILLA, FL	$10,000	2025	CYCLE II BATELAAN GRANT
KIWANIS CLUB OF SAFETLY HARBOR	SAFETY HARBOR, FL	$5,750	2025	CYCLE II $5,000 MATCHING, $750 MINI GRANT
KIWANIS CLUB OF BIG LAGOON	PENSACOLA, FL	$5,000	2025	MATCHING GRANT CYCLE I
KIWANIS CLUB OF SOUTH LAKE CLERMONT INC	CLERMONT, FL	$10,000	2024	BATELAAN AND DIVISION GRANT
KIWANIS CLUB OF SOUTH LAKE CLERMONT INC	CLERMONT, FL	$10,000	2024	CYCLE I BATELAAN GRANT
KIWANIS CLUB OF GREATER WEST PASCO	LARGO, FL	$10,000	2024	CYCLE I BATELAAN GRANT
KIWANIS CLUB OF HOLLYWOOD INC	HOLLYWOOD, FL	$7,000	2024	CYCLE II BATELAAN GRANT
KIWANIS CLUB OF GREATER ORLANDO-WINTER PARK INC	WINTER PARK, FL	$6,700	2024	CYCLE II BATELAAN GRANT
KIWANIS CLUB OF HALLENDAE BEACH INC	HALLENDALE, FL	$6,000	2024	CYCLE I MATCHING GRANT
FLORIDA DISTRICT OF KEY CLUB	SANFORD, FL	$21,500	2023	KEY CLUB GRANT
FLORIDA DISTRICT OF CIRCLE K INTERNATIONAL	SANFORD, FL	$19,000	2023	CKI GRANT
KIWANIS CLUB OF PINELLAS PARK	CLEARWATER, FL	$10,000	2023	BATELAAN GRANT
KIWANIS CLUB OF PINELLAS PARK	CLEARWATER, FL	$10,000	2023	MATCHING GRANT
KIWANIS CLUB OF HOLLYWOOD	HOLLYWOOD, FL	$10,000	2023	BATELAAN GRANT
KIWANIS CLUB OF NORTHPORT	NORTHPORT, FL	$10,000	2023	BATELAAN GRANT
KIWANIS CLUB OF DAVIE WEST HOLLYWOOD	DAVIE, FL	$10,000	2023	BLECHMAN YCPO GRANT
FLORIDA DISCTRICT DIV 3	TALLAHASSEE, FL	$10,000	2023	MATCHING GRANT
KIWANIS CLUB OF BARTOW	BARTOW, FL	$10,000	2023	MATCHING GRANT
KIWANIS CLUB OF MELBOURNE	MELBOURNE, FL	$9,720	2023	BATELAAN GRANT
KIWANIS CLUB OF DAVIE WEST HOLLYWOOD	DAVIE, FL	$9,000	2023	BATELAAN GRANT
KIWANIS CLUB OF TALLAHASSEE NORTHSIDE	TALLAHASSEE, FL	$6,750	2023	BATELAAN GRANT

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What kinds of organizations does Florida Kiwanis Foundation Inc. fund?

What are the foundation’s main program areas?

Does the foundation accept unsolicited applications?

What is a typical grant size?

Are grants limited to Florida?

Open Grant Opportunities

David & Donna Batelaan Fund (Special Needs Youth)

Service Leadership Program Grants (SLP Grants)

Matching Grants

Wil & Rachel Blechman Fund (Young Children / YCPO)

Emergency Grants

Mini Grants

David and Donna Batelaan Fund – Aktion Club Grants

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Frequently Asked Questions About Florida Kiwanis Foundation

What kinds of organizations does Florida Kiwanis Foundation Inc. fund?

What are the foundation’s main program areas?

Does the foundation accept unsolicited applications?

What is a typical grant size?

Are grants limited to Florida?

Open Grant Opportunities

David & Donna Batelaan Fund (Special Needs Youth)

Service Leadership Program Grants (SLP Grants)

Matching Grants

Wil & Rachel Blechman Fund (Young Children / YCPO)

Emergency Grants

Mini Grants

David and Donna Batelaan Fund – Aktion Club Grants

Recent Grants