About Joy Mccann Foundation
Supports organizations and projects committed to improving health, well-being, culture and humanity; building community through innovation.
Focus Areas
Medical researchPublic healthCommunity servicesPerforming artsEducationAnimal welfare / shelter medicineCultureNeighborhood and regional development
Who They Fund
ALICE (asset-limited, income-constrained, employed) householdspeople with disabilities seeking employment / supported employment traineesat-risk youth and foster childrenneurodivergent clients recovering from pandemic impacts
About Joy Mccann Foundation
Joy Mccann Foundation Inc. uses a mix of strategic grants and pre-selected community grants to back organizations that improve health, well-being, culture, and humanity in Florida. The pattern is local and heavily concentrated in Tampa Bay, with 92% of grants going to recipients in Florida and the top giving state also Florida. Recent awards show a clear preference for practical, program-linked support: a refrigerated veggie van for YMCA of Tampa Bay, chronic complex care clinic development at St. Joseph's Hospital Foundation, and a community cat management program at the University of Florida UF Foundation. The foundation also supports workforce and service infrastructure, including CNA training through United Way Suncoast and disability employment efforts at Macdonald Training Center. Its grantmaking reaches beyond health services into public health, education, arts, animal welfare, and neighborhood development. The recent record includes support for mosquito control research with the University of South Florida-Sam & Martha Gibbons Alumni Center, reading enrichment for at-risk youth at Boys & Girls Club of Tampa Bay Steinbrenner Center, and outdoor theater programming at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts. Together, these gifts suggest a funder that favors named organizations with ongoing roles in the community and grants sized for targeted operating or project support.
What Joy Mccann Foundation Funds
Health and direct service are central to the foundation’s recent giving. It awarded $60,000 to YMCA of Tampa Bay for a refrigerated veggie van and another $15,000 for the Veggie Van, showing support for mobile fresh food access. In public health and medical work, the foundation gave $40,000 to St Joseph's Hospital Foundation to create a chronic complex care clinic for adults, and $15,000 to Tampa General Hospital Foundation for TampaWell/TGH’s community wellness program. Education and youth services also appear prominently. Boys & Girls Club of Tampa Bay Steinbrenner Center received $15,000 for the Reading Enrichment Program to enhance literacy skills of at-risk youth, while Children's Home Network received $15,000 for the Kids Village Residential Program providing behavioral health services to foster children. Animal welfare and environmental monitoring are also present, including $57,895 to University of Florida UF Foundation for the community cat management program and $28,500 to University of South Florida-Sam & Martha Gibbons Alumni Center for real-time mosquito larval control using geospatial AI.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$616K
Total Assets
$9M
Total Revenue
$823K
Total Expenses
$955K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $13K and $14K, with a median of $13K.
25th Percentile
$13K
Median
$13K
75th Percentile
$14K
Geographic Reach
Local5 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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