About Milkey Family Foundation
The Milkey Family Foundation directs sizable, targeted gifts to a small set of charitable organizations, prioritizing local direct-service charities and community cultural institutions. Their giving emphasizes hunger relief and animal welfare in the Tampa Bay region, alongside support for African American history and heritage. They also utilize donor-advised vehicles for some grantmaking, indicating a mix of direct and advised philanthropy.
Focus Areas
Hunger relief and food banks in the Tampa Bay area (e.g., Feeding Tampa Bay)Animal welfare and local humane/shelter organizations (e.g., Friends of Strays)African American history and cultural institutions (e.g., Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American History Museum)Donor-advised and pass-through philanthropy (grants via Schwab Charitables)
Who They Fund
food-insecure individuals and families in Tampa Baycompanion animals served by local sheltersAfrican American community and heritage organizationslocal community cultural institution beneficiaries
About Milkey Family Foundation
A $885,838 grant to Schwab Charitables Fund is the largest recent gift on file for Milkey Family Foundation Inc, and it points to a grantmaker that uses donor-advised and pass-through vehicles alongside direct local support. The foundation’s public giving is tightly focused on Tampa Bay and nearby Pinellas County organizations, with repeated multi-year support to a small number of recipients rather than broad, dispersed giving. Recent awards show a steady mix of human services, animal welfare, arts and culture, education, and environmental stewardship. Feeding Tampa Bay received multiple large grants across 2023, 2024, and 2025, while Friends of Strays also appears repeatedly in the recent grants list. The pattern is one of concentrated, targeted philanthropy. Several recipients have been funded in successive years, including local charities in St. Petersburg, Tampa, Clearwater, Largo, and Tierra Verde. The foundation also supports community institutions tied to African American history and heritage, as well as local education and housing-related work. Its grant history suggests a preference for established organizations serving the St. Petersburg and Tampa Bay area rather than a wide geographic spread.
What Milkey Family Foundation Funds
Human services and food access are a clear throughline in the foundation’s giving. Feeding Tampa Bay received $650,000 in 2025, following $330,300 in 2024 and $300,000 in 2023. Daystar Life Center also appears across multiple years, with grants of $115,500 in 2025, $105,000 in 2024, and $112,580 in 2023. Animal welfare is another recurring area. Friends of Strays in St. Petersburg received $409,413 in 2023, $403,333 in 2024, and $348,334 in 2025. Habitat for Humanity in Clearwater was supported in 2023, 2024, and 2025, including a $100,000 grant in 2025. The foundation also backs African American history and education. Dr Carter G Woodson African American History Museum received $250,000 in each of 2023, 2024, and 2025, and Woodson Warriors Scholarships received $100,000 in 2024 and 2025.
How Milkey Family Foundation Gives
Milkey Family Foundation Inc gives at a large local scale: the typical grant size is $10,000 at the 25th percentile, $25,000 at the median, and $100,000 at the 75th percentile. The recent grants list shows repeated support to the same organizations over multiple years, including several three-year patterns. That points to ongoing relationships rather than isolated one-time awards. The foundation uses direct grants and also makes large grants through Schwab Charitables Fund, indicating a mix of direct and donor-advised or pass-through giving. Public application details are not shown, and the listed program descriptions say unsolicited applications are not accepted.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.1M
Total Assets
$0
Total Revenue
$259K
Total Expenses
$3.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $100K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$100K
Geographic Reach
Local6 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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