About Carl Angus Desantis Foundation
The Carl Angus DeSantis Foundation concentrates its giving on education, youth services and health care, with an emphasis on scholarship/endowment support and child- and family-focused nonprofits in Florida. Grants are large and targeted — funding university endowments, medical institutions, scholarship funds and local child-welfare organizations — indicating a preference for durable impact rather than many small gifts. The foundation appears to favor a small set of significant awards, occasionally repeating support for local organizations.
Focus Areas
University scholarship endowments (e.g., endowed chairs/ scholarships)Child welfare and foster/youth services in South FloridaCollege readiness and scholarship programs for low-income students (Take Stock model)Family support and behavioral/therapeutic services for childrenMajor medical philanthropy / hospital support
Who They Fund
tax-exempt organizationsnonprofit organizations (general)
Giving Approach
About Carl Angus Desantis Foundation
The Carl Angus Desantis Foundation Inc pairs large unrestricted gifts with long-term institutional support, including a $1.25 million endowment grant to Rutgers University Foundation and a $1 million charitable grant to Mayo Clinic in the most recent grants list. That same pattern extends to Florida-based youth, education, and family-serving nonprofits, where awards often arrive as six-figure operating support rather than project-only funding. The foundation’s recent giving also shows repeat support for organizations such as 4kids of South Florida and Take Stock in Children of Palm Beach County, suggesting ongoing relationships rather than isolated awards. Across the grants list, the foundation backs scholarship funds, child-welfare providers, medical institutions, and community organizations serving South Florida. Several grants are labeled unrestricted support of an organization’s exempt purpose, including gifts to YWCA of South Florida, Achievement Centers for Children, George Snow Scholarship Fund, and Place of Hope Inc. The mix of endowment funding, charitable support, and unrestricted operating grants points to a funder that finances both durable assets and current service delivery. Its grantmaking reaches beyond Florida for select institutions, but the center of gravity remains in education, youth services, and health-related giving.
What Carl Angus Desantis Foundation Funds
Education appears throughout the foundation’s recent awards. It gave $340,000 to Take Stock in Children of Palm Beach County for unrestricted support, $300,000 to George Snow Scholarship Fund for unrestricted support, and $82,000 to Bound for College Inc for unrestricted support. These grants align with the foundation’s stated emphasis on scholarship and college-readiness support. Child and family services are another clear theme. The foundation awarded $350,000 to 4kids of South Florida Inc and $250,000 to 4kids of South Florida, both for unrestricted support, along with $125,000 to Place of Hope Inc and $90,000 to Her Second Chance. In health-related giving, it provided $75,000 to Max Planck Florida Institute and $120,000 to Habcenter Boca Raton. The recent record also includes $100,000 to Broward College Foundation Inc, showing support for educational institutions as well as direct-service nonprofits.
How Carl Angus Desantis Foundation Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.3M
Total Assets
$385.8M
Total Revenue
$305.1M
Total Expenses
$4.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $50K and $200K, with a median of $90K.
25th Percentile
$50K
Median
$90K
75th Percentile
$200K
Geographic Reach
Local8 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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