Funding search · disability services and research · Florida
Who funds disability services and research work in Florida
15 funders have a record of paying for disability services and research work by Florida recipients: 84 grants totaling $8.3M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Move United ($420,422), Easter Seals ($657,202) and Pulte Family Charitable Foundation ($586,322).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Florida recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Move UnitedRockville, MDCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $420,422 · through 2024Largest: $81,500 to FRIENDS OF THE COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARMTENT INC — adaptive winter and summer sports programming expenses
Easter SealsChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $657,202 · through 2024Largest: $138,157 to EASTERSEALS FLORIDA — disability services
Largest: $62,000 to THE INTELLECTUALLY DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — to support the development of an affordable housing community for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Largest: $9,199 to ANN'S ANGELS ADAPTIVE WATERSKI FOUNDATION — to promote public awareness of children & adults with disabilities through adaptive water skiing for the disabled.
Largest: $168,000 to THE ARC OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC — workforce development and collective employment for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Largest: $394,260 to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA — adapting and testing an intervention for families with a parent in methadone treatment
Parc Endowment FundSt Petersburg, FLCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $632,657 · through 2024Largest: $241,050 to PARC INC — programs for individuals with developmental disabilities
Largest: $50,000 to Climate Adaptation Center — to support a climate summit and research meteorologist.
Parc Endowment Fund IiSt Petersburg, FLCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $486,961 · through 2024Largest: $176,622 to PARC INC — programs for individuals with developmental disabilities
The Woody FoundationCoconut Grove, FLCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $103,592 · through 2024Largest: $26,092 to Sabrina Cohen Foundation — adaptive beach programming
Christopher Reeve FoundationShort Hills, NJCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $88,712 · through 2024Largest: $24,500 to AQUANAUTS ADAPTIVE AQUATICS — adaptive sports
Largest: $2.9M to THE MIAMI FOUNDATION — support the growth, adaptation and diversification of newsmatch in the press forward era, to increase the competency of non-profit publishers seeking earned reader revenue.
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