Funding search · economic mobility and poverty · Florida
Who funds economic mobility and poverty work in Florida
15 funders have a record of paying for economic mobility and poverty work by Florida recipients: 88 grants totaling $23.1M, most recently in 2024 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Jpmorgan Chase Foundation ($6.1M), Foundation for a Healthy St Petersburg ($1.1M) and United Way of Lake and Sumter Counties ($108,785).
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.
Largest: $750,000 to FLORIDA MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY INC — in support of creating economic mobility and career pathways
Largest: $316,667 to Pinellas County Urban League Inc — to support economic mobility via the expansion of an entrepreneurial ecosystem model that provides business navigation, convenings, and broad-based learning.
United Way of Lake and Sumter CountiesLeesburg, FLCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $108,785 · through 2024Largest: $14,750 to Find Feed and Restore — economic mobility
United Way WorldwideAlexandria, VACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $385,175 · through 2024Largest: $113,700 to UNITED WAY OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC — economic mobility, general charitable operations
Largest: $150,000 to Community College Baccalaureate Association Inc — education & economic mobility
Blue Meridian PartnersNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $11.0M · through 2022Largest: $3.6M to CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC — to support economic mobility
Largest: $250,000 to THE CHILDREN'S TRUST — unlocking economic mobility for families through access to early childhood education
Largest: $35,000 to FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — economic mobility
Largest: $150,000 to HISPANIC UNITY OF FLORIDA INC — this grant to hispanic unity of florida (huf) will support and advance their social and economic mobility policy and advocacy efforts in support of people of color, immigrants, and…
Aarp FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $90,000 · through 2024Largest: $60,000 to YOUTH CO-OP INC — grant to support aarp foundation's economic mobility program
National League of Cities InstituteWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $85,000 · through 2023Largest: $70,000 to CITY OF ORLANDO — equitable economic mobility initiative
Largest: $25,000 to United Way of Lake and Sumter County — economic mobility
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