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George Jenkins Foundation

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$34.2M
in grants paid: 133
grants: 80
recipients: 2022–2025
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$1.1M
United Way of Central Florida · Lakeland, FL · 2025
George jenkins fdn youth opportunity , success by 6 family fundamentals
$750,000
Academy Prep of Lakeland · Lakeland, FL · 2025
Education of students
$562,500
Lakeland Regional Medical Center Foundation · Lakeland, FL · 2025
Capital pledge
$500,000
Ymca of West Central Florida · Lakeland, FL · 2025
Matching capital campaign , operations
$350,000
Kidspack · Lakeland, FL · 2025
Backpack program to help feed children
$300,000
Viste · Lakeland, FL · 2025
Capital funding for campus transformation project
$300,000
Bonnet Springs Park · Lakeland, FL · 2025
Education programing
$300,000
Redlands Christian Migrant Assn · Wimauma, FL · 2025
Construction prep for mulberry academy charter school
$250,000
City Lore · New York, NY · 2025
Dante alighieri & the divine comedy documentary
$200,000
Achievement Academy · Lakeland, FL · 2025
Support operational needs
$200,000
Lakeland Christian School · Lakeland, FL · 2025
Scholarships for students in need of assistance
$183,334
Helping a Hero Org · Houston, TX · 2025
Sponsor florida home builds
$150,000
The Freedom Tour · Winter Haven, FL · 2025
Church purchase for disaster relief/storage
$150,000
Parker Street Ministries · Lakeland, FL · 2025
Operations
$138,000
Lighthouse Ministries · Lakeland, FL · 2025
Assistance for the woman & children program
$122,000
Anchor House Inc of Polk County · Auburndale, FL · 2025
Grant for education program
$120,000
Salvation Army · Lutz, FL · 2025
For use in the "halo" child enrichment center
$100,000
Polk Theater · Lakeland, FL · 2025
Operations
$100,000
Lakeland Volunteers in Medicine · Lakeland, FL · 2025
Funding ultrasound equipment for helthcare services
$100,000
Florida Children'S Museum · Lakeland, FL · 2025
Donation to help fund travel exhibits in 2026.
$84,294
Lake Wales Care Center · Lake Wales, FL · 2025
Support of c.a.r.e plan, stay-at-home work camps & home rehab
$75,000
Geneva Classical Academy · Lakeland, FL · 2025
Fund scholarships for students in need 2025/2026 school year
$75,000
Pace Center for Girls · Tampa, FL · 2025
Matching donation for ten story challenge event
$69,000
Lighthouse for the Blind and Low Vision · Tampa, FL · 2025
Teen transition program and blind babies intervention services
$55,000
Lakeland Police Athletic League · Lakeland, FL · 2025
Planning for new pal fieldhouse
$50,000
Connected Polk · Lakeland, FL · 2025
Grant to fund part-time workforce coordinator & program support
$50,000
Lakeland Symphony Orchestra · Lakeland, FL · 2025
Operations
$50,000
Magnolia Montessori Academy · Lakeland, FL · 2025
Matching contribution for house renovation
$50,000
One More Child · Miami, FL · 2025
Help withcosts for families affected by hurricane
$50,000
Valor & Honor Outdoors · Green Level, NC · 2025
Assitance for veterans and first responders
$38,000
Community Haven for Adults and Children With Disabilities · Sarasota, FL · 2025
Charitable donation - hurricane repairs
$9,300
Burro Bueno · Lakeland, FL · 2025
Improve water accessibity, medical clinic, chicken pens
$1.0M
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2024
Grant for the k-12 education program in support of the provision of american classical education
$910,000
Academy Prep of Lakeland · Lakeland, FL · 2024
For academy prep of lakeland operations
$905,000
United Way of Central Florida · Lakeland, FL · 2024
Gj end hunger initiative and various education programs
$562,500
Lakeland Regional Medical Center Foundation · Lakeland, FL · 2024
Capital campaign
$500,000
The Ymca · Lakeland, FL · 2024
Capital campaign
$366,666
Helping a Hero Org · Houston, TX · 2024
Sponsoring building of homes for veterans
$350,000
Kidspack · Lakeland, FL · 2024
Provide food to disadvantaged children in polk cty
$300,000
One More Child · Miami, FL · 2024
Foster care, single mom support, family support, int'l child support
$226,758
Viste · Lakeland, FL · 2024
Operations and capital campaign
$200,000
Ccdf USA Foundation · Washington Dc, DC · 2024
Operations
$200,000
Lakeland Christian School · Lakeland, FL · 2024
Scholarships
$200,000
Alliance Defending Freedom · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
Legal defense of religious freedom
$200,000
Achievement Academy · Lakeland, FL · 2024
Donation for operations and birth to three program
$188,350
Anchor House Inc of Polk County · Auburndale, FL · 2024
Funding for tutoring and full time therapist
$171,000
City Lore · New York, NY · 2024
To complete dante alighieri & the divine comedy documentary
$157,700
Lighthouse Ministries · Lakeland, FL · 2024
Operating costs to increase capacity & new beds
$150,000
Parker Street Ministries · Lakeland, FL · 2024
Operational funding
$150,000
Pace Center for Girls · Tampa, FL · 2024
Grant for literacy program
$120,000
The Salvation Army · Lutz, FL · 2024
Operating exps of h.a.l.o child enrichment ctr
$100,000
The Freedom Tour · Eloise, FL · 2024
For mobile pantries - food, essential supplies
$99,000
Florida Children'S Museum · Lakeland, FL · 2024
Funding for traveling exhibits
$75,000
Lake Wales Care Center · Lake Wales, FL · 2024
Support of c.a.r.e plan, stay-at-home work camps & home rhab
$50,000
Valor & Honor Outdoors · Green Level, NC · 2024
Support for veterans
$50,000
Hope House · Tampa, FL · 2024
Grant to support operations
$50,000
Take Heart · Lakeland, FL · 2024
Support for education in kenya
$35,000
Lighthouse for the Blind and Low Vision · Tampa, FL · 2024
Blind babies program in polk county
$28,000
Spca of Florida · Lakeland, FL · 2024
Roof replacement of adoption center in polk county
$21,395
Institute for Frontier Science · Emeryville, CA · 2024
Operations
$20,000
Furry Friends Humane · Jupiter, FL · 2024
Hurricane/tornado repairs
$10,000
The Deaf & Hard of Hearing Youth Advocacy · Lakeland, FL · 2024
Support for hearing impaired students
$10,000
The Coalition of Mothers · Winter Haven, FL · 2024
Support of mothers and families
$10,000
Sharing House · Brevard, NC · 2024
Hurricane relief donation
$5,000
Central Florida Speech and Hearing Center · Lakeland, FL · 2024
Operations
$2.7M
Alliance Defending Freedom · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023
For alliance defending freedom operations
$2.5M
The Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2023
For the leadership institute operations
$1.0M
Boys Girls Club of Polk County · Lakeland, FL · 2023
Capital funding for new building
$805,000
United Way of Central Florida · Highland City, FL · 2023
Contribution for george jenkins end hunger initiative
$706,000
Moms for America · Mansfield, TX · 2023
For moms of america operations
$562,500
Lakeland Regional Health Foundation · Lakeland, FL · 2023
$500,000 sixth installment of $5,000,000 pledge over 10 years$62,500 fourth installment of additional $500,000 pledge over 8 years
$500,000
Parker Street Ministries · Lakeland, FL · 2023
For operating expenses/academic enrichment programs
$500,000
Ccdf USA Foundation · Mulberry, FL · 2023
For ccdf usa foundation operations
$450,000
Academy Prep Foundation · Lakeland, FL · 2023
For academy prep of lakeland operations
$350,000
Kidspack · Lakeland, FL · 2023
Grant to provide food to disadvantaged children in polk county
$300,000
Helping a Hero · Houston, TX · 2023
Grant to assist in the building of handicapped accessible homes
$300,000
Bonnet Springs Park · Lakeland, FL · 2023
Education funding for bonnet springs park
$269,164
Viste · Lakeland, FL · 2023
Contributions for operations and building of endowment fund
$260,000
Peace River Center · Bartow, FL · 2023
Grant for renovations to lakeland domestic violence shelter
$250,000
Torch of Freedom Foundation · Dripping Springs, TX · 2023
Contribution for torch of freedom operations
$250,000
The Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2023
Unrestricted contribution for operations
$250,000
Givewell Community Foundation · Lakeland, FL · 2023
Contribution for the benefit of the george jenkins donor advised fund
$200,000
Lakeland Youth Ice Sports · Lakeland, FL · 2023
Grant to help fund additional sheet of ice at the arena
$200,000
Lakeland Christian School · Lakeland, FL · 2023
Grant for scholarships
$200,000
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2023
For operations of judicial watch
$150,550
Anchor House Inc of Polk County · Auburndale, FL · 2023
Education assistance and fund therapist for anchor house inc. Of polk county
$150,000
National Association To Protect Chi · Knoxville, TN · 2023
Donation for the hero program
$150,000
Pace Center for Girls · Lakeland, FL · 2023
Grant for literacy program
$100,000
Gospel · Lakeland, FL · 2023
To help provide housing for chronic homeless
$100,000
Lighthouse Ministries · Lakeland, FL · 2023
For lighthouse ministries operations
$100,000
Geneva Classical Academy · Lakeland, FL · 2023
Fund scholarships for students in need during the 2023/2024 school year
$100,000
Institute for Frontier Science · Oakland, CA · 2023
Contribution for operations
$95,000
The Salvation Army · Lakeland, FL · 2023
Grant for operating expenses of the h.a.l.o. Child enrichment center
$50,000
Polk Sheriff'S Charities · Winter Haven, FL · 2023
Grant to establish community assistance fund
$50,000
The Take Heart Project · Lakeland, FL · 2023
Grant to build school in kenya
$40,000
The Polk Theatre · Lakeland, FL · 2023
For polk theatre operations
$25,000
The First Tee of Lakeland · Lakeland, FL · 2023
Contribution for the benefit of andy bean memorial tournament
$12,500
The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth · Bartow, FL · 2023
To assist the deaf and hard of hearing youth in polk county
$755,000
United Way of Central Florida · Highland City, FL · 2022
$490,000 for the george w. Jenkins end hunger initiative $265,000 final installment on outstanding pledges (3)
$630,000
The Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2022
$282,208 first installment of pledge for the fl battle plan 2022$347,792 final installment of pledge for the fl battle plan 2022

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.