Funding search · EIN 461549729 · Naples, FL

Barbara and Franklin Carson Family

Name: Barbara and Franklin Carson Family grants, 2021–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

59
grants reported: $1.1M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Metropolitan Ministries4 grants · $450,000
Samaritans Purse4 grants · $135,000
Collier Community Foundation2 grants · $75,000
Scholarship America2 grants · $70,000
Roaring Fork Conservancy4 grants · $59,750
English in Action2 grants · $55,000
St Matthew'S House4 grants · $50,000
Starability Foundation4 grants · $30,466
Captains for Clean Water3 grants · $25,000
Naples Yacht Club Blue Gavel Scholarship Fund3 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$256,000

2021

$286,466

2022

$297,390

2023

$235,211

2024

Grant history

All 59 reported grants, largest first.

$150,000
Metropolitan Ministries · Tampa, FL · 2022
Charity
$100,000
Metropolitan Ministries · Tampa, FL · 2024
Charity
$100,000
Metropolitan Ministries · Tampa, FL · 2023
Charity
$100,000
Metropolitan Ministries · Tampa, FL · 2021
Charity
$50,000
Collier Community Foundation · Naples, FL · 2023
Charity
$50,000
English in Action · Basalt, CO · 2023
Charity
$50,000
Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2022
Charity
$50,000
Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2021
Charity
$50,000
Scholarship America · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Charity
$25,000
Collier Community Foundation · Naples, FL · 2024
Charity
$25,000
Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2023
Charity
$25,000
St Matthew'S House · Naples, FL · 2023
Charity
$20,000
Roaring Fork Conservancy · Basalt, CO · 2024
Charity
$20,000
Scholarship America · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Charity
$17,500
Roaring Fork Conservancy · Basalt, CO · 2021
Charity
$12,250
Roaring Fork Conservancy · Basalt, CO · 2023
Charity
$10,466
Starability Foundation · Naples, FL · 2022
Charity
$10,000
Captains for Clean Water · Fort Myers, FL · 2024
Charity
$10,000
Ram Veterans Foundation · Herndon, VA · 2024
Charity
$10,000
Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
Charity
$10,000
St Matthew'S House · Naples, FL · 2024
Charity
$10,000
Starability Foundation · Naples, FL · 2024
Charity
$10,000
Captains for Clean Water · Fort Myers, FL · 2023
Charity
$10,000
Naples Yacht Club Blue Gavel Scholarship Fund · Naples, FL · 2022
Charity
$10,000
Roaring Fork Conservancy · Basalt, CO · 2022
Charity
$10,000
St Matthew'S House · Naples, FL · 2022
Charity
$7,061
Naples Botanical Garden · Naples, FL · 2024
Charity
$5,650
National Alliance On Mental Illness · Arlington, VA · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet · Aspen, CO · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Canine Companions for Independence · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024
Charity
$5,000
English in Action · Basalt, CO · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Friedreich'S Ataxia Research Alliance · Downingtown, PA · 2024
Charity
$5,000
International Order of the Blue Gavel · Port Hueneme, CA · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Friedreich'S Ataxia Research Alliance · Downingtown, PA · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Naples Yacht Club Blue Gavel Scholarship Fund · Naples, FL · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Starability Foundation · Naples, FL · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Theatre Aspen · Aspen, CO · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Captains for Clean Water · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
Charity
$5,000
Challenge Aspen · Snowmass Village, CO · 2022
Charity
$5,000
Friedreich'S Ataxia Research Alliance · Downingtown, PA · 2022
Charity
$5,000
Theatre Aspen · Aspen, CO · 2022
Charity
$5,000
Challenge Aspen · Snowmass Village, CO · 2021
Charity
$5,000
Friedreich'S Ataxia Research Alliance · Downingtown, PA · 2021
Charity
$5,000
Mountain Rescue Aspen · Aspen, CO · 2021
Charity
$5,000
Naples Yacht Club Blue Gavel Scholarship Fund · Naples, FL · 2021
Charity
$5,000
St Matthew'S House · Naples, FL · 2021
Charity
$5,000
Starability Foundation · Naples, FL · 2021
Charity
$2,500
Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2024
Charity
$2,500
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet · Aspen, CO · 2023
Charity
$2,500
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet · Aspen, CO · 2022
Charity
$2,500
Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2022
Charity
$2,500
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet · Aspen, CO · 2021
Charity
$2,500
Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2021
Charity
$2,500
Theatre Aspen · Aspen, CO · 2021
Charity
$1,000
Pace Center for Girls · Jacksonville, FL · 2023
Charity
$1,000
The Luzerne Foundation · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2023
Charity
$1,000
Phi Slam · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Charity
$1,000
Mighty Cause Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2021
Charity
$640
Naples Botanical Garden · Naples, FL · 2023
Charity

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