Funding search · EIN 061414462 · Fort Myers, FL
The Fernandez Family Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 130
- 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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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- University of Florida Foundation4 grants · $160,000
- Heights Foundation4 grants · $130,000
- Cliffs Resident Outreach4 grants · $60,000
- Fgcu4 grants · $60,000
- Clemson University Foundation2 grants · $60,000
- Fish2 grants · $50,400
- Charles Schwab Foundation1 grant · $50,000
- Habitat for Humanity of Lee County4 grants · $50,000
- Cristo El Rey San Jose Jesuit High4 grants · $45,000
- Experience Camps4 grants · $40,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 130 grants.
- $55,000
Heights Foundation · Fort Myers, FL · 2021
General
- $50,000
Charles Schwab Foundation · Lone Tree, CO · 2022
General
- $40,400
Fish · Sanibel, FL · 2021
General
- $40,000
Clemson University Foundation · Clemson, SC · 2024
General
- $40,000
University of Florida Foundation · Gainesville, FL · 2024
General
- $40,000
University of Florida Foundation · Gainesville, FL · 2023
General
- $40,000
University of Florida Foundation · Gainesville, FL · 2022
General
- $40,000
University of Florida Foundation · Gainesville, FL · 2021
General
- $25,000
Heights Foundation · Fort Myers, FL · 2024
General
- $25,000
Heights Foundation · Fort Myers, FL · 2023
General
- $25,000
Heights Foundation · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
General
- $20,000
Cliffs Resident Outreach · Landrum, SC · 2024
General
- $20,000
Schwab Charitable · Orlando, FL · 2024
Donor advised fund
- $20,000
Clemson University Foundation · Clemson, SC · 2023
General
- $20,000
Habitat for Humanity of Lee County · North Fort Myers, FL · 2021
General
- $15,000
Fgcu · Fort Myers, FL · 2024
General
- $15,000
Cliffs Resident Outreach · Landrum, SC · 2023
General
- $15,000
Fgcu · Fort Myers, FL · 2023
General
- $15,000
Cliffs Resident Outreach · Landrum, SC · 2022
General
- $15,000
Fgcu · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
General
- $15,000
Fgcu · Fort Myers, FL · 2021
General
- $12,500
Cristo El Rey San Jose Jesuit High · San Jose, CA · 2024
General
- $12,500
Cristo El Rey San Jose Jesuit High · San Jose, CA · 2023
General
- $11,600
Family Promise · Summit, NJ · 2024
General
- $10,000
Experience Camps · Westport, CT · 2024
General purpose
- $10,000
Habitat for Humanity of Lee County · North Fort Myers, FL · 2024
General
- $10,000
Pickens High School · Pickens, SC · 2024
General
- $10,000
Smile Train · Washington, DC · 2024
General
- $10,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
General
- $10,000
Experience Camps · Westport, CT · 2023
General purpose
- $10,000
Family Promise · Summit, NJ · 2023
General
- $10,000
Habitat for Humanity of Lee County · North Fort Myers, FL · 2023
General
- $10,000
Lee Builders Care · Fort Myers, FL · 2023
General
- $10,000
Lee Health Foundation · Fort Myers, FL · 2023
General
- $10,000
Smile Train · Washington, DC · 2023
General
- $10,000
Cristo El Rey San Jose Jesuit High · San Jose, CA · 2022
General
- $10,000
Experience Camps · Westport, CT · 2022
General purpose
- $10,000
Fish · Sanibel, FL · 2022
General
- $10,000
Golisano Children'S Hospital · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
General
- $10,000
Habitat for Humanity of Lee County · North Fort Myers, FL · 2022
General
- $10,000
Smile Train · Washington, DC · 2022
General
- $10,000
Cliffs Resident Outreach · Landrum, SC · 2021
General
- $10,000
Community Housing & Resources · Sanibel, FL · 2021
General
- $10,000
Cristo El Rey San Jose Jesuit High · San Jose, CA · 2021
General
- $10,000
Experience Camps · Westport, CT · 2021
General purpose
- $10,000
Smile Train · Washington, DC · 2021
General
- $8,000
Ding Darling · Sanibel, FL · 2024
General
- $8,000
Westgate Church · San Jose, CA · 2024
General
- $7,500
One Commnity Lg · Los Gatos, CA · 2024
General
- $5,500
Van Meter Elementary · Los Gatos, CA · 2023
General
- $5,500
Van Meter Elementary · Los Gatos, CA · 2022
General
- $5,150
Family Promise · Summit, NJ · 2022
General
- $5,000
Desire Street Ministries · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General
- $5,000
Lee Health Foundation · Fort Myers, FL · 2024
General
- $5,000
Our Community Los Gatos · Los Gatos, CA · 2024
General
- $5,000
Pace Center for Girls · Fort Myers, FL · 2024
General
- $5,000
Project Cornerstone Ymca · Santa Clara, CA · 2024
General purpose
- $5,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Orlando, FL · 2024
General
- $5,000
Tim Tebow Foundation · Vedra Beavh, FL · 2024
General
- $5,000
Desire Street Ministries · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General
- $5,000
One Commnity Lg · Los Gatos, CA · 2023
General
- $5,000
Project Cornerstone Ymca · Santa Clara, CA · 2023
General purpose
- $5,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Orlando, FL · 2023
General
- $5,000
Community Housing & Resources · Sanibel, FL · 2022
General
- $5,000
Desire Street Ministries · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General
- $5,000
One Commnity Lg · Los Gatos, CA · 2022
General
- $5,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Orlando, FL · 2022
General
- $5,000
The Primary School · East Palo Alto, CA · 2022
General purpose
- $5,000
Tim Tebow Foundation · Jacksonville, FL · 2022
General
- $5,000
Desire Street Ministries · Atlanta, GA · 2021
General
- $5,000
The Primary School · East Palo Alto, CA · 2021
General purpose
- $5,000
Tim Tebow Foundation · Jacksonville, FL · 2021
General
- $4,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Orlando, FL · 2021
General
- $3,000
The Primary School · East Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General purpose
- $3,000
Ding Darling · Sanibel, FL · 2023
General
- $3,000
Letter To a Pre-Scientist · Amherst, MA · 2023
General
- $3,000
The Primary School · East Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General purpose
- $3,000
Westgate Church · San Jose, CA · 2023
General
- $3,000
Big Arts Sanibel Island · Sanibel, FL · 2022
General
- $3,000
100 Women Charitable Foundation · Los Altos, CA · 2021
General
- $3,000
Family Promise · Summit, NJ · 2021
General
- $3,000
Fort Myers Rescue Mission · Fort Myers, FL · 2021
General
- $3,000
One Commnity Lg · Los Gatos, CA · 2021
General
- $3,000
Van Meter Elementary · Los Gatos, CA · 2021
General
- $2,500
Lghs Wildcat Foundation · Los Gatos, CA · 2022
General purpose
- $2,500
Sacred Heart Community Service · San Jose, CA · 2022
General
- $2,000
Furman University · Greenville, SC · 2024
General
- $2,000
Humorology · Madison, WI · 2024
General
- $2,000
Meals On Wheels · Arlington, VA · 2023
General
- $2,000
Walden West · Saratoga, CA · 2023
General
- $2,000
Ding Darling · Sanibel, FL · 2022
General
- $2,000
Harry Chapin Food Bank · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
General
- $2,000
Meals On Wheels · Arlington, VA · 2022
General
- $2,000
Project Cornerstone Ymca · Santa Clara, CA · 2022
General purpose
- $2,000
Walden West · Saratoga, CA · 2022
General
- $2,000
Ding Darling · Sanibel, FL · 2021
General
- $2,000
Friends of Los Gatos Library · Los Gatos, CA · 2021
General
- $2,000
Harry Chapin Food Bank · Fort Myers, FL · 2021
General
- $2,000
Lghs Wildcat Foundation · Los Gatos, CA · 2021
General purpose
- $2,000
Meals On Wheels · Arlington, VA · 2021
General
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