Funding search · EIN 260615969 · Sarasota, FL

The Gardener Foundation

Name: The Gardener Foundation grants, 2020–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

174
grants reported: $17.5M
total given: 2020–2024
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2020–2024. 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

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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.

Stony Brook Foundation5 grants · $3.3M
Mote Marine2 grants · $2.3M
Sarasota Orchestra4 grants · $1.8M
Visible Men Academy4 grants · $1.3M
Boys & Girls Club of Sarasota3 grants · $1.2M
Literacy Outreach of Garfield County4 grants · $910,000
Valley Settlement Project5 grants · $818,000
Rocky Mountain Institute3 grants · $700,000
Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida4 grants · $600,000
Forty Carrots5 grants · $550,000

Giving over time

$2.6M

2020

$3.1M

2021

$1.6M

2022

$5.4M

2023

$4.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 174 grants.

$2.3M
Stony Brook Foundation · Stony Brook, NY · 2023
Charitable contribution
$2.0M
Mote Marine · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$1.0M
Boys & Girls Club of Sarasota · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$800,000
Sarasota Orchestra · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$650,000
Sarasota Orchestra · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Charitable contribution
$500,000
Visible Men Academy · Bradenton, FL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$400,000
Stony Brook Foundation · Stony Brook, NY · 2021
Charitable contribution
$303,248
Mote Marine · Sarasota, FL · 2020
Charitable contribution
$300,000
Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida · Sarasota, NY · 2024
Charitable contribution
$280,000
Stony Brook Foundation · Stony Brook, NY · 2022
Charitable contribution
$280,000
Stony Brook Foundation · Stony Brook, NY · 2020
Charitable contribution
$250,000
Visible Men Academy · Bradenton, FL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$250,000
Rocky Mountain Institute · Snowmass, CO · 2023
Charitable contribution
$250,000
Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast · Osprey, FL · 2021
Charitable contribution
$250,000
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Charitable contribution
$250,000
Rocky Mountain Institute · Snowmass, CO · 2021
Charitable contribution
$250,000
Valley Settlement Project · Carbondale, CO · 2021
Charitable contribution
$250,000
Visible Men Academy · Bradenton, FL · 2021
Charitable contribution
$250,000
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens · Sarasota, FL · 2020
Charitable contribution
$250,000
Valley Settlement Project · Carbondale, CO · 2020
Charitable contribution
$250,000
Visible Men Academy · Bradenton, FL · 2020
Charitable contribution
$230,000
Literacy Outreach of Garfield County · Glenwood Springs, CO · 2024
Charitable contribution
$230,000
Literacy Outreach of Garfield County · Glenwood Springs, CO · 2022
Charitable contribution
$225,000
Literacy Outreach of Garfield County · Glenwood Springs, CO · 2021
Charitable contribution
$225,000
Literacy Outreach of Garfield County · Glenwood Springs, CO · 2020
Charitable contribution
$200,000
Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida · Sarasota, NY · 2023
Charitable contribution
$200,000
Valley Settlement Project · Carbondale, CO · 2022
Charitable contribution
$200,000
Rocky Mountain Institute · Snowmass, CO · 2020
Charitable contribution
$200,000
Sarasota Orchestra · Sarasota, FL · 2020
Charitable contribution
$150,000
Boys & Girls Club of Bellport · Bellport, NY · 2024
Charitable contribution
$150,000
Forty Carrots · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$150,000
Community Foundation of Sarasota · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$150,000
Sarasota Orchestra · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$135,000
Sarasota Architecture Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$135,000
Center for Architecture Sarasota · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$120,393
Long Island Cares · Hauppauge, NY · 2023
Charitable contribution
$115,000
Sarasota Architecture Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$101,000
Long Island Community Hospital · East Patchogue, NY · 2020
Charitable contribution
$100,000
Big Waters Land Trust · Osprey, FL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$100,000
Community Foundation of Sarasota · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$100,000
Literacy Council of Sarasota · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$100,000
Long Island Cares · Hauppauge, NY · 2024
Charitable contribution
$100,000
Sarasota Opera · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$100,000
Bayport Blue Point School District · Bayport, NY · 2023
Charitable contribution
$100,000
Forty Carrots · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$100,000
Valley Settlement Project · Carbondale, CO · 2023
Charitable contribution
$100,000
Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast · Osprey, FL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$100,000
Forty Carrots · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$100,000
Sarasota Opera · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$100,000
Boys & Girls Club of Sarasota · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Charitable contribution
$100,000
Forty Carrots · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Charitable contribution
$100,000
Boys & Girls Club of Sarasota · Sarasota, FL · 2020
Charitable contribution
$100,000
Forty Carrots · Sarasota, FL · 2020
Charitable contribution
$75,000
American Red Cross · Tampa, FL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$70,976
Literacy Council of Sarasota · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$65,090
Literacy Council of Sarasota · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$63,011
Literacy Council of Sarasota · Sarasota, FL · 2020
Charitable contribution
$62,766
Literacy Council of Sarasota · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Charitable contribution
$55,000
Sarasota Opera · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Charitable contribution
$50,523
Community Foundation of Sarasota · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Charitable contribution
$50,000
American Red Cross · Tampa, FL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$50,000
Stony Brook Foundation · Stony Brook, NY · 2024
Charitable contribution
$50,000
Boys & Girls Club of Bellport · Bellport, NY · 2023
Charitable contribution
$50,000
Sarasota Opera · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$50,000
Boys & Girls Club of Bellport · Bellport, NY · 2022
Charitable contribution
$50,000
Community Foundation of Sarasota · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$50,000
Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida · Sarasota, NY · 2022
Charitable contribution
$50,000
Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida · Sarasota, NY · 2021
Charitable contribution
$50,000
Community Foundation of Sarasota · Sarasota, FL · 2020
Charitable contribution
$50,000
Sarasota Opera · Sarasota, FL · 2020
Charitable contribution
$45,366
Bayport Blue Point School District · Bayport, NY · 2024
Charitable contribution
$40,000
The Hermitage · Englewood, FL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$35,000
Wor2wow · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$35,000
Rotary Futures College Resource Center · Venice, FL · 2020
Charitable contribution
$30,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2021
Charitable contribution
$25,000
Heifer International · Little Rock, AR · 2024
Charitable contribution
$25,000
Sarasota Architecture Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Charitable contribution
$25,000
Sarasota Architecture Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2020
Charitable contribution
$20,000
Via Nova Chorale · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$20,000
Ensemble New Srq · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$20,000
Friends of Bellport Bay · Bellport, NY · 2023
Charitable contribution
$20,000
St Paul'S Lutheran Church · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$20,000
Audubon Florida · Miami, FL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$20,000
American Red Cross · Tampa, FL · 2021
Charitable contribution
$20,000
American Red Cross · Tampa, FL · 2020
Charitable contribution
$18,000
Valley Settlement Project · Carbondale, CO · 2024
Charitable contribution
$15,000
Ensemble New Srq · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$15,000
Sarasota Art Museum · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$15,000
The Hermitage · Englewood, FL · 2022
Charitable contribution
$15,000
Sarasota Art Museum · Sarasota, FL · 2020
Charitable contribution
$12,500
All Faiths Food Bank · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$12,000
Ensemble New Srq · Sarasota, FL · 2020
Charitable contribution
$11,000
Sarasota Art Museum · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$10,010
Ighl Foundation · East Moriches, NY · 2023
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Friends of Bellport Bay · Bellport, NY · 2024
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Ringling Museum Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Sarasota Art Museum · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Charitable contribution
$10,000
All Faiths Food Bank · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Ringling Museum Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Charitable contribution
$10,000
All Faiths Food Bank · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Charitable contribution

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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.