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Grant Funders in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Bespoke Grants indexes 50 grant-making foundations headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida — together $517.2M in recent annual giving. Their giving most often supports health care, higher education, education and arts & culture. Local funders are one of the best starting points for a Fort Lauderdale nonprofit, because many prioritize organizations in their own community.

50
Foundations in Fort Lauderdale
$517.2M
Combined annual giving
40
Listed below
FL
State

Foundations headquartered in Fort Lauderdale

Ranked by annual giving. Each links to a full profile — giving history, grant recipients, focus areas, and how to apply.

#FoundationAnnual givingLatest grant
1Early Learning Coalition of Broward$110.0M2025
2Nova Southeastern University Inc$109.5M2024
3Everglades College Inc$71.9M2020
4Childnet Inc$52.2M2024
5Givengain Foundation USA$23.9M2024
6Community Foundation of Broward Inc$18.1M2024
7City College Inc$17.5M2022
8United Way of Broward County Inc$14.5M2024
9The Harry T Mangurian Jr$14.5M2024
10Walter R Ferguson Charitable Foundation$8.7M2019
11Paul and Lynn Leight Charitable$8.3M2024
12Make-a-wish Foundation of Southern$7.0M2024
13Take Stock in Children Inc$5.5M2024
14Biomedical Research and Longevity Society Inc$4.7M2024
15James & Beatrice Salah Charitable Trust$3.6M2024
16Broward College Foundation Inc$3.5M2024
17Broward Performing Arts Foundation$3.4M2024
18Lillian S Wells Foundation Inc$3.4M2024
19Henry E Haller Jr Foundation$3.1M2024
20Urban League of Broward County Inc$3.0M2025
21North Broward Hospital District$3.0M2024
22Festus & Helen Stacy Foundationinc$2.5M2024
23Ad Henderson Foundation Inc$2.5M2025
24The Watches of Switzerland Group$1.5M2025
25Centerlink Inc$1.4M2024
26Susie and Alan B Levan Family$1.4M2024
27Face the Music Foundation Inc$1.2M2020
28Atid Foundation Inc$1.2M2024
29Nancis Animal Rights Foundation Inc$1.1M2025
30Broward County Community$1.1M2023
31The Watts Foundation Inc$1.1M2025
32Festus & Helen Stacy Foundation II$1.1M2024
33Ogeechee River Car Museum Inc$968K2024
34The Saul and Theresa Esman Foundation Inc$886K2024
35Nakagawa Family Foundation Inc$870K2024
36Otto M Burkhardt Trust$794K2023
37Gqg Partners Community Empowerment$782K2023
38Lakehurst Foundation$743K2024
39Hi Foundation Inc$726K2024
40The Sirota Foundation Inc$698K2019

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What Fort Lauderdale funders support

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About this page. Lists foundations whose IRS Form 990 filings give a Fort Lauderdale, FL address, drawn from Bespoke Grants' index of 225,000+ U.S. foundations and 13M+ grants. Foundations based elsewhere may also fund Fort Lauderdale nonprofits; the free funder match accounts for both.