Micky and Madeleine Arison Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests, so the realistic route in is through an existing connection rather than a cold application.
- About 8 in 10 of its 155 grants to organisations fall between $5,000 and $300,000, and the median is about $78,000, so a request near that size fits its usual giving.
- That band is typical rather than a ceiling, since its largest grant was $5,900,000, made to a donor advised fund.
- The filing shows 99% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, so giving is strongly repeat-based and relationship-led.
- No geographic focus is stated; the filing shows grants mainly in Florida, Pennsylvania and California, which is worth noting but not a rule for who may apply.
Overview
Micky and Madeleine Arison Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Coral Gables, FL.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filing records grants as general support, spread across a broad range of charitable organisations. Recipients include disaster-relief and humanitarian organisations, food-assistance providers, hospitals and medical-research bodies, children's and youth services, education organisations, arts and cultural institutions, and environmental conservation organisations. Most of the recorded grants went to organisations in Florida, with further grantmaking in Pennsylvania, California, New Jersey and New York. The grant-purpose data do not distinguish support by project or programme.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Florida, Pennsylvania and California.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 99% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 155 grants to organisations were about $78,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 7%
- The largest single recipient received 25% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 99% of grant dollars went to organisations Micky and Madeleine Arison Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 39% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 55 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $50,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Micky and Madeleine Arison Family Foundation Donor Advised Fund · General support$4,100,0002024 tax year
- Direct Relief · General support$2,000,0002024 tax year
- Sundari Foundation - Lotus House · General support$1,500,0002024 tax year
- National Basketball Foundation · General support$1,000,0002024 tax year
- Feeding South Florida · General support$765,0002024 tax year
- Wounded Warrior Project · General support$337,0002024 tax year
- Institute of Contemporary Art Miami · General support$275,0002024 tax year
- Baptist Health South Florida Foundation · General support$250,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Richard L Kohan — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $18,887,712 | $15,177,378 | $251,638,517 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $15,361,322 | $12,120,513 | $274,101,344 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $18,062,234 | $13,443,028 | $296,087,857 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Contact
- Coral Gables, FL