The Jim Moran Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 65-1058044 · since 2001jimmoranfoundation.org·Broward County, Duval County, Palm Beach County·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$27.3M
Annual giving, 2024 tax year
From the Form 990-PF filing
$20,000 to $250k
Grant range
From grants in the 990-PF filings
$75,000
Typical grant (median)
216 grants in the latest filing
Open to applications
Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

  • The Jim Moran Foundation funds education, elder care, family strengthening and youth transitional living programmes for residents of Broward, Palm Beach and Duval, so check your work matches these themes and area before applying.
  • A realistic request sits within its typical range of $20,000 to $250,000, with a median grant of $70,000, though it has made grants as large as about $3,000,000, so a modest ask is the safer approach.
  • Applicants need 501(c)(3) status, and operational support can be requested as long as it does not exceed half of the funding request.
  • The process is rolling: begin with an online Letter of Inquiry, and if invited, complete a full Grant Application, expect a site visit, and await a recommendation from the Grants Committee to the Board Chair for a final decision.
  • With 96% of its grant dollars going to organisations it had already funded in the previous two filings, this looks like a relationship-led, competitive funder, so new applicants should be prepared for an ongoing relationship rather than a single grant.

Overview

The Jim Moran Foundation is a US private foundation based in Deerfield Beach, FL.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The Jim Moran Foundation supports innovative programmes and opportunities that improve the quality of life for Florida’s youth and families. Its stated funding focuses are education, elder care, family strengthening and youth transitional living: academic enrichment and quality learning; improving life for at-risk seniors; safety, stability and food security for children and families; and helping at-risk youth and young adults achieve self-sufficiency. It considers applications from organisations with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, and gives priority consideration to programmes serving at-risk and economically disadvantaged people without extenuating medical conditions or circumstances. Grants primarily support programmes serving residents of Broward, Palm Beach and Duval counties. Operational support can be requested where it does not exceed half the funding request.

Themes

  • Education
  • Elder care
  • Family strengthening
  • Youth transitional living

Geographic Focus

Priority: Broward; Palm Beach; Duval.

How to apply

Qualifying organisations begin by submitting an online Letter of Inquiry. The Foundation reviews it against its guidelines and funding focuses; if the programme is considered priority funding, it invites the organisation to complete a full Grant Application. It evaluates the full application, generally conducts a site visit, and sends a recommendation through the Grants Committee to the Board Chair for a final decision.

Application success factors

  • Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 96% 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 645 grants to organisations were $70,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

  • Priority is given to programmes improving quality of life for at-risk and economically disadvantaged people without extenuating medical conditions or circumstances.
  • The Foundation generally conducts a site visit when evaluating a full application.
  • Grantees report progress halfway through the grant and impact at its conclusion; follow-up site visits are common.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.

Grant dollars by state

Florida98%
Colorado1%
New York<1%
District of Columbia<1%
Nevada<1%
Virginia<1%

3 other states: <1%

  • The largest single recipient received 11% of grant dollars to organisations.
  • In tax year 2024, 96% of grant dollars went to organisations The Jim Moran Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
  • No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
  • 2% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

216 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $75,000

How much do they typically give?

Share of 216 grants in tax year 2024 by size

$2.5k–$5k<1%
$5k–$10k3%
$10k–$25k6%
$25k–$50k25%
$50k–$100k23%
$100k–$250k29%
$250k–$500k11%
$500k–$1M1%
$1M and over<1%

Median $75,000 (tax year 2024)

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

  • Florida State University Foundation · Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship and the Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship and General
    $3,010,0002024 tax year
  • Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida · Senior Housing Stability Project and Mobile Justice Squad
    $860,0002024 tax year
  • Children's Services Council of Broward County · Read for the Record. Kinship Initiatives for Supporting Services, and Healthy Youth Transitions
    $820,0002024 tax year
  • OIC of South Florida · Pathways Out of Poverty
    $500,0002024 tax year
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County · Saturday Program Staffing, Social Emotional Learning Program, and Saturday Program
    $433,5002024 tax year
  • Sulzbacher · Family Housing & Supportive Services
    $427,0002024 tax year
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County · Project FACT (Fathers And Children Together) and Career Bound
    $425,0002024 tax year
  • University of Florida Foundation · Early Learning Spanish CDA Pathway and Pilot
    $415,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Officers and directors

  • Dr Michael G Neam — Director
  • Irvin A Kiffin — Director
  • Lucia C Lopez — Director / Secretary
  • Dr Melvin T Stith — Founding Director
  • Thomas K Blanton — Founding Director / Assistant Treasurer
  • Melanie Burgess — Founding Director / Vice President / Executive Director / Assistant Secretary
  • Val Sousa Jr — Assistant Vice President
  • Susan Eccher — Director / Treasurer
  • Janice M Moran — Chairman / Founding Director / President

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

YearTotal expensesGrants paidAssetsFiling document
2022 tax year$27,926,360$25,976,990$290,031,380Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year$27,566,856$25,475,600$334,466,846Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year$30,047,038$27,324,200$385,606,277Filing 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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