The Margaret Heins Foundation
Melbourne, FL · EIN 59-7202483. Reported 77 grants totalling $222,000 to 57 organizations across tax years 2021-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Margaret Heins Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $3,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $10,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health First Foundation Inc | Viera, FL | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Stephens Way | Melsourne, FL | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Family Promise of Brevard | Rockledge, FL | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| East Coast Zoological Society of Florida Inc | Melbourne, FL | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Promise Inc | West Melbourne, FL | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Florida Institute of Technology | Melbourne, FL | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wheelchairs 4 Kids Inc | Tarpon Springs, FL | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| East Coast Zoological Society | Melbourne, FL | $6,500 | 3 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ways for Life Inc | Melbourne, FL | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Crosswinds Youth Svc Inc | Cocoa, FL | $6,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Links of Hope Inc | Cocoa, FL | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Love Inc of Brevard | Melbourne, FL | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| South Brevard Women's Center Inc | Melbourne, FL | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Candlelighters of Brevard Inc | Indialantic, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community of Hope | Palm Bay, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Florida Wildlife Hospital & Sanctur | Melbourne, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grandparents Raising Grandchildren | Rockledge, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brevard Symphony Orchestra Inc | Melbourne, FL | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Central Florida Council Boy Sc | Apopka, FL | $4,500 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Easter Seals Florida Inc | Melbourne, FL | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Brevard Neighborhood Development Coalition Inc | Melbourne, FL | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Central | Orlando, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida Inc | Orlando, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brevard Rescue Mission Inc | Rockledge, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brevard Schools Foundation Inc | Viera, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Children of Brevard | Melbourne, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lady Comets Inc | Titusville, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Liberty Lodge Inc | Titusville, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| South Brevard Womens Ctr Inc | Melbourne, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Surfside Players Inc | Cocoa Beach, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wild Florida Rescue Corp | Melbourne, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brevard Neighborhood Dev Cond | Melbourne, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Canine Companions for Independ | Orlando, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Club Esteem | Melbourne, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fl Institute of Technology | Melbourne, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Children Brevard Co | Melbourne, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Launch Learning Inc | Merritt Island, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Love Inc Brevard Inc | Melbourne, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| South Brevard Sharing Center | Melbourne, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Fl | Orlando, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cocoa Beach Art Show Inc | Cocoa Beach, FL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Florida Wildlife Hosp & Sanct | Palm Shores, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Florida Wildlife Hospital Sa | Palm Shores, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gtr Melbourne Police Athletic | Melbourne, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ready for Life Brevard | Melbourne, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Restor Counsel Space Coast | Indialatic, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women on the Frontline Ministries | Cocoa, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Easter Seals Fl Inc | Melbourne, FL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Amikids Space Coast Inc | Melbourne, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Foundation for Brevard | Melbourne, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Crosswinds Youth Services Inc | Cocoa, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East Coast Zoological Society of Fl | Melbourne, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy | Melbourne, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| I Am Ministries Inc Dba the Source | Vero Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lewis Carroll Elementary School | Merritt Island, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Surfere for Autism II | Jensen Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trinity Episcopal Academy | Melbourne, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
14 of 57 (25%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 28%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Health First Foundation Inc
PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPT HOLMES RMC - Candlelighters of Brevard Inc
TREATMENT CENTER ALLOTMENT FUND. - Florida Institute of Technology
SCOTT CENTER AUTISM EVAL/TREATMENT - Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
GRANDPARENTS SUPPORT LEGAL FUND. - St Stephens Way
NAMING OPPORTUNITY OF THE READING RO - Promise Inc
EDU PROG FOR ADULTS WI DISABILITIES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 45 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | $66,500 | $3,000 |
| 2022 | 16 | $60,000 | $3,000 |
| 2023 | 38 | $95,500 | $2,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Florida.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Margaret Heins Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 440 South Babcock Street, Melbourne, FL, 32901. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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