Green Family Foundation

What Green Family Foundation does

The Green Family Foundation is a private nonprofit grantmaking foundation established in 1991 by Steven J. Green, former U.S. Ambassador to Singapore and former chairman and CEO of Samsonite Corporation, and his wife Dorothea Green. Headquartered in Miami, Florida, the foundation operates with a 1-10 person staff as a subsidiary of the Green Family Foundation Trust and distributes grants to IRS-qualified nonprofit organizations in South Florida across four priority areas: Global Health and Development, Community Empowerment, The Arts, and Education and Leadership Development. The foundation runs two annual grant cycles with proposal deadlines of March 31 (Cycle 1) and September 30 (Cycle 2), with funding awarded the following July and January respectively, and requires all submissions through a dedicated online grants portal.

The foundation's grant portfolio includes transformational, multi-year partnerships with anchor institutions such as Florida International University (named benefactor of the Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs since 1981), the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County (including the Dorothea Green Chair of Education and Community Engagement and the Dorothea Green Theater), and the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (via the MOCA Sustainability Fund). It also supports smaller nonprofit programs including Guitars Over Guns Organization (since 2018, operating across 24 Miami-Dade schools), Americans for Immigrant Justice (since 2006), Exchange for Change (corrections education), and People For the American Way's Young Elected Officials Network. The foundation's business model is not commercial: it generates no revenue from products or services and distributes capital from its endowment, explicitly noting limited funding resources for unsolicited proposals outside of multi-year commitments with established partners.

The foundation operates one directly managed programmatic asset, Green Space Miami, a permanent community art space launched in 2020 during the pandemic to support Miami-Dade artists via an annual open call selecting 10 artists for group exhibitions. Under President Kimberly Green, who has led the foundation since 1997, the organization has built an international development portfolio anchored in Haiti, including post-2010 earthquake programs that reached over 250,000 Haitians. There are no proprietary technology products, APIs, or AI/ML systems; the foundation's technology footprint is limited to a WordPress-hosted website and a basic grants submission portal.

Name

Green Family Foundation

Legal name

Green Family Foundation

Website

https://greenff.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Green Family Foundation is a private nonprofit grantmaking foundation established in 1991 and based in Miami, Florida. It distributes grants to IRS-qualified nonprofits in South Florida across arts, education, healthcare, and community empowerment through two annual funding cycles and runs the Green Space Miami art program.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Philanthropic Grantmaking

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

akta.pro primary industry

Private Foundations (BPAGAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Arts, Culture & Humanities Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAJ), Education Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAK), International Grantmaking & Development Foundations (BPAGAKAH), Family Offices & Philanthropic Advisors (Grantmaking) (BPAGAKAD)

Keywords

• Philanthropic grantmaking
• Nonprofit foundation
• Arts and culture funding
• Education grants
• Community development grants

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Philanthropic Grantmaking: As a private nonprofit foundation established in 1991, the Green Family Foundation generates no revenue from products or services. The foundation operates from its endowment and distributes grants to qualifying nonprofit organizations aligned with its mission to foster thriving societies through arts, culture, education, and healthcare initiatives.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Green Family Foundation is a private nonprofit grantmaking foundation that awards grants to IRS-qualified nonprofit organizations through two annual proposal cycles. Its grantmaking is concentrated on four priority areas — Global Health and Development, Community Empowerment, The Arts, and Education and Leadership Development — with a regional focus on South Florida. Beyond grantmaking, the foundation operates Green Space Miami, a permanent community art space supporting 10 Miami artists annually through an open call, exhibitions, talks, performances, and activations.

Product overview

Green Family Foundation is a private nonprofit philanthropic organization established in 1991 that focuses on grantmaking across four priority areas: Global Health and Development, Community Empowerment, The Arts, and Education and Leadership Development. The foundation's primary offerings include grant programs supporting partner organizations in arts and culture (such as the Adrienne Arsht Center, MOCA, and Green Space Miami art space), educational institutions (Florida International University), and community programs (Guitars Over Guns, Exchange for Change, Americans for Immigrant Justice). The foundation does not offer technology products or SaaS offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Green Space Miami: Art space and platform for the discovery, promotion and documentation of artists, creatives, and cultures of the communities in Miami-Dade County. Produces an open call for 10 Miami artists annually, selected artworks are brought together in a group show accompanied by a program of talks, performances and activations.

Products and services

• Green Space Miami Permanent community art space and platform for the discovery, promotion, and documentation of artists, creatives, and cultures in Miami-Dade County. Operates an annual open call selecting 10 Miami artists for group exhibitions accompanied by talks, performances, and activations.
• Annual Grant Cycles Twice-yearly grantmaking program that awards funding to IRS-qualified nonprofit organizations in South Florida across four priority areas: Global Health and Development, Community Empowerment, The Arts, and Education and Leadership Development. Proposals are submitted through an online grants portal and reviewed against published criteria.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,400 young elected officials supported through YEO Network
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• Guitars Over Guns OrganizationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018The Green Family Foundation has been a partner of Guitars Over Guns Organization (GOGO) since 2018. GOGO provides free after-school, arts-based mentorship programs across 24 schools in Miami-Dade County. The foundation supports GOGO's general program operations, programming at North Miami Middle School, school-year programs and summer camps, the M-Power Mental Wellness Program, the annual Choose Your Sound gala, Haitian Flag Day celebration, and year-round programming at Oak Grove Park in North Miami-Dade.
• Americans for Immigrant JusticecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2006Since 2006 the partnership between Americans for Immigrant Justice (AI Justice) and the Green Family Foundation has helped further the mission to protect and promote the basic human rights of immigrants. There is no right to free legal representation in immigration proceedings. The support received from the foundation allows AI Justice to provide cost-free legal services for immigrants regardless of their place of birth.
• Florida International UniversityflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1981As Transformational Donors to Florida International University, Green Family Foundation is the named benefactor of the Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs, the Steven and Dorothea Green Library, the Steven & Dorothea Green Critics' Lecture Series at FIU Frost Art Museum, the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, and the Green Family Foundation Neighborhood Health Education Learning Program. Since the first gift in 1981, these dynamic donors have strived to create a more just, peaceful, and prosperous world for FIU students and the community.
• Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade CountycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County and the Green Family Foundation share a deep commitment to arts and culture. The foundation supports the Arsht Center's mission-critical efforts to provide magical cultural experiences and foster community engagement. This partnership includes the establishment of the Dorothea Green Chair of Education and Community Engagement (the first endowed chair position of its kind at a performing arts center in the United States), board leadership, grants for endowment and arts education, and naming of the Ziff Ballet Opera House theater as the Dorothea Green Theater.
• Museum of Contemporary Art North MiamicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Green Family Foundation's partnership and investment over the last 5 years has enabled MOCA to present high quality exhibitions and public programs that lift up diverse voices and stories. The foundation's most recent multi-year award established the MOCA Sustainability Fund, which supports the implementation of the museum's institutional strategic goals and objectives.
• Exchange for ChangecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerExchange for Change's partnership with the Green Family Foundation has been a lifeline for hundreds of incarcerated students who might otherwise remain idle. The mission is to provide incarcerated individuals with a supportive environment in which to learn, grow, and thrive on both sides of the prison fence. The communication skills taught and community connections fostered aim to increase incarcerated students' writing abilities, self-worth, and sense of community, and reduce recidivism.
• People For the American WaycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Green Family Foundation is a longstanding partner of People For the American Way's Young Elected Officials (YEO) Network. The first and only national initiative to support a new generation of progressive leaders under the age of 35, the YEO Network equips young elected officials to make policy reforms benefiting their communities. Today, over 1,400 officials are part of the YEO Network—in offices ranging from school board members and state legislators to mayors and U.S. Congresspeople.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• The Barr Foundation: Family foundation supporting arts, climate, and education in Boston and nationally. Comparable in family-controlled structure and emphasis on arts and education, with similar multi-year partnership approach to grantees.
• The MacArthur Foundation: Large private foundation supporting arts, education, and global development with multi-year grantmaking approach. Comparable in scale and emphasis on sustained partnerships, though broader geographic and thematic scope than GFF.
• The Rockefeller Foundation: Historic family-founded foundation focused on health, education, and global development. Overlaps with GFF's global health and development priority area, particularly Kimberly Green's Haiti-related programming.
• The Ford Foundation: One of the largest U.S. foundations supporting global development, education, arts, and civic engagement. Overlapping priority areas with GFF, particularly global health and community empowerment, though at vastly greater scale and geographic breadth.
• The Annenberg Foundation: Large family foundation supporting arts, education, and the environment nationally. Comparable in family-controlled structure and thematic focus on arts and education, though operates at substantially greater scale than GFF.
• The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation: Major national foundation headquartered in Miami with strong arts, journalism, and community engagement focus. Direct overlap with GFF's arts and community empowerment priorities but operates at significantly larger scale and broader geographic reach.

Regional players

• The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation: Miami-based family foundation supporting arts, culture, and community development in South Florida. Highly comparable as a family-controlled regional grantmaker with strong arts and cultural emphasis overlapping GFF's MOCA, Arsht Center, and Green Space Miami partnerships.
• The Braman Family Foundation: Miami-based family foundation supporting Jewish community causes, education, and the arts in South Florida. Comparable as a family-controlled grantmaker with regional focus and arts/community giving similar to GFF.
• The Batchelor Foundation: South Florida family foundation supporting children, families, animals, and community programs. Comparable as a family-controlled regional grantmaker operating in overlapping geographic and community-empowerment territory.
• The Miami Foundation: Community foundation serving Greater Miami, distributing grants across arts, education, health, and community empowerment. Direct geographic and thematic overlap with GFF's South Florida grantmaking focus and four priority areas.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/greenff
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/green-family-foundation

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Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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