What The Jim Moran Foundation does

The Jim Moran Foundation is a private charitable foundation established in 2000 by automotive industry pioneer Jim Moran and his wife Jan, operating as the philanthropic affiliate of JM Family Enterprises. Headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Florida, the foundation concentrates grantmaking across four programmatic pillars — education, elder care, family strengthening, and transitional living — within a defined three-county Florida service area: Broward, Palm Beach, and Duval. The foundation partners with approximately 140 nonprofit organizations and maintains a sustained ecosystem partnership with Florida State University through the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship, which extends its reach into entrepreneurship education beyond direct grantmaking.

The foundation's capital base derives almost entirely from JM Family Enterprises, the for-profit automotive company founded by Jim Moran. Since inception, cumulative giving exceeds $340 million across Florida communities. Recent activity indicates giving running above the long-run historical average: the foundation deployed $5M in COVID-19 emergency response grants to 80+ nonprofits in 2020, celebrated its 25th anniversary with special grants exceeding $5.6M, and had awarded $18.18M year-to-date as of 2026. Programmatic depth has expanded with multi-hundred-thousand-dollar investments such as the $710,000 Senior Housing Stability Project grant.

Operationally, the foundation is investing in long-duration capacity: it broke ground on a new Fort Lauderdale headquarters in June 2023 with completion projected for March 2025, and has extended its geographic footprint into Duval County (Northeast Florida) beyond its original South Florida base. No technology platform, AI/ML capability, or digital product is described; the foundation operates as a traditional, relationship-driven grantmaker.

Name

The Jim Moran Foundation

Legal name

The Jim Moran Foundation, Inc.

Website

https://jimmoranfoundation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Jim Moran Foundation is a private Florida-based charitable foundation established in 2000 by automotive pioneer Jim Moran, funding education, elder care, family strengthening, and transitional living programs across Broward, Palm Beach, and Duval counties.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Philanthropic Grantmaking

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211)

akta.pro primary industry

Private Foundations (BPAGAKAA)

Keywords

• Philanthropic grantmaking
• Nonprofit foundation
• Community development funding
• Education grant programs
• Elder care funding

Headquarters

HQ city

Deerfield Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Grantmaking funded by JM Family Enterprises: The foundation is funded primarily through a long-term grant agreement with JM Family Enterprises, an automotive company founded by Jim Moran. The foundation uses these funds to make grants to nonprofit organizations in Florida. The foundation does not engage in fundraising for its grantmaking activities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Jim Moran Foundation is a philanthropic grantmaking foundation that awards grants to nonprofit organizations in Broward, Palm Beach, and Duval counties in Florida. Grants focus on four program areas: education, elder care, family strengthening, and transitional living initiatives, with multi-year commitments and special proactive anniversary grants. The foundation is funded primarily through a long-term agreement with JM Family Enterprises and does not engage in external fundraising for its grantmaking activities.

Product overview

The Jim Moran Foundation operates as a single, unified philanthropy focused on grantmaking to improve the quality of life for youth and families in Florida. The Foundation's primary product is its grantmaking program, which distributes funds to nonprofit organizations in Broward, Palm Beach, and Duval counties. The Foundation does not offer a technology platform or software product; rather, it provides financial grants supporting education, elder care, family strengthening, and transitional living initiatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Investments totaling more than $340 million with additional funding commitments in multi-year grants since inception in 2000
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Florida State University (Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship / Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe foundation supports the Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship at Florida State University and expanded outreach through the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship, which provides experiential management and leadership training to small business owners, nonprofit leaders, and participants in Entrepreneurship Bootcamps for Veterans. The foundation's new Fort Lauderdale headquarters will also house the South Florida Operations of the Jim Moran Institute.
• Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South FloridaflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe foundation awarded a $710,000 grant to expand its partnership with Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida for its Senior Housing Stability Project, a collaboration with Goodman Jewish Family Services of Broward County that provides legal services, case management, wrap-around services, and emergency financial assistance for seniors at risk of homelessness in Broward County.
• Goodman Jewish Family Services of Broward CountyflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnering with Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida on the Senior Housing Stability Project, Goodman Jewish Family Services of Broward County provides case management and coordinates services for seniors at risk of homelessness in Broward County.
• StilesminorOthersStiles is serving as the developer for The Jim Moran Foundation's new headquarters building at 4545 North Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale. The project is designed for hurricane resistance and anticipated to achieve LEED Gold certification.
• HASTINGS ArchitectureminorOthersHASTINGS Architecture is the architecture firm designing The Jim Moran Foundation's new headquarters building at 4545 North Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• The Children's Trust: Miami-Dade County dedicated children's services funding entity. Comparable as a Florida-based funder focused on children and family services, addressing overlapping beneficiary populations with Jim Moran's education and family-strengthening pillars.
• Quantum Foundation: Florida-based private foundation focused on health, education, and family wellness in Palm Beach County. Comparable mission scope (education, family strengthening) and overlapping Florida footprint.
• The Batchelor Foundation: Florida-based private foundation focused on youth, education, and community services in South Florida. Comparable as a long-standing, single-funder-supported private foundation operating in overlapping Florida geographies with similar programmatic pillars.
• Florida Blue Foundation: Florida-based corporate-affiliated foundation funding community health, education, and human services. Comparable as a Florida-centric private foundation with similar family/corporate backing and regional philanthropic mission.

Broad incumbents

• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: One of the largest U.S. private foundations, with a similarly perpetual funding model backed by a corporate asset base, multi-year program grants, and a focus on community wellbeing — broadly comparable as a model peer in scale and governance structure.
• The Kresge Foundation: Large, established U.S. private foundation with comparable programmatic focus areas (education, human services) and a similar 'innovative programs' funding approach. Comparable as a broader incumbent in the philanthropic sector with similar grantmaking architecture.

Others

• JM Family Enterprises: Primary funder (long-term grant agreement) and corporate namesake of the foundation. Not a direct peer in grantmaking, but is the structural counterpart that provides perpetual capital — a relevant ecosystem relationship rather than a competitive comparable.

Emerging players

• Helios Education Foundation: Education-focused Florida and Arizona foundation supporting Latino students and postsecondary attainment. Comparable as a regional private foundation with a primary education pillar, multi-year grant commitments, and scholarship/fellowship programs.

Direct peers

• Community Foundation of Broward: Direct geographic peer — a community foundation serving Broward County with comparable grantmaking focus on education, family strengthening, and elder-care initiatives. The Jim Moran Foundation actually partners with the Community Foundation of Broward (per the data) on the Endowment Partners Matching Fund.
• Palm Beach County Community Foundation: Community foundation serving Palm Beach County — one of the three counties where Jim Moran Foundation operates — with overlapping priorities in education, elder care, and family strengthening, making it a direct regional peer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jim-moran-foundation-inc

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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