Florida · Public charity
Cafe of Life Inc
The cafe of life is a faith-based organization, believing in the teaching of all great religions that one must love and assist one's neighbor in a time of need. The cafe is not affiliated with any particular religion or denomination. Our mission is to provide basic human needs to the very poor and hungry people of the bonita springs…
- $601k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $128k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $52,538
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $53,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 4
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Cafe of Life Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $128k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $92k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $134k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $43k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $27k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | $198,538 | 4 | 1% |
| Premier Mobile Health Services Corporation | $91,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Lee County | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Lee County Legal Aid Society Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 2% |
| YMCA of Southwest Florida Inc | $24,880 | 1 | 0% |
| Wecareministries Inc | $21,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Florida Lions Eye Clinc Inc | $15,960 | 1 | 1% |
| Center for the Arts of Bonita Springs Inc | $6,150 | 1 | 0% |
| Love in the Name of Christ of South Lee and North Collier Commun | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bonita Senior Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cafe of Life Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The United Way of Lee County Inc · Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc · Suncoast Credit Union Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Cafe of Life Inc
- How much does Cafe of Life Inc give?
- Cafe of Life Inc reported 4 itemized grants totaling $127,648, out of $601,026 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 4 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Cafe of Life Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (47%), Health (25%), Youth Development (7%).
- Who are Cafe of Life Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Blessings in a Backpack Inc ($199k), Premier Mobile Health Services Corporation ($91k), Boys & Girls Clubs of Lee County ($30k).
- Does Cafe of Life Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Cafe of Life Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The United Way of Lee County Inc, Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc, Suncoast Credit Union Foundation.
- Where is Cafe of Life Inc based?
- Cafe of Life Inc is based in FL.
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