· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $6k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $16k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $106k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PREMIER MOBILE HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION | $53,000 |
| BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHAPTER | $52,538 |
| FLORIDA LIONS EYE CLINIC INC | $15,960 |
| CENTER FOR THE ARTS OF BONITA SPRINGS INC | $6,150 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $187k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.
4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC4× · 2022–2025 · $199k · revenue +19%- PMPREMIER MOBILE HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION3× · 2023–2025 · $91k · revenue +15%
- BGBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LEE COUNTY2× · 2023–2024 · $30k · revenue +52%
Funded once
YMCA OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INCone grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue +18%- WIWECAREMINISTRIES INCone grant, 2018 · $21k
- LILOVE IN THE NAME OF CHRIST OF SOUTH LEE AND NORTH COLLIER COMMUNone grant, 2018 · $6k · revenue -12%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Since 1981, children's advocacy center of southwest florida, inc. (cac) has advocated for a healthy, safe community for children through a multidisciplinary team approach to child abuse and neglect. our mission is to create a safe and…
For 80 years, suncoast center, inc. has held true to its mission of "strengthening, protecting, and restoring lives for a healthy community" by providing a comprehensive range of evidence-based services that address emotional wellness,…
In 2025, the ymca of the suncoast served over 93,500 men, women, and children in pinellas, pasco, hernando, citrus, and levy counties of florida. the y provides opportunities for all ages to learn, grow, and thrive. see expanded mission on…
To provide confidence, connection and support to seniors living in collier and southern lee counties.
The florida center supports the healthy development of young children, specializing in those with delays, disabilities or mental health challenges. our mission- "to help build and foster strong families and expand the potential of young…
South miami children's clinic provides high-quality, accessible pediatric health care to uninsured, underinsured, medicaid, and other underserved children from birth through age 18, regardless of a family's ability to pay. the clinic…
To increase the number of healthy families in our community by providing high quality, comprehensive health services.
As part of the baptist health network, the mission of boca raton regional hospital, inc. is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist…
The mission of the lake county ymca is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.
As part of the baptist health network, the mission of baptist outpatient services, inc. is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist…
To strenghten and instill pride in family and community through the development of programs and institutions that cultivate self-development, teach self-disipline, build confidence and promote cutural awareness.
The mission of meals on wheels plus of manatee, inc. is to assist individuals to live independently by providing nutrition and caring supportive services.
How this is measured
10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC ↗
- Who funds PREMIER MOBILE HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LEE COUNTY ↗
- Who funds LEE COUNTY LEGAL AID SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds YMCA OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds WECAREMINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA LIONS EYE CLINC INC ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR THE ARTS OF BONITA SPRINGS INC ↗
- Who funds LOVE IN THE NAME OF CHRIST OF SOUTH LEE AND NORTH COLLIER COMMUN ↗
- Who funds BONITA SENIOR CENTER INC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Cafe of Life Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cafe of Life Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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