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Java Forever Inc

Java forever, inc.

$378k
Granted FY2022
12
Grants FY2022
8
States reached
$169k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2022.

Human Services$464kArts & Culture$220kHealth$205kPublic Benefit$75kAnimals$56kPublic Safety & Disaster$38kEducation$35kRecreation & Sports$25kOther$0
02FY2022 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k5 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $80k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $284k
$13,025
Median grant
8
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STEP UP FOUNDATION$169,369
SAVE OUR ALLIES$58,000
NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION$56,250
GREEN BERET FOUNDATION$31,700
SANDLOT JAX FOUNDATION$24,737
UNITED WAR VETERANS COUNCIL$13,025
KNOWLEDGE GLOBALIZATION INSTITUTE$10,333
NEW IMAGE YOUTH CENTER$9,600
F3 FOUNDATION$2,520
PAPERMAN$1,140
TRAVIS MANION FOUNDATION$500
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–22, $373k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%DONNIE EDWARDS BEST DEFENSE FOUNDATION: $64k → 11%GREEN BERET FOUNDATION: $42k → 16%OPERATION RECOVERY: $161k → 16%SAVE OUR ALLIES: $58k → 8%F3 FOUNDATION: $3k → 10%GREEN BERET FOUNDATION: $32k → 16%RETHREADED: $6k → 14%GREEN BERET FOUNDATION: $8k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
VA
MD
NC
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

50%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$590k · 9 repeat orgs$588k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +67% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2022, 3 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
9

Total granted

$590k
$322k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+67%
+4%

Still filing today

100%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $266k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureAnimalsPublic BenefitRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2019–2022 · $220k · revenue +67%
  • GB
    GREEN BERET FOUNDATION
    3× · 2020–2022 · $81k · revenue +112%
  • TR
    TEAM RED WHITE & BLUE INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $53k · revenue +139%

Funded once

  • OR
    OPERATION RECOVERY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $161k · revenue -94%
  • DE
    DONNIE EDWARDS BEST DEFENSE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $64k · revenue +315%
  • PN
    PROJECT N95 INC
    one grant, 2020 · $29k · revenue -46%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
The Honor Foundation Inc

Assists u.s. special operation forces transition from active duty military to private sector careers.

Employment
2
Special Operators Transition Foundation Inc

The special operators transition foundation ("sotf") assists special operation forces veterans transition from the military into their next successful career.

Public Benefit
3
NextOp Inc

NextOp helps place talented enlisted service members and veterans into civilian careers through highly individualized preparation and an array of programming.

Public Benefit
4
The Veterans and First Responders
Human Services
5
K9S for Warriors Research Institute Inc

Research and advocacy for veterans with post-traumatic stress and the prevention of veteran suicide.

—
6
It's About the Warriors Foundation

To assist and empower all post 9/11 veterans and their families from the tri-state area, regardless if they have been wounded or have been deployed, with our various programs thus, leading them to a successful and enriched life.

Public Benefit
7
Homes for Heroes Foundation
Housing & Shelter
8
Warrior Reunion Foundation

Supports combat veterans in overcoming the challenges of post-military transition by reconnecting those who served together overseas through the execution of recovery reunions.

Public Benefit
9
Troops First Foundation Incorporated

To develop, operate, and support a synergistic group of wellness, quality of life, and event-based initiatives in support of today's combat-wounded military personnel and their families, while facilitating a greater recognition and…

Public Benefit
10
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
11
For Veterans Sake Foundation

For veteran's sake foundation is here to provide an alternative solution to dealing with pts (post traumatic stress). we use a combination of a (non-therapeutic) neuro-traumatic resourcing, service dogs and consulting. working with the…

Health
12
National Veterans Foundation Inc

To serve the crisis management, information and referral needs of america's veterans and their families.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Green Beret Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Snowdrop Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 24 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
10/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OPERATION RECOVERY INC: $161,166 · Human ServicesOPERATION RECOVERY INCGREEN BERET FOUNDATION: $81,262 · Human ServicesGREEN BERET FOUNDATIONDONNIE EDWARDS BEST DEFENSE FOUNDATION: $63,730 · Human ServicesDONNIE EDWARDS BEST DEFENSE FOUNDAT…Save Our Allies: $58,000 · Human ServicesSave Our Allies+2 more: $8,520 · Human ServicesTHE STEP UP FOUNDATION: $169,369 · HealthTHE STEP UP FOUNDATIONSNOWDROP FOUNDATION INC: $35,815 · HealthSNOWDROP FOUNDATION IN…PROJECT N95 INC: $28,500 · HealthPROJECT N95 INCNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $220,455 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION …UNITED WAR VETERANS COUNCIL INC: $44,285 · OtherUNITED WAR VETERAN…BEST DEFENSE FOUNDATION: $22,000 · OtherBEST DEFENSE FOUND…Individual grant recipient: $12,510 · OtherIndividual grant r…KNOWLEDGE GLOBALIZATION INSTITUTE: $10,333 · OtherKNOWLEDGE GLOBALIZ…NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION: $9,400 · OtherSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $34,510 · OtherSTEPHEN SILLER TUN…SANDLOT JAX FOUNDATION INC: $24,737 · OtherSANDLOT JAX FOUNDA…NEW IMAGE YOUTH CENTER: $15,000 · OtherNEW IMAGE YOUTH CE…FINAL SALUTE INC: $11,720 · OtherFINAL SALUTE INCSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $7,100 · Other+1 more: $1,140 · OtherPETS FOR PATRIOTS INC: $55,600 · AnimalsTEAM RED WHITE & BLUE INC: $52,673 · Public BenefitTravis Manion Foundation: $50,020 · Philanthropy
Human Services$372,678Health$233,684Arts & Culture$220,455Other$192,735Animals$55,600Public Benefit$52,673Philanthropy$50,020

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $220,455 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE STEP UP FOUNDATION: $169,369 over 1y, 57% of budgetOPERATION RECOVERY INC: $161,166 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetGREEN BERET FOUNDATION: $81,262 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetDONNIE EDWARDS BEST DEFENSE FOUNDATION: $63,730 over 1y, 11% of budgetSave Our Allies: $58,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPETS FOR PATRIOTS INC: $55,600 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetTEAM RED WHITE & BLUE INC: $52,673 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTravis Manion Foundation: $50,020 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAR VETERANS COUNCIL INC: $44,285 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetSNOWDROP FOUNDATION INC: $35,815 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $34,510 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT N95 INC: $28,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetSANDLOT JAX FOUNDATION INC: $24,737 over 1y, 19% of budgetNEW IMAGE YOUTH CENTER: $15,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetFINAL SALUTE INC: $11,720 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetNATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION: $9,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $7,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRethreaded Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetF3 FOUNDATION INC: $2,520 over 1y, 0.4% of budget
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.

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.

McKesson Foundation I…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…The Pfizer Foundation…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …
McKesson Foundation IncTX12.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: McKesson Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Java Forever Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Java Forever Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 24%
  • National Fallen Firefighters Foundation: 24% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Java Forever Inc?

Find your warmest path to Java Forever Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 24 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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