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Javon and Vita Bea Family Foundation at a glance

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Javon and Vita Bea Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$113k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Religion$282kRecreation & Sports$200kEducation$154kHuman Services$61kHousing & Shelter$41kPhilanthropy$30kHealth$21kEnvironment$500
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $107k
$13,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$4.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PAX CHRISTI CHURCH$30,000
DIOCESE OF WINONA-ROCHESTER$25,000
ST MARY'S STAR OF THE SEA$15,000
JEREMIAH PROGRAM$13,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$12,400
HIAWATHA HOMES FOUNDATION$11,130
MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION$5,000
BREAST HEALTH SARASOTA$1,000
02The need
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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 (FY23–23, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%RIDEABILITY: $1k → 9%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

MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
IN
CT
MO
MD
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 26% of Javon and Vita Bea Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 5% of the giving stays in FL; by stated purpose, 1%.

Javon and Vita Bea Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.2% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$374k · 7 repeat orgs$215k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
13

Total granted

$374k
$194k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-10%
+14%

Still filing today

43%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHousing & ShelterEnvironmentReligionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • PC
    PAX CHRISTI CHURCH
    5× · 2018–2024 · $160k
  • DO
    DIOCESE OF WINONA-ROCHESTER
    2× · 2023–2024 · $75k
  • RM
    RONALD MC DONALD HOUSE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $42k

Funded once

  • RC
    ROCHESTER COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEG
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +14%
  • BE
    BOYLAND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
  • HF
    HIAWATHA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
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
St Joseph's Hospital of Tampa Foundation Inc

St. joseph's hospitals foundation secures, manages and stewards philanthropic support to benefit the health care mission of st. joseph's hospital, st. joseph's women's hospital, st. joseph's children's hospital of tampa, st. joseph's…

Health
2
Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center Inc

We, saint joseph regional medical center (sjrmc) and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.sjrmc is a member of trinity health.

Health
3
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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4
Methodist Health Inc

Methodist health provides quality healthcare services with a compassionate and caring spirit to persons, families and communities of the tri-state. at methodist health, our values are based on our commitment to quality. we define quality…

Health
5
Reedsburg Area Medical Center

Reedsburg area medical center, always there, going beyond the expected to provide compassionate, quality, and efficient health care.

Health
6
St Joseph's Health Center Properties Inc

We, st. joseph's health center properties and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.st. joseph's health center properties is a member of st.…

Health
7
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc

Sarasota memorial healthcare foundation is the philanthropic partner that helps sarasota memorial health care system bring world-class care to our community.

Health
8
Wisconsin Medical Society Inc

To improve the health of the people of wisconsin by supporting and strengthening physicians' ability to practice high quality patient care in a changing environment.

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9
Hmh Hospitals Corporation

The organization is committed to providing the full spectrum of life-enhancing care and services to create and sustain healthy, vibrant communities. please refer to schedule h, part vi, question 5 for the organization's community benefit…

Health
10
Mcphs University

Mcphs university prepares students for careers in health care through teaching, scholarship, research, professional service and community engagement.

Education
11
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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12
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mercy Health Foundation; the most unlike its peers is University of Notre Dame du Lac. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

13 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. 13 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
7/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PAX CHRISTI CHURCH: $160,000 · OtherPAX CHRISTI CHURCHDIOCESE OF WINONA-ROCHESTER: $75,000 · OtherDIOCESE OF WINONA-ROCHESTERBOYLAND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherBOYLAND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONRONALD MC DONALD HOUSE: $42,400 · OtherRONALD MC DONALD HOUSECATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherCATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONHIAWATHA FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherST MARY STAR OF THE SEA: $15,000 · Other+7 more: $17,231 · OtherUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $200,000 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du LacROCHESTER COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEG: $100,000 · EducationROCHESTER COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $38,200 · Housing & ShelterHIAWATHA HOMES FOUNDATION: $21,180 · HealthRETT SYNDROME RESEARCH TRUST INC: $12,500 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthTHE LABOURE SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyRIDEABILITY: $1,000 · Human ServicesROTARY BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $500 · EnvironmentKeys for Kids Ministries Inc: $215 · Religion
Other$404,631Education$300,000Housing & Shelter$38,200Health$34,680Philanthropy$10,000Human Services$1,000Environment$500Religion$215

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $200,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetROCHESTER COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEG: $100,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $38,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHIAWATHA HOMES FOUNDATION: $21,180 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetRETT SYNDROME RESEARCH TRUST INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LABOURE SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetBREAST HEALTH SARASOTA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRIDEABILITY: $1,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetROTARY BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKeys for Kids Ministries Inc: $215 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWISCONSIN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH PLANS INC: $131 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA7.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Javon and Vita Bea Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Javon and Vita Bea Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    Find your warmest path to Javon and Vita Bea Family Foundation 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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