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VyStar Credit Union

VyStar Credit Union exists to serve the financial needs of our members by providing quality products and services while maintaining fiscal soundness.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$650k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Education$2.7MArts & Culture$1.4MHealth$475kCommunity Improvement$446kPublic Benefit$440kEnvironment$425kAnimals$396kHuman Services$284kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k7 grants · $168k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $243k
  • $250k+1 grant · $650k
$27,958
Median grant
2
States reached
$14.0B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Vystar Foundation$650,000
Downtown Vision$100,000
Ronald McDonald House Jacksonville$77,200
Museum Contemporary Art Jacksonville$66,000
Jacksonville Pub Edu Fund$30,000
JASMYN$27,958
Cummer Museum$25,000
North Florida Land Trust$25,000
Goodwill Industries of North Florida$20,000
Thrive Scholars$20,000
Hubbard House$20,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–23, $107k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Operation New Uniform: $9k → 14%Operation New Uniform: $9k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $40k → 14%Jewish Community Alliance: $40k → 14%Episcopal Children's Services: $9k → 14%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

WI
NY
MA
IA
VA
OK
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.2M · 33 repeat orgs$996k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 26 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
31

Total granted

$6.2M
$854k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+13%

Still filing today

100%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $142k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesAnimalsOther
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

  • MO
    Museum of Science and History of Jacksonville Inc
    4× · 2019–2023 · $745k · revenue +311%
  • GJ
    GROUNDWORK JACKSONVILLE INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $400k · revenue +620%
  • JZ
    JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC
    2× · 2020–2022 · $338k · revenue +145%

Funded once

  • JI
    Jasmyn Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $116k
  • SJ
    SHANDS JACKSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +49%
  • TN
    THE NEMOURS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +13%
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
Shands Jacksonville Healthcare Inc

As a part of UF Health, the organization's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across…

Health
2
Florida Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc

Working in partnership with state business leaders to secure florida's future.

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3
University of Florida Jacksonville Physicians Inc

University of florida jacksonville physicians, inc. is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of those we serve by providing exceptional and innovative practice management in support of the university of florida college of medicine…

Health
4
Flagler Hospital Inc

As a part of UF Health, the organization's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across…

Health
5
Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services Inc

Inspired by jewish values, we protect the vulnerable, empower individuals and strengthen families. (continued on schedule o)

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6
University of Florida Health Corporation

UF Health's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic,…

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7
Florida Community Health Centers Inc

Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.

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8
Shands Jacksonville Foundation Inc

As a part of UF Health, the organization's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across…

Education
9
University of South Florida Foundation Inc

University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.'s mission is to provide charitable and educational aid to the University of South Florida; to promote education and other related activities of the University; and to encourage research,…

Education
10
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc

Embry-riddle is the world leader in aviation and aerospace higher education. its mission is to teach the science, practice and business of aviation and aerospace, preparing students for productive careers and leadership roles in business,…

Education
11
Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc

To advance florida gulf coast university and its students by promoting the institution, securing philanthropy to support the needs of the university, managing and administering assets with a long term perspective, and providing resources…

Education
12
Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corp Inc

To promote visitation to florida by strengthening florida's share of the global travel market with the goal of maximizing the economic impact of travel and tourism to florida.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of North Florida Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United 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

68 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. 68 of the 70 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
67/68
Grantees still filing
46/68
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $1,100,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INCVYSTAR FOUNDATION INC: $1,058,320 · EducationVYSTAR FOUNDATION INCJACKSONVILLE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND INC: $120,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $119,650 · Education+9 more: $335,523 · Education+9 moreMuseum of Science and History of Jacksonville Inc: $745,300 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Science an…DE ETTE HOLDEN CUMMER MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $210,000 · Arts & CultureDE ETTE HOLDEN CUMME…Jacksonville Symphony Association Inc: $160,500 · Arts & CultureJacksonville Symphon…MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE INC: $101,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORA…JACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY SOCIETY: $75,000 · Arts & CultureJACKSONVILLE SYMPHON…+2 more: $35,000 · Arts & CultureTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF FLORIDA'S FIRST COAST INC: $159,215 · OtherTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTI…Jasmyn Inc: $116,343 · OtherJasmyn IncWJCT INC: $75,000 · OtherCECIL FIELD POWMIA MEMORIAL INC: $355,000 · OtherCECIL FIELD POWMIA MEMO…JEWISH COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC: $80,000 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY ALLIAN…JACKSONVILLE AREA SEXUAL MINORITY YOUTH NETWORK INC: $118,143 · OtherJACKSONVILLE AREA SEXUA…THE CONSORTIUM OF FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS INC: $50,000 · Other+25 more: $539,369 · Other+25 moreDOWNTOWN VISION ALLIANCE INC: $385,608 · Community ImprovementGator Bowl Sports Events Inc: $57,580 · Community ImprovementLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $25,000 · Community Improvement+2 more: $15,208 · Community ImprovementGROUNDWORK JACKSONVILLE INC: $400,000 · EnvironmentNORTH FLORIDA LAND TRUST INC: $25,000 · EnvironmentJACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $338,210 · AnimalsJACKSONVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $50,500 · Animals+1 more: $7,500 · AnimalsSHANDS JACKSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER INC: $100,000 · HealthTHE NEMOURS FOUNDATION: $100,000 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF JACKSONVILLE INC: $77,200 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $55,000 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $17,500 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $15,000 · Health+2 more: $14,895 · Health
Education$2,733,493Arts & Culture$1,326,800Other$1,493,070Community Improvement$483,396Environment$425,000Animals$396,210Health$379,595

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 budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $1,100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetVYSTAR FOUNDATION INC: $1,058,320 over 2y, 70% of budgetMuseum of Science and History of Jacksonville Inc: $745,300 over 4y, 15% of budgetGROUNDWORK JACKSONVILLE INC: $400,000 over 3y, 21% of budgetDOWNTOWN VISION ALLIANCE INC: $385,608 over 4y, 13% of budgetJACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $338,210 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetDE ETTE HOLDEN CUMMER MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $210,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetJacksonville Symphony Association Inc: $160,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF FLORIDA'S FIRST COAST INC: $159,215 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJACKSONVILLE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND INC: $120,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $119,650 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetJACKSONVILLE AREA SEXUAL MINORITY YOUTH NETWORK INC: $118,143 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART JACKSONVILLE INC: $101,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetSHANDS JACKSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEMOURS FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC: $80,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF JACKSONVILLE INC: $77,200 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetWJCT INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetJACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY SOCIETY: $75,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetCATHEDRAL ARTS PROJECT INC: $67,165 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetGator Bowl Sports Events Inc: $57,580 over 3y, 24% of budgetJacksonville University: $56,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREAD USA INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetThe Florida State University Foundation Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJACKSONVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $50,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CONSORTIUM OF FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Arc Jacksonville Inc: $46,593 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION: $45,700 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetRegional Food Bank of Northeast Florida Inc: $41,450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHRIVE SCHOLARS: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWORLDWIDE FOUNDATION FOR CREDIT UNIONS INC: $35,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIM SULZBACHER CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFLORIDA COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION INC: $29,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetIDEA FLORIDA INC: $26,298 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPINE CASTLE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSpringfield Preservation & Revitalization Council Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetNORTH FLORIDA LAND TRUST INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Jacksonville Historical Society Inc: $20,100 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetSOUTHEASTERN CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHUBBARD HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetNONPROFIT CENTER OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF NORTH FLORIDAINC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF COASTAL GEORGIA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION NEW UNIFORM INC: $18,039 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetGREATER JACKSONVILLE AREA USO COUNCIL INC: $17,500 over 1y, 3.1% 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.

The Community Foundat…Pga Tour IncJacksonville Jaguars …Blue Cross Blue Shiel…Csx Foundation IncUnited Way of Northea…Publix Super Markets …The Haskell FoundationThe Gate Foundation I…The Maryellen S Willi…Mayo Clinic Group Ret…Fidelity Foundation
The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida IncFL76.8× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc · Pga Tour Inc · Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Inc · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Foundation · Csx Foundation Inc · United Way of Northeast Florida Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · The Haskell Foundation · The Gate Foundation Inc · The Maryellen S Willis Charitable Trust · Mayo Clinic Group Return · Fidelity 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 VyStar Credit Union funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from VyStar Credit Union. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Operation New Uniform Inc: 100% of income from government
  • North Florida Land Trust Inc: 81% of income from government
  • Episcopal Children's Services Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Im Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Jacksonville Area Sexual Minority Youth Network Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Operation New Hope Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Jewish Community Alliance Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Idea Florida Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Jacksonville University: 3% of income from government
  • Groundwork Jacksonville Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Pace Center for Girlsinc: 2% of income from government
  • Cathedral Arts Project Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Read Usa Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Goodwill Industries of North Floridainc: 1% of income from government
  • The Nemours Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Regional Food Bank of Northeast Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pine Castle Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
27report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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.

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 70 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 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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