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Vystar Foundation Inc

Vystar foundation is dedicated to doing good and leading by example through collaborative partnerships that support youth, military members and veterans, and overall community vitality in the areas served by vystar credit union.

$628k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
23
Grants FY2025
21
Organizations funded FY2024
100%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$200,000
Organizations funded a year
10 to 21
FY2023 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$873k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Vystar Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving23$623k87%
FY202421$387k100%
FY202310$197kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

Youth Development$438kHuman Services$190kHousing & Shelter$171kPublic Benefit$80kPhilanthropy$60kFood & Nutrition$40kReligion$40kEducation$40kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 51 grantees
All grantees of Vystar Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kennesaw State University Foundation Inc$200,00010%
Northeast Florida Womens Veterans Inc$40,00023%
United Way of Northeast Florida Inc$40,00020%
Thomas University$39,96520%
Hubbard House Inc$20,00010%
Here Tomorrow Inc$20,00011%
Hart Felt Ministries Inc$20,00012%
First Coast Honor Flight Inc$20,0001n/a
Loop It Up Savannah Inc$20,00013%
Goodwill Industries of North Floridainc$20,00010%
Safe Harbor Center Inc$20,00010%
Heart of Florida United Way Inc$20,00010%
Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministry I Inc$20,00010%
Veterans Empowerment Organization of Georgia$20,0001n/a
Clay County Rescue Mission Inc$20,0001n/a
904ward Inc$20,00011%
Catholic Charities Bureau Inc$20,00010%
Dr Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Inc$20,00010%
Hope4veterans Inc$20,000119%
Fulton County Schools$20,0001n/a
Alachua County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry Inc$20,00010%
MOAACC Good Deeds Foundation Inc$20,000112%
Jacksonville Arts and Music School$20,00011%
The SD Gunner Fund Inc$20,00019%
DePaul School of Northeast Florida$20,00011%
Generation W Inc$20,00011%
Beaches Habitat for Humanity Inc$20,00011%
America's Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia Inc$20,00010%
Rescue Outreach Mission of Central Florida Inc$20,00011%
Remembering Vets Inc$20,0001n/a
Im Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless Inc$20,00010%
Top Dogg K9 Foundation Inc$20,0001n/a
Travis Manion Foundation$20,00010%
Alachua Conservation Trust Inc$20,00010%
4roots Foundation Inc$20,00010%
Grand Avenue Economic Community Dev$20,0001n/a
Operation New Uniform Inc$20,00013%
Georgia Crowdfund Inc$20,0001n/a
Five Star Veterans Center$20,00011%
Navy League of the United States Jacksonville Beaches Mayport Counc$20,0001n/a
Operation Lifeline Inc$20,0001n/a
Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc$20,00010%
Task Force Hydro 1$19,965122%
Veterans Entrepreneurship Initiative Inc$17,12714%
MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation Inc$16,70011%
Golden Isles Veterans Village Inc$15,78612%
The Drake House Inc$15,00010%
The Twenty Pearls Foundation Inc$10,9211n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$10,80010%
Impower Inc$10,00010%
Marion County Veterans Helping Veterans Inc$10,00012%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Vystar Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKennesaw State University Foundation Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNortheast Florida Womens Veterans Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetUnited Way of Northeast Florida Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThomas University: $39,965 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHubbard House Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHere Tomorrow Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHart Felt Ministries Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetLoop It Up Savannah Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetGoodwill Industries of North Floridainc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSafe Harbor Center Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHeart of Florida United Way Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBeaches Emergency Assistance Ministry I Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget904ward Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCatholic Charities Bureau Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDr Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope4veterans Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetAlachua County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMOAACC Good Deeds Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetJacksonville Arts and Music School: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetThe SD Gunner Fund Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetDePaul School of Northeast Florida: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGeneration W Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBeaches Habitat for Humanity Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAmerica's Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRescue Outreach Mission of Central Florida Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetIm Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTravis Manion Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlachua Conservation Trust Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget4roots Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOperation New Uniform Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetFive Star Veterans Center: $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTask Force Hydro 1: $19,965 over 1y, 22% of budgetVeterans Entrepreneurship Initiative Inc: $17,127 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetMaliVai Washington Kids Foundation Inc: $16,700 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGolden Isles Veterans Village Inc: $15,786 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetThe Drake House Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetImpower Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMarion County Veterans Helping Veterans Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 40.

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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.

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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.

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Find your warmest path to Vystar Foundation 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.

About Vystar Foundation Inc

How much does Vystar Foundation Inc give?
Vystar Foundation Inc reported 23 grants totaling $627,621 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 21 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
What does Vystar Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (36%), Human Services (16%), Housing & Shelter (14%).
Who are Vystar Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Kennesaw State University Foundation Inc ($200k), Northeast Florida Womens Veterans Inc ($40k), United Way of Northeast Florida Inc ($40k).
Does Vystar Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Vystar Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pga Tour Inc, The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Foundation.
Where is Vystar Foundation Inc based?
Vystar Foundation Inc is based in FL.

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 51 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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