Vystar Credit Union
Jacksonville, FL · EIN 59-0690965. Reported 80 grants totalling $5,672,551 to 58 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. The IRS has no activity classification on file for this one, so we cannot tell you whether it is a community foundation or a single-institution support fund. The recipient list below is the better guide.
- How spread out its giving is. 58 distinct organizations, with 19% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 33% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $25,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $65,000; the smallest was $5,488 and the largest $1,000,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Florida Foundation Inc | Gainesville, FL | $1,100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Vystar Community Foundation Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $1,058,320 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Museum of Science & History of Jacksonville Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $390,300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Downtown Vision Alliance Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $385,608 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cecil Field Pow-Mia Memorial Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Deette Holden Cummer Museum Foundation Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Groundwork Jacksonville Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jacksonville Public Education Fund Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jasmyn Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $116,343 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $101,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shands Jacksonville Medical Center Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Nemours Foundation | Jacksonville, FL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jacksonville Area Sexual Minority Youth Network Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $85,032 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jacksonville Symphony Association | Jacksonville, FL | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Community Alliance Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Jacksonville Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $77,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jacksonville Symphony Society | Jacksonville, IL | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wjct Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The University of North Florida Foundation Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $70,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Young Mens Christian Association of Floridas First | Jacksonville, FL | $68,715 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Florida State University Foundation Inc | Tallahassee, FL | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Read USA Inc | Atlantic Bch, FL | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jacksonville Humane Society | Jacksonville, FL | $50,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Consortium of Florida Education Foundations Inc | Gainesville, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jacksonville University | Jacksonville, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cathedral Arts Project Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $44,055 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Thrive Scholars | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | Rye Brook, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Idea Florida Inc | Tampa, FL | $26,298 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North Florida Land Trust Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pine Castle Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Springfield Preservation and Revitalization Council Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Arc Jacksonville Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Americas Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia Inc | Savannah, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Florida Council on Economic Education Inc | Tampa, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Goodwill Industries of North Florida Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hubbard House Foundation Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Regional Food Bank of Northeast Florida Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $16,450 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gator Bowl Sports Events Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $12,980 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girl Scouts of Gateway Council Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $12,100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greater Miami Jewish Federation | Miami, FL | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | Owasso, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jacksonville Historical Society Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Credit Union Foundation Inc | Madison, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Operation New Hope | Jacksonville, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Florida Theatre Performing Arts | Jacksonville, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cathedral District-Jax Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $9,720 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North Florida School of Special Education | Jacksonville, FL | $9,280 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Volunteers in Medicine Jacksonville Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $8,395 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Heart Association Inc | Dallas, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wolfson Childrens Hospital of Jacksonville Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $7,280 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Baptist Health System Foundation Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $6,927 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pace Center for Girls Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Flagler College Inc | St Augustine, FL | $5,560 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hispanic Business Initiative Fund of Florida Inc | Orlando, FL | $5,488 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
14 of 58 (24%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 48 of 58 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 39 | $1,920,141 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 12 | $672,310 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 18 | $2,018,942 | $32,500 |
| 2024 | 11 | $1,061,158 | $27,958 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
96% of its giving went to organizations in Florida. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $25,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Florida.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Vystar Credit Union's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 11 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 76 South Laura Street, Jacksonville, FL, 32202.
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