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Find out how VyStar Foundation is building important relationships with community leaders and supporting organizations that make a difference each and every day.
VyStar Foundation Awards Grants to Nonprofits Helping the Youth in Our Communities
See how the VyStar Foundation supports Youth focused nonprofits in Florida and Georgia and learn about some of the grant recipients from the 2024 youth grant cycle.
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Alachua Conservation Trust: Connecting Students and Families to Florida’s Natural Environment
Alachua Conservation Trust’s CrEEK Program gives students hands‑on experiences in Florida’s natural environment through field trips, on‑site lessons and afterschool partnerships.
Hope in the Hardest Moments: How the Red Cross Supports Military Families
The Red Cross helps military families stay connected during crises, from health emergencies to natural disasters, thanks to support from VyStar Foundation.
Transforming the Lives of Veterans and First Responders
Task Force Hydro1 is a nonprofit organization in Northeast Florida that supports service members, veterans and their families through the mental and physical benefits of surfing and outrigger paddling.
VyStar Foundation Grant Recipients
VyStar Foundation Awards over $200,000 to 12 Military and Veterans Nonprofits
2025 Military Grantees
Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. (Northeast FL)
Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts (South Central FL)
First Coast Honor Flight Inc. (Northeast FL)
Grand Avenue Economic Community Development Corp (South Central FL)
Northeast Florida Women Veterans, Inc. (Northeast FL)
Operation Lifeline Inc. (Northeast FL)
Remembering HEROES (South Central FL)
The Small Business Nation, Inc. (Metro Atlanta)
Top Dogg K9 Foundation (Metro Atlanta)
Veterans Empowerment Organization of GA (Metro Atlanta)
2024 Youth Grantees
Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministry (Northeast FL)
Fulton County Schools (Metro Atlanta)
MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation Inc. (Northeast FL)
Safe Harbor Children's Center Zach's Place (Southeast GA)
Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc (South Central FL)
The 4R Foundation, Inc. (South Central FL)
The DePaul School of NE Florida Inc (Northeast FL)
The Drake House (Metro Atlanta)
The Twenty Pearls Foundation, Incorporated (Metro Atlanta)
Travis Manion Foundation (Northeast FL)
United Way of Northeast Florida (Northeast FL)
2024 Military Grantees
American Red Cross (Northeast FL)
Clay County Rescue Mission (Northeast FL)
Golden Isles Veterans Village Inc. (Southeast GA)
Hart Felt Ministries Inc. (Northeast FL)
Heart of Florida United Way (South Central FL)
Here Tomorrow Inc. (Northeast FL)
Hope4Veterans Inc. (Northeast FL)
Marion County Veterans Helping Veterans Inc. (South Central FL)
MOACC Good Deeds Foundation Inc. (South Central FL)
Navy League of the United States Mayport Council (Northeast FL)
Operation Lifeline Inc. (Northeast FL)
Thomas University (Southwest Georgia)
2023 Youth Grantees
904WARD (Jacksonville, FL)
Alachua Conservation Trust (Gainesville, FL)
Generation W (Jacksonville Beach, FL)
Goodwill of North Florida (Jacksonville, FL)
Hubbard House (Jacksonville, FL)
IMPOWER (Longwood, FL)
Jacksonville Arts & Music School (Jacksonville, FL)
Loop It Up Savannah (Savannah, GA)
Rescue Outreach Mission of Central Florida (Sanford, FL)
Sulzbacher Center (Jacksonville, FL)
2023 Military Grantees
Alachua County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry (Alachua, FL)
America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia (Chatham, GA)
Beaches Habitat for Humanity (Jacksonville, FL)
Five STAR Veterans Center (Jacksonville, FL)
Northeast Florida Women Veterans, Inc. (Jacksonville, FL)
Operation New Uniform Inc. (Jacksonville, FL)
SD Gunner Fund, Inc. (Chatham, GA)
Task Force Hydro 1 (Jacksonville, FL)
United Way of Northeast Florida, Mission United (Jacksonville, FL)
Veterans Entrepreneurship Initiative (Orlando, FL)