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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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Loop It Up Savannah Works to Create Mindfulness in Georgia
Loop It Up Savannah's Mindfulness Zone program equips Savannah students with essential tools to enhance their mental well-being.
Support That Never Stops: How Here Tomorrow Stands by Military Members & Veterans
Here Tomorrow Inc. offers free mental health support for military members and veterans, ensuring they never face challenges alone.
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
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)