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August 29, 2025
Q&A with James Coggin: Leveraging Philanthropy for Affordable Housing
We have been working to launch the Jacksonville Affordable Housing Fund with partners at Northern Trust, the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, and Self-Help Ventures Fund. This spring, a delegation from Jacksonville went to Greensboro, North Carolina, where the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro has successfully launched a similar fund. Read an update on this work in a Q&A with James Coggin, Senior Director of Grantmaking and Impact Investing.
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August 28, 2025
Northeast Florida Resilience Fund Launches with $1 Million for Grants
A anonymous fundholder at The Community Foundation has established the Northeast Florida Resilience Fund with a lead gift of $1 million to strengthen the capacity and resilience of the region’s nonprofit sector through collaboration, coordination, and targeted resources.
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August 28, 2025
Navigating New Laws: Opportunities for 2025
The Community Foundation is here to help donors, their advisors, and nonprofits maximize their charitable impact.
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August 1, 2025
Putnam County Schools Are Building Bright Futures Through Philanthropist’s Endowed Gifts
Since then, the Frank V. Oliver Fund at The Community Foundation has distributed more than $1.7 million in grants to support education, health, community and critical needs throughout Putnam County.
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The Community Foundation in the News
June 27, 2024
Delores Barr Weaver makes ‘extraordinary’ $61 million gift to Jacksonville-area nonprofits
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February 25, 2021
Fort Mose’s ‘Flight to Freedom’ to Become Year-Round Black History Trail in St. Augustine
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January 14, 2021
Art Ventures Turns 30! Cummer Exhibit Celebrates Three Decades in Investment in Jacksonville Art
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Stories
August 1, 2025
Putnam County Schools Are Building Bright Futures Through Philanthropist’s Endowed Gifts
Since then, the Frank V. Oliver Fund at The Community Foundation has distributed more than $1.7 million in grants to support education, health, community and critical needs throughout Putnam County.
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July 22, 2025
A Philanthropic Legacy That Honors a Father and a Mother
J. Thomas and Shirley Gay were the most local of philanthropists. Both born in the old St. Luke’s hospital near downtown Jacksonville, they never lost sight of their responsibility to the community as they built a successful business and raised their children, whose enduring love led them to establish a fund in their honor this year.
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May 27, 2025
New Endowment to Benefit Jacksonville’s Oldest Neighborhood
Springfield Preservation and Revitalization (SPAR) launched an endowment at The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida this year.
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April 23, 2025
Donor Spotlight: Three Generations of Giving
Martin Harrell’s ‘aha!’ moment about giving back came as a youngster, when he saw his grandparents’ name on a stained-glass window in a small community chapel in Amelia Island.
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A Philanthropic Learning Event Series
Our fundholders, as well as representatives of private, corporate, independent and family foundations in Northeast Florida are invited to learn about regional programs of philanthropic interest, discuss issues of mutual concern, and explore collaborative grantmaking opportunities.
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