Nine grants were funded by the Frank V. Oliver Jr. Endowment.
The LGBTQ Community Fund, a field of interest fund at The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida, has awarded $90,000 in grants as Pride Month is celebrated in Northeast Florida and nationwide.
Joe Barton has been closely involved in the LGBTQ Community Fund since its inception. He served as the chair of the Fund for three years. Last year, he played a leading role as a volunteer organizer of the LGBTQ Community Fund’s 10th anniversary celebration. For Pride Month, we asked him a few questions about his work with the Fund as well as his life and career. We hope you enjoy the following Q&A.
The grants listed here were made in 2024 by The Community Foundation through our unrestricted, field of interest and Presidential grantmaking funds. For more information, see www.jaxcf.org/receive.
Springfield Preservation and Revitalization (SPAR) launched an endowment at The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida this year.
The Beaches Community Fund, a collective giving initiative of The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida, recently made $319,000 in grants to 19 nonprofits that address critical needs facing their Beaches-area neighbors.
The A.L. Lewis Black Opportunity & Impact Fund has distributed a total of $79,500 in grants to 40 grassroots nonprofits, a collection of strategic investments designed to create transformational change in Jacksonville.
The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida hosted a Donors Forum about next generation philanthropy at The River Club on Tuesday to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Weaver Philanthropic Initiative, an education and grantmaking program for emerging philanthropists which was named in honor of the community leadership of J. Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver in 2013.