The A.L. Lewis Black Opportunity & Impact Fund
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Left to right: Joe Louis Barrow, Branita Mann, J.D. Staton, Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, Nina Waters, The Honorable Brian Davis, Wanda Willis, Velma Monteiro-Tribble, Carol Alexander, Gregory Owens, Darnell Smith, Dr. Atiya Abdelmalik, Dr. Floyd B. Willis. Not pictured: Martha Baker, Mark Bennett, Len Brown, Mrs. Tanya Davis, Fred Franklin, Ken Johnson, Lisa Johnson, Tim Johnson, Ronnie King, Eric Mann, Antoinette Rowe, Jim Stallings, Cleve Warren
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Black philanthropy has a rich history in Northeast Florida, and A.L. Lewis, co-founder of the Afro-American Life Insurance Company, was one of the earliest pioneers. In the spirit of his legacy of giving back, the A. L. Lewis Black Opportunity & Impact Fund has been established at The Community Foundation to attract and deploy assets in the community to ignite transformational change in Jacksonville's Black communities. You can read more about the Fund here.
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MyVillage Project
The MyVillage Project works to develop platforms for Black-led organizations to collaborate, create and implement their own vision of equality. "As a community, we are taking ownership of the work that needs to be done." MyVillage Project is dedicated to organizing talent and resources to support Black-led nonprofits that are making a difference in the community.
Eartha M.M. White
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| Eartha M.M. White |
Eartha M.M. White and her mother, Clara White, were deeply involved in charitable work in Jacksonville. Clara fed the hungry and homeless from her back door, and daughter Eartha built on her tradition by creating an agency to improve the condition of Jacksonville’s poor. She established the Clara White Mission in 1928 and founded the Eartha M.M. White Nursing Home in 1967. When the former nursing home was sold, the assets created a $1.4 million endowment, the Eartha M.M. White Legacy Fund, at The Community Foundation. Cleve Warren has led the fund's Advisory Board since its creation in 2004. More than $1 million has been granted from the fund since inception.
100 Black Men of Jacksonville
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| [Watch] Charles Griggs on the importance of an organization like 100 Black Men of Jacksonville |
100 Black Men of Jacksonville “What They See is What They’ll Be” provides mentoring services across a lifetime to people of African descent to achieve educational excellence, health and wellness, and economic empowerment. Nearly 25 years ago, they established an endowment at The Community Foundation so that this vital work would go on forever.
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“The most innovative thing I’ve seen …. is the ability of underfunded Black nonprofits to continuously serve and provide programming for their communities. These include our African American Greek organizations, churches, and so many other nonprofits that are 100% volunteer led and operate with minimal financial contributions compared to their counterparts. Their ability to remain active and provide quality programming year after year is by far the most innovative activity in the philanthropic world.”
- Ronnie King, co-founder of MyVillage Project -
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