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Northeast Florida Resilience Fund Grants
With the understanding that philanthropy cannot sufficiently fill gaps created by shifts in public funding, the Northeast Florida (NEFL) Resilience Fund was formed with a focus on strengthening the capacity and resilience of the region’s nonprofit sector to meet needs through deep collaboration, coordination, and targeted resources.
Northeast Florida Resilience Fund
These grants focus on support for organizations with significant, measurable disruption caused by changes in public support. Priority consideration will be given to organizations providing basic needs services to vulnerable populations particularly in food insecurity, housing, and healthcare.
Grant size: Up to $50,000
Deadline to Apply: September 30, 2025
Applications Now Closed
Have a question? Review our FAQs.
Grants up to $50,000 are available in two categories or a combination of the two:
Stabilization Grants
Grants to stabilize organizations in the short-term will:
Strengthening Grants
Grants to strengthen the long-term positions of organizations will:
Support strategic response efforts for organizations and/or coalitions, through investments such as:
- Ecosystem mapping
- Scenario planning
- Strategic partnerships (ex. mergers, acquisitions, organizational sunsets, and coalition building)
- Organizational capacity and resilience initiatives (ex. digital/technology, crisis communications, risk management, cyber security)
- Innovation in business/service model
- Training, development, and team care designed to retain staff and develop organizational resilience
Help organizations/coalitions build for futures beyond the current moment through:
- Public policy development
- Advocacy initiatives
- Nonprofit organizations with current 501(c)(3) status
- Legally incorporated in the state of Florida
- Located in and serving one of these counties: Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns for at least 3 years.
- Agencies with operating budgets greater than $750,000 and less than $3 million. (If applying as a collaboration or coalition, combined budgets must be greater than $750,000, but may exceed $3 million)
We are not able to fund:
- Athletic associations
- Fundraising event sponsorships
- Programs promoting religious beliefs*
- Schools (public, private and charter) and school-based organizations (PTAs, boosters, etc)
- Requests outside our region (must be in: Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns counties)
- Organizations with budgets over $3 million
*Grants may be made to faith-based organizations for the non-religious programs offered to the broader community
Timeline
- August 27, 2025: Grant application opens.
- Technical assistance available September 1, 2025–September 26, 2025: Please take a moment to review the guidelines and FAQs. If you need further assistance, please complete a Technical Assistance request through this form and a member of our staff will reach out to you.
- September 30, 2025: Applications due by 5:00 PM
Application opens August 27.
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