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February 24, 2024
Jacksonville philanthropist Delores Barr Weaver gave The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida $61 million: the largest gift in its history.
August 2, 2023
The leader of The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida is retiring after 22 years, during which she expanded its philanthropy and reach in the region.
June 28, 2022
Founder Kevin Gay is retiring from Operation New Hope, which he built into a national model for easing ex-offenders back into their communities.
January 7, 2022
Here are 10 people that will be making headlines in the year ahead in Northeast Florida.
January 5, 2022
JACKSONVILLE, FL - Ability Housing, a nonprofit developer of affordable housing, today announced the receipt of a $50,000 grant from the Delores Barr Weaver Legacy Fund at The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida. The grant will support the implementation of a new program that will build financial resiliency, income and wealth for Ability Housing’s residents — with the goal of lifting families living in their properties out of poverty. In 2020, the average household income...
December 14, 2021
The first owners of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver, are giving two $500,000 grants to local nonprofits to assist with Afghan refugee resettlement efforts.
December 17, 2020
904WARD, the 5-year-old civic group that developed the Jacksonville Community Remembrance Project to acknowledged racial lynching and a deck of cards to prompt racial-equity conversations, has hired its first CEO and plans to expand its efforts to end racism in the community. Prominent local philanthropists including The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida and the Chartrand, DuBow and Weaver families, have committed at least $1 million over three years to support the effort. "These do...