The Jacksonville Humane Society's Campaign for a Compassionate Community received a $1 million donation from the Petco Foundation.
The humane society’s campaign is to fund a new facility at its Beach Boulevard location. The previous facility was destroyed in a 2007 fire.
The presentation was made during the annual Toast to the Animals, which was hosted by Jacksonville Jaguars General Manager David Caldwell and his wife, Joelle,
To donate, visit jaxhumane.org/donate and choose “capital campaign” or contact Amy Pierce at [email protected] or (904) 493-4606.
Community Foundation 2015 grants total $738,000
The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida has awarded its latest round of 2015 grants to area nonprofits.
So far this year, the foundation has distributed more than $738,000 in discretionary grants. In 2014, it made more than $1 million in grants from discretionary and unrestricted funds.
The most recent grants are:
• $57,500 to Family Foundations to support two components of its “1,000 in 1,000” program, which seeks to move 1,000 people out of poverty every 1,000 days.
• $20,000 to St. Johns Volunteers! to help the new organization connect volunteers in St. Johns County to nonprofits through outreach efforts and training. It is a challenge grant, designed to generate interest and encourage others to invest in the initiative.
• $30,000 to Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce Foundation to support its Earn Up initiative. The effort will study and promote the best practices for helping people earn college degrees or work certifications, focusing on high school students, adult learners and veterans.
The grants were made from The Community Endowment Fund, the Jay and Deanie Stein Fund and the Kathryn and Richard Kip Endowment.
Also, $5,000 was granted to Don’t Miss a Beat for the development of a communications plan.
The organization was founded in 2008 to serve at-risk children in the Brooklyn and Riverside neighborhoods by providing academic and artistic enrichment.
Programs include artistic training, tutoring and civic engagement projects. Approximately 300 students, K-12 are served each year, with 75 percent qualifying for free or reduced lunches.
The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida (www.jaxcf.org) is Florida’s oldest and largest community foundation.
It helps donors invest their philanthropic gifts and helps nonprofits serve the region effectively.
Now in its 51st year, the foundation has assets of more than $313 million and has since 1964 made grants of more than $332 million.
JPMorganChase gives $600,000 to Ability Housing
The number of homeless people in Florida has increased and the state now ranks third in number of people affected.
To address the shortage of permanent supportive housing options for chronically homeless people, veterans and families, JPMorganChase granted $600,000 to Ability Housing to support the development of permanent supportive housing units.
The grant will support the agency’s efforts in Central and Northeast Florida: $500,000 will help fund the nonprofit’s work in Orlando and $100,000 will go toward its work in its home base of Jacksonville.
The bank has funded Ability Housing programs in Jacksonville since 2002 and also provided in 2014 the seed grant of $80,000 to explore expansion into Central Florida.
Ability Housing has developed 298 units of affordable and permanent supportive housing in Jacksonville. Through the grant, the organization will be adding units in Central Florida where there are very few permanent supportive housing developers.
For more information, visit abilityhousing.org.
‘Taste of Golf’ Sept. 30 at TPC Sawgrass
The Taste of Golf celebrates its 10th anniversary in support of The First Tee of North Florida at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 30 at the TPC Sawgrass Clubhouse.
The annual fundraising event features a menu created by more than a dozen of North Florida’s golf and country club chefs. It also includes a silent auction, wine pull, diamond drawing and live entertainment.
All proceeds benefit The First Tee of North Florida’s golf-based youth programs which focus on building character and instilling positive core values and healthy habits.
Tickets are $125 and are valid Oct. 4 for final round entrance to the Web.com Tour Championship.
Taste of Golf attendees may bid on tournament experiences in the silent auction, such as walking inside the ropes alongside the professionals as an Honorary Observer in the final round.
Additional silent auction items include international getaways, memorabilia, a Big Green Egg and tickets to the 2016 PGA Championship, U.S. Open and ESPY Awards.
The menu will showcase chefs from Atlantic Beach Country Club, Deerwood Country Club, Epping Forest Yacht & Country Club, The Club at Hammock Beach, Jacksonville Golf & Country Club, Omni Amelia Island Plantation, Ponte Vedra Inn & Club, Ponte Vedra Lodge & Club, River Club, San Jose Country Club, Sawgrass Country Club, St. Johns Golf & Country Club and TPC Sawgrass.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit tasteofgolf.com.
The mission of The First Tee of North Florida is to impact the lives of young people by providing educational programs that build character, instill life-enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf.
For more information or to register First Tee programs, visit thefirstteenorthflorida.org.
Gift cards donated to Ronald McDonald House
C2C Solutions Inc. donated $2,025 in Walmart gift cards to Ronald McDonald House in Jacksonville to benefit families and their critically ill children living at the facility.
The gift cards were provided in $25 increments.
Ronald McDonald House on the Wolfson Children’s Hospital campus is a place for families to stay close to their hospitalized child at little or no cost.
Jeff Peterson, C2C Solutions president, presented the contribution to Diane Boyle, executive director of the Ronald McDonald House. Also in attendance were C2C Charity Committee members Teresa Cotton and Mellonee Whaley.
C2C has supported numerous organizations, such as HabiJax, Toys for Tots Foundation and the Susan G. Komen Walk for the Cure as well as sponsoring the redecoration of a room at the City Rescue Mission.