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Delores Barr Weaver donates $61 million for nonprofits

By Randy Roguski
Published on February 27, 2024 at 11:45 am
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Philanthropist Delores Barr Weaver will be providing grants to numerous local nonprofits, made possible by her gift of $61 million to the Delores Barr Weaver Legacy Fund at The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida. 

Her contribution to the donor-advised fund in July 2023 is the largest in the foundation’s 60-year history.

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“The Community Foundation’s expert staff and charitable giving solutions have enabled me to have greater impact in the region I love than I ever could alone,” Weaver said in a news release.

Read the rest of this story at the Jacksonville Daily Record, a Jacksonville Today news partner.

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Randy comes to Jacksonville from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, where as metro editor, he led investigative coverage of the Parkland school shooting that won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for public service. He has spent more than 40 years in reporting and editing positions in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio and Florida. 

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