Coverage of Jacksonville’s nonprofit sector, including local organizations, community programs, and volunteer opportunities.
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Fresh milk and bagged goods are ready for pickup at the Mandarin Food Bank's food pantry. | Mandarin Food Bank
October 28, 2025

#AskJAXTDY | Where can I donate to a local food pantry?

The U.S. government shutdown could leave millions of people without enough food. Here are places to help.…

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Nonprofit leaders and others discuss affordable housing during an event in St. Johns County. From left are Bill Lazar with the St. Johns Housing Partnership, Bob Porter with D.R. Horton, Malinda Everson with Habitat, Aliyah Meyer with the St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce and Erick Saks with Operation Lifeline. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today
October 24, 2025

How can St. Johns County create more affordable housing?

Local leaders outline solutions for affordable housing at a time when it’s desperately needed.…

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Eartha M.M. White Park in Oakland on the city's Eastside | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
October 22, 2025

New nonprofit would mete out Eastside community benefits funds

The nonprofit would manage the $40 million in public funds the Eastside will receive under the stadium community benefits agreement.…

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Kids Hope Alliance CEO Saralyn Grass served as a local celebrity during the 2025 I'm A Star Foundation Celebrity Basketball Classic. The game raised money for unhoused students in Duval County on July 26, 2025, at Riverside High School. |Photo by Will Brown
October 22, 2025

Saralyn Grass dismissed as CEO of Kids Hope Alliance

Grass had faced questions about whether her private consulting business conflicted with the Kids Hope Alliance.…

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Barnabas Center workers distribute food in Callahan. | Barnabas Center
October 7, 2025

Barnabas Center helping more of Nassau’s needy

Barnabas Center is expanding to western Nassau County because of growing demand for its services.…

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Tim Johnson, the volunteer chairman of the A.L. Lewis Black Opportunity & Impact Fund, listens to Sharon Coon during a reception May 15, 2025, celebrating the 40 organizations that received funding from the fund this year. Coon is the founder of the Friends of Brentwood Library, a nonprofit that will use funding from the Lewis fund to sponsor a writer's festival this summer. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
May 19, 2025

A.L. Lewis fund expands grants as nonprofits face uncertainty

The A.L. Lewis Black Opportunity & Impact Fund will award two rounds of grants this year.…

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Donors Vince and Linda Ferrigno announce the expansion plans of Downtown Ecumenical Services Council on April 4, 2025. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today
April 7, 2025

Ecumenical services council expands to help more people

The Downtown Ecumenical Services Council is moving to larger offices less than a mile away.…

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Mayor Donna Deegan discusses nonprofit funding on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. | News4Jax
March 25, 2025

Mayor seeks to improve oversight of nonprofit funding

Mayor Donna Deegan has filed a bill to City Council that she says would increase transparency in nonprofit funding.…

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City Council President Ron Salem, left, discusses the issue of first-time homelessness in Jacksonville on Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. Changing Homelessness CEO Dawn Gilman and board Chairman Brad Russell listen. | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today
September 1, 2023

Homelessness program gets boost from council president

Council President Ron Salem has invested $13,000 toward a Changing Homelessness pilot program that will help those on the brink…