Coverage of Jacksonville’s nonprofit sector, including local organizations, community programs, and volunteer opportunities.
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City Year Jacksonville says 56 student success coaches in its 2025-26 cohort devoted an estimated 100,000 service hours at Duval County Public Schools. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
June 3, 2026

City Year Jacksonville invests 100k service hours to support Duval students

City Year Jacksonville cultivates communication skills, empathy and leadership among young adults.…

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Riverside Avondale Preservation is seeking artists  for a public sculpture project at the Fishweir Crossing Roundabouts at Herschel Street and St. Johns Avenue. | Google Maps
June 2, 2026

Artists sought for sculptures at new Fishweir Crossing roundabouts

Riverside Avondale Preservation says the art will become a landmark for an important neighborhood gateway.…

Featured image for “City Council grants $143K for restoration of historic Stanton school”
Work to stabilize the historic Edwin M. Stanton High School in LaVilla could soon resume after an $143,710 appropriation from the Jacksonville City Council. | Mike Mendenhall, Jacksonville Today
May 13, 2026

City Council grants $143K for restoration of historic Stanton school

The grant for Historic Stanton Inc.’s restoration work will stabilize the aging school for a future cultural facility.…

Featured image for “Suicide prevention program seeks $300K to continue in Northeast Florida”
A billboard alerts people to Talkable Communities' suicide prevention training in a six-county area. | Talkable Communities
April 30, 2026

Suicide prevention program seeks $300K to continue in Northeast Florida

Talkable Communities says it has lost state funding after training 12,000 people in suicide prevention.…

Featured image for “DeSantis’ office devotes millions to Northwest Jax job training programs, Boys & Girls Clubs”
Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters, state Rep. Wyman Duggan, R-Jacksonville, and Jacksonville City Council Member Ju'Coby Pittman announce a $3 million investment in job training programs in Northwest Jacksonville on Thursday, April 16, 2026, near a memorial to the victims of a race-motivated shooting at a Dollar General in Grand Park. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
April 16, 2026

DeSantis’ office devotes millions to Northwest Jax job training programs, Boys & Girls Clubs

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office devoted $3 million to Northwest Jacksonville training programs that will provide skills for trades and medical…

Featured image for “MOSH offers first look at 3 of its planned galleries”
MOSH has released renderings of three of 10 galleries at its planned Northbank museum. This one is called Nature & Culture. | MOSH, Ralph Appelbaum Associates
March 23, 2026

MOSH offers first look at 3 of its planned galleries

MOSH released illustrations of three galleries as it continues to raise money for a new Northbank museum.…

Featured image for “Grand new entrance puts you into the Jacksonville zoo”
The Jacksonville Zoo & Botanical Gardens, will have a new entrance starting March 6, 2026. the $72 million structure is 25,000 square feet, and 50 feet tall at the highest peak. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today
February 27, 2026

Grand new entrance puts you into the Jacksonville zoo

The zoo will open the VyStar SkyScape entrance March 6 with an expanded manatee exhibit.…

Featured image for “Money from stadium deal could flow to Eastside soon”
City Council member Jimmy Peluso held a town hall meeting with Eastside residents and advocates inside the Church of Oakland about the Community Benefits Agreement on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
February 18, 2026

Money from stadium deal could flow to Eastside soon

It could be only months before a new board awards money in five Eastside neighborhoods.…

Featured image for “Q&A | How Blue Zones Jacksonville fosters community amid financial pessimism”
Blue Zones Jacksonville Executive Director Nicole Hamm smells green onion that was grown at its headquarters. Blue Zones Jacksonville has harvested more than 150 pounds of vegetables since its first yield in in fall 2025. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
February 16, 2026

Q&A | How Blue Zones Jacksonville fosters community amid financial pessimism

Blue Zones Jacksonville released it 2026 Well-Being Index after studying five Jacksonville ZIP codes.…

Featured image for “Swisher partners with Lift Jax on Eastside jobs”
Swisher is headquartered at 459 E. 16th St. in Jacksonville. The company says it is planning a $135 million expansion. | Jacksonville Daily Record
February 13, 2026

Swisher partners with Lift Jax on Eastside jobs

The Jacksonville-based tobacco company has agreed to reserve 60 jobs for Eastside residents in its $135 million expansion.…

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Thousands of runners launch from the start line for last year's annual Donna Marathon through Jacksonville's Beaches. | Donna Marathon
January 29, 2026

DONNA marathoners prepare for extreme cold

Roads will closed Sunday as thousands of marathoners race through the three Beaches communities.…

Featured image for “MOSH construction on Northbank might start later”
The Museum of Science & History plans a new, larger museum on the Northbank. | MOSH
January 28, 2026

MOSH construction on Northbank might start later

MOSH leaders now have until Sept. 1 to start construction of their new Northbank facility.…

Featured image for “Students spay and neuter pets to fill gaps in animal care”
EveryPet employees do surgical procedures to include spay and neuter services for pets. | EveryPet
January 27, 2026

Students spay and neuter pets to fill gaps in animal care

With veterinarians in short supply, veterinary students are providing pet care at EveryPet’s training center in Jacksonville.…

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LifeSouth Community Blood Centers are urging people to donate due to critically low supplies in Florida. | LifeSouth
January 23, 2026

Blood donations sought as supply lags on First Coast

Many blood centers don’t have enough supply for more than one or two days, LifeSouth says.…

Featured image for “Mayors Deegan and Peyton empower Garden City preschoolers with books”
Mayor Donna Deegan, center, speaks with students at Kreative Minds Academy in Jacksonville's Garden City neighborhood before awarding books as part of a literacy initiative funded by a $1 million gift from the Gate Foundation. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
January 9, 2026

Mayors Deegan and Peyton empower Garden City preschoolers with books

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan and former Mayor John Peyton provided books at Kreative Minds Academy on Friday.…

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December 22, 2025

BIT OF JOY | Edible St. Augustine Lighthouse

A replica of the St. Augustine Lighthouse made of canned food won a big prize for charity.…

Featured image for “#AskJAXTDY l When will Sulzbacher hire for manufacturing jobs?”
Rendering of Sulzbacher Enterprise Village, to be completed by the end of 2026. | Sulzbacher
December 18, 2025

#AskJAXTDY l When will Sulzbacher hire for manufacturing jobs?

Enterprise Village will include manufacturing and jobs training that will be open to the community.…

Featured image for “MAD DADS dissolves, but senior member says it will return”
People sign a poster remembering murder victims during a MAD DADS march in November 2024. | MAD DADS
December 16, 2025

MAD DADS dissolves, but senior member says it will return

MAD DADS filed paperwork to dissolve itself, but the group may return in a new form with a new board.…

Featured image for “Nocatee man will climb Kilimanjaro for infant death fundraiser”
The Pucillo family are, from left, Marie, Giovanni, Elena Rose and Evan. Evan will climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania in February to raise money for a nonprofit organization that supports families, like the Pucillos, coping with the death of an infant. | Submitted, Evan Pucillo
December 12, 2025

Nocatee man will climb Kilimanjaro for infant death fundraiser

Evan Pucillo plans to climb Mount Kilimanjaro on Feb. 9, the day his son died hours after birth.…

Featured image for “Baptist Health identifies food insecurity as community health challenge”
Feeding Northeast Florida received a $250,000 donation from Baptist Health to combat food insecurity in the region. The food distribution nonprofit says the money will fund 215,000 meals. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
December 8, 2025

Baptist Health identifies food insecurity as community health challenge

Baptist Health will fund 215,000 meals across its five-county service area as part of its commitment to eradicate food insecurity.…

Featured image for “Volunteers refurbish Five Star Veterans Center”
Volunteers from Rebuilding Together Greater Florida, The Home Depot Foundation and others rebuild the Five Stars veterans center gardens on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
November 13, 2025

Volunteers refurbish Five Star Veterans Center

More than 70 volunteers pitched in from Home Depot, Rebuilding Together Greater Florida and other groups.…

Featured image for “Jacksonville’s Divine Nine approach century of service”
Andrea Williams has been a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. since 2003. She serves as the president of the Beta Alpha Zeta chapter of Zeta Phi Beta. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
November 13, 2025

Jacksonville’s Divine Nine approach century of service

The Divine Nine organizations have more than 725 years of service, scholarship and fellowship in Jacksonville.…

Featured image for “#AskJAXTDY | Where can I donate to a local food pantry?”
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.…

Featured image for “How can St. Johns County create more affordable housing?”
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 for Humanity, 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.…