The Community Foundation celebrated another year of charitable giving, granting over $1.3 million to nonprofit organizations.
The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties celebrated another year of charitable giving, granting over $1.3 million to nonprofit organizations through the Foundation’s funds. Funding priorities for this year focused on community revitalization. Grants were awarded to programs and projects that are working to enhance the community and the quality of life for residents.
“The Community Foundation is actively working to address the needs identified by local residents and facilitate positive change in our community,” said Bradley Hurlburt, president and CEO, Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties. “Our funding priorities for this year’s competitive grants reflect those efforts. We continue to support our neighborhood-based organizations that strive every day to enhance our communities by making them safe, vibrant, clean and green.”
Organizations earning a grant this year demonstrated impactful strategies, creative expansions, further collaboration and innovative approaches to tackle our most pressing needs.
The competitive grant cycle opened in December and the process included letters of inquiries, full proposals, site visits, committee evaluations, and final committee recommendations to the Community Foundation board in May. A total of 38 organizations doing incredible work in housing, homelessness, community beautification, health and wellness, community engagement and leadership, and collective impact were awarded grants.
For more information on the grants program, or about establishing a charitable fund at the Community Foundation, visit www.yourcommunityfoundation.org or call 561-659-6800.
Below are the 2019-2020 grantees:
2019-2020 Community Impact Grants
(Directed by the Community Foundation)
($1,331,241 total)
Achieve Palm Beach County | $50,000 |
Achievement Centers for Children and Families | $50,000 |
Adopt-A-Family of the Palm Beaches | $55,000 |
Artists Showcase of the Palm Beaches (ASOTB) | $13,910 |
Auroras Voice | $25,000 |
Center for Child Counseling | $55,000 |
Center for Trauma Counseling | $55,000 |
City of West Palm Beach Mayor’s Office | $30,000 |
Community Greening Corp. | $53,565 |
Community Health Center of West Palm Beach | $50,000 |
Community Land Trust of Palm Beach County | $55,000 |
Community Partners of South Florida | $55,000 |
DePorres Place Adult Literacy Center | $7,785 |
Emanuel Jackson Sr. Project | $12,000 |
Farmworker Coordinating Council of Palm Beach County | $40,000
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GCI Training & Employment | $10,000 |
Glades Initiative | $48,425 |
Housing Leadership Council of Palm Beach County | $10,000 |
Jump for Joi | $10,000 |
Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County | $55,000 |
Loggerhead Marinelife Center | $20,000 |
Martin County School District | $10,000 |
Memory Trees Corporation | $35,000 |
Neighborhood Renaissance | $55,000 |
Northend Rise | $49,996 |
Northwest Community Consortium | $10,000 |
Palm Health Foundation | $25,000 |
Sea Turtle Adventures | $10,000 |
Second Chance Initiative | $10,000 |
Student ACES | $55,000 |
Suits for Seniors | $12,000 |
Susan G. Komen | $55,000 |
The Lord’s Place | $55,000 |
The Milagro Center | $55,000 |
United Way of Palm Beach County | $5,000 |
Urban Youth Impact | $25,000 |
Vita Nova | $48,560 |
West Atlantic Redevelopment Coalition | $55,000 |
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About the Community Foundation
The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties is one of Florida’s largest community foundations. The nonprofit organization has provided more than $150 million in grants and scholarships over its 46-year history. At its core, the Community Foundation is an organization created with gifts from generous people committed to local causes. For donors, the Foundation serves as a philanthropic advisor. For the community, the Foundation serves as a grantmaker and a civic leader. Through the support of its donors and fund holders, the Foundation has been able to address some of the community’s most pressing needs, including hunger, housing and education.
