JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – News4JAX is celebrating Pride Month this June by highlighting the local organizations that serve our unique and vibrant local LGBTQ+ community.
The LGBTQ Community Fund was established by donors at The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida in 2014. The goal is to help build an inclusive community for LGBTQ people in Northeast Florida.
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The fund has made more than 90 grants to 30 nonprofits totaling $1.2 million since it began.
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The making of those grants is funded by endowments supported by donors, including Delores Barr Weaver, the Chartrand Family, Michael Meyers and Chad Labenz, Glenn and Michael Miller, and Jesse Kraker and Kevin Gay.
During the Fund’s 10th anniversary celebration last year, more than $500,000 in new contributions were pledged. This year’s grantmaking was about $15,000 more than the year before.
“It’s heartening to be able to make these grants at a time when many nonprofits serving the LGBTQ community are facing hardship,” said Glenn Miller, chair of the grants panel. “We are grateful to everyone who supported our endowment during our anniversary celebration.”
The focus of the 2024 grants was general program support for organizations serving the LGBTQ community, an approach that allows the nonprofits maximum flexibility to direct funds where they are needed most.
The 2024 grantees include:
- Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida – $15,000 – to support the fourth cohort of the LGBTQIA+ Nonprofit Leadership Development Program.
- Equality Florida – $10,000 – to support education and empowerment of Northeast Florida parents with tools, resources, and information to advocate for their LGBTQ children.
- Women’s Center of Jacksonville – $10,000 – to support a mental health counselor serving LGBTQ+ clients.
- Fernandina Beach Pride Inc. – $7,500 – to expand programming in Nassau County.
- Southern Legal Counsel – $7,500 – to support representation of transgender individuals living in Northeast Florida.
- Jax River City Pride – $5,000 – to expand outreach and engagement to rural and underserved communities.
- The Lotus Project Inc. – $5,000 – to support a gender-affirming clothing closet.
- The Queer Trans Project – $5,000 – to provide gender affirming services to transgender Northeast Florida residents.
- Jacksonville Campus Ministry – $2,500 – to support LGBTQIA+ college students in Northeast Florida.
- The Lighthouse for Youth Inc. – $2,500 – to help expand youth-serving programming.
Applications for funding will open again in early 2026, and nonprofits can get more information on the available grants by signing up for emails at jaxcf.org.
