Category Archives: Human Services

Basketball great Michael Jordan gave $10 million to the Make-a-Wish Foundation of America to establish an endowment to ensure it can keep granting wishes for children with critical illnesses.

House in the Woods receives anonymous $1.4 million gift December 28, 2021 This generous donation brings House in the Woods one step closer to ensuring that this critical resource is here for our American Heroes for generations to come, offering veterans, active duty, and gold star families a Home Away from Home for healing and…

Special education school receives $2 million gift for endowment December 31, 2021 The North Florida School of Special Education in Jacksonville has announced a $2 million gift from J. Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver to establish an endowment fund at the Community Foundation for Northeast Florida. The school, which provides education and therapeutic programs as well as vocational…

Otto Bremer Trust awards $14.8 in emergency funds December 15, 2021 The Otto Bremer Trust (OBT), one of the nation’s largest charitable organizations, today announced a third round of grants totaling $14,850,000 from its previously announced $50,000,000 OBT Emergency Fund. The Fund was established in March 2020 pursuant to the purposes set forth in Otto…