A.L. Lewis Black Opportunity & Impact Fund Grants $275,000
The A.L. Lewis Black Opportunity & Impact Fund announced its first competitive grants, totaling $275,000, designed to help Black communities thrive in Jacksonville. Fruit of Barren Trees Pipeline, INC, (FBOT) will receive $90,000 for affordable housing, workforce development and community resiliency in the Moncrief Park neighborhood. $85,000 is slated for Kappa Alpha Psi Jacksonville Foundation […]
Community Foundation launches A.L. Lewis Black Opportunity & Impact Fund
On Aug. 19, the Community Foundation of Northeast Florida launched the A.L. Lewis Black Opportunity and Impact Fund, a new collective giving fund “to attract and deploy assets in the community to ignite transformational change in Jacksonville’s Black communities.” Conversations surrounding the fund first began in 2020 with community leaders to explore what could be […]
