Northeast Florida Resilience Fund: Stabilization Grants

The Northeast Florida Resilience Fund: Stabilization Grants, offered by the Community Foundation for Northeast Florida, aims to support nonprofit organizations facing significant disruptions from public funding cuts. Grants up to $50,000 will prioritize agencies addressing food, housing, and healthcare insecurities in the region. Eligible nonprofits must have 501(c)(3) status and operating budgets between $750,000 and $3 million, ensuring targeted assistance to enhance community resilience and capacity.

Community Foundation for Northeast Florida
The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida connects people who care with causes that matter. Johns, Nassau, Baker, Clay, and Putnam counties through a range of charitable and civic activities, while helping individual donors achieve their philanthropic goals. Forever Forward.
Northeast Florida Resilience Fund Grants
With the understanding that philanthropy cannot sufficiently fill gaps created by shifts in public funding, the Northeast Florida (NEFL) Resilience Fund was formed with a focus on strengthening the capacity and resilience of the region’s nonprofit sector to meet needs through deep collaboration, coordination, and targeted resources.
These grants focus on support for organizations with significant, measurable disruption caused by changes in public support. Priority consideration will be given to organizations providing basic needs services to vulnerable populations particularly in food insecurity, housing, and healthcare.
Grants up to $50,000 are available in two categories or a combination of the two: Stabilization Grants and Strengthening Grants.
Grants to stabilize organizations in the short-term will:
Provide one-time bridge funding to organizations that can demonstrate disruption from public funding cuts.

Eligibility

Legally incorporated in the state of Florida
Located in and serving one of these counties: Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns for at least 3 years.
Agencies with operating budgets greater than $750,000 and less than $3 million. (If applying as a collaboration or coalition, combined budgets must be greater than $750,000, but may exceed $3 million)Grants may be made to faith-based organizations for the non-religious programs offered to the broader community

Ineligibility

We are not able to fund:
Athletic associationsFundraising event sponsorshipsPrograms promoting religious beliefsSchools (public, private and charter) and school-based organizations (PTAs, boosters, etc)Requests outside our region (must be in: Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns counties)Organizations with budgets over $3 million