Beth Reese Cravey

About 20 nonprofits that serve Jacksonville’s Beaches neighborhoods recently received grants from The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida.

Teams from Mayport Coastal Science Middle School and River City Science Academy Mandarin were up to a global challenge with their underwater robots.

Julie and Tom Wood decided to share their wealth with the community, including the Nassau County Council on Aging, which received a $4.9 million gift.

Pine Castle underwent a $2.25 million campuswide renovation. The result is space to offer jobs and life skills training for 200 new disabled clients.

Florida Power & Light and Nassau Council on Aging volunteers prepared meal kits for seniors in preparation for an expected busy hurricane season.

In two years, VyStar Foundation awarded $1 million in grants, including $201,550 recently given to veterans-serving nonprofits in Florida and Georgia.

A Memphis-based bank philanthropy awarded $1.6 million in Grants for Good including to Players by the Sea and Hope Haven.

Patti Hughes watched her mother build a business from their basement. She has followed by being named Ernst & Young Florida Entrepreneur of the Year.

Serving the needy ‘resonates with’ longtime nonprofit exec Eileen Seuter, whose latest job follows stints at Sulzbacher and LSF Health Systems.

A Duval County teacher, Dorothy Gillette, wants youth to have successful futures and the key is literacy. So she is putting books in their hands.