18 nonprofit organizations will receive support to help communities in the Jacksonville Beaches

Eighteen nonprofit organizations serving the Jacksonville Beaches neighborhoods recently received grants of approximately $290,000 from The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida.

The grants came from the foundation’s Beaches Community Fund, a collective donor circle of 35 families who each contribute annually to a grant pool that has invested approximately $2.3 million in nonprofits since 2015.

Here are the biggest grants:

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• BEAM (Beach Emergency Assistance Ministry) – $40,000

• Jacksonville City Year – $30,000

• Feeding Northeast Florida/Northeast Florida Regional Food Bank – $30,000

• Blessings in a backpack – $25,000

• Ministry of Relief in Emergency Situations of St. John – $25,000

• Habitat Beaches for Humanity – $20,000

• Communities in Jacksonville Schools – $20,000

• Mission Home – $20,000

• Northeast Florida Nonprofit Center – $19,000

• Episcopal Children’s Services – $18,685

• Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida – $10,000

• Here tomorrow – $10,000

• Play Garden – $10,000.

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This article originally appeared on the Florida Times-Union: Beach Communities Fund supports Jacksonville-area nonprofits