Community Foundation of Northwest Florida – Work with professionals and leave your legacy

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Work with professionals and leave your legacy.

We are a resource for individuals, families, businesses and non-profits. You don't have to be wealthy to make a difference. We work hand-in-hand with professional advisors to meet your philanthropic interests and tax planning needs. Creating a charitable fund is easy just let us take care of all the details.

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Disaster Recovery Fund

Give now to those affected in Northwest Florida.

You can assist in the recovery efforts for victims of disasters in our Northwest Florida community.

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Gulf Breeze First Responders Crisis Fund

Supporting our First Responders in time of need.

Provides funds for those affected by natural disaster, accident, illness, injury or family emergency.

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Giving

You don’t have to be wealthy to create a fund to help a charitable cause. With as little as $5,000, you can begin your legacy.

Professional Advisors

We can help you and your clients carry out their philanthropic goals and meet their tax planning goals.

Non-profits

If you are a non-profit, discover the benefits of an endowment and how we can help you establish one.

What is a Community Foundation?

Community foundations are independent public charities created by and for the people within a local area. They work with donors to establish and manage charitable funds that cover a wide range of philanthropic interests.

Community foundations work with donors who have an interest in long-term charitable giving. The donor directs his/her philanthropic gifts to the charity of their choice, and the donor enjoys as much or as little recognition as they wish. The Community Foundation manages the funds, distributes gifts on behalf of the donor, provides the accounting function, and satisfies all government reporting requirements. This arrangement leaves the donor free to focus only on their charitable interests.

“The Community Foundation of Northwest Florida identified high-performing grantees working in the key service areas identified in our funding guidelines, and we are pleased with how well your selections met our requirements.”

“Our Community Foundation played a vital role in helping people impacted by the BP oil spill. Without our foundation, many families would not have received the help they needed.”

“More than 15 years ago several members of our community began to discuss the need for a community foundation to serve our area. After seeing the success of similar foundations in other communities, we felt that Northwest Florida needed the services of such a foundation.”

“Since its formation we have seen the Community Foundation grow and provide grants to many areas of need. We have continued to provide funding to support its activities.”

“Our Community Foundation has been a well-kept secret for too long, and we are working to educate people along the Gulf Coast of the value of this institution.”