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Kristin Murray and Deirdre Conner join volunteer board JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 2, 2024 – The Community First Cares Foundation, the philanthropic arm Community First Credit Union, announces it has appointed two new board members to its volunteer board of directors. Deirdre Conner and Kristin Murray joined the board, which guides the foundation’s philanthropic efforts in our co ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., (July 9, 2024) – The Community First Cares Foundation in partnership with the Jax Melanin Market awarded the first five, $1,000 microgrants to local, minority-owned businesses on Saturday, June 15 at the Juneteenth Melanin Market. These microgrants provide financial support to promote business innovation and growth. “Helping our small businesses grow and th ...

St. Johns County, Florida – June 17, 2024 – St. Augustine Youth Services (SAYS), a leading non-profit agency dedicated to supporting the mental and behavioral health needs of youth in Northeast Florida, proudly announces a new partnership with the Community First Cares Foundation, the 501(c) 3 nonprofit foundation of Community First Credit Union. The partnership will help provi ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 11, 2024 – The Community First Cares Foundation, the philanthropic arm Community First Credit Union and the Schell-Sweet Community Resource Center on the campus of Edward Waters University (EWU) have renewed and expanded their partnership to help feed more of our area’s most vulnerable residents. The project’s most visible and impactful event is a year ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., (April 8, 2024) – The Melanin Market announced today a new partnership with the Community First Cares Foundation that will fund 20 $1,000 microgrants to minority-owned businesses in 2024. Community First Cares is the philanthropic arm of Community First Credit Union and is funded by the credit union, its members, its employees and vendors/partners. The Melan ...

Community First Cares to match dollar-for-dollar up to $10,000 in donations to support adult literacy and other programs  JACKSONVILLE, Fla., September 5, 2023 – Recognizing how important adult literacy programs are to the success of the community, the Community First Cares Foundation has pledged up to $10,000 in matching funds for selected gifts to the Library Foundation of J ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.— Stage Aurora Theatrical Company’s 100 Youth Voices holds auditions for Disney’s “The Little Mermaid Jr.” musical on Friday, July 14, Saturday, July 15, Sunday, July 16, Saturday, July 22 and Sunday, July 23 from 3pm - 6pm at The Greater Refuge Temple Annex located at: 7626 Lem Turner Rd, Jacksonville, FL 32208. For more audition information, please visit: ht ...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – May 24, 2023 – The St. Johns County Education Foundation which operates as Investing in Kids (INK!), along with the Community First Cares Foundation, the charitable giving arm of Community First Credit Union, announces the success of its Champions for Children grants that funded innovative classroom projects in St. Johns County schools during the 2022-2023 ...

Ticketed Matching Grant Fundraiser Planned for Sat., December 10 JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 29, 2022 – The Community First Cares Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Community First Credit Union, and the ownership of the iconic Pete’s Bar in Neptune Beach, will celebrate the bar’s grand reopening with a matching grant and ticketed fundraising event to support beaches-area nonpro ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 8, 2022 – The Community First Cares Foundation, the philanthropic arm Community First Credit Union, is partnering with the Schell-Sweet Community Resource Center to fund a robust year-long program to reach and help our area’s most vulnerable residents. The project’s most visible and impactful event is a year-long food giveaway on the second Saturday of ...

Grant Recipient: Monique Burr Foundation

Monique Burr Foundation Teen Safety Matters Program

A new program, MBF Teen Safety Matters™, was recently launched by the Monique Burr Foundation for Children to prevent child abuse and bullying among teen-agers. 

Community First Cares

637 N Lee St. (P.O. Box 2600)
Jacksonville, FL 32232

Phone: (904) 371-8090

Email: [email protected]

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The Community First Cares Foundation supports projects that place a special emphasis on activities that improve financial literacy, enhance the quality of our educational system, upgrade the health and welfare of our community and help the underserved citizens improve their quality of life.  We offer funding to help our community partners implement these initiative right here on the First Coast.