September 2012        
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Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation    Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation Reaches $100 Million Milestone in Grants Awarded
Just shy of its 40th anniversary, the Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation marked an important milestone when it reached $100 million in grants awarded. Pushing the foundation over the $100 million mark was its $1 million grant to support the redesign and expansion of the Archibald Granville Bush Science Center at Rollins College.
       
Bank of America    Bank of America Foundation Provides Grants to Florida Housing Nonprofits
As part of a national initiative, the Bank of America Charitable Foundation is awarding more than $1 million in grants to Florida nonprofits that build and rehab affordable housing, offer foreclosure prevention services and homeowner counseling, and provide other services intended to revitalize neighborhoods to help working families find and keep suitable homes.
   
> Rayonier Helps UF Build New Austin Cary Forest Learning Center
To help the University of Florida raise $1.5 million to build the new Austin Cary Forest Learning Center, Rayonier donated $75,000 at a ceremony in the 2,040-acre Austin Cary Forest, located about six miles northeast of Gainesville. The funds will support a 7,800 square-foot building to replace the Austin Cary Forest Conference Center that was destroyed by fire in July 2011.
    
> Dr. Phillips Charities Clothes Homeless School Children in Orange, Osceola Counties
In August Dr. Phillips Charities launched the C.O.O.L.F.I.T. (Clothing Orange & Osceola Learners of Families In Transition) program, which provides new back-to-school clothing to approximately 6,500 homeless students from 1st through 12th grade in Orange and Osceola county schools. Dr. Phillips purchased about 60,000 units of top-selling Levi’s brand apparel to distribute to children registered as homeless through the school system.
   
> In Miami, Knight Foundation Marks Last "Random Act of Culture"
More than 200 professional dancers, singers and musicians recently broke out into a Random Act of Culture - a quick, pop-up performance sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation - on Lincoln Road in Miami. It celebrated the more than 1,000 such performances that Knight has sponsored around the country - and marked the last official Random Act in Miami.
    
> CSX Corporation Supports American Red Cross for Isaac Preparations
In advance of the projected Gulf Coast landfall of Tropical Storm Isaac, CSX Corporation made a $75,000 contribution to the American Red Cross to use where there is the greatest need for Isaac or future storms.
    
> Walt Disney World Donates Record 3.1 Million School Supplies to Central Florida Students
Walt Disney World Resort and Disney Cast Members donated a record 3.1 million supplies and 13,000 backpacks to students across Central Florida, as part of Disney's long-standing tradition to support school children in Central Florida from early learning through college.
    
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Community Indicators
   
CredAbility Index   Three Florida Cities Among Nation's Most Financially Distressed Urban Areas
Three of the nation's five most financially strapped communities are in Florida, with Orlando being the most distressed followed by Tampa-St. Petersburg and South Florida, according to CredAbility, a nonprofit credit counseling agency that surveyed the 77 largest metro areas on their employment and housing as well as families' credit, household budget and net worth for its Consumer Distress Index. Overall, Florida is the fifth most financially distressed state.
 
> One-Quarter of Florida Residents Are Obese, New CDC Rankings Show
A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that more than one-quarter - 26.6% - of Floridians are obese. Although that seems like a high number, Florida ranks just 32nd in the CDC's state obesity rankings.
    
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Policy Watch
 
> St. Petersburg Mayor Now Says Nonprofits Shouldn't Have to Pay Fire Fee
After teetering for two weeks, St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster has decided that churches and charities shouldn't have to pay the fire fee he is proposing to plug a $10 million hole in next year's city budget. The fee has come under fire from many community groups.
    
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People
    
Susie Bowie  
Susie Bowie
  
 
Joanne E. Cohen  
Joanne E. Cohen
  
 
Marty Lanahan  
Marty Lanahan  
> Susie Bowie, director of The Giving Partner at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, has been named to the 2013 class of Hull Fellows by the Southeastern Council of Foundations. The program was established by SECF in 2000 to nurture, inspire and strengthen the Southeast's emerging leaders in philanthropy.
     
> Joanne E. Cohen has joined the staff of The Community Foundation in Jacksonville as vice president, philanthropic services, where she will serve as the liaison for donors and others in the community who wish to access services the foundation provides. Cohen comes to the foundation from the Jewish Federation of Jacksonville, where she was assistant executive director for the past decade. Previously she worked with the Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton, LexisNexis, and the Disabilities Law Project and the Education Law Center in Pittsburgh.
   
> Marty Lanahan, a longtime Jacksonville businesswoman and bank executive, has been selected by the trustees of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund as the Fund's newest trustee. Lanahan, who currently serves as Regions Financial Corp.'s area president for West Florida, will begin her term of service on Jan. 1, 2013. She fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Audrey Moran, who became senior vice president of Baptist Health, one of the Fund's 330 eligible grantee organizations.
     
> Danielle (Dannie) B. Sherrill has been named development and donor relations officer for the Community Foundation of Sarasota County. She most recently served as director of endowment at Saint Stephen's Episcopal School in Bradenton. Before working at St. Stephens, she was in the banking industry, most notably First Union National Bank in Atlanta.
    
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Jobs
Recent job postings on FPN's Jobs Board:
    
> Chief Development Officer, PACE Center for Girls, Jacksonville.
   
> Development Director, Devereux Florida, Orlando.
   
> Director of Communications, Quantum Foundation, West Palm Beach.
   
> Executive Director, Miami-Dade, Teach for America, Miami.
    
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Giving Trends
 
How America Gives   Florida Ranks No. 19 in Generosity
Florida ranks No. 19 in generosity according to the latest "How America Gives" research from the Chronicle of Philanthropy. According to the study, Floridians' median contribution was $2,610, representing 4.6% of their median discretionary income. Florida ranked No. 4 in total contributions, at $7.4 billion (note: the study includes only those making $50,000 or more who itemized their charitable deductions).
    
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New Resources
 
CEP Social Media Report   Grantees' Limited Engagement With Foundations' Social Media
A new report by The Center for Effective Philanthropy shows that despite foundations' growing use of social media, few grantees are engaging with their funders' social media. Among the different modes of communication grantees use with foundations, social media is not seen by grantees to be as helpful as other communication resources, according to the report. On average, grantees find social media to be less helpful for learning about the foundation than individual communication with foundation staff, group meetings with foundation staff, foundations' published funding guidelines and foundations' websites.
    
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Funding Opportunities
 
> Allegany Franciscan Ministries: Tau Grants
Allegany awards Tau grants to local nonprofit organizations to assist with organizational or program needs that are limited in time and scope. The grants may serve to fill funding gaps and provide for some program sustainability, and may also be used to support basic and emergency needs such as food, shelter and medication. Grants range up to $10,000 ($5,000 in Miami-Dade). Deadlines: Oct. 18 for Palm Beach and Miami-Dade; Oct. 25 for Tampa Bay.
    
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Welcome New FPN Members
   
> The Able Trust, Tallahassee.
   
> IBM, Boca Raton, Orlando & Statewide.
   
> JM Family Enterprises, Inc., Deerfield Beach.
   
> The Jim Moran Foundation, Deerfield Beach.
   
> United Way of Miami-Dade, Miami.
    
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