- May 2, 2024
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$1,000 grants were given by the Community Foundation of East Central Florida to four local organizations.
The Community Foundation of East Central Florida recently awarded the 2014 Simon J. Peabody Indigent Care grant to four local agencies.The Neighborhood Center of West Volusia, Family Renew Community, Avenues 12 and Halifax Urban Ministries each received a $1,000 award.
The grant is dedicated to local philanthropist Simon J. Peabody, who donated to local charities until his death in 1932. Before he died, he set up a trust at a local bank and wanted the remainder of his estate to be held to distribute for Indigent Care in Volusia County.
The bank held his money in trust for years without doing anything to honor his wishes until a decade ago, when it found its way to Jacksonville. The bank gave the trust to the Jacksonville Community Foundation to hold in an endowment fund. The Jacksonville foundation has given a grant each year since 2006 to the Community Foundation of East Central Florida.
