Lunch and Learn: Community Foundation 101

Join us for lunch as the Community Foundation provides insight as to how they function as an organization and their role in the community. RSVP Here Location: Community Foundation, 3919 West Newberry Road, Suite 3, Gainesville, FL 32607

State of the City

Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention 811 South Main Street, Gainesville, FL

Gainesville Mayor Harvey Ward cordially invites all neighbors to the 2023 State of the City Address at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14 at the Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention. During the annual keynote, Mayor Ward will highlight the City of Gainesville’s progress towards its strategic goals and vision for an equitable and inclusive Gainesville. […]

Sarah’s Sweetwater Greenway Loop Festival

A celebration of Gainesville’s unique artistic, environmental, and civic heritage. Sarah’s Sweetwater Greenway Loop Festival is a local celebration of Gainesville’s unique artistic, environmental, and civic heritage and an acknowledgement of the need for greater collaboration throughout our historic neighborhoods. This joint effort provides residents who live and work along the proposed route of a […]

The Black Professionals Expo

Santa Fe College 3000 NW 83rd Street, Gainesville, FL

The Black Professionals Expo began in 2016 as the Leadership Conference and Expo. In our fifth year, we are pivoting to a three day event to accommodate the growth in attendance, community reach and scope of the event. This new format will also allow us to: Offer more sessions on a broader spectrum of topics. […]

Annual Investors Breakfast

*Community Foundation Fund Holders Only* Join us for a continental breakfast as we introduce the Foundation's new investment advisory team and share strategies for growing our community's charitable funds Investors Breakfast 2023

The Board Academy

Community Foundation 3919 W Newberry Road Suite 3, Gainesville, FL

The Board Academy would be a dynamic program that trains current and future community members on how to become effective leaders of a nonprofit Board of Directors. Local non-profit experts will provide training on board roles and responsibilities, monitor financial status, learn how to engage as a Board member and how to support organizational fundraising. Participants will graduate […]

Webinar: Amazing Give Goal Setting Strategies

Join the Community Foundation and Bonterrra for a webinar on who to goal set for The Amazing Give. Communicating goals internally and externally can have a direct impact on your participants’ results. In this training, your project manager will teach your organizations how they can set effective, unique goals to drive their strategy for the […]

Webinar: How to Keep Donors Engaged With No Time and Limited Staff

RSVP HERE Join the Community Foundation for this Network for Good webinar on donor engagement. As a new or small nonprofit, you have a unique opportunity to build lasting relationships with your donors. When donors give, they’ve already indicated that they care about your mission. It’s up to you to take the next step and […]

Celebrating our Partners

Join the Foundation and our funding partners for lunch and learn more about our work. This is an invitation only event to the Community Foundation's funding partners in celebration of the Foundation's 25th anniversary.