The Chartrand Foundation

Community Support funds are granted to innovative organizations and programs in Jacksonville, Florida. All Community Support dollars are unsolicited. The Chartrand Foundation supports the work of the following organizations.

Baptist Health Foundation: Tipping the Scale

Tipping the Scale Adolescent Advocacy and Intervention Mentoring Program is a career guidance mentoring and case management program that offers one to one year round mentoring, job skills training, and summer employment. Students enter the program while in 9th grade and continue through graduation from high school. Mentees are students who participate in The Bridge of Northeast Florida's after school program. They are matched with Baptist Health, St. Vincent's and Shands employees for mentoring.

Learn more about Baptist Health Foundation

The Bridge of Northeast Florida

A name can tell a story. It can speak volumes in just a few words. The Bridge. The name of a unique nonprofit agency whose goal is to help the children that live in some of Jacksonville's most crime infested, impoverished neighborhoods. An agency that works to build bridges connecting those children to the opportunities they need to overcome the despair of their surroundings and to aspire to a life where their dreams can come true.

The Bridge of Northeast Florida Inc. is a 501 © (3) with our main campus located in the urban core in the Springfield neighborhood. While there are other neighborhood programs providing after school activities, only The Bridge operates a “holistic” model that addresses academics, health, social enrichment, mentoring, job skills training and jobs.

Learn more about The Bridge at: www.bridgejax.com

Cathedral Arts Project

The Cathedral Arts Project (CAP) is the largest provider of free, ongoing and standards-based arts instruction for underserved elementary school children in Duval County. Through the creative learning process, we aim to teach children the positive attitudes and skills that are necessary for overcoming obstacles inherent to their high-risk environments, such as school failures, delinquency and substance abuse.

Our mission is to enrich the quality of life in Northeast Florida through unleashing the creative spirit of young people. By providing access to instruction in the visual and performing arts, we empower underserved, school-aged children to succeed in all areas of their lives.

Learn more about the Catherdral Arts Project at: www.capkids.org

The Community Foundation in Jacksonville: Quality Education for All Initiative

The Quality Education for All Initiative is a 10-year initiative that seeks to positively impact public education in Duval County by improving the performance of all public school students, with particular attention to closing the achievement gaps between minority and majority students, and poor and non-poor students. The Quality Education for All initiative has three components: Community Learning, Direct Investment, and Advocacy and Public Policy.

Since its launch in 2005, the Quality Education for All intiative has both initiated its own programs and inspired and facilitated the launch of other program within the community. Major activities include: The Forum on Quality Education which brought together 27 community leaders for 18 months of seminars and meetings, concluding in June 2007; Learning to Finish, a five-year initiative to address the high school dropout crisis; Making the Move, Transitions to Middle School, which provides grant funds to schools to underwrite programs that assist students in transitioning to and from middle school; and Steps to Success which supports children in Jacksonville public housing by encouraging them to set and achieve goals that will help them succeed in school and life by concentrating on attendance, behavior and academics.

The Chartrand Foundation proudly supports The Quality Education for All Initiative. We encourage local donors interested in public education to consider investing in this work.

To learn more about The Community Foundation's Quality Education for All Initiative visit: www.jaxcf.org

The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens

The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens is the largest fine arts museum in Northeast Florida with a concentration in art, gardens and education. Educational programs are offered for adults and children of all ages through classes held at the museum and through off-site programs to further serve our community.

Very Special Arts (VSA) Festival
The Chartrand Foundation supports the annual VSA Arts Festival, which is held over a four-day period at The Cummer for over 2,300 children with disabilities. Students in the Exceptional Student Education (ESE) program rotate through eight art stops in the museums galleries and gardens to create a hands-on art project, view The Cummer art collection, listen to live musicians and storytellers and learn about art appreciation.

To learn more about The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens visit: www.cummer.org

MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation

The MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation's mission is to develop champions in classrooms, on tennis courts and throughout communities. The Chartrand Foundation provides a grant to support the TnT (tennis & tutoring) program at the newly constructed MaliVai Washington Youth Center at Emmett Reed Park.

The TnT program serves youth in 1st grade through high school and provides comprehensive youth dvelopment programs including homework assistance and academic enrichment, life skills and character development classes and tennis.

To learn more about the MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation visit: www.malwashington.com