FY 23 - 24 Community Investment Program Awards

Housing-Focused Services for Persons Experiencing Homelessness

Ability Housing, Inc.

Program: Orlando Supportive Housing

Program Award Amount: $55,000

Project Description: Ability Housing provides permanent supportive housing, linking affordable housing with comprehensive supportive services, to over 160 previously homeless persons residing at Village on Mercy to help them maintain stable housing and create a secure future.

Executive Director/CEO: Shannon Nazworth 

Executive Director Email: snazworth@abilityhousing.org

Address: 3740 Beach Boulevard Ste 304, Jacksonville, FL 32207

Telephone: 904.359.9650

Website: abilityhousing.org

Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida, Inc.

Program: Coalition CIP Operations Staffing

Award Amount: $234,487

Project Description: Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida transforms the lives of homeless men, women and children through shelter, diversion and housing readiness programming committed to ending their crisis of homelessness.

Executive Director/CEO: Allison Krall

Executive Director Email: allison.krall@cflhomeless.org

Address: PO Box 3467, Orlando, FL 32801

Telephone: 407.426.1251

Website: centralfloridahomeless.org

Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida, Inc.

Program: SOAR from Homeless to Housed FY 2024

Award Amount: $30,000

Project Description: Community Legal Services proposes to continue and expand upon our services to aid both the homeless and those at risk of homelessness in securing Social Security benefits which provide income and health coverage impacting housing stability.

Executive Director/CEO: Jeffrey Harvey, Esq.

Executive Director Email: jeffh@clsmf.org

Address: 122 East Colonial Drive #200, Orlando, FL 32801

Telephone: 407.841.7777

Website: clsmf.org

Covenant House Florida, Inc.

Program: CHF’s Pathways to Housing Stability

Award Amount: $35,000

Project Description: CHF’s Pathways to Housing Stability Program supports access to housing options and supportive resources through facilitation of the CES core elements of triage, assessment, diversion, intake,and referral coordination, serving as an access point in Orlando

Executive Director/CEO: Renee Trincanello

Executive Director Email: rtrincanello@covenanthousefl.org

Address: 5931 East Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL 32807

Telephone: 407.736.9000

Website: covenanthousefl.org

Embrace Families Solutions, Inc.

Program: Pathways to Home program

Award Amount: $12,500

Project Description: Embrace Families Solutions empowers homeless families to get permanent housing quickly, increase self-sufficiency, and stay housed through rapid re-housing services paired with critical needs assistance proven to end child/family homelessness.

Executive Director/CEO: Rebecca Leininger

Executive Director Email: rebecca.leininger@embracefamilies.org

Address: 901 North Lake Destiny Road Ste 400, Maitland, FL 32751

Telephone: 321.441.2060

Website: embracefamilies.org/solutions

Family Promise of Greater Orlando

Program: Barrier Buster Program

Award Amount: $12,500

Project Description: Family Promise of Greater Orlando’s Barrier Buster Program provides supplemental direct assistance to families who are homeless, or on the brink of homelessness, by breaking down barriers and helping them work toward housing stability.

Executive Director/CEO: Kathie Southern

Executive Director Email: ksouthern@familypromiseorlando.org

Address: 1000 Clay Street, Winter Park, FL 32789

Telephone: 407.951.8269 ext 4

Website: fporlandofl.org

Grand Avenue Economic Community Development Corp.

Program: Pathlight HOME Mental Health Counseling

Award Amount: $25,200

Project Description: Pathlight HOME’s RESTORE continues an effective program of on-site therapeutic counseling for mental health and substance abuse recovery for individuals who have experienced chronic homelessness.

Executive Director/CEO: Helaine Blum Executive

Director Email: helaine@grandave.org

Address: 3200 West Colonial Drive Orlando, FL 32808

Telephone: 407.294.0123

Website: pathlighthome.org

Health Care Center for the Homeless, Inc.

Program: Permanent Supportive Housing Program at Health Care Center for the Homeless, Inc.

Award Amount: $125,000

Project Description: The Permanent Supportive Housing Program at Health Care Center for the Homeless, Inc. (HCCH) provides housing and wrap-around services for chronically homeless community members through intensive case management and low program barriers.

Executive Director/CEO: Bakari Burns Executive

Director Email: bburns@obfh.org

Address: 232 North Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL 32805

Telephone: 407.428.5751 x1332

Website: hcch.org

IMPOWER, Inc.

Program: Village Transitional Housing & Homelessness Prevention Program

Award Amount: $10,000

Project Description: The mission of IMPOWER's Village Homeless Prevention/Extended Support Services is to reduce homelessness and increase stability for youth, 18-24, through stability case management and access to housing navigation.

Executive Director/CEO: Anna Kesic

Executive Director Email: akesic@impowerfl.org

Address: 2290 North Ronald Reagan Boulevard Suite 116, Longwood, FL 32750

Telephone: 407.215.0095

Website: impowerfl.org

SALT Outreach Inc.

Program: Mobile Drop-in Center Case Management

Award Amount: $100,000 

Description: SALT Outreach is a frontline organization that is a comprehensive front door for the unsheltered. SALT runs a mobile drop-in center for the unsheltered with 12 services and has been involved in helping end homelessness for over 1,000 different people.

Executive Director/CEO: Eric Camarillo

Executive Director Email: eric@saltoutreach.org

Address: 100 East Pine Street Suite 110, Orlando, FL 32801

Telephone: 407.712.0687

Website: saltoutreach.org

The Mustard Seed of Central Florida, Inc.

Program: Furnishing Basic Stability for Families

Award Amount: $30,000

Project Description: The Mustard Seed of Central Florida helps rebuild the lives of families and individuals who have experienced homelessness by providing basic household furnishings to provide dignity and set the stage for stability.

Executive Director/CEO: Kathryn Baldwin

Executive Director Email: kathy@mustardseedfla.org

Address: 12 Mustard Seed Lane, Orlando, FL 32810

Telephone: 407.875.2040

Website: mustardseedfla.org

The Salvation Army Program: Women's and Children Shelter

Award Amount: $55,000

Project Description: The mission of The Salvation Army's shelter programs is to meet the needs of the homeless population by providing shelter and case management services to build selfsufficiency and attain stable housing.

Executive Director/CEO: Ken Chapman

Executive Director Email: ken.chapman@uss.salvationarmy.org

Address: 416 West Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL 32804

Telephone: 407.423.8581

Website: orlando.salvationarmyflorida.org

Zebra Youth, Inc.

Program: Zebra Youth Housing Program

Award Amount: $130,000

Project Description: The Mission of Zebra Youth is: To empower LGBTQ+ youth to thrive. Homeless LGBTQ+ youth may access culturally appropriate housing and supportive services to help meet their unique needs and challenges, in a supportive environment, by caring adults.

Executive Director/CEO: Heather Wilkie

Executive Director Email: hwilkie@zebrayouth.org

Address: 911 North Mills Avenue, Orlando, FL 32803

Telephone: 407.228.1446

Website: zebrayouth.org

Family Sustainability

Adult Literacy League

Program: Building a city MORE beautiful through literacy and education - teaching Orlando's adults to read, write, and speak English!

Award Amount: $24,000

Project Description: The Adult Literacy League's (ALL) mission is to empower Central Floridians to be thriving members of our community through literacy and education. ALL's volunteers serve as tutors and instructors to more than 1,000 adult learners annually.

Executive Director/CEO: Gina Solomon

Executive Director Email: gsolomon@adultliteracyleague.org

Address: 2221 Lee Road, Suite 18, Winter Park, FL 32789

Telephone: 407.422.1540

Website: adultliteracyleague.org

Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida, Inc.

Program: Afterschool Programming for City of Orlando Youth at Levy-Hughes & Bradley-Otis Boys & Girls Clubs

Award Amount: $60,000

Project Description: Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida’s (BGCCF) mission is to inspire & enable all young people, especially those from disadvantaged circumstances, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible & caring citizens.

Executive Director/CEO: Gary W. Cain

Executive Director Email: gcain@bgccf.org

Address: 101 East Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL 32801

Telephone: 407.841.6855

Website: bgccf.org

Central Florida Regional Workforce Development Board, Inc

Program: CSCF New Arrivals Family Stabilization Program

Award Amount: $50,000

Project Description: The primary focus of the New Arrivals Family Stabilization Program is to mitigate the cycle of poverty amongst migrant and immigrant families through language literacy and workforce readiness training.

Executive Director/CEO: Pamela Nabors

Executive Director Email: pnabors@careersourcecf.com

Address: 390 North Orange Avenue Ste 700, Orlando, FL 32801

Telephone: 800.757.4598

Website: careersourcecentralflorida.com

Christian Service Center of Central Florida, Inc.

Program: Family Emergency Services (FY23-24)

Award Amount: $35,000

Project Description: The Family & Emergency Services program provides immediate crisis assistance through prevention (rent/utility assistance), diversion (away from the homeless system and to other housing options), and Rapid Re-Housing for chronically homeless individuals.

Executive Director/CEO: Eric Gray

Executive Director Email: egray@christianservicecenter.org

Address: 808 West Central Boulevard, Orlando, FL 32805

Telephone: 407.425.2523

Website: christianservicecenter.org

Community Coordinated Care for Children, Inc.

Program: School Readiness

Program Award Amount: $317,000

Project Description: The School Readiness program provides child care financial assistance that helps income eligible families work toward financial stability while their children access affordable care that prepares them for school.

Executive Director/CEO: Patricia Frank

Executive Director Email: pefrank@4cflorida.org

Address: 3500 West Colonial Drive Orlando, FL 32808

Telephone: 407.522.2252

Website: 4CFlorida.org

employU

Program: Employment Transition Services for Young Adults with Disabilities

Award Amount: $25,000

Project Description: The young adult program seeks to change the rate of individuals with disabilities that are lost in the employment support system when aging out of youth services and transitioning into the workforce through identification, guidance and encouragement.

Executive Director/CEO: Keith Bourkney

Executive Director Email: kbourkney@employu.org

Address: 1516 East Colonial Drive, Suite 105, Orlando, FL 32803

Telephone: 407.598.0202

Website: employu.org

Foundation for Foster Children

Program: EMPOWER Advocacy Initiative

Award Amount: $55,000

Project Description: The Foundation for Foster Children's EMPOWER program focuses on empowering youth in foster care aged 14 to 24 with life skills and educational services, housing and transportation support, and resources as they transition to a life of independence.

Executive Director/CEO: Robert Newkirk

Executive Director Email: rnewkirk@foundationforfosterchildren.org

Address: 2265 Lee Road Ste 203, Winter Park, FL 32789

Telephone: 407.422.4615

Website: foundationforfosterchildren.org

Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando and Osceola County, Inc.

Program: Securing and Sustaining Family Homeownership

Award Amount: $23,000

Project Description: Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando & Osceola County provides paths by which Central Florida families can secure and sustain affordable homeownership and gain the associated positive health-related and economic outcomes.

Executive Director/CEO: Catherine McManus

Executive Director Email: cmcmanus@habitatorlando.org

Address: 4116 Silver Star Road Orlando, FL 32808

Telephone: 407.648.4567

Website: habitatorlandoosceola.org

Heart of Florida United Way, Inc.

Program: Heart of Florida United Way 211

Award Amount: $80,000

Project Description: As the only three-digit easy access number for health and human service information and referral and crisis support services for the City of Orlando, HFUW 211 the first stop for people to receive assistance to available helping programs/resources.

Executive Director/CEO: Jeffery J. Hayward

Executive Director Email: jeff.hayward@hfuw.org

Address: 1940 Cannery Way, Orlando, 32804

Telephone: 407.835.0900

Website: hfuw.org

IDignity Inc.

Program: IDignity Identification Services

Award Amount: $35,000

Project Description: IDignity’s mission is to restore dignity and hope by assisting individuals in establishing legal proof of their identity. Legal identification documents are often required to access education, employment, housing, social services, and many basic needs.

Executive Director/CEO: Michael Dippy

Executive Director Email: michael@idignity.org

Address: 424 East Central Boulevard Suite 199, Orlando, FL 32801-1524

Telephone: 407.792.1374

Website: idignity.org

Life Concepts dba Quest

Program: Independent Living Support Program for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

Award Amount: $35,000  

Project Description: Quest, Inc. helps individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities achieve their goals through a continuum of educational, vocational, employment and enrichment programs that foster greater independence and engagement in our community.

Executive Director/CEO: John Gill

Executive Director Email: jgill@questinc.org

Address: 1509 East Colonial Drive, Suite 300, Orlando, FL 32803

Telephone: 407.218.4325

Website: questinc.org

Orlando Center for Justice

Program: The “HELLO” Immigrant Project (Year 2) Award Amount: $55,000

Project Description: Through its HELLO Project, Orlando Center for Justice (OCJ) aims to bridge the justice gap in marginalized immigrant communities and protect family sustainability by educating, preserving legal rights and keeping families together.

Executive Director/CEO: Melissa Marantes

Executive Director Email: marantes@orlandojustice.org

Address: 1300 North Semoran Boulevard Suite 120, Orlando, FL 32807

Telephone: 407.279.1802

Website: orlandojustice.org

Orlando Day Nursery Association, Inc.

Program: Bridging the Gap for Our Families in Need

Award Amount: $25,000 

Project Description: At Orlando Day Nursery, our mission is to offer high-quality, affordable childcare, providing loving, nurturing, and enriching experiences for our children and families to have a positive and lasting impact on their lives.

Executive Director/CEO: Liz Franqui

Executive Director Email: l.franqui@orlandoday.org

Address: 626 Lake Dot Circle, Orlando, FL 32801

Telephone: 407.422.5291

Website: orlandodaynursery.org

Poverty Solutions Group

Program: Circles Orlando

Award Amount: $20,000

Project Description: The mission of the Circles model is to increase the economic stability of households currently below the federal poverty line by building long-term relationships with allies who help increase access to resources and social capital.

Executive Director/CEO: Lynette Fields

Executive Director Email: lfields@povertysolutionsgroup.org

Address: 1000 Lincoln Terrace, Winter Garden, FL 34787

Telephone: 407.347.3936

Website: povertysolutionsgroup.org

The Mental Health Association of Central Florida, Inc.

Program: Mental Health Services for the Uninsured at the Outlook Clinic

Award Amount: $35,000

Project Description: The mission of the Outlook clinic is to provide uninsured patients with acute and chronic psychiatric conditions access to treatment in order to create pathways for wellness.

Executive Director/CEO: Marni Stahlman

Executive Director Email: mstahlman@mhacf.org

Address: 1525 East Robinson Street, Orlando, FL 32801

Telephone: 407.898.0110

Website: MHACF.org

United Against Poverty

Program: Family Sustainability: Healthy Pathways For Economic Opportunities

Award Amount: $34,000

Project Description: The proposed project focuses on City of Orlando families, experiencing economic hardships, and will deliver life-essential services related to Crisis Stabilization and Workforce Development to help stabilize families so they become self-sufficient.

Executive Director/CEO: Gwendolyn Butson

Executive Director Email: gbutson@unitedagainstpoverty.org

Address: 150 West Michigan Street, Orlando, FL 32806

Telephone: 407.491.2872

Website: uporlando.org

University of Central Florida Foundation

Program: UCF Global's Community English Program (CEP)

Award Amount: $50,000

Project Description: UCF Global's Community English Program (CEP) offers adult learners accessible and responsive English language programs, upskilling opportunities, and bridge options into UCF Continuing Education and degree programs for overall career mobility.

Executive Director/CEO: Rodney Grabowski

Executive Director Email: rodney.grabowski@ucf.edu

Address: 12424 Research Parkway, Suite 250, Orlando, FL 32826-3208

Telephone: 407.882.1220

Website: ucffoundation.org

Valencia College Foundation

Program: Valencia College: City of Orlando Accelerated Skills Training and English Language Programs: 2024

Award Amount: $75,000 

Project Description: Valencia College Accelerated Skills Training programs provide intensive hands-on training and student support services resulting in industry certifications for highdemand jobs, creating family-sustaining income and jobs with dignity for local residents.

Executive Director/CEO: Jay Galbraith

Executive Director Email: jgalbraith1@valenciacollege.edu

Address: 1800 South Kirkman Road, Mail Code DO-41, Orlando, FL 32811

Telephone: 407.582.3150

Website: valencia.org

Support of Seniors

Central Florida Community Arts Inc

Program: CFCArts | Arts in Action and Musical Minds Programs

Award Amount: $38,000

Project Description: Central Florida Community Arts will bring multi-disciplinary arts programs to over 500 older adults through Arts in Action for healthfully-aging adults and Musical Minds, a choir for those in the early stages of memory loss and their caregivers.

Executive Director/CEO: Terrance Hunter

Executive Director Email: terrance@cfcarts.com

Address: 250 SW Ivanhoe Boulevard, Orlando, FL 32804

Telephone: 407.937.1800

Website: cfcarts.com

Cornerstone Hospice Foundation

Program: Caregiver Resource Services at the Cornerstone Hospice Orlando Hospice House

Award Amount: $45,000

Project Description: The Caregiver Resource Services Program at the Cornerstone Hospice Orlando Hospice House will provide dignity, comfort and support to patients and families and enhance their experience at the hospice house during one of the most challenging times in life.

Executive Director/CEO: Jeff Collignon

Executive Director Email: jcollignon@cornerstonehospicefoundation.org

Address: 5655 South Orange Avenue Orlando, FL 32809

Telephone: 866.742.6655

Website: cornerstonehospice.org

Easter Seals Florida, Inc.

Program: Easterseals Day Break

Award Amount: $15,000

Project Description: Easter Seals Day Break is an adult day healthcare program that provides affordable alternative to nursing home, group home or in-home care for adults.

Executive Director/CEO: Susan Ventura

Executive Director Email: sventura@fl.easterseals.com

Address: 2010 Crosby Way, Winter Park, FL 32792

Telephone: 407.629.7881

Website: easterseals.com/florida

Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association, Inc.

Program: SOLID (Seniors Overcoming Legal Issues Definitively)

Award Amount: $20,000

Project Description: The mission of SOLID (Seniors Overcoming Legal Issues Definitively): provide legal services & education to vulnerable seniors living in the city with critical matters, including housing, consumer, domestic violence, employment barriers, and abuse/neglect.

Executive Director/CEO: Bethanie Barber

Executive Director Email: bbarber@legalaidocba.org

Address: 100 East Robinson Street, Orlando, FL 32801

Telephone: 407.841.8310

Website: legalaidocba.org

Lighthouse Central Florida, Inc.

Program: Independent Living Skills for Seniors With Vision Loss Award Amount: $30,000

Project Description: Lighthouse Central Florida aims to increase independence for seniors with vision loss through comprehensive visual rehabilitation programming designed to help seniors age in place and be proactive members of their community.

Executive Director/CEO: Kyle Johnson

Executive Director Email: kyle.johnson@lighthousecfl.org

Address: 2500 Kunze Avenue, Orlando, FL 32806

Telephone: 407.898.2483

Website: lighthousecfl.org

Orlando Ballet, Inc.

Program: 2024 Gentle BeMoved in the Community

Award Amount: $10,000

Project Description: Gentle BeMoved® is a dance fitness program that helps seniors with varying cognitive and physical disabilities experience the transformative power of dance.

Executive Director/CEO: Cheryl Collins

Executive Director Email: ccollins@orlandoballet.org

Address: 600 North Lake Formosa Drive, Orlando, FL 32803

Telephone: 407.418.9832

Website: orlandoballet.org

Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay, Inc.

Program: Disaster Readiness and Recovery for Orlando Seniors

Award Amount: $75,000

Project Description: This project is a multi-year initiative to repair up to 50 Orlando homes damaged by Hurricane Ian, provide aging in place upgrades, and create individually tailored disaster preparedness plans for vulnerable, low-income seniors in Central Florida.

Executive Director/CEO: Jose Garcia

Executive Director Email: jose@rttb.org

Address: 1030 West Kaley Avenue, Orlando, FL 32805

Telephone: 407.898.3777

Website: rtcfl.org

Seniors First, Inc.

Program: Project Home

Award Amount: $245,000

Project Description: Project Home maintains independence through home-delivered meals and durable medical equipment for Orlando seniors and disabled adults. The project enables them to remain independent and living in their own homes, where they prefer to be.

Executive Director/CEO: Marsha Lorenz

Executive Director Email: mlorenz@seniorsfirstinc.org

Address: 5395 L B McLeod Road, Orlando, FL 32811

Telephone: 407.292.0177

Website: seniorsfirstinc.org

Share the Care, Inc.

Program: Support of Seniors - In-Home Respite

Award Amount: $30,000

Project Description: Share the Care, In-home respite care program is designed for clients whose frailties do not allow them to leave their homes. Trained respite care workers stay with the frail elder while the caregiver receives four to eight hours of respite each week.

Executive Director/CEO: Mary Ellen Philbin

Executive Director Email: mephilbin@helpforcaregivers.org

Address: 1524 Formosa Avenue, Winter Park, FL 32789

Telephone: 407.423.5311

Website: helpforcaregivers.org

Domestic Violence

Harbor House of Central Florida, Inc.

Program: Shelter Services & Prevention

Award Amount: $200,000

Project Description: Harbor House of Central Florida provides emergency shelter services to domestic violence survivors and innovative violence prevention programming for youth who have witnessed or experienced trauma.

Executive Director/CEO: Michelle Sperzel

Executive Director Email: msperzel@harborhousefl.com

Address: P.O. Box 680748, Orlando, FL 32868-0748

Telephone: 407.886.2244

Website: harborhousefl.com

Muslim Women's Organization Corp.

Program: Violence Against Women Task Force

Award Amount: $15,000

Project Description: The Muslim Women’s Organization’s Violence Against Women Task Force’s goal is to increase women's physical, emotional, and institutional safety through a referral network, sensitivity training, awareness campaigns, and training women as crisis response.

Executive Director/CEO: Fatima Saied

Executive Director Email: sadaf@mwo-orlando.org

Address: 2813 South Hiawassee Road Ste 103, Orlando, FL 32835

Telephone: 407.821.0770

Website: mwo-orlando.org

Nuevo Sendero, Inc.

Program: Mujeres Forjadoras

Award Amount: $25,000

Project Description: Nuevo Sendero offers comprehensive and culturally competent direct services to survivors of and families impacted by domestic violence, and prevention education targeting the Latino community across Orlando and Central Florida.

Executive Director/CEO: Diana Mejia

Executive Director Email: dianamejia@nuevosendero.org

Address: 1802 North Alafaya Trail Suite 156, Orlando, FL 32826  

Telephone: 407.332.6200

Website: nuevosendero.org

Orlando Health Foundation

Program: The Healing Tree

Award Amount: $85,000

Project Description: For over 40 years, The Healing Tree has been providing evidence-based therapy for children confronting trauma due to child abuse. Caregivers receive treatment as well so that children will have positive support long after their treatment ends.

Executive Director/CEO: John Bozard

Executive Director Email: john.bozard@orlandohealth.com

Address: 3160 Southgate Commerce Boulevard, Orlando, FL 32806

Telephone: 321.841.5194

Website: orlandohealthfoundation.com

Samaritan Village

Program: Transitional Care for Survivors of Sex Trafficking

Award Amount: $50,000

Project Description: Samaritan Village’s Transitional Care for Survivors of Trafficking will expand access to restorative care services for survivors of sex trafficking and promote long-term healing and community readiness.

Executive Director/CEO: Danielle Pierson

Executive Director Email: dpierson@samaritanvillage.net

Address: PO Box 149599, Orlando, FL 32803

Telephone: 407.205.8976

Website: samaritanvillage.net

The Victim Service Center of Central Florida, Inc.

Program: VSC Prevention Education and Community Outreach Program

Award Amount: $55,000

Project Description: The Victim Service Center of Central Florida, Education and Prevention Program targets the Orlando community in an effort to prevent violence and support survivors through public awareness, educational opportunities and prevention training.

Executive Director/CEO: Lui Damiani

Executive Director Email: lui.damiani@victimservicecenter.org

Address: 2111 East Michigan Street Suite 210, Orlando, FL 32806

Telephone: 407.254.9415

Website: victimservicecenter.org

Improve Availability, Access and Consumption of Healthy Foods

Hebni Nutrition

Program: Fresh Stop Mobile Market

Award Amount: $25,000

Project Description: Hebni’s Fresh Stop Mobile Market provides access to fresh fruits and vegetables along with nutrition education and healthy food demonstrations to food-insecure individuals and families residing in Orlando and surrounding communities.

Executive Director/CEO: Glen Providence

Executive Director Email: glen@hebninutrition.org

Address: 2009 West Central Boulevard, Orlando, FL 32805

Telephone: 407.872.1333

Website: hebninutrition.org

Jewish Family Services of Greater Orlando, Inc.

Program: Pearlman Food Pantry

Award Amount: $20,000

Project Description: JFS Orlando’s Pearlman Food Pantry aims to alleviate hunger and reduce food insecurity by providing free food assistance to individuals and families in need throughout Central Florida.

Executive Director/CEO: Philip Flynn

Executive Director Email: philip.flynn@jfsorlando.org

Address: 2100 Lee Road, Winter Park, FL 32789

Telephone: 407.644.7593

Website: jfsorlando.org

One Heart for Women and Children, Inc.

Program: Increasing Access to Nutritious Foods in Orlando

Award Amount: $70,000

Project Description: One Heart will utilize its Food Pantry and multi-faceted Outreach efforts to provide more nutritious food with a priority on serving struggling families, the homeless, seniors and apartheid communities with healthy, nutritious food.

Executive Director/CEO: Stephanie Bowman

Executive Director Email: helponeheart@gmail.com

Address: 2040 North Rio Grande Avenue, Orlando, FL 32804

Telephone: 321.424.0403

Website: oneheartorlando.org

Prince of Peace/Principe de PaZ

Program: CPV Food Pantry

Award Amount: $25,000

Project Description: Centro de Paz para la Vida (CPV) is the community outreach arm of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church. CPV addresses food insecurity among Orlando families in need, particularly the underserved immigrant population with a food pantry & wrap-around services.

Executive Director/CEO: Ken Green

Executive Director Email: ken.green@poporlando.com

Address: 1515 South Semoran Boulevard, Orlando, FL 32807

Telephone: 407.277.3945

Website: poporlando.com

Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, Inc.

Program: Bring Hope Home

Award Amount: $50,000

Project Description: Second Harvest’s Bring Hope Home program provides contactless delivery of healthy food boxes for homebound food insecure adults to ensure they have proper nutrition needed for a healthy life.

Executive Director/CEO: Derrick Chubbs

Executive Director Email: dchubbs@feedhopenow.org

Address: 411 Mercy Drive, Orlando, FL 32805

Telephone: 407.295.1066

Website: feedhopenow.org

Servant's Heart International Ministry, Inc.

Program: Feeding Communities, Empowering Lives

Award Amount: $12,000

Project Description: Servant's Heart Ministry works to create lasting change in our community by serving the most vulnerable living in food desert with weekly groceries and connection to community resources, empowering them to move from food insecurity to food security.

Executive Director/CEO: Chip Hanna

Executive Director Email: chip@servantsheartministry.org

Address: 6109 Anno Avenue, Orlando, FL 32809

Telephone: 407.447.9022

Website: servantsheartministry.org

The 4R Foundation, Inc., DBA 4Roots

Program: Feed the Need, Unearthing the Power of Food to Build Healthy Communities

Award Amount: $40,000

Project Description: 4Roots' vision is to unearth the power of food to build healthy communities. The Feed the Need program reduces food insecurity in Central Florida by sourcing healthy produce from local farms and delivering it to food deserts in underserved communities.

Executive Director/CEO: John Rivers

Executive Director Email: jtrivers@4rsmokehouse.com

Address: 210 N Park Avenue, Winter Park, FL 32789

Telephone: 407.775.6424

Website: 4rootsfarm.org