904WARD began in 2015 with a small group of friends who came together to talk openly, challenge each other, support each other, and take action together to build a more inclusive Jacksonville. We are a diverse group made up of people committed to creating a community of inclusion for all of Jacksonville, FL’s residents. We take pride in mobilizing thousands of volunteers every year to create racial healing and equity. An inclusive community begins with understanding each other better.
Mission:
904WARD creates racial healing and equity through deep conversations and learning, trusting relationships, and collective action.
Vision:
An end to racism in Jacksonville so all people thrive.
Quenby Ford, President and Founder is a dynamic leader with a passion for driving innovation and delivering exceptional results in the healthcare and insurance industries. With over 25 years of experience at Florida Blue, Quenby has mastered a wide array of roles, including training, marketing, sales, vendor management, claims, and project management. In her current position as a Pharmacy Project Consultant, she brings strategic vision and operational excellence to every project she undertakes.
Quenby's entrepreneurial spirit led her to establish Creative Impact Alliance, where she serves as Founder and President. Through this venture, she offers comprehensive business consultation services, guiding companies from initial funding stages to robust infrastructure development. Her ability to connect with clients and teams—enhanced by her fluency in both English and Spanish—ensures effective collaboration and successful outcomes.Quenby's academic achievements include most recently the pursuit of a DBA, complemented by advanced certifications such as Certified Scrum Master, Certified Product Owner, Six Sigma Green Belt, and AI Prompt Engineer. These credentials underscore her dedication to continuous learning and her commitment to staying at the forefront of industry advancements.
Quenby Ford is more than a consultant; she is a trusted partner who is deeply invested in the success of her clients. Her expertise, combined with her unwavering dedication to excellence, makes her an invaluable asset to any organization seeking to achieve its goals and thrive in a competitive marketplace. Quenby is currently serves as FCHCC's grantwriter for CDI and FCHCC.
Florida Health Justice Project engages in comprehensive advocacy to expand health care access and promote health equity for vulnerable Floridians. We provide educational materials, trainings and, in some specific cases that are within our scope of work, legal counseling and assistance.
Fostering Connections is a nonprofit organization founded in 2019 that provides education programs and enrichment scholarships for youth in grades Pre-K - 12 and their families impacted by foster care, adoption, or trauma to give each youth and their families the opportunities, tools, and resources they need to thrive in life. Aubrie Simpson-Gotham, a local educator, founded our organization to help all foster youth reach their full potential and connect volunteers and community leaders to opportunities to assist foster families in providing stable, loving homes for children in transition.
We strongly believe that all children have unique gifts and talents to share with the world and need to know that they deserve to feel loved and valued by their family and supported by their community. Our volunteer Board of Directors and Advisory Council consists of caring community leaders who are passionate about helping youth in foster care and foster parents make family feel like home. We are a diverse group of professionals. Several of our board members are currently foster parents or have served in that capacity.
What do we do?
We provide educational and enrichment opportunities to children impacted by foster care, adoption, or childhood trauma.
Educational technology
Enrichment opportunities
Career Readiness Academy
Grands & Caregivers of St. Johns County
St. Augustine Foster Parent Meet Up
Trauma Informed Care Training
Foster Friends Volunteer Program
Our main purpose is to support congenital heart diseased children in Venezuela through collaborative care. We have an established network of medical professionals, parents, caregivers, and volunteers that work together to get our kids the treatment they require.
OUR MISSION
Illuminate Congenital Heart Disease affecting children in Venezuela by linking services that ensure access to medical treatments and provide care.
OUR VALUE
Hope - lead by example to show how life can and will get better.Charity - create experiences for our donors that energize their charitable giving.Compassion - provides encouragement in every encounter and understanding in every setback.Commitment - make a positive impact every day on our patients and their caregivers.
Along with these individuals, we established a partnership with a leading private local clinic to provide low budget procedures and consultations to our heart warriors.
To meet our financial requirements, we conduct extensive fundraising in our local area as well as charity drives conducted via social media and other online events. The money we raise goes directly to pay for medical treatment, medications, nutrition and supplies necessary for our little warriors.
Goodwill Industries of North Florida is a local, not-for-profit organization that removes barriers to employment through training, education and career opportunities for the communities we serve.
Gratitude Giving is a non-profit organization that focuses on strengthening foundations that work under these 6 social objects: health and well-being, gender equity, workforce development, reduction of inequalities and education through alliances to achieve goals.
Our Mission: To serve the communities that Jessie Ball duPont knew and loved. We envision a world in which every member of those communities feels they belong.
Latin Community Services host Unidos en la Musica: A Latin American Festival. Designed as an authentic interactive experience for people of all cultures to come together and enjoy Latin American culture through the Arts. We offer marketing and advertising exposure in exchange for funding towards enriching the yearly festival.
Jacksonville’s Museum of Science & History makes science, history and innovation accessible for all! Whatever your age or interest, there’s always something to see and explore across three levels of exciting exhibits. From interactive, award-winning favorites like Currents of Time and Atlantic Tails to the Florida Naturalist’s Center, which houses animals that are native to Northeast Florida, there is something for all ages to discover. Indulge your imagination with a science or live animal show, or explore distant galaxies in one of our planetarium programs. When visiting Northeast Florida’s only science and history museum, there is no limit to what you can discover!
SCORE, the nation’s largest network of volunteer, expert business mentors, is dedicated to helping small businesses get off the ground, grow and achieve their goals. Since 1964, we have provided education and mentorship to more than 11 million entrepreneurs. Locally in Jacksonville, our counselors' skills include: accounting, consulting, distribution, financial planning, franchising, human resources, marketing, operations, publishing, retail sales, strategic planning, sales, consumer products, Internet, technology and nonprofit management, and doing business with the government.
SCORE is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and a resource partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Thanks to this generous support from the SBA and because of the selfless contributions of our more than 10,000 dedicated volunteers, we are able to deliver most of our offerings at no cost.
SCORE has the largest network of free volunteer small business mentors in the nation. No matter what stage your business is at SCORE has a mentor for you. Easily request a mentor to help you start, grow, or transition your business today!
Fifty years of an American institutionStronger communities. Stronger America.
UnidosUS is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that serves as the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization. Since our founding in 1968, we have contributed to a stronger America by elevating the voice of Latinos, and defending and advancing our community’s concerns.
UnidosUS, previously known as NCLR (National Council of La Raza) is the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization. Through our unique combination of expert research, advocacy programs, and an Affiliate Network of nearly 300 community-based organizations across the United States and Puerto Rico, UnidosUS simultaneously challenges the social, economic, and political barriers that affect Latinos at the national and local levels.
We believe Latinos are part of the fabric of America – past, present and future.We believe our community is not a monolith yet is strongly aligned on critical issues.Unidos, we can create more and better opportunities for all Latinos.Let’s come together and show the power of being unidos.Unidos, we are stronger.
Headquarters:1126 16th St NW #600Washington, DC 20036Phone: (202) 785-1670
We are a coalition of hand raisers and game changers. With the help of thousands of donors, volunteers and community partners, we create a community of opportunity where everyone has hope and can reach their full potential.
Our VisionA community of opportunity where everyone has hope and can reach their full potential.
Our MissionTo solve our community’s toughest challenges by connecting people, resources and ideas.