JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Elevate Jacksonville, an affiliate of Elevate USA, has received a $1 million donation from The Warren & Augusta Hume Foundation, the largest gift in the organization\u2019s history.<\/p>\n
The donation will establish a permanent endowment for Elevate Jacksonville at The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida, which will provide ongoing support for the organization\u2019s programming. <\/p>\n
The Community Foundation manages more than 50 agency endowments for local nonprofits, offering unrestricted annual operating support without the administrative burden of asset management.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWe can\u2019t build life-changing relationships with students without the support of individuals and organizations like The Warren & Augusta Hume Foundation,\u201d said Carla Austin, CEO and executive director of Elevate Jacksonville. \u201cThey\u2019ve been a consistent champion of ours since we started, and this gift will make an indelible impact on the development of many lives.\u201d<\/p>\n Elevate Jacksonville currently operates programs at Jean Ribault Middle and High Schools and Westside Middle and High Schools. The organization works with students through teacher-mentor relationships, accredited curriculum, character development, adventure experiences and post-secondary preparation.<\/p>\n Since 2019, Elevate Jacksonville has served more than 4,500 students, including about 500 in 2025.<\/p>\n Elevate Jacksonville is one of 19 Elevate USA affiliates nationwide, including three in Florida \u2014 Jacksonville, Orlando and Tampa. More information is available at elevatejacksonville.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Elevate Jacksonville, an affiliate of Elevate USA, has received a $1 million donation from The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[344,347,147166,147172,28,348,116,351,118,117,147171,349,147168,350,147170,147169,147167,10315,346,345],"class_list":["post-361655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-action-news-jax","tag-cbs47","tag-elevate-jacksonville","tag-elevate-usa","tag-florida","tag-fox30","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-fl","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jean-ribault","tag-northeast-florida","tag-permanent-endowment","tag-southeast-georgia","tag-student-mentorship","tag-the-community-foundation-for-northeast-florida","tag-the-warren-augusta-hume-foundation","tag-westside","tag-wfox","tag-wjax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}