The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida

The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida

The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida was founded in 1964 to serve Duval, St. Johns, Nassau, Baker, Clay, and Putnam counties. President and CEO Isaiah M. Oliver leads the organization, with Richard L. Sisisky of The Shircliff & Sisisky Company serving as incoming Board Chair for 2026. The foundation hosts multiple giving vehicles including the A.L. Lewis Black Opportunity & Impact Fund and the Women's Giving Alliance. The long-term investment pool covers a broad mandate spanning buyout, venture capital, distressed debt, CLOs, mezzanine, natural resources, and secondaries. The foundation operates both direct allocations and fund-of-funds commitments. Philanthropic assets are managed alongside the financial portfolio, with grantmaking channeled through field-of-interest funds like the LGBTQ Community Fund for Northeast Florida and the Art Ventures Fund. Team size is not publicly disclosed, though the foundation operates from a single headquarters at 245 Riverside Avenue in Jacksonville. Governance sits with a rotating board leadership that draws from regional business owners including John Peyton of GATE Petroleum and George M. Egan of Reinhold Corporation. Isaiah Oliver also serves as Board Chair of CFLeads, the national network of community foundations, and sits on the board of ABFE. The structural differentiator is the dual identity — a perpetual community endowment governed by local business leadership, running a multi-asset investment pool that spans venture-stage direct exposure alongside distressed credit, a configuration more common among single-family offices than community foundations.