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The St. Joe Community Foundation

Created in 1999, the St. Joe Community Foundation provides grants to other 501(C)(3) entities in Northwest Florida, with a focus on Bay and Walton counties, in the areas of education, environmental stewardship, building healthier communities, and supporting cultural arts. The Foundation is funded exclusively by a transfer fee on the sale of residential real estate in certain communities The St Joe Company develops. This fee applies the first time a property is sold, and on each resale. We believe The St Joe Company is creating communities that will have a long – range impact on the lives of people in the region. The Foundation is a separate entity from The St. Joe Company and has a separate Board of Directors.

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Non Profits Funded

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to The St. Joe Community Foundation for their steadfast commitment to education and for playing a vital role in creating opportunities that shape the future of our community. Their generous support has had a transformative effect on our students’ educational experience, enabling them to achieve their goals. Over the past two decades, the…

Glen McDonald

President

Gulf Coast State College

The kindness and generosity of the St. Joe Community Foundation has impacted the lives of hundreds of child abuse victims in Walton County. Their unwavering support has helped restore childhoods once lost to abuse, bringing hope and healing to the most vulnerable in our community. They are true angels in our midst.

Julie Porterfield

Chief Executive Officer

Emerald Coast Children's Advocacy Center

I am incredibly grateful for the St. Joe Community Foundation’s unwavering and generous support, which has opened doors for me as a nontraditional student to return to college and pursue my dreams. Their assistance has been instrumental in allowing me to advance toward my academic and professional goals, and I honestly cannot express how invaluable this opportunity is for me.…

Amanda Sulphur

Rookie Teacher of the Year 2024-2025

West Bay Elementary School

The support from St. Joe Community Foundation has allowed us to provide after-school tutoring and activities for our students at Parker Elementary who otherwise would not have this opportunity,” said Leah Harrison, Executive Director at Children’s Home Society, the lead non-profit in the Community Partnership School initiative at Parker Elementary and Rutherford Middle and High School. “The partnership between Parker…

Natalie Ales Magaw

Director of Development

Children’s Home Society of Florida

As Bay District Schools’ Director of Communications for over 25 years, I’ve had the privilege of witnessing the St. Joe Community Foundation’s generous support for our district across a plethora of initiatives, each one making a tangible difference in the lives of our students and staff. But the true capstone of their support, in my eyes, is their transformative commitment…

Sharon Michalik

Director of Communications

Bay District Schools

This is my fifth year collaborating with The St. Joe Community Foundation and I am so grateful for their support of Nemours Children’s Health which has been ongoing for nearly 20 years. Initially their gifts supported patients from Bay and Walton counties who traveled to our Pensacola clinic. Now, through their partnership, we’re able to see many of these children…

Clint Travis

AVP Strategic Giving and Campaign Stewardship

Nemours Foundation

We are profoundly grateful for the unwavering and long-standing support of The St. Joe Community Foundation. Their commitment to both The Seaside Neighborhood School and Seacoast Collegiate High School through race weekend sponsorship, generous grant support, and significant contributions to the Seacoast Collegiate High School at Northwest Florida State College Expansion Campaign has been truly transformative. Over the years, their…

Teresa Horton

Executive Director

Seaside School Foundation

We are so appreciative of all the support we have received from The St. Joe Community Foundation over the years. We could not provide our services to the number of people in need of grief counseling without their assistance.

Denise Montford

Executive Director

Angel House Bereavement Center

As Superintendent of Bay District Schools, I am deeply grateful for the unwavering support and generosity of the St. Joe Community Foundation. Their partnership has empowered our schools in countless ways, funding essential resources that impact every corner of our district. From providing books that ignite a love of reading in our young students to supporting professional development opportunities that…

Mark McQueen

Superintendent

Bay District Schools