City Year Jacksonville, which recruits young adults to serve a year as tutors, mentors and role models for at-risk students in urban schools, is facing a funding crunch.
The nonprofit is part of the federal AmeriCorps service initiative that has been gutted by Trump administration cuts.
Because of “funding uncertainty,” City Year Jacksonville needs to raise $140,000 for the 2025-26 school year, according to the nonprofit. To support the cause, The Diane T. and Charles E. Rice Family Foundation will match donations up to $50,000 through June 30.
The 51 members of the 2024-25 AmeriCorps class graduate June 3. They tutored, mentored and led after-school programming and initiatives for 5,000 students at nine local elementary schools.
Thirty of them plan to return for an additional year of service.
To donate, go to support.cityyear.org/give/692036/#!/donation/checkout. For more information, contact Elizabeth Reeger at elizabeth.reeger@cityyear.org or (904) 423-2108.
bcravey@jacksonville.com, (904) 359-4109
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: City Year Jacksonville faces funding crunch because of Trump administration cuts
Reporting by Beth Reese Cravey, Jacksonville Florida Times-Union / Florida Times-Union
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