Peyton Brothers: Staying Power

In this episode, you’ll hear from two brothers whose name precedes them: John and Forest Peyton.  John Peyton is the former mayor of Jacksonville and current president of GATE Petroleum. In 1999, he was in the very first class of The Community Foundation’s Weaver Philanthropic Initiative, a hands-on program that helps next-generation philanthropists learn about strategic grantmaking. Today, he serves on the Board of Trustees. His brother, Forest, recently returned to GATE after some time away from home, and he graduated from the most recent class of WPI. In this conversation, you’ll hear about: Growing up in the business of gas stations The role of philanthropy as it compares to the public sector The Peyton family’s role in the creation of Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve How GATE is giving back Learn more and sign up for email updates at jaxcf.org

In this episode, John Zell, Senior Vice President of Development at the Foundation, interviews Debbie and Sutton McGehee, second-generation owners of Mac Papers who recently made a transformational gift to Baptist Medical Center and Wolfson Children’s Hospital for a new four-story emergency department tower.  In this conversation, you’ll hear about: The history of Mac Papers, a wholesale paper distributor, that began with horse and cart deliveries and grew until it was sold with fortunate timing in 2020 The story of Sutton’s aunt, Ellen Cavert, whose experience having premature twins led to her founding the Women’s Board at Wolfson Children’s Hospital The family’s connection to The Community Foundation, including through Tom McGehee, who co-founded it in 1964, and why the McGehee family and Mac Papers have used donor advised funds at the Foundation to give back  Why they chose to make a transformative gift to Baptist in their name to help build a culture of philanthropy in Northeast Florida Learn more and sign up for email updates at jaxcf.org

This season of Forever Forward, the podcast of The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida, features the voices of the next generation of family philanthropists. In this episode, Entrice Rowe interviews her husband, Marcus, and her mother-in-law, Antoinette Rowe, about their family’s philanthropic legacy – and future.  The Rowe family has been actively engaged at The Community Foundation through several means. The family gives back through a donor advised fund at the Foundation, Marcus and Entrice participated in the Weaver Philanthropic Initiative, and Entrice is a member of the A.L. Lewis Black Opportunity & Impact Fund. In this episode, you’ll hear about: The life story of the late Ellis Rowe, a former executive at Mars, and how his family continues to honor his legacy through philanthropy The difference between talking and doing, with one’s own example first How values were “caught before they were taught” in the Rowe family Why the family relocated to Northeast Florida when Ellis retired Learn more and sign up for email updates at jaxcf.org

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In this episode, you’ll hear from Kirsten Martino, the President-Elect of the Women’s Giving Alliance and an alumna of the Weaver Philanthropic Initiative. She’s interviewed by her husband, Josh Martino, a local philanthropist and CEO of Home Team Restaurant and Bono’s Pit Bar-B-Q, Kirsten’s family’s business and one of the longest running restaurant chains in the country. Together, they’ll talk about: The importance of strategic philanthropy and learning to say ‘yes’ and ‘no’ Why the power of proximity starts at the grocery store What resonates with donors when nonprofit leaders talk about their work How generational differences influence philanthropy How the Jacksonville nonprofit landscape compares to the Cheesecake FactoryLearn more and sign up for email updates at jaxcf.org

On January, 1, Richard Sisisky began a two-year term as chair of the Board of Trustees of The Community Foundation. In this episode, Richard sits down with The Community Foundation President, Isaiah M. Oliver, to talk about how he first came to know the Foundation and why he believes in giving back.Learn more and sign up for email updates at jaxcf.org

In this episode of Forever Forward, Isaiah M. Oliver, President of The Community Foundation, sits down with Ashley Dietz, President and CEO of the Florida Philanthropic Network, to explore the evolving role of philanthropy in Florida. From collaboration and capacity-building to advocacy, community foundations, and the power of convening in divided times, Ashley shares insights from her unique vantage point at the center of the state’s philanthropic landscape—and why connection, trust, and courage matter now more than ever.Learn more and sign up for email updates at jaxcf.org

In this episode, we dive into a new report on community development corporations (CDCs)—co-funded by The Community Foundation, Jessie Ball duPont Fund, and United Way of Northeast Florida—that offers new insights into this critical partner for affordable housing, economic mobility, and neighborhood revitalization. James Coggin, Senior Director of Grantmaking and Impact Investing, is joined by two experts: Stan Fitterman, author of the report, who is a housing and community development consultant with over 25 years of experience.Paul Tutwiler, CEO of Northwest Jacksonville CDC for over 20 years—spanning five mayoral administrations—and a foundational leader of the local CDC movement. Learn more and sign up for email updates at jaxcf.org

What role can community foundations play in solving the challenges facing their communities – beyond important contributions of grant funding? In a new episode of our podcast, Forever Forward, President Isaiah M. Oliver sits down with Mary Thomas, President and CEO of CFLeads, and Rose Bradshaw, President and CEO of the North Texas Community Foundation, to talk about the role of community foundations in community leadership. For the last two years, Isaiah has served as the chair of the board of CFLeads, which represents the country’s national network of community foundations committed to community leadership. The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida recently hosted a meeting of the board here in Jacksonville. “I believe in community foundations – it’s in my DNA,” Mary said. “Once folks hear about the value proposition of community foundations being trusted partners in their own communities, the magic will happen.”Learn more and sign up for email updates at jaxcf.org

In this episode of the podcast, TCF President Isaiah Oliver joins two national leaders whose work has shaped philanthropy at every level—from grassroots communities in the rural South to the largest philanthropic institutions in the country. Dr. Sherece West-Scantlebury is president of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation in Arkansas, after previously leading the Foundation for Louisiana and serving at the Annie E. Casey Foundation.  Her husband, Joe Scantlebury, began his career as a lawyer from Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, and went on to serve in senior philanthropic leadership at the Gates Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. He is now the president of Living Cities, which brings together some of the most influential philanthropic and financial institutions in America—MacArthur, Kellogg, Robert Wood Johnson, M&T Bank, and Truist. Learn more and sign up for email updates at jaxcf.org