Friends of Palm Beach Inc.
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To clean the beaches of Palm Beach regularly to remove trash and unnatural debris to support a cleaner ocean and beach environment and to educate the community on the effects of trash, litter and debris on our environment and marine life and how they can be environmental stewards every day through choices and actions.
| Competition Year |
2022 |
| Organizations eligible to apply |
Public Welfare |
| Type of Entry |
Philanthropy (Providing long-term, sustainable change) |
| Annual Budget |
Between $100,000 - $249,999 |
| Length of Support & Services Provided |
Both short-term & long-term support |
| Significant Achievements in the Past Two Years (Max 200 words.) |
We stayed in business through Covid!!! And, in the last 2 years, we removed and properly disposed of over 65,000 pounds of marine debris from our natural environment. As well, we kept a crew of 5 working through the pandemic with only a 2 week hiatus and no infections on the job! Our environment benefitted, individuals kept their homes, their jobs and their impact on the health of our eco-system!
Through our transitional work program, we hire the clients of The Lord's Place and Vita Nova. Without a job at the end of the agency's programs, the individual is left floundering to start their road to independence. Our program gives them that job.
We have hired over 52 individuals through our transitional work program.
Due to Covid, we had only one Vita Nova employee and we are looking to add. Our goal is the same, to help these individuals be reinstated into the workforce which includes, waking up, get the bus, arrive on time, be managed by a boss for the first time in a long time, communicate any issues, to name a few. The clients then move onto more permanent work, higher education or other programs.
The monies earned through our program have allowed our current crew to sustain a monthly rental income to stay in their homes.
With this crew in place, we have been able to remove over 215,000 pounds of marine debris from our local beaches over 8 years. |
| Provide Description of How Money Would be Spent (Max 200 words.) |
Money will be spent to keep our efforts going by being able to pay our crew, staying in the necessary supplies that we cannot get donated and running the vehicles we need to get the job done, ie leases, insurance, maintenance, etc. |
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Download List of Board Members, specifying which are Palm Beach County based (PDF only)
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Download Clause of Non-Discrimination
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| Do you partner with other organizations? |
Yes |
| List of partners (Enter N/A if none) |
Solid Waste Authority, Keep Palm Beach County Beautiful, Town of Palm Beach, City of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Atlantic University, The Breakers Hotel, FIU, Forest Hill High School, John I. Leonard High School, Rosarian Academy, PB Day Academy, FDOT. |
| Year incorporated with IRS |
2015 |
| Executive Director |
diane buhler |
| Agreement |
I confirm that above information is true and agree with the terms and conditions as outlined above. |
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