JELKS FAMILY FOUNDATION

The Jelks Family Foundation, Inc. (JFF) was formed in 1994 to promote cultural, educational, environmental, historical, and humanitarian programs through charitable giving and active participation. While we are based in Florida, we are engaged globally. Our Foundation includes legal, health, and environmental professionals... While we remain committed to all of these philanthropic sectors, we are increasingly focused on conserving natural resources in a state that is experiencing extremely rapid environmental changes... In Sarasota County, Florida, we helped initiate a land conservation program in conjunction with The Nature Conservancy and governmental agencies. Our first endeavor, the 614-acre The Jelks Preserve, was purchased to protect the Myakka River. Since that initial gift, state and local funds have acquired much of the remaining watershed to conserve this valuable resource, predominantly through the county's Environmentally Sensitive Lands Oversight Committee (ESLOC), on..

Also known as: Jelks Family Foundation, Inc.

Primary location: Sarasota United States