Disney Announces New $1.5 Million Donation to 19 Nonprofit Organizations in Florida

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19 Nonprofit Organizations in Florida to benefit from a $1.5 Million Donation from the Walt Disney Company

Disney has announced a significant philanthropic endeavor, with a generous $1.5 million donation aimed at supporting 19 nonprofit organizations dedicated to creating positive change in the state of Florida. This move reaffirms Disney’s longstanding commitment to the Sunshine State, which has been home to the magical world of Disney for over half a century.

Related: Disneyland Resort Announces $1.5 Million in Grants to Anaheim Nonprofits and Schools

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These Disney Grants have been awarded to organizations that are actively engaged in transformative work within the community. Their missions span a wide range of important causes, from bolstering education and workforce development to championing the arts, addressing homelessness and hunger, and much more. Let’s delve into the remarkable work being done by these nonprofit organizations:

  1. Bok Tower Gardens: They are on a mission to inspire a better and more beautiful world.
  2. Central Florida Community Arts: This organization aims to create an artistic family that celebrates natural talents.
  3. Children’s Home Society of Florida: Their focus is on building bridges to success for children.
  4. Christian Service Center: They are dedicated to preventing homelessness, combating poverty, cultivating self-sufficiency, and restoring hope.
  5. Conductive Education Center of Orlando: This organization transforms the lives of children and adults with motor disabilities.
  6. Conservation Florida: Their mission revolves around protecting Florida’s water, wildlife, and wild places.
  7. ELEVATE Orlando: They equip local youth to thrive and make meaningful contributions to their community.
  8. Foundation for Foster Children: Creating meaningful connections for children in foster care.
  9. Habitat for Humanity — Lake & Sumter Counties and Seminole County & Greater Apopka: These chapters of Habitat for Humanity bring people together to build homes, communities, and hope.
  10. Hope Partnership: Their goal is to provide a holistic continuum of care to end homelessness and poverty in Central Florida.
  11. IDignity: They are focused on restoring dignity and hope by providing identification.
  12. Limbitless Solutions at the University of Central Florida: This organization empowers confidence and increases accessibility in the limb difference community through art-infused bionics.
  13. Orlando Science Center: Their mission is to inspire lifelong science learning.
  14. Osceola Arts: They promote, cultivate, and foster interest and participation in the arts.
  15. Page 15: This initiative empowers children of all abilities to discover their own voice.
  16. Steinway Society of Central Florida: They stimulate and nourish the musical knowledge and artistic talents of disadvantaged youth.
  17. Volunteers for Community Impact: Their aim is to end social isolation.
  18. Zebra Coalition: This organization supports and inspires LGBTQ+ youth.

The latest donation continues a 50-year history of Disney helping Florida thrive and builds on other recent efforts in 2023 like hosting Disney World’s largest wish-granting event everdonating $125,000 to support local school districtscreating a new affordable housing developmentexpanding our commitment to conservation with $500,000 in environmental grants and more. Disney takes immense pride in supporting these initiatives as a company.


Disney cast members personally volunteer their time and effort with many of these organizations across the state through the Disney VoluntEARS program. In the current year alone, Disney cast members have collectively contributed more than 115,000 hours of volunteer service to the place they call home, where they live, work, and play.

Related: Disney Adds Additional $1 Million Donation to 12 Central Florida Nonprofits


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