Q. How can my school, business, church or organization schedule a speaker, expert or trainer from Community Tampa Bay?
Advocacy for inclusion and inter-cultural understanding is part of our mission. To request a speaker,expert or trainer, please click here.

Q. Does Community Tampa Bay provide opportunities for volunteer involvement?
Yes! Our achievements are made possible thanks to the efforts of numerous volunteers who share our goals.Last year, 250 volunteers donated an estimated $3,870,652 worth of service to the organization. We are always looking for additional volunteers to join our family. If you would like to get involved as a volunteer, please send a message to volunteer@communitytampabay.org

Q. How can I support Community Tampa Bay’s work?
We strongly believe in partnerships and rely heavily on the support of organizations and individuals who believe in dialogue and respect for diversity. There are several ways in which you can partner with us: get involved, support us or contact us.

Q. Is Community Tampa Bay a religious organization?
No. Although we started as an alliance of Christians and Jews, we do not promote one religion or another. We do facilitate dialogue between faith-based groups of all denominations.

Q. Is Community Tampa Bay a political organization?
No. We believe that justice, fairness and inclusion are universal values, that are neither liberal nor conservative, neither Democratic nor Republican.

Q. Is Community Tampa Bay a civil rights group?
Although we believe that justice starts where discrimination ends, we do not limit ourselves to defending the rights of minorities. As a human relations organization, we work for inclusion as a model from which we all stand to benefit.

Q. Is Community Tampa Bay a youth organization?
Because we believe in young people as the present and the future, much of our programs revolve around youth, but we also engage in a host of community building and adult training initiatives.

Q. Is Community Tampa Bay part of a national organization?
Founded in 1949, the Tampa Bay Chapter of the National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ) used to be part of a national organization. In 2005, an important decentralization took place. Today, although there are over 30 sister organizations around the country, sharing the same mission, vision and often programs, we all operate as legally independent organizations. This development grants us greater autonomy and control over our funds and resources.

Q. Why and when did the NCCJ change its name?
We changed our name in December 2006 to better reflect our regional scope of activities and our ties to the community. Our mission, however – to rid our community from all forms of discrimination and to promote respect for diversity – remains the same.

Q. Who funds Community Tampa Bay?
Financial support from government, foundations, corporations and individuals enables Community Tampa Bay to undertake its wide variety of activities. Current funders include the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County, Pinellas and Hillsborough County Schools, the Conn Memorial Foundation, the JPMorgan Foundation, the City of Clearwater, Hillsborough County, the Police Department of the City of St. Pete, Kane’s Furniture, Ferman Motorcars, Thelma Rothman Foundation, Margie Joy Foundation and others.

Q.How transparent is Community Tampa Bay?
Community Tampa Bay is committed to transparent and accountable financial management. An external, Independent financial audit is conducted annually. to read our most recent Financial Statements, please click here.

Q.Is my contirbution to Community Tampa Bay tax-deductible?
Yes, all contributions to Community Tampa Bay are 100% tax deductible.

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