The Community Foundation of Broward has purchased a three-story, 23,000-square-foot building at 200 N. Andrews Ave. in downtown Fort Lauderdale for $5.7 million, establishing a permanent home for its work to transform lives and uplift the community through the power of local philanthropy.
For 42 years, the Community Foundation has helped generous people make a lasting difference with their charitable giving. The Foundation champions endowments that provide permanent resources, support thousands of local nonprofit organizations and create solutions to the community’s most critical needs.
The purchase will not impact the Foundation’s annual grantmaking, which will continue without interruption. The Community Foundation is deeply grateful to the Frederick A. DeLuca Foundation, whose generous support for this purchase enables the Foundation to keep its grant dollars hard at work in the community.
The Community Foundation serves all of Broward County, and its new building will be a hub for philanthropy and collaboration. The welcoming space will bring together donors, trusted nonprofit organizations, civic leaders and the Foundation’s philanthropy experts to forge new connections and learn about innovative opportunities to make a difference across the entire community.
Moving from leased space to a building of its own is a powerful, enduring investment that will serve the community for generations. The $5.7 million purchase represents a prudent price for a property in the heart of downtown Fort Lauderdale. Ownership also secures the Foundation’s future in ways a lease never could. It eliminates any risk of forced relocation from a lease ending or a building changing hands. It replaces unpredictable rent increases with stable costs the Foundation can plan around for decades. Most importantly, it means the nonprofit partners and donors it serves can count on a strong, stable Community Foundation, today and forever.
“This permanent home en-ables us to take the Community Foundation’s leadership and impact to new heights, so we can keep pace with the needs of our fast-growing community,” said Community Foundation President/CEO Jennifer O’Flannery Anderson, Ph.D. “This building will be a place where more Community Foundation fundholders, non-profit leaders and other community partners can come together to solve problems, invest in innovation and lead the way on shaping a brighter future.”
The Community Foundation has grown to meet the rising philanthropic needs of Broward County. In 2025 alone, the Foundation welcomed more than 2,000 fundholders, nonprofit leaders and community partners to 65 large meetings and events in its current space on Las Olas Boulevard. In just four years, the Community Foundation’s Broward Center for Nonprofit Excellence has served more than 7,000 professionals and volunteers from more than 1,100 local nonprofits, and demand for its workshops, training sessions and other in-person services keeps climbing. The new building gives the Foundation’s expert team and those it serves room to do even more.
To support these new opportunities to better serve the community and expand its impact, the Community Foundation is launching “Lead with Love. Build the Future.” The $10 million fundraising campaign will support building renovations and establish an endowment to fund building maintenance for decades to come.
The Community Foundation shepherds 600 charitable funds totaling $360 million in value. Since its founding in 1984, the Foundation has provided more than $250 million in grants that support education, the arts, the environment, economic mobility, seniors and many other opportunities to improve life in Broward County. Fundholders enlist the Foundation’s expert staff to manage their funds and help them be more strategic and impactful with their giving. The permanent home is another example of the powerful, enduring impact of local philanthropy.