NCEF awards $33M in grants to more than 50 nonprofit groups
Proudly displaying a check representing the more than $33 million raised at the 2024 Naples Winter Wine Festival are, from left, 2024 festival chairs Ralph and Shelly Stayer, Naples Children & Education Foundation CEO Maria Jimenez-Lara and NCEF board chairman Rick Germain at the March 18 grant awards ceremony at The Ritz-Carlton Naples, Tiburon. Photo by Tim Aten
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By Tim Aten tim.aten@naplespress.com  
22 March 2024
NAPLES WINTER WINE FESTIVAL

NCEF awards $33M in grants to more than 50 nonprofit groups

More than 50 nonprofit organizations serving underprivileged and at-risk children in Collier County are benefiting from the more than $33 million the Naples Children & Education Foundation raised this year at the Naples Winter Wine Festival.

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