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Community Foundation Prepares For Hurricane Season

With Disaster Relief Fund

Local Nonprofit Partners To Benefit From Proactive Fundraising Efforts

The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and The Community Foundation has experience supporting our neighbors in need in the stormy months ahead. With
Martin Counties announced that it is taking immediate relief and recovery efforts for all kinds of crises. Since our donors, we are here to help people rebuild their lives
action to address the NOAA National Weather Service establishing its Disaster Relief Fund in 2009 in the wake in the short- and long-term.”
Climate Prediction Center’s warning of “above-normal of the housing crisis and recession, the organization has To support the Disaster Relief fund at Community
hurricane activity” in the Atlantic basin this year. NOAA distributed over $6.1 million in relief grants to nonprofit Foundation, visit https://yourcommunityfoundation.org/
is predicting this year’s season has an 85 percent chance partners to address the effects of weather-related, funds/disaster-relief-fund/.
of storms above normal levels. economic and health crises.
Through the Community Foundation’s Disaster “When it comes to disasters, our ability to be agile with
Relief Fund, the nonprofit organization is raising money immediate recovery funds is key,” said Danita R. DeHaney,
now for local communities that are most likely to be president and CEO of the Community Foundation. “We
affected by the flooding, wind and other impacts of these take our historic leadership role around emergency relief
potentially devastating and frequent storms. Emergency to heart because we become a lifeline to the nonprofit
preparedness and response is a core grantmaking focus partners on the ground during a crisis. Investing in our
for the organization. Disaster Relief Fund today helps us stand ready to help

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Property Appraiser’s Office Submits

Preliminary Tax Roll Did You Know

That, In Florida…
By Dorothy Jacks

Palm Beach County-wide property (taxable) • Total parcel count: 655,933
values have increased 9.99 percent from 2023 to • Total tangible accounts: 58,270 By Adam S. Gumson, Esq.
2024, according to the 2024 preliminary tax roll that “For the first time in our county’s history, new
the Palm Beach County Property Appraiser’s Office construction topped $5 billion,” said Property There are many free
submitted to Florida’s Department of Revenue and Appraiser Dorothy Jacks, CFA, AAS. “This is new ways to avoid having to
to local taxing authorities recently. These values are value that is being taxed for the first time this year, go through an expensive
based upon market conditions as of Jan. 1, 2024. adding revenue to many districts.” probate proceeding, such
The preliminary tax roll is a systematic listing of Once the tax roll is approved, the property as passing property or
information pertaining to the just valuation of all real appraiser’s office will prepare the notices of proposed financial accounts via joint
property within Palm Beach County for purposes of ad property taxes and non-ad valorem assessments. This ownership or via designated
valorem taxation. Taxing authorities use these values individualized form shows each Palm Beach County beneficiary forms. You can
to prepare their upcoming budgets and to determine property owner the value of their property, proposed also title assets in a living
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• Total market value: $514,083,273,824 This is the second of three certifications of value necessary.
• Total taxable value: $318,011,189,076 required by law of the property appraiser’s office. A Florida’s homestead laws impact how the primary
• Total net new construction taxable: $5,071,916,743 final certification occurs prior to the Nov. 1 tax bill. residence is distributed at a decedent’s death. If a Florida
resident dies with a surviving spouse and no minor
children, the surviving spouse may inherit the entire
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