FAIRWINDS Foundation, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that serves as the philanthropic arm of FAIRWINDS Credit Union, on march 5 announced the recipients of its 2024 grants at a breakfast event held at Full Sail Live attended by community leaders and fifteen organizations embodying the Foundation’s core purpose of improving lives through financial well-being.

The nonprofit organization also named its 2024 FAIRWINDS Foundation Community Unsung Hero recipient, Ana L. Cruz, City of Orlando HOLA Coordinator. Ana Cruz has served as Coordinator of the City of Orlando's Hispanic Office for Local Assistance or HOLA office since 2016 and has been front and center during a time of tremendous growth. She has been an integral part of ensuring bilingual residents and new arrivals receive the guidance and resources they need to assimilate to a new community, new culture, and new language.

Through its grants, the FAIRWINDS Foundation supports Central Florida’s most economically vulnerable populations, including homeless and at-risk youth, victims of domestic violence, veterans, and minority business owners, among many others. In 2023  press to read more