Nonprofit breaks ground on $6.5 million headquarters

Naples Children & Education Foundation will invest $6.5 million in new, permanent home. The organization has raised $191 million since 2001 through its annual Naples Winter Wine Festival.

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Rendering of the new, $6.5 million headquarters of the Naples Children & Education Foundation scheduled to open in early 2020. Courtesy NCEF

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NAPLES — The Naples Children & Education Foundation, the founding organization of the annual Naples Winter Wine Festival, has broken ground on its new, 15,000-square-foot headquarters building in Eagle View Professional Park on Goodlette-Frank Road in Naples.

The building will be home to NCEF’s operations, which provides an average $10 million annually to community programs serving more than 45,000 at-risk and underprivileged children, according to a statement.