Isaiah Oliver

Isaiah Oliver serves as the third president of The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida, Florida’s oldest and largest community foundation, which works to stimulate philanthropy to build a better community. In this role, he oversees an experienced, 25-person staff, which manages $649 million in assets as of 12/31/2023 and distributed more than $69 million in grants in 2023.

Prior to leading The Community Foundation, he served as the CEO of the Community Foundation of Greater Flint (MI), a top 100 community foundation, established in 1988 with peak assets of $299 million. Isaiah serves as chair of the Association of Black Foundation Executives board of directors, as well as on the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy’s Leadership Council, on the Community Foundations Public Awareness Initiative steering committee, and is chair-elect of the CF Leads national board of directors. Isaiah is a Fellow of the inaugural class of the Civil Society Fellowship, a Partnership of ADL and The Aspen Institute, and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.

Isaiah earned his Bachelor of Applied Arts from Central Michigan University. He is a member of the Gamma Delta Boule’ of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity.

He and his wife, Shay, have four children: Zaiah, Carrington, Chelyn and Isaiah II.