Empowering People
Providing education, skills, mentorship, and resources that build confidence, independence, readiness, and opportunity.
Our Mission
Service, responsibility, lifelong learning, and hope.
To empower people, strengthen communities, and inspire a culture of service, responsibility, lifelong learning, and hope.
Community Lumen Foundation develops educational, workforce, creative, technological, and community-based opportunities that help individuals become more capable, confident, independent, and prepared to serve others.
How We Create Impact
Four pillars. One shared purpose.
Enlightening Communities
Bringing knowledge, innovation, collaboration, and shared responsibility together to strengthen resilient communities.
Transforming Lives
Creating pathways to stronger futures through practical instruction, ethical leadership, creative opportunity, and hope.
Built on Values
Service, responsibility, stewardship, integrity, compassion, accountability, and respect guide how we operate.
Developing Areas of Service
Programs built to grow with the community.
Programs are being developed in collaboration with community partners and will be introduced as organizational capacity grows.
Education & Workforce Development
- Career and workforce-readiness instruction
- Digital and technology literacy
- Professional communication and life skills
- Mentorship and apprenticeship pathways
Media Arts & Creative Development
- Filmmaking and digital-media education
- Storytelling and content-production skills
- Portfolio and career-development opportunities
- Responsible emerging-technology education
Youth & Adult Development
- Applied learning and leadership development
- Confidence and self-sufficiency
- Intergenerational knowledge sharing
- Community-centered personal development
Community Outreach & Partnerships
- Mobile and partnership-based programming
- Public-service education
- Veteran, first-responder, and healthcare recognition
- Resource-sharing across Northeast Florida
The LIGHTHOUSE Philosophy
The light stays on.
We seek opportunities for service.
We preserve knowledge so it is never lost.
We strengthen communities through collaboration rather than competition.
We prepare future generations by sharing what we have learned with integrity, respect, and humility.
We pursue excellence every day and welcome perfection whenever it visits.
We leave people, projects, and communities stronger than we found them.
Our Values
How we show up.
ServiceWe show up.
ResponsibilityWe take ownership.
StewardshipWe protect what is entrusted to us.
IntegrityWe do what is right.
CompassionWe serve with dignity and care.
AccountabilityWe measure, report, and improve.
From Opportunity to Independence
A pathway designed to multiply capability.
Learn→
Practice→
Contribute→
Lead→
Launch
CLF’s goal is not to create dependence. We help people gain knowledge, apply their skills, contribute to meaningful work, develop leadership capacity, and build sustainable futures of their own.
Partnership Model
Collaboration is the ultimate superpower.
CLF is being built as a mobile, partnership-centered organization. We collaborate with nonprofits, educational institutions, local government, businesses, creators, veterans, healthcare professionals, first responders, and community leaders while respecting each partner’s identity and mission.
Tenguu Vision may support qualifying creative, media, technology, and workforce initiatives through clearly documented collaborations. Community Lumen Foundation maintains separate governance, finances, decision-making, and public-benefit responsibilities.
Founding Leadership
Real people. Shared responsibility. Lasting service.
Community Lumen Foundation is guided by leaders with experience in military service, technology, filmmaking, media, athletics, mentorship, organizational development, and community engagement.
Jovaun L. Brown
Founder, President & Director
A retired U.S. Navy veteran, filmmaker, technology professional, and community advocate focused on education, workforce readiness, responsible innovation, and sustainable community development.
Walter M. Curry Jr.
Vice President & Director
A former professional football player, media executive, and community advocate committed to mentorship, strategic partnerships, public service, and creating stronger opportunities for families and communities.
Kedra L. Curry
Secretary & Director
An award-winning filmmaker, writer, director, actress, and creative leader supporting community engagement, media arts education, organizational governance, and collaborative storytelling.
Built Transparently
Preserving the process, not only the outcome.
CLF documents the reasoning, milestones, lessons, and decisions behind its formation. Through governance records, the Founder’s Journal, program reporting, and future annual impact updates, we intend to preserve institutional knowledge and remain accountable to the communities we serve.
Carry the Light Forward
Let’s build stronger communities together.
CLF is developing partnerships and preparing its first areas of service. We welcome conversations with organizations and community leaders interested in education, workforce development, media arts, technology, veterans, youth development, and public service.