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Community Impact
Community Care
Community Care
Caring for our community means being a resource during challenging times. We invest in emergency needs, disaster relief and recovery, programs that provide and sustain stability, food security and quality healthcare, our environment, and animal welfare, so that those who live here can enjoy a high quality of life.
Empowerment & Success
Empowerment & Success
A fulfilling life comes from support, encouragement, wisdom, and experience that guide us to our dreams. We invest in literacy support, student enrichment, scholarships & mentoring, career development & advancement, and opporutnities to create lifelong connections so that everyone can be empowered to realize their potential.
Belonging and Culture
Belonging and Culture
To have a place or group where you belong inspires passion and creativity. By supporting organizations whose work Bridge Generations and Unites the Community around Cultural Development & the Arts, we are here to help build the community we all want to live in.
Stories of Impact
Sarasota Orchestra Receives Strategic Partnership Grant from Community Foundation of Sarasota County
Sarasota Orchestra has received a $65,000 Strategic Partnership Grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, which comes from the Martha Leiter and Nancy Streetman Fund II. In addit…
Embracing Our Differences Receives Strategic Partnership Grant from Community Foundation of Sarasota County
Last year, Embracing Our Differences’ (EOD) Bucket Fillers Reading Day put nearly 12,000 books into the hands of young readers in 611 classrooms and early learning centers throughout Sar…
Second Heart Homes Receives Grant to Strengthen Resident Support
Second Heart Homes has received a $15,000 Capacity Building Grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County to strengthen the organization’s ability to track and evaluate the prog…
September 8, 2026
National Literacy Month Is About so Much More Than Books
For those of us who loved to read as kids, it can be difficult to grasp how not everyone felt the joy that we did when they cracked open a new book. But for many children, reading is often fru…