Community Impact
Community Care
Community Care
Caring for our community means being a resource during challenging times. We are proud to respond to Emergency Needs & Disaster Relief and initiatives around Preventing Homelessness, that address Health & Hunger issues, provide care for Animals & the Environment, and assist with Placemaking through housing, transportation, and economic support.
Empowerment & Success
Empowerment & Success
A successful life is one filled with purpose. What that looks like for each of us differs, but the paths to reaching one’s greatest potential are common to all of us. We invest in Education, Academic Enrichment, Career Development, Scholarships & Mentoring, and opportunities to create Lifelong Connections so that everyone can be empowered to realize their dreams.
Belonging & Culture
Belonging & 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
Season of Sharing: DeAdra and Dacian Sunset are hopeful for a better future
Sunset said she feels like she is in a new chapter of her life, though she does not know where it is going or how it will end. If any part of her story, either of surviving domestic violence o…
Season of Sharing: ‘I've always been on the other end of the spectrum'
Diane Parris, 74, found herself in need of financial assistance this summer once she moved back to Florid after her divorce. Parris said she was used to being the person donating to food banks…
Florida Studio Theatre Helps Provide 'Write a Play' at No Cost to Schools
Florida Studio Theatre (FST) recently received a $37,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, a key partner in FST’s efforts to provide its award-winning WRITE A PLAY…
In the Spotlight
September 30, 2020
New Stages, Reimagined Futures, and the Art of Enduring Legacies
Dear Friends: Our cultural calendars are quite different this Fall. Performances under the bright lights of theater stages now dazzle us from screens we are accessing with clicks and fire stic…