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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
Homeless families with school-aged kids on the rise in Sarasota-Manatee and Florida
Earlier this year, Mendjana “MJ” Oge sat down with her 7-year-old son. What would he think, she asked Djaneli, who went by DJ, if he had to change schools one more time? Since star…
What We're Learning About Education
Pictured: Kirsten Russell, Vice President of Community Impact at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County during the 2024 Embracing Our Differences Reading Day. Photo courtesy of Community…
Power to the Parents
Pictured: On Feb. 18 the Community Foundation of Sarasota hosted 2Gen Connections a learning and discussion session attended by 50 nonprofit organizations focused on incorporating voices of pa…
April 1, 2025
45 Years and Forward
Sapphire is the traditional gemstone symbolizing a 45th anniversary. This precious stone is made up of various minerals, and while the blue sapphire is the most recognized, it can come in a ra…