Description, Funding, and Eligibility
Programmatic Grants support organizations and programs that provide access to education, health care, or basic human needs for people who face systemic barriers in our community.
An average grant award in this cycle is $25,000, although support can vary depending on need and alignment with CFSC initiatives.
Funding Priorities
This grant program focuses on organizations that promote and implement goals toward equity:
Priority is given to projects that remove barriers to health care, education, or human services to populations who face systemic barriers in our community.
In order to receive a grant through this program, organizations must also have:
- An IRS Letter of Determination that shows the organization is a 501(c)3 public charity
- At least one current program with local impact in one of the following counties: Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte, or DeSoto
- An approved/current profile in The Giving Partner, a powerful, searchable online database with over 700 profiles of charitable organizations serving Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte, and DeSoto counties.
Eligibility
Review Process
The application deadline for this cycle is May 1, 2024. The application portal will close after 11:59pm on those dates. Applicants will be notified with the results of this cycle by the end of the following month.
If your request is extremely time-sensitive, please email us details at impact@cfsarasota.org and one of our team members will get in touch.
Learn More
Please join us for an information session for Programmatic Grants at one of the following times:
- Press Release
- Blogs
- Videos
- Testimonials
- Articles
- Podcasts / Audio Recordings
Please reference our Press Kit to help draft your message and coordinate review with Rebecca Abrahamson, Senior Manager of Communications and Marketing, at rabrahamson@cfsarasota.org.
Looking for examples? Check out the Stories of Impact below shared by our Capacity Building Grantees.
July 19, 2023
Driving Community Change: Forty Carrots Family Center Receives Van Funding from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County
June 27, 2023
Community Foundation of Sarasota County Awards $120,000 to Area Nonprofits
February 22, 2022
Science and Environment Council Awarded $10,000 Grant
January 31, 2022
Friends of Shannon Staub Public Library Receives Capacity Building Grant
December 1, 2021
Community Foundation Awards Grant to Truly Valued
October 27, 2021
Sarasota Audubon Awarded Grant to Support COVID Retrofit of Nature Center
October 25, 2021
Transition Sarasota Awarded Grant from the Community Foundation
October 20, 2021
Conservation Foundation Awarded $10,000 Capacity Building Grant
October 6, 2021
Ringling College Awarded Grants to Support Community, Diversity and Inclusion
August 24, 2021