Community Foundation of Sarasota County Issues Three Competitive Grant Opportunities

SARASOTA, FL – Community Foundation of Sarasota County is currently accepting applications for three competitive grant opportunities. The deadline for all three grants is 5 p.m., Fri., April 26.

Requests for funding will be accepted for three key areas:

• Alzheimer’s and dementia programs (Provided through the Alzheimer's Lifeliners Field of Interest Fund, Verna L. Grauel Fund, and Martin & Rhoda Safer Memorial Fund)
• Advancing and supporting women (Provided through the Dr. Margaret L. Bates Fund)
• Assistance for visually impaired people (Provided through the Elizabeth C. Muth Fund, and the Harold E. Niles and Ruth M. Niles Fund)

These opportunities are available to nonprofit organizations with an active profile in The Giving Partner.

Additional details about the qualifications for each grant opportunity and funding amounts are available at the links provided above.

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About the Community Foundation of Sarasota County: The Community Foundation of Sarasota County is a public charity founded in 1979 by the Southwest Florida Estate Planning Council as a resource for caring individuals and the causes they support, enabling them to make a charitable impact on the community. With assets of over $398 million in more than 1,400 charitable funds, the Community Foundation awarded grants and scholarships totaling $34 million dollars last year