October 22, 2025
La Musica's New Strategic Growth Plan Drives Meaningful Results
More than a year after receiving a $5,000 Capacity Building grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, La Musica Chamber Music reports that the strategic growth plan funded by the…
September 23, 2025
Sarasota Orchestra Receives Grant
Sarasota Orchestra has received a $65,000 strategic partnership grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County; the grant comes from the Martha Leiter and Nancy Streetman Fund II. In a…
September 16, 2025
Sarasota Opera Receives $30,000 Strategic Partnership Grant
Sarasota Opera has announced a $30,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, provided by the Martha Leiter and Nancy Streetman Fund II and the Allen Wirtz Nobbe and Jo Bowen…
September 11, 2025
Key Chorale Awarded $25,000 Grant to Support Student Scholar Leadership Program
The Key Chorale Student Scholar Leadership Program is designed to prepare gifted high-school students for college-level success in music. Funding for this program is provided in part by the Jo…
September 10, 2025
Sarasota Ballet Awarded $180,000 Grant
The Sarasota Ballet is honored to share the continued support of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, which has awarded a grant totaling $180,000 to be funded over 3 years. Funding for…
September 8, 2025
Asolo Rep Awarded Strategic Partnership Grant
Asolo Repertory Theatre has received an $85,000 Strategic Partnership Grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County. This grant comes from the Allen Wirtz Nobbe and Jo Bowen Nobbe Fun…
August 14, 2025
Florida Studio Theatre Receives $150,000 Grant
Florida Studio Theatre has received a $150,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County to support the naming of the Mainstage Sound and Lights Booth in the McGillicuddy Arts Pla…
May 8, 2025
A Tale of Two Sisters
For nearly a decade, our community foundation has invited individuals and families we work with to behind-the-scenes tours of local nonprofit organizations to gain a more in-depth understandin…
January 16, 2025
Theatre Odyssey celebrates 20 years of its Ten Minute Play Festival
After a modest start, the festival has become a mainstay of the Sarasota arts season. Tom Aposporos remembers some things about Theatre Odyssey’s inaugural Ten Minute Play Festival very…