August 12, 2022
Community Day School receives Community Impact Grant for media center
The Hershorin Schiff Community Day School has received an $8,000 Community Impact Grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County to help fund books and technology for its Janis Kaplan…
July 14, 2022
Summer Learning Programs Strengthen Kids and Communities
“Summer slide” may sound like a fun attraction at an amusement park, but it’s not. The “slide” refers to the months of learning loss experienced by many kids duri…
June 9, 2022
Speed of Trust
By Kirsten Russell, Vice President, Community Impact For more than a decade, the Community Foundation of Sarasota County has been building trust among small cohorts of parents to improve the l…
May 6, 2022
Community Day School receives grant from Community Foundation of Sarasota County
Hershorin Schiff Community Day School has received a $15,000 Equity and Access grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County.
August 6, 2021
Reimagining the ABCs of Literacy Support at Visible Men Academy
Editor’s Note: In-depth research and exploratory pilot programs are helping develop the Strauss Literacy Initiative, a collaborative effort managed by the Community Foundation of Saraso…
August 2, 2021
Soundbites from El Corazón
Long before the invention of keystrokes, written script and the type press, storytelling was tied to oral traditions. Human stories are best told through voice and the words, tones, and emotio…
July 16, 2021
Nonprofit Efforts Rally for Summer Learning and Student Success with Support from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County
Closing the achievement gap and extending learning gains have never been more crucial for students following a year of tremendous changes. This summer, the Community Foundation of Sarasota Cou…
June 9, 2021
Mining The Gap: Helping School Districts and Educators
From shutting down schools in 2020 for a spring break that never ended, to challenging teachers and students statewide with remote learning, the COVID-19 pandemic presented challenges largely…
December 3, 2020
Helping Students in Transition with Schoolhouse Link
Every child has a right to a public education, but when your home is in turmoil, it can be overwhelming to navigate school and social services systems. Schoolhouse Link is here to be your advo…