August 22, 2026
Sarasota Opera Receives $12,500 Grant for Strategic Planning
Sarasota Opera has received a $12,500 grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County to support consultant fees for its strategic-planning process. The funding was made possible throug…
June 11, 2025
CreArte Latino Cultural Center Awarded Grant From Community Foundation of Sarasota County
CreArte Latino Cultural Center has been awarded a $6,000 Capacity Building Grant from the John and Dorothy Brennan Charitable Fund at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County to strengthen…
January 6, 2025
Empower yourself through empowering our community
There is a proverb often attributed to the Dalai Lama that I am keeping in mind as we begin 2025: “If you think you’re too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.…
August 15, 2024
Local Black-Led Nonprofit Organizations Join National Give 8/28 Giving Day to Build a Stronger Community
A community mixer of more than 15 nonprofits to be held Aug. 28 at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe SARASOTA, FL – August is Black Philanthropy Month, and several Sarasota-Manatee nonpro…
July 18, 2024
First 1,000 Days Suncoast at SMH Received $7,500 Grant
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation recently received a $7,500 Parent Leadership Grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County to support the First 1,000 Days Suncoast initiative…
July 3, 2024
11 nonprofits come together under one roof for new collaboration
Within a bucket of compost, there are hundreds of thousands of organisms performing work at a microscopic level, said Tracie Troxler, executive director of Sunshine Community Compost. She sai…
August 7, 2023
Propel to Excel
For more than a dozen years now, I’ve called Sarasota County home. While I may have lived a longer span of time elsewhere, I feel at home here because of both my love for the location, a…
April 15, 2022
Newtown Connection Awarded $30,000 Grant
The funds come from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County to support equity and access.