December 15, 2025
Senior Friendship Centers Receives $80,000 Grant From Community Foundation of Sarasota
Senior Friendship Centers recently received an $80,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County to launch a Senior Services Resilience Navigator position dedicated to supporting…
November 26, 2025
Community Foundation Awards $15,000 Grant to SPARCC's Emergency Shelter Program
Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center (SPARCC) is pleased to announce that it has received a $15,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, supported by the Laszlo Jozsef Imre and…
September 29, 2025
Mote Rebuilds Floating Outdoor Classroom Thanks to Grant
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is proud to share the rebuilding of its ADA-compliant floating education platform on City Island, thanks to a generous grant from the Suncoast Disaster Re…
September 25, 2025
Years After Hurricane Ian, Wintergarden Presbyterian Church Celebrates a Job Well Done as a PDA Host Site
Three years after Port Charlotte, Florida, was hit by Hurricane Ian, a church that hosted as many as two to three teams of volunteer groups per month is closing the door on that chapter, but l…
July 28, 2025
New Grant Supports Bradenton's 13th AV Dream Center
It might’ve been a brutally hot summer inside the 13th AV Dream Center when AC units needed to be replaced or repaired in the gym, back office and weight room. But $15,000 grants from bo…
July 9, 2025
How to Help People Affected by the Devastating Flash Floods in Texas
Community foundations in Texas are rallying to support ongoing rescue and recovery efforts in the wake of the devastating flash floods that occurred on July 4. Donors who want to help are enco…
June 26, 2025
Girl Scout Raises Money for Hurricane Recovery by Selling Lemonade and Hot Chocolate
When Nora Vavere learned about the devastation caused by Hurricane Milton in Sarasota County, and, in particular, its effects on children, she knew she needed to help. The Baltimore fifth-grad…
February 19, 2025
Local Hurricane Relief and Recovery Strengthened by 4.2 Million Dollars
Even as many throughout the Suncoast continue to recover from Hurricane Ian’s landfall in 2022, our region was hit with an unprecedented hurricane season in 2024. From June 19, when Albe…