September 8, 2026
Community Foundation Supports Literacy at Boys & Girls Clubs
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties (BGCSDC) received support from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County to enhance structured literacy instruction to elementary-age y…
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…
July 15, 2026
Building Bridges Through the Arts: CreArte Latino Awarded $20,000 Community Impact Grant
On any given day at CreArte Latino Cultural Center, a child might be learning a new dance step while a parent joins a bilingual book club nearby. A teenager rehearses for a performance as gra…
July 11, 2024
Embracing Our Differences Receives Grant from Community Foundation of Sarasota County to Establish Parent Advisory Council
Embracing Our Differences (EOD) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $6,500 grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County to launch a Parent Advisory Council (PAC). This…
June 14, 2024
The Community Foundation of Sarasota County Awards $10,000 Grant to Goodwill SWFL
FORT MYERS, Fla. - June 13, 2024 - PRLog -- The Community Foundation of Sarasota County has awarded a $10,000 grant to Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Inc. to support a customer serv…
May 11, 2023
Improving Literacy Letter by Letter
The teacher has a card with two letters on it: “Aw.” She faces it towards a group of five students seated at a blue semicircular table. “What other letter makes the ‘…
July 29, 2022
Vice President of Community Impact Picked for Leadership Florida
SARASOTA, FL – The Community Foundation of Sarasota County’s Vice President of Community Impact, Kirsten Russell, was selected as one of 55 professionals from across the state of F…
December 5, 2021
Children First Receives Mental Health And Child Safety Support From Community Foundation Of Sarasota County
The Community Foundation of Sarasota County has provided Children First with a $30,000 Equity and Access Grant to support access to mental health care for Sarasota County’s most vulnerab…