September 17, 2025
Embracing Our Differences Awarded Strategic Partnership Grant
Every day, hundreds of area students face the challenges of bullying, exclusion, and isolation. Embracing Our Differences believes the antidote is simple yet profound: kindness, respect, and t…
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…
August 13, 2025
Laurel Civic Association Has a Vision
The Laurel Civic Association doesn't yet own the site for its new headquarters on Laurel Road. It isn't certain how big to build it or who its nonprofit partners will be, and it's still well s…
August 5, 2025
State College of Florida Grant Helps Sustain Reading Program
Thanks to a large grant, State College of Florida students facing reading challenges and learning disabilities will now receive crucial support. A $38,120 grant from the Ira and Patricia St…
July 15, 2025
Florida Center for Early Childhood Receives Two Community Foundation Grants
The Florida Center for Early Childhood’s Starfish Academy recently received a $17,280 grant from United Way Suncoast. The center also received a $7,500 grant from the Edward K. Roberts E…
December 13, 2024
Sarasota Catholic School awarded $10,000 grant
St. Martha Catholic School in Sarasota was awarded a $10,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County to support the implementation of a donor database. The grant was provided by…
July 11, 2024
$500,000 in grants awarded to support vital programming
Grants support nonprofit organizations promoting access to educational, health, and human services in the region SARASOTA, FL – The Community Foundation of Sarasota County has awarded mo…
June 7, 2024
Manasota ASALH to add first director position to Sarasota-Manatee nonprofit's leadership
The local branch of the National Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is searching for its first executive director to lead the growing nonprofit after the pa…