Community Care: Stories of Impact
September 18, 2021
Selby Gardens, Community Foundation Expand Partnership
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens and the Community Foundation of Sarasota County are expanding their partnership that connects youth and families to nature and environmental science. The Communit…
August 17, 2021
Happy Tails from the Humane Society at Lakewood Ranch
The Humane Society at Lakewood Ranch continues to leverage the generous Animal Welfare Grant from the Robert Parker Fund of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County. This grant is focused o…
July 19, 2021
Child Protection Center Awarded Grant for Mental Health Services
The Child Protection Center, Inc. (CPC) has received a $50,000 grant supporting mental health services for children suffering from child abuse in Sarasota County. This funding has been provide…
July 14, 2021
Mental Health Care Grant Awarded to Forty Carrots Family Center
The Community Foundation of Sarasota County through the James Franklin Warnell & Dorothy J. Warnell Fund and the Edward K. Roberts Fund recently awarded Forty Carrots Family Center a $20,0…
July 14, 2021
Friends of Manatee County Animal Services awarded $10,000 grant
The Friends of Manatee County Animal Services (FoMCAS) was recently honored with a $10,000 award from the Robert Parker Fund and Martha Leiter and Nancy Streetman Fund I of the Community Found…
July 2, 2021
Planned Parenthood receives grant for priority populations
Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida was awarded a $50,000 grant. The money was granted to the organization by the Community Foundation of Sarasota County to support sexual and…
June 15, 2021
Samaritan Counseling Services | Mental Health Services for Children & Families
Samaritan Counseling Services was awarded a $25,000 grant provided by the James Franklin Warnell & Dorothy J. Warnell Fund of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County to support mental…
June 14, 2021
Beyond the Spectrum Receives $23,169 Health Care Grant
Since 2007 Beyond the Spectrum has served families in Sarasota & Manatee counties affected by Autism and other related diagnoses, ensuring support to our families through our therapeutic a…
June 10, 2021
The Florida Center Receives Grant to help At-Risk Families
The Community of Sarasota County Equity and Access Grant will ensure children with disabilities receive wrap-around therapeutic services while attending The Florida Center’s Starfish Aca…
June 2, 2021
New College Foundation | Support for After-Hours Mental Health Care
New College Foundation recently received a $20,500 Equity and Access Grant through the James Franklin Warnell & Dorothy J. Warnell Fund and the McCauley-Brown Fund of the Community Foundat…
June 1, 2021
Medical Service Beyond Routine Needs | Humane Society at Lakewood Ranch
In April of this year, the Humane Society at Lakewood Ranch was awarded an Animal Welfare Grant in the amount of $8,000 to support Medical Service Beyond Routine Needs.We want to thank the Rob…
May 17, 2021
Satchel's Last Resort | Grant Supports Emergency Medical Fund
Thank you to the Community Foundation of Sarasota County for the recent grant award of $16,000 from the Helen C. Schwieder Fund to support our emergency medical fund. Two weeks ago we rescued…