Empowerment and Success: Stories of Impact
February 16, 2021
My College Journey in the Age of COVID-19
Editor's Note: Throughout the 2020-2021 school year, we will be sharing dispatches and sentiments from students receiving scholarships from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County. Our fou…
February 10, 2021
World of Chucko Receives Grant for Humor for Health Program
World of Chucko, Inc., announces that a new “Humor for Healthy Aging” program will be launched in Sarasota and Manatee Counties. Using music and mirth, memories and magic, Chuck a…
January 28, 2021
A Legacy of Love Lives On: The Father Connie Dougherty Memorial Scholarship Fund
When Tammi (Cowan) Peters was growing up in Sarasota, Father Connie Dougherty was a household name. Her mother would fondly recall stories about the priest who once divided his time between In…
January 28, 2021
Forty Carrots Receives Grant to Help Fund Program for Incarcerated Parents
The Community Foundation of Sarasota County has approved a $19,039 Equity and Access grant to Forty Carrots Family Center to support its parenting education programs at the Sarasota County jai…
January 24, 2021
Theatre Odyssey Empowers Students through Playwriting Festival
Theatre Odyssey has announced that $2,100 has been granted to the company to provide a $1,000 cash scholarship to the author of the 2021 Best Play, $500 to the Runner-up play author, and $100…
January 19, 2021
A Thank You from North Florida College Scholarship Recipients
To date, more than 400 North Florida College students have been helped with tuition, books, fees and other essential living expenses through the NFC Edward K. Roberts Scholarship. Here are som…
January 14, 2021
Teen Court receives Equity & Access Grant
With the support of the Allen Wirtz Nobbe and Jo Bowen Nobbe Fund at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, Teen Court of Sarasota received a $25,000 grant to provide youth a second chan…
January 8, 2021
Learn My History Foundation Empowers Younger Generations
Learn My History Foundation is excited to premiere its first Youth Program called: 'Create With Ro', helping empower younger generations by introducing them to various mentoring missions. This…
January 2, 2021
An A+ Opportunity for Students of All Ages
If the last year was an exam on whether the pursuit of academic dreams could be accomplished in the face of the unimaginable, every student – and their families – passed with flyin…
December 18, 2020
Library Foundation for Sarasota County Expands Diverse Collections
Thanks to a generous grant from the Edward K. Roberts Emerging Needs Fund, the library will be able to purchase new materials by diverse authors. Books foster learning, increase understanding…
December 16, 2020
Ringling College receives grant to support student scholarships
Ringling College of Art and Design announced Dec. 16 that the Community Foundation of Sarasota County has awarded the college a $30,500 grant from the John J. Clopine Fund to support student s…