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Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Board Approves $8 Million in Grant Funding

The essence: Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation has recently approved grants for affordable housing, human services, and projects that promote environmental sustainability. This funding brings Barancik Foundation’s total philanthropic investment…

Barancik FoundationAugust 22, 2022

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Legal Aid of Manasota Partnership Finds Success in Providing Legal Lifeline for Children in Foster Care

Since the pandemic began, children have become no strangers to Zoom meetings. But for one foster child living in the Suncoast region, this call was different. A 12th Judicial Circuit…

Barancik FoundationAugust 8, 2022

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Second Heart Homes expands housing program for adults experiencing homelessness to Manatee County

Editor's note: This article appeared in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. From her early start catching people who fell between the cracks, a local woman has now seen her nonprofit expand from…

Barancik FoundationJuly 19, 2022

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New College of Florida expands college access efforts

Standardized test scores used to make or break acceptance into college. But as more and more colleges and universities drop testing requirements, how well a student can articulate their diverse…

Barancik FoundationJuly 15, 2022

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Healthy ponds lead to a healthier bay

Building on a successful program that helped more than two dozen Sarasota County communities bolster (and beautify) their stormwater retention ponds, Solutions to Avoid Red Tide (START) has secured a…

Barancik FoundationJuly 7, 2022

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Turning Savings into Service

Harvest House is making an eco-friendly shift while saving some serious cash. The nonprofit, which provides affordable housing, addiction recovery programs, and food security, joined forces with Partners for Green…

Barancik FoundationJuly 7, 2022

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Efforts underway to retain quality early learning educators in Sarasota

The strained labor market is putting pressure on preschools to find and retain quality talent. This is especially true in Sarasota County, where there are hundreds of open positions for…

Barancik FoundationJune 6, 2022

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