Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation recently awarded nearly $6 million in grants to support early education and youth development, affordable housing, mental health services, and more. “These grants exemplify Chuck…
Greg LubereckiMay 14, 2024
Kelly Romanoff, our senior vice president for strategy and evaluation, has been selected as a 2023-24 Change Leaders in Philanthropy Fellow. The fellowship is a program of Grantmakers for Effective…
Greg LubereckiFebruary 28, 2024
We are pleased to announce that Stephanie Jones and Ben Hanan have been reelected to our Board of Directors. Each will serve a three-year term on the Board. Stephanie is…
Greg LubereckiFebruary 16, 2024
Our Board of Directors recently approved $11.8 million in grants aimed at further improving the quality of education in Sarasota County’s public schools and preschools, expanding access to health care…
Greg LubereckiFebruary 13, 2024
The Barancik Foundation family mourns the passing of former Foundation board member Gerry Lublin. Gerry and his wife, Sheri, first met fellow Longboat Key residents Chuck and Margie Barancik playing…
Kelly RomanoffFebruary 5, 2024
This year’s Barancik Prize for Innovation in MS Research has been awarded to Sergio E. Baranzini, PhD, for his pioneering efforts to apply Big Data to understanding the origins of…
Greg LubereckiJanuary 31, 2024
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation has expanded its staff by hiring food and nutrition innovator and 2023 Bush Fellow Omar Guevara-Soto for the new position of Strategic Initiatives Officer. Guevara-Soto,…
Kelly RomanoffJanuary 10, 2024
Story and photos by Lindsay Luberecki, junior, Pine View School. The ornate and expansive main hall of the Sarasota Opera House glowed green, illuminated by lights on the floor and…
Greg LubereckiDecember 28, 2023
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation’s Board of Directors recently approved over $5 million in grants. The funding includes 11 grants to regional nonprofit organizations working in education, mental health, humanitarian…
Barancik FoundationNovember 9, 2023