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Twenty-five Sarasota County Educators Receive TIME Fellowships

Congratulations to the 25 outstanding Sarasota County Schools educators selected for Barancik Foundation’s 2025 TIME Fellowship! The TIME Fellowship provides public-school educators with the resources to experience meaningful professional renewal…

Greg LubereckiNovember 7, 2024

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Five Great Teachers Surprised with Ripple Effect Award

“I’m not usually speechless, but…,” Kevin Purcell said, trailing off. Mr. Purcell, a 21-year educator at Heron Creek Middle School, had just been presented with the Ripple Effect Teacher Award…

Greg LubereckiSeptember 24, 2024

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September 30 Deadline to Apply for 2025 TIME Fellowship

Sarasota County Schools educators have until September 30 to submit a proposal for Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation’s 2025 TIME Fellowship program. Barancik Foundation will select up to 25 applicants…

Greg LubereckiAugust 22, 2024

Teacher Jillian Nelson surrounded by administrators and guests after receiving the Ripple Effect Teacher Award

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Five Teachers Receive Ripple Effect Award

Five outstanding Sarasota County Schools educators were recognized last week with the Ripple Effect Teacher Award for their expansive impact in the classroom and beyond. Leaders from the school district…

Greg LubereckiMay 28, 2024

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Kelly Romanoff Selected for Change Leaders in Philanthropy Fellowship

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

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Omar Guevara-Soto Joins Staff of Barancik Foundation

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

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People, Ideas, Nature, Community: Through the Eyes of Our Youth

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

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Making SSTRIDEs to Diversify the Medical Profession

Florida State University’s College of Medicine recently celebrated 30 years of an outreach program that provides career pathways for students who have been underrepresented in medicine and other STEM fields.…

Greg LubereckiDecember 14, 2023

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12 Takeaways from PINC Experience 2023

A dozen innovators from diverse disciplines took the Sarasota Opera House stage last Thursday for PINC, the one-of-a-kind conference that inspires and engages the Sarasota community. This year’s speakers ranged…

Greg LubereckiDecember 11, 2023

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Barancik Foundation Awards $5 Million in Grants

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