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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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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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Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Board Approves $6.3 Million In Grant Funding

The essence: Recently approved grants from Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation will address areas such as hunger and food insecurity, support affordable housing opportunities, and promote projects that enhance diversity,…

Barancik FoundationMay 13, 2022

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The First 1,000 Days of First 1,000 Days Suncoast

“The earlier the investment, the greater the return.” Once upon a time, our founders, Chuck and Margie Barancik, asked staff to research ways to address summer learning loss for students…

Barancik FoundationApril 19, 2022

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Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Launches Barancik Early Learning Initiative

Child-care centers wavered during the pandemic, scrambling to stay open on razor-thin budgets and with little federal and state guidance. Some closed, others eked by, barely able to afford to…

Barancik FoundationApril 5, 2022

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The Housing Question

COVID-19 has revealed the depths of Sarasota’s housing crisis — when you’re priced out of the market, where do you go? Sarasota County has not kept pace with the demand…

Barancik FoundationMarch 30, 2022

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Second chances are a win for both students and the community

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken an extraordinary toll on youth and families, amplifying stressful situations and exacerbating a variety of factors that can increase a youth’s likelihood of delinquent behavior.…

Barancik FoundationMarch 11, 2022

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Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Board Approves $8.5 Million in Grant Funding

Recent funding from Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation reinforces the organization’s focus on student success, family enrichment, and environmental stewardship. This is the largest grant cycle in the Foundation’s eight-year…

Barancik FoundationFebruary 14, 2022