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Grants Database
We make significant investments in the areas of education, humanitarian causes, arts and culture, the environment, and medical research in Sarasota and beyond. Within this database, you can explore past grants that date back to our inception and are as current as our most recent grant round. Below are three ways to use this database, which is best viewed from your desktop.
Organization Name | Project Name | Amount Awarded | Decision Date | Focus Area | Purpose |
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National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Barancik Prize for Innovation in MS Research | $375,000 | 11/01/2012 | Medical Research | To award the Barancik Prize for Innovation in MS Research. |
Sarasota County Schools | CMBF Initiative: STEMsmart in Sarasota County Schools, 2014 | $1,037,500 | 04/15/2014 | Education | To support the STEMsmart initiative to transform how teachers teach and students learn science, technology, engineering, and math in Sarasota County public middle schools. |
Sarasota County Schools | CMBF Initiative: ELA/SS Pilot, 2014-15 | $756,000 | 05/01/2014 | Education | To transform Sarasota County middle school English Language Arts and Social Studies (ELA/SS) classrooms into TechActive classrooms. |
Ravinia Festival Association | Sponsorship: Summer Concert, 2014 and 2015 | $100,000 | 05/01/2014 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
American Jewish Committee | Annual Support, 2015 | $50,000 | 05/01/2014 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Endowment Gift | $1,000,000 | 05/27/2014 | Arts and Culture | Challenge grant to energize the Artist Endowment Fund campaign. |
The Sarasota Ballet | Incentive Promotion for 2014/15 Season | $13,926 | 06/02/2014 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Library of the Future | $1,000,000 | 06/11/2014 | Arts and Culture | To construct the Academic Resource Center in the Alfred R. Goldstein Library. |
Community Foundation of Sarasota County | Season of Sharing, 2014 | $200,000 | 06/20/2014 | Humanitarian Causes | To help individuals and families on the verge of homelessness stay in their homes through the Season of Sharing Fund. |
The Sarasota Ballet | Annual Support, 2014-15 | $50,000 | 06/29/2014 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast | Annual Support, 2014 | $200,000 | 06/29/2014 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast | Sponsorship: Puttin' on the Ritz Gala, 2014 | $30,000 | 06/29/2014 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Parkinson's Disease Research Society | General Support | $5,000 | 09/16/2014 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
All Faiths Food Bank | Annual Support, 2014 | $50,000 | 10/17/2014 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and fundraising efforts. |
Partners in Health | Ebola Response Efforts | $100,000 | 11/03/2014 | Humanitarian Causes | To support Ebola response efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Annual Support, 2014-15 | $75,000 | 12/03/2014 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Workforce Development | $250,000 | 04/24/2015 | Humanitarian Causes | To support CareerEdge in training unemployed and under-employed adults in the Sarasota-Manatee region, particularly in computer science and transportation, distribution, and logistics. |
Community Foundation of Sarasota County | Season of Sharing, 2015 | $200,000 | 04/24/2015 | Humanitarian Causes | To help individuals and families on the verge of homelessness stay in their homes through the Season of Sharing Fund. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Matching Grant, 2016 | $50,000 | 04/25/2015 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Sarasota Ballet | Annual Support, 2015-16 | $50,000 | 05/01/2015 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota County Schools | CMBF Initiative: ELA/SS, 2015-16 | $587,732 | 06/25/2015 | Education | To transform Sarasota County middle school English Language Arts and Social Studies (ELA/SS) classrooms into TechActive classrooms. |
Sarasota County Schools | Reading Recovery, 2015-16 school year | $100,000 | 06/26/2015 | Education | To support Reading Recovery, which provides short-term intervention for first graders having extreme difficulty with early reading and writing. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | College Consortium of the Creative Coast- C4 Consultant | $25,000 | 06/26/2015 | Education | To support the College Consortium of the Creative Coast. |
Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast | Sponsorship: Puttin' on the Ritz Gala, 2015 | $30,000 | 06/26/2015 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Florida Philanthropic Network | Annual Membership, 2015 | $8,000 | 06/26/2015 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Annual Support, 2015-16 | $100,000 | 06/26/2015 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Senior Friendship Centers | Matching Grant to Senior Friendship Centers for Medical Services | $50,000 | 07/14/2015 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations health clinic which serves the low-income and uninsured in Sarasota County. |
Sarasota Orchestra | Sponsorship: Enchanted Evenings and Youth Orchestra, 2015 | $25,000 | 07/23/2015 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Establish After-school Programming at the Newtown Estates Rec Center, 2015-2016 | $181,000 | 08/06/2015 | Humanitarian Causes | To begin an after-school program in Newtown Estates. |
St. Petersburg Free Clinic | Matching Grant to the St. Petersburg Free Clinic for Medical Services | $50,000 | 08/10/2015 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Orchestra | Annual Support, 2015-16 | $25,000 | 08/12/2015 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Sponsorship: Champion for Children Dinner, 2015 | $10,000 | 08/24/2015 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Sponsorship: Orchid Ball, 2016 | $10,500 | 09/22/2015 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Mote Marine Laboratory | Sponsorship: Oceanic Evening, 2015 | $10,000 | 09/25/2015 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
American Jewish Committee | Sponsorship: Civic Achievement Dinner, 2015 | $50,000 | 09/28/2015 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and fundraising efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Condo for Actor Housing | $20,000 | 09/30/2015 | Arts and Culture | To enrich the theatre's partnership with the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training and provide housing for visiting artists. |
American Jewish Committee | Sponsorship: Video | $5,000 | 10/13/2015 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and fundraising efforts. |
The Sarasota Ballet | Sponsorship: 25th Anniversary Gala, 2016 | $10,000 | 10/20/2015 | Arts and Culture | To celebrate The Sarasota Ballets 25th Anniversary Season and support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Visible Men Academy | Parent Success Program | $25,000 | 11/13/2015 | Education | To support the Parent for Success Program at Visible Men Academy, a K-8 charter school focused on academic, social, and character education for minority, low-income boys |
University of Florida Foundation - Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering | UF Innovation Station | $979,907 | 11/13/2015 | Education | To launch the UF Innovation Station Sarasota County, an extension of the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, and groom area students for degree and career attainment in engineering. |
Sarasota Opera Association | Annual Support, 2015-16 | $5,000 | 11/13/2015 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota County Schools | Elementary Math Teacher Training Initiative | $619,144 | 11/13/2015 | Education | To support elementary teacher training in math education and increase student proficiency. |
Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast | Healthy Families/ Healthy Fathers Initiative | $250,000 | 11/13/2015 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Healthy Fathers/Healthy Families program that helps dads become more effective parents, better communicators, financial managers, and employees. |
Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast | Funding for Various Programs | $245,000 | 11/13/2015 | Humanitarian Causes | To support programming in Sarasota and Manatee for children and families. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | Endowment Fund for Barancik Prize for Innovation in MS Research | $3,000,000 | 11/13/2015 | Medical REsearch | To endow the annual Barancik Prize for Innovation in MS Research. |
All Faiths Food Bank | Develop a sustainable produce donation/distribution system, and expand the Sprout mobile food pantry | $626,225 | 11/13/2015 | Humanitarian Causes | To expand the food banks ability to collect and distribute fresh produce. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Sponsorship: Cabaret at the Tropicana Gala, 2016 | $10,000 | 11/18/2015 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Mote Marine Laboratory | Renovation of the Tropical Reserach Lab/ Coral Reef Research Facility | $325,000 | 12/03/2015 | Environment | To support the organization's world-class scientific research in Key West, Florida. |
Jewish United Fund | General Support | $50,000 | 12/03/2015 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations mission to provide basic human services to Jews and others in need, create Jewish experiences, and strength Jewish community connections. |
Florida Policy Institute | Start-up Funding | $251,641 | 12/03/2015 | Humanitarian Causes | To create staff capacity to analyze the State of Floridas budget and make policy recommendations that represent the needs and interests of low-income residents. |
Feeding America | Online Summer Food Client Referral Pilot | $75,000 | 12/03/2015 | Humanitarian Causes | To pilot the use of mobile technology to make it faster and easier for those in need to find food and connect with available services. |
Community Foundation of Sarasota County | Campaign for Grade Level Reading, Funding for skilled home school liaison | $79,460 | 12/03/2015 | Education | To hire a Home School Liaison at Tuttle Elementary to support the Campaign for Grade Level Reading. |
Education Foundation of Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Evening of Excellence, 2016 | $5,000 | 12/16/2015 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast | Sponsorship: Celebrity Chef's Food and Wine Tasting, 2016 | $1,000 | 01/06/2016 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Sponsorship: Avant Garde, 2016 | $25,000 | 01/20/2016 | Education | To support the colleges Avant Garde event, which raises scholarship funds for students. |
Embracing Our Differences | Sponsorship: Art Exhibit, 2016 | $5,000 | 01/21/2016 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the 2016 Embracing Our Difference art exhibit. The organization uses the power of art to expand consciousness and open the heart to celebrate the diversity of the human family. |
The Salvation Army Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Glitz at the Ritz, 2016 | $2,500 | 01/22/2016 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Celebration Luncheon, 2016 | $5,500 | 02/03/2016 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
WUSF Public Media | Classical WSMR 89.1 Expansion Project | $10,000 | 02/12/2016 | Arts and Culture | To the WSMR 89.1 Expansion Project to increase the 24-hour classical music radio stations signal strength. |
Ravinia Festival Association | Sponsorship: Summer Concert, 2016 | $50,000 | 02/12/2016 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Sponsorship: Cohn Weil Memorial MS Outing, 2016 | $400,000 | 02/12/2016 | Medical Research | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Summer Programming for Newtown Estates Park Boys & Girls Club | $89,000 | 02/12/2016 | Humanitarian Causes | To maintain services to the highly vulnerable youth population who attend the Newtown Estate Park Club. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Sponsorship: Honoring Dr. Larry Thompson and Celebrating 85 Years | $2,000 | 03/11/2016 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and fundraising efforts in honor of Dr. Larry Thompson. |
Sarasota Opera Association | Annual Support, 2016-17 | $10,000 | 04/12/2016 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota County Schools | Joint Initiative: Reading Recovery, 2016-17 & 2017-18 | $100,000 | 04/27/2016 | Education | To support Reading Recovery, which provides short-term intervention for first graders having extreme difficulty with early reading and writing. |
Library Foundation for Sarasota County | Sponsorship: General support | $5,000 | 04/27/2016 | Education | To support the Library Foundations work to ensure Sarasota Countys libraries remain innovative, leading-edge centers of learning and civic engagement. |
Centerstone of Florida | Comprehensive Treatment Court Pilot Program | $147,000 | 04/27/2016 | Mental Health | To support the Comprehensive Treatment Court, which is a jail-diversion program for individuals arrested for misdemeanor crimes and suffering from mental illness. |
All Faiths Food Bank | Campaign Against Summer Hunger, 2016 | $25,000 | 04/27/2016 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Campaign Against Summer Hunger, which provides food and funds to feed children over the summer months. |
Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay | JA Life & Career Ready | $50,000 | 04/28/2016 | Education | To support the Junior Achievement Sarasota/Manatee District Office. |
The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired | Sponsorship: Gala, 2016 honoring Dr. Joel Kaplan | $10,000 | 05/05/2016 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Hetty Feather Tickets (100) for Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota County | $1,000 | 05/26/2016 | Arts and Culture | To purchase 100 tickets for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota County to attend the Hetty Feather performance. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Sponsorship: Lunch in the Gardens, 2016 | $20,000 | 06/08/2016 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Sponsorship: Community Youth Development Breakfast | $1,000 | 06/23/2016 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Sarasota Ballet | Annual Support, 2016-17 | $50,000 | 07/08/2016 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Sarasota Ballet | Sponsorship: Annual Gala, 2017 | $10,000 | 07/08/2016 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation | Annual Membership, 2016 | $10,000 | 07/08/2016 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Solar United Neighbors of Florida | Florida Solar United Neighborhoods (FL SUN) | $30,000 | 07/08/2016 | Environment | To support the expansion of solar energy in Florida. |
Sarasota Orchestra | Annual Support, 2016-17 | $55,000 | 07/08/2016 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota County Schools | CMBF Initiative: ELA/SS, 2016-17 | $525,000 | 07/08/2016 | Education | To transform Sarasota County middle school English Language Arts and Social Studies (ELA/SS) classrooms into TechActive classrooms. |
Mote Marine Laboratory | Sponsorship: Oceanic Evening, 2016 | $10,000 | 07/08/2016 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Jewish United Fund | Annual support, 2016 | $50,000 | 07/08/2016 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations mission to provide basic human services to Jews and others in need, create Jewish experiences, and strength Jewish community connections. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | Sheriff's Charitable Fund | $25,000 | 07/08/2016 | Humanitarian Causes | To support grassroots community-building efforts that make Sarasota Countys neighborhoods stronger and safer. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Family Strengthening Program | $225,000 | 07/08/2016 | Mental Health | To fund the Family Strengthening Program, which provides counseling services for the girls the organization serves, and their families. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Annual Match Campaign, 2016 | $50,000 | 07/08/2016 | Humanitarian Causes | For the 2016 Annual August Match Campaign, which provides scholarship funds for at-risk girls to participate in the organizations educational and character-building programs. |
FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training | Shakespeare in the Gardens: Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night Dream at Selby Gardens | $10,000 | 07/08/2016 | Arts and Culture | To support Shakespeare in the Gardens, the Conservatorys joint outdoor theater production of A Midsummer's Night Dream, in partnership with Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. |
Florida Philanthropic Network | Annual Membership, 2016 & 2017 | $12,000 | 07/08/2016 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Education Foundation of Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Evening of Excellence, 2017 | $5,000 | 07/08/2016 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Community Foundation of Sarasota County | Season of Sharing, 2016 | $200,000 | 07/08/2016 | Humanitarian Causes | To help individuals and families on the verge of homelessness stay in their homes through the Season of Sharing Fund. |
Children First | Children First Program Enhancements | $150,000 | 07/08/2016 | Humanitarian Causes | To expand the organizations case management, counseling, and teacher capacity to better address the mental and behavioral needs of the children and families they serve. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Sponsorship: Champions for Children, 2016 | $10,000 | 07/08/2016 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Annual Support, 2016-17 | $100,000 | 07/08/2016 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Sponsorship: Gala, 2017 | $10,000 | 07/08/2016 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
American Jewish Committee | Annual Support, 2016 | $50,000 | 07/08/2016 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Big Waters Land Trust | Sponsorship: Palm Ball, 2017 | $5,000 | 07/26/2016 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Library Foundation for Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Author Luncheon, 2017 | $5,000 | 08/05/2016 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Florida Philanthropic Network | CEO Transition Fund | $5,000 | 08/23/2016 | Humanitarian Causes | For the CEO Transition Fund to support the growth of the organization under its new leadership. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Sponsorship: CYD Breakfast, Matching Gift in Honor of Lori White | $10,000 | 09/02/2016 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | FACE-ing Mental Illness: The Art of Acceptance Project Fund | $10,000 | 09/06/2016 | Mental Health | To support the Art of Acceptance program, uniting the arts and behavioral health communities of Sarasota. |
Designing Women's Boutique | Sponsorship: Gala, 2016 | $2,500 | 09/14/2016 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Sponsorship: Avant Garde, 2017 | $25,000 | 09/27/2016 | Education | To support the colleges Avant Garde event, which raises scholarship funds for students. |
Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast | Sponsorship: Puttin' on the Ritz Gala, 2016 | $30,000 | 09/27/2016 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Celebration Luncheon, 2017 | $5,500 | 09/27/2016 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Library Foundation for Sarasota County | Children's Literacy Endowment Capping Grant | $50,000 | 10/21/2016 | Education | To support Sarasota Countys Literacy Endowment Campaign to raise the necessary funds to ensure the neediest children in our community are exposed to reading at an early age. |
Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast | Targeted Youth & Family Case Management, Counseling & Supportive Services | $300,000 | 10/21/2016 | Humanitarian Causes | To provide intensive trauma counseling for youth who need help with serious life challenges. |
Forty Carrots Family Center | Clinical Supervisor to Support Expansion of Forty Carrots' Child & Family Therapy Program | $196,200 | 10/21/2016 | Mental Health | To hire a Clinical Supervisor responsible for the expansion of Forty Carrots Children and Family Therapy Program. |
Florida State University Foundation | The Ringling W.E.B. Where Everyone Belongs: Families Learning Together | $175,000 | 10/21/2016 | Arts and Culture | To provide free family memberships through partnerships with non-profit community organizations and equip parents to engage in conversations and exploration with their children around works of art. |
Education Foundation of Sarasota County | Capping Grant to the Lori White Endowment Fund | $50,000 | 10/21/2016 | Education | To honor retiring Superintendent Lori White and provide professional development for teachers in the Sarasota County public schools. |
Cross College Alliance | C4 Consortium Initiative Support | $39,333 | 10/21/2016 | Education | To support the initiatives goals, including student cross-registration, class enrollment at partnering colleges, and co-branding. |
Embracing Our Differences | Sponsorship: School Outreach, 2016-17 | $5,000 | 11/22/2016 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations student produced art display promoting tolerance and inclusivity. |
Sarasota Orchestra | Sponsorship: A Little Night Music special event | $2,500 | 01/23/2017 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Sarasota Ballet | Annual Support, 2017-18 | $50,000 | 01/27/2017 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation | Annual Membership, 2017 | $10,000 | 01/27/2017 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Internship Incentive Program | $227,500 | 01/27/2017 | Education | To support an internship incentive program that will place 125 students with paid internships at local companies. |
The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired | Sponsorship: Gala, 2017 | $10,000 | 01/27/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
State College of Florida Foundation | Student Success in Gator Engineering@SCF & New SCF STEM Pathways | $60,000 | 01/27/2017 | Education | To increase SCFs academic advisor capacity. The advisor will support students in Gator Engineering@SCF and the new STEM Pathways program. |
Sarasota Orchestra | Annual Support, 2017-18 | $55,000 | 01/27/2017 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Opera Association | Annual Support, 2017-18 | $10,000 | 01/27/2017 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Ravinia Festival Association | Sponsorship: Summer Concert, 2017 | $35,000 | 01/27/2017 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Sponsorship: Cohn Weil Memorial MS Outing, 2017 | $400,000 | 01/27/2017 | Medical Research | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Mote Marine Laboratory | Sponsorship: Oceanic Evening, 2017 | $10,000 | 01/27/2017 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Sponsorship: Lunch in the Gardens, 2017 | $20,000 | 01/27/2017 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Manatee Community Foundation | Heroin/Opioid Epidemic Plan | $7,160 | 01/27/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To develop an action plan to address the foster care crisis. |
Jewish United Fund | Annual support, 2017 | $50,000 | 01/27/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations mission to provide basic human services to Jews and others in need, create Jewish experiences, and strength Jewish community connections. |
Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast | Sponsorship: Corporate Sponsorship, 2017-18 | $30,000 | 01/27/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Harvest House | Transformation for Children and Families | $210,000 | 01/27/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations mission to champion hope and transform lives by revitalizing neighborhoods and providing service-enriched housing programs. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | GCCF Initiative: Financial Sustainability Expansion at The Salvation Army, Sarasota | $94,600 | 01/27/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To expand the Financial Sustainability Initiative at The Salvation Army and help more families emerging from poverty to become self-sufficient. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | Local College Access Network Matching Grant | $25,000 | 01/27/2017 | Education | To support the Local College Access Network whose goal is to improve student access and attainment of college degrees or higher-education certificates. |
Florida ACLU | Keep Kids Learning and Working Towards a Productive Future | $361,635 | 01/27/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Keep Kids Learning and Working program. The ACLUs goal, which we share, is to reduce the number of children entering the juvenile-justice system and keep them in school. |
Easterseals Southwest Florida | Easter Seals Children's Therapy Collaboration Project | $225,000 | 01/27/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To expand the organization's therapy services for persons with disabilities. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | 2016-2017 School Year & 2017 Summer Programs at Newtown Estates Park Boys & Girls Club | $122,485 | 01/27/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To maintain services to the highly vulnerable youth population who attend the Newtown Estate Park Club. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Sponsorship: Champions for Children, 2017 | $10,000 | 01/27/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Big Waters Land Trust | Youth in Nature Initiative, 2017 | $65,000 | 01/27/2017 | Environment | To support the Youth in Nature Initiative. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea | $15,000 | 01/27/2017 | Arts and Culture | To purchase 100 tickets for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota County to attend the Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea performance. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Annual Support, 2017-18 | $100,000 | 01/27/2017 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
American Jewish Committee | Annual Support, 2017 | $50,000 | 01/27/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
All Faiths Food Bank | Campaign Against Summer Hunger, 2017 | $25,000 | 01/27/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Campaign Against Summer Hunger, which provides food and funds to feed children over the summer months. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Sponsorship: Youth of the Year, 2017 | $11,000 | 02/03/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Children First | Support for the Raise Your Hand fundraising campaign | $25,000 | 02/09/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Mote Marine Laboratory | Sponsorship: Party on the Pass, 2017 | $3,000 | 02/13/2017 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Booker High School Foundation | Student Technology | $1,400 | 02/14/2017 | Education | To purchase computer technology compatible with the engineering software SolidWorks. |
Suncoast Science Center | Sponsorship: RC Custom Car Open | $5,000 | 02/27/2017 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | General Support: Gala, 2017 | $10,000 | 03/04/2017 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
United Way Suncoast | United Way Suncoast Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program | $60,000 | 04/21/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, which provides free tax-return preparation and filing for low-income families in Sarasota and DeSoto counties. |
The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Miss Susie's Lunchroom | $50,000 | 04/21/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | Start-up funds for a redevelopment project to create a full-service restaurant in the Newtown neighborhood. |
The Bay Park Conservancy | Sarasota Bayfront Planning Organization | $100,000 | 04/21/2017 | Arts and Culture | To create a master redevelopment plan for 42 acres of Sarasota Bay-front property owned by the City of Sarasota. |
Sarasota County Schools | Reading Recovery For ALL! | $511,000 | 04/21/2017 | Education | To employ literacy teachers trained through the Reading Recovery program at seven elementary schools. |
Sarasota County Schools | Making Sarasota #1 in Mathematics | $480,000 | 04/21/2017 | Education | To build professional capacity in math instruction across the school district. |
Pines of Sarasota Foundation | Pines of Sarasota Intergenerational Program | $96,000 | 04/21/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To offer professional intergenerational programming for residents of the Pines senior living facility and children who attend the organization's preschool. |
Manatee Community Foundation | Manatee County Foster Care Initiative | $125,000 | 04/21/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To pay for an Early Childhood Court Community Coordinator and for a marketing campaign to fill the gap in foster-care homes. |
Florida State University Foundation | Science Students Together Reaching Instructional Diversity & Excellence (SSTRIDE) in Sarasota | $498,380 | 04/21/2017 | Education | To support the expansion of Science Students Together Reaching Instructional Diversity and Excellence (SSTRIDE) into McIntosh Middle School and Sarasota High School. |
Child Protection Center | Educating Adults and Empowering Children | $50,000 | 04/21/2017 | Education | To hire an additional prevention educator for its Personal Safety and Community Awareness Program team |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | Talking is Teaching | $10,000 | 04/21/2017 | Education | To pilot an awareness campaign to encourage parents to talk, read, and sing with their young children. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Sustainability Plan for Newtown Estates Park Boys & Girls Club | $435,170 | 04/21/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To ensure the long-term sustainability of the Newtown Estates Park Club, which was created in 2015 with funding from the Foundation to serve youth in the Newtown Estates neighborhood. |
All Star Children's Foundation | All-Star Children's Foundation Medical Model for Trauma-informed Care | $1,000,000 | 04/21/2017 | Mental Health | To provide trauma-informed foster care services in Sarasota. |
Education Foundation of Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Create SRQ, 2018 | $5,000 | 07/18/2017 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Sarasota Ballet | Sponsorship: Annual Gala, 2018 | $10,000 | 07/28/2017 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Temple Emanu-El | Mitzvah Backpack Program | $21,000 | 07/28/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Mitzvah Backpack Program, which provides backpacks filled with nutritious food to low-income children each week so they can have healthy meals over the weekend. |
Sarasota Orchestra | Sarasota Youth Orchestra, 2017-18 | $15,000 | 07/28/2017 | Arts and Culture | To provide financial assistance for youth whose families are below the federal poverty line to receive music education and enrichment through the Sarasota Youth Orchestra. |
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation | Sponsorship: Corporate Sponsorship, 2017-18 | $30,000 | 07/28/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota County Schools | 21st Century School Initiative | $525,000 | 07/28/2017 | Education | To complete a collaborative initiative with Gulf Coast Community Foundation and Sarasota County Schools that has physically and academically transformed middle-school classrooms throughout the county. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Sponsorship: Avant Garde, 2018 | $25,000 | 07/28/2017 | Education | To support the colleges Avant Garde event, which raises scholarship funds for students. |
Mote Marine Laboratory | Mote Marine Laboratory Coral Reef Research and Restoration | $300,000 | 07/28/2017 | Environment | To build a new research lab in Key West to expand the organization's coral reef and research restoration. |
Library Foundation for Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Author Luncheon, 2018 | $6,000 | 07/28/2017 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | Sheriff's Charitable Fund | $25,000 | 07/28/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Sheriffs Charitable Fund, which will enable the Sheriffs Office to provide small grants for grassroots efforts that improve neighborhood safety and conditions. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Annual Match Campaign, 2017 | $50,000 | 07/28/2017 | Education | For the 2017 Annual August Match Campaign, which provides scholarship funds for at-risk girls to participate in the organizations educational and character-building programs. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Celebration Luncheon, 2018 | $5,500 | 07/28/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Forty Carrots Family Center | Good Beginnings Program at Tuttle Elementary School | $90,866 | 07/28/2017 | Mental Health | To provide mental health counseling for three years at Tuttle Elementary School, a Title I school in Sarasota. |
Embracing Our Differences | Sponsorship: Art Exhibit, 2018 | $5,000 | 07/28/2017 | Education | To support the 2018 Embracing Our Difference art exhibit. The organization uses the power of art to expand consciousness and open the heart to celebrate the diversity of the human family. |
Designing Women's Boutique | Sponsorship: Gala, 2017 | $2,500 | 07/28/2017 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Chicago Zoological Society | Bottlenose Dolphins as Sentinels of Coastal Ecosystem Health, 2017 | $1,000,000 | 07/28/2017 | Environment | To sustain the Sarasota Bay Dolphin Research Study, the longest running study of dolphins in the wild. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Sponsorship: Leadership Breakfast, 2017 | $20,000 | 07/28/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Big Waters Land Trust | Sponsorship: Palm Ball, 2018 | $5,000 | 07/28/2017 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Sponsorship: Gala, 2018 | $10,000 | 07/28/2017 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Temple Emanu-El | Sponsorship: Temple Emanu-El honoring of Mickey Fine, 2017 | $1,000 | 08/14/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Temple and recognize the important community contributions of Ms. Fine. |
Arts & Cultural Alliance Of Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Arts Mean Business, 2017 | $5,000 | 08/23/2017 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Florida Philanthropic Network | Sponsorship: FPN Summit, 2018 | $5,000 | 08/30/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Greater Houston Community Foundation | Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund | $100,000 | 09/05/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Hurricane Harvey relief and recovery efforts of the Greater Houston Community Foundation. |
Pines of Sarasota Foundation | Hurricane Irma - Emergency Request | $202,000 | 09/18/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To replace equipment and repair damages sustained during Hurricane Irma. |
All Faiths Food Bank | Hurricane Irma - Emergency Request | $172,000 | 09/18/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | For two weeks of food normally supplied by food donations from retail chains. |
American Jewish Committee | Sponsorship: Civic Achievement Award Dinner, 2017 | $10,000 | 10/26/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota County Schools | Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program - A Continuation of Services | $56,400 | 11/03/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To sustain the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program at Tuttle and Alta Vista elementary schools. |
Sarasota County Schools | CMBF Initiative: Barancik Foundation Emerging Educators Initiative | $125,000 | 11/03/2017 | Education | To support a partnership with State College of Florida (SCF) Educator Preparation Institute to recruit college degreed adults interested in a second career in teaching. |
Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida | Keeping Prevention Health Care Affordable and Accessible | $50,000 | 11/03/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To provide affordable, accessible healthcare to patients in Sarasota County with limited or no health insurance. |
Museum of Science and Industry of Chicago | Museum of Science and Industry Chicago - Science Minors Clubs Program | $25,000 | 11/03/2017 | Education | To support the Science Minors Club, which provides after-school learning opportunities to more than 12,000 elementary school students. |
Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast | Embracing Our Community With Care | $330,000 | 11/03/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To fund a variety of essential social-service programs for community members of all ages. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Barancik Foundation Solar and Conservation Initiative Pilot in partnership with Girls Inc. | $444,890 | 11/03/2017 | Environment | To test the concept of outfitting a youth-serving nonprofit agency with solar panels while also delivering conservation education to the organization. |
FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training | Shakespeare in the Gardens: A Three-year Partnership | $60,000 | 11/03/2017 | Arts and Culture | To support Shakespeare in the Gardens, the Conservatorys joint outdoor theater production with Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. |
Chicago Botanic Garden | Science Career Continuum | $25,000 | 11/03/2017 | Environment | To support the Science Career Continuum, which connects students from Chicago Public Schools with environmental-science education and training programs at the Garden. |
United Way Suncoast | Transition of 211 services to Heart of Florida United Way | $33,333 | 11/10/2017 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the transition of 211 services to Heart of Florida United Way. |
National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Sponsorship: Alan Buegeleisen Mid Florida MS Research Fund, 2017 | $5,000 | 11/20/2017 | Medical Research | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Sponsorship: STEMsmart Celebration Venue Appreciation Grant | $500 | 02/01/2018 | Education | In appreciation for hosting the STEMsmart Celebration. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Sponsorship: STEMsmart Celebration Venue Appreciation Grant | $500 | 02/01/2018 | Education | In appreciation for hosting the STEMsmart Celebration. |
The Sarasota Ballet | Annual Support, 2018-19 | $50,000 | 02/02/2018 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation | Annual Membership, 2018 | $10,000 | 02/02/2018 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired | Sponsorship: Gala, 2018 | $10,000 | 02/02/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Orchestra | Sponsorship: Farewell to Anu Tali, 2019 | $25,000 | 02/02/2018 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Orchestra | Annual Support, 2018-19 | $55,000 | 02/02/2018 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Opera Association | Annual Support, 2018-19 | $12,000 | 02/02/2018 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation | Sponsorship: Corporate Sponsorship, 2018-19 | $30,000 | 02/02/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota County Schools | CMBF Initiative: Educators Rising Pilot | $125,000 | 02/02/2018 | Education | To launch the Educators Rising Initiative, which will recruit high school students to become teachers by offering Career and Technical Education and Dual Enrollment Courses. |
Ravinia Festival Association | Sponsorship: Summer Concert, 2018 | $50,000 | 02/02/2018 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Sponsorship: Cohn Weil Memorial MS Outing, 2018 | $400,000 | 02/02/2018 | Medical Research | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Sponsorship: Alan Buegeleisen Mid Florida Research Fund, 2018 | $5,000 | 02/02/2018 | Medical Research | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Museum of Science and Industry of Chicago | Annual Support, 2018 | $25,000 | 02/02/2018 | Education | To support the Science Minors Club, which provides after-school learning opportunities to more than 12,000 elementary school students. |
Mote Marine Laboratory | Project Nature Bridge | $22,200 | 02/02/2018 | Environment | To support Project Nature Bridge, an environmental program for youth. |
Mote Marine Laboratory | Sponsorship: Oceanic Evening, 2018 | $10,000 | 02/02/2018 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Mote Marine Laboratory | Sponsorship: Party on the Pass, 2018 | $3,000 | 02/02/2018 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Project Nature Bridge | $7,430 | 02/02/2018 | Environment | To support Project Nature Bridge, an environmental program for youth. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Sponsorship: Lunch in the Gardens, 2018 | $20,000 | 02/02/2018 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Laurel Civic Association | Project Nature Bridge | $1,200 | 02/02/2018 | Environment | To support Project Nature Bridge, an environmental program for youth. |
JoshProvides Epilepsy Assistance Foundation | Seizure Detection & Monitoring Resources for Children and Young Adults with Epilepsy | $9,800 | 02/02/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To pay for seizure detection and monitoring devices, including therapy dogs, in-home cameras and wrist watches. |
Jewish United Fund | Annual Support, 2018 | $50,000 | 02/02/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations mission to provide basic human services to Jews and others in need, create Jewish experiences, and strength Jewish community connections. |
Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast | Sponsorship: Corporate Sponsorship: 2018-19 | $30,000 | 02/02/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | Rapid Rehousing - a Solution for Adult and Unaccompanied Youth Homelessness | $100,000 | 02/02/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To address adult homelessness by offering rapid rehousing and wrap-around support to individuals. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | CMBF Initiative: First 1,000 Days Sarasota County, 2018 | $65,000 | 02/02/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To seed the First 1,000 Days Project Fund to provide better access to the prenatal, newborn, and early childhood development care that gives babies and families a crucial opportunity to thrive. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Project Nature Bridge | $1,200 | 02/02/2018 | Environment | To support Project Nature Bridge, an environmental program for youth. |
Florida Philanthropic Network | Annual Membership, 2018 | $8,000 | 02/02/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Education Foundation of Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Teacher of the Year Event, 2018 | $5,000 | 02/02/2018 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Designing Women's Boutique | Sponsorship: Gala, 2018 | $2,500 | 02/02/2018 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Cross College Alliance | Cross College Alliance Sustainability Plan | $30,730 | 02/02/2018 | Education | To continue the initiative's work to broaden student experiences and establish the region as a destination for academic excellence. |
Chicago Botanic Garden | Annual Support, 2018 | $25,000 | 02/02/2018 | Environment | To support the Science Career Continuum, which connects students from Chicago Public Schools with environmental-science education and training programs at the Garden. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | Mental Health Environmental Scan | $90,000 | 02/02/2018 | Mental Health | To fund a mental health environmental scan in Sarasota County providing much-needed data to inform gaps and needs in the mental health system. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Project Nature Bridge | $1,260 | 02/02/2018 | Environment | To support Project Nature Bridge, an environmental program for youth. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Sponsorship: Corporate Sponsorship, 2018-19 | $30,000 | 02/02/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Big Waters Land Trust | Sponsorship: Project Nature Bridge | $2,199 | 02/02/2018 | Environment | To support Project Nature Bridge, an environmental program for youth. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Summer Family Productions, 2018 and 2019 | $30,000 | 02/02/2018 | Arts and Culture | To help underserved populations experience the arts and attend the theatre in the summer. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Project Nature Bridge | $3,611 | 02/02/2018 | Environment | To support Project Nature Bridge, an environmental program for youth. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Annual Support, 2018-19 | $100,000 | 02/02/2018 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
American Jewish Committee | Annual Support, 2018 | $50,000 | 02/02/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota County Schools | Sponsorship: Teacher Celebration on February 1, 2018 | $6,995 | 03/15/2018 | Education | To support the STEMsmart and TechActive teacher celebration. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | Post Hurricane Irma Community Collaboration Work | $8,212 | 03/21/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To subsidize the cost of a consulting services for an After Action Report detailing the nonprofit sector's disaster preparedness and recovery efforts surrounding Hurricane Irma. |
Healthy Start Coalition of Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Healthy Start Luncheon, 2018 | $2,500 | 03/28/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Workforce Support Program | $75,000 | 04/27/2018 | Education | To support CareerEdge, a workforce development initiative. |
Take Stock in Children of Sarasota County | Take Stock in 21st Century Learning | $100,000 | 04/27/2018 | Education | To support a community-based scholarship and mentoring program that helps close the achievement gap for low-income students in hopes of breaking the cycle of intergenerational poverty. |
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation | The Sarasota Memorial Cancer Institute's Patient Navigation Program | $680,540 | 04/27/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To support patient navigators who will guide patients through the complex continuum of cancer care and road to recovery. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Masterpiece Scholarship at Ringling College of Art and Design | $1,000,000 | 04/27/2018 | Education | To establish a Barancik Masterpiece Scholarship at Ringling College of Art & Design that will guarantee full tuition through graduation for one student every four years. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Powered by the Barancik Foundation - A Sustainability Demonstration Program | $2,000,000 | 04/27/2018 | Environment | To power Selby Gardens sustainability and greening focused master plan. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | Funder's Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities | $75,000 | 04/27/2018 | Environment | Matching grant to support Partners for Places, a project to create financial savings for area nonprofits through energy and water efficiency improvements. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Annual Match Campaign, 2018 | $50,000 | 04/27/2018 | Education | For the 2018 Annual August Match Campaign, which provides scholarship funds for at-risk girls to participate in the organizations educational and character-building programs. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | 2018 Club At Night Program and Summer Program Enrichment at the Roy McBean Boys & Girls Club | $85,000 | 04/27/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To support two programs that offer youth a safe place and positive guidance at the Roy McBean Club in Newtown. |
Big Waters Land Trust | Youth in Nature Initiative, 2018 | $50,000 | 04/27/2018 | Environment | To continue the Youth in Nature program for a second year. |
All Faiths Food Bank | Campaign Against Summer Hunger, 2018 | $50,000 | 04/27/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Campaign Against Summer Hunger, which provides food and funds to feed children over the summer months. |
Sarasota County Schools | Teacher Training Day | $1,500 | 06/26/2018 | Education | To provide food for teachers who attended the 2018 Exceptional Student Education Institute at Suncoast Technical College. |
Florida Philanthropic Network | Sponsorship: FPN Summit, 2019 | $5,000 | 07/11/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Multicultural Health Institute | MHI Community Elevation Initiative | $45,000 | 07/26/2018 | Education | To support capacity building efforts at the organization. |
Sarasota County Schools | Crisis Text Line HERE4U: Spreading Hope | $14,300 | 07/26/2018 | Education | To implement a Crisis Text Line awareness campaign in Sarasota middle and high schools so that students are aware that help is immediately available 24/7. |
University of Florida Foundation | Elevating the Teaching Profession | $30,000 | 07/27/2018 | Education | To support the Center for Public Interest Communications work on lifting the teaching profession as part of Barancik Foundations Teacher Recruitment|Retention Initiative. |
United Way Suncoast | Final Transition of 211 Services to Heart of Florida United Way | $26,000 | 07/27/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the final transition of 211 services to Heart of Florida United Way. |
The Twig Cares | The Twig Cares | $25,000 | 07/27/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To meet the needs of the foster care community. |
The Sarasota Ballet | Sponsorship: Annual Gala, 2019 | $10,000 | 07/27/2018 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota County Schools | Closing the Literacy Gap | $251,759 | 07/27/2018 | Education | To support training for teacher teams focused on bridging the literacy gap between elementary and middle school. |
Sarasota County Schools | Innovative High School Intensive Language Arts Classrooms | $97,000 | 07/27/2018 | Education | To pilot a program focused on improving Intensive Language Arts classes for high school students not reading at grade-level. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Sponsorship: Avant Garde, 2019 | $25,000 | 07/27/2018 | Education | To support the colleges Avant Garde event, which raises scholarship funds for students. |
Library Foundation for Sarasota County | Creation Stations Powered by Barancik Foundation | $947,544 | 07/27/2018 | Education | To establish creation stations at eight libraries, provide a capping grant on an outreach endowment, and support creation station personnel costs. |
Library Foundation for Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Author Luncheon, 2019 | $6,000 | 07/27/2018 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Harvest House | Transformational Services for Families and Youth | $240,000 | 07/27/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations mission to champion hope and transform lives by revitalizing neighborhoods and providing service-enriched housing programs. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | CMBF Initiative: First 1,000 Days Sarasota County, 2018 | $200,000 | 07/27/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the First 1,000 Days Project Fund to provide better access to the prenatal, newborn, and early childhood development care that gives babies and families a crucial opportunity to thrive. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | GCCF Initiative: Unaccompanied Homeless Youth | $100,000 | 07/27/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the coordination of specialized services to meet the unique needs of the estimated 400 to 600 unaccompanied homeless youth in Sarasota County. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Celebration Luncheon, 2019 | $5,500 | 07/27/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
First Step of Sarasota | Mothers and Infants Transitions Pilot Program | $130,456 | 07/27/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Mothers and Infants Program, a residential addiction recovery program. |
Embracing Our Differences | Sponsorship: Art Exhibit, 2019 | $5,000 | 07/27/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the 2019 Embracing Our Difference art exhibit. The organization uses the power of art to expand consciousness and open the heart to celebrate the diversity of the human family. |
Education Foundation of Sarasota County | Future Ready: Life, Career, College for Sarasota County Students | $60,000 | 07/27/2018 | Education | To support the Future Ready Initiative to expand career-and-college centers at North Port High School and Riverview High School. |
Education Foundation of Sarasota County | Shirley A. Ritchey Endowment Fund Campaign 30th Anniversary | $30,000 | 07/27/2018 | Education | To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Shirley A. Ritchey Endowment Fund. The fund provides annual operating support for the organization. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Arcadia Program Funding Match | $450,000 | 07/27/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To match dollar-for-dollar all monies raised to support programming at the new Arcadia Boys & Girls Clubs up to $400,000. |
Big Waters Land Trust | Sponsorship: Palm Ball, 2019 | $5,000 | 07/27/2018 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Sponsorship: Gala, 2019 | $10,000 | 07/27/2018 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | Steve Seidensticker Memorial Fund for Miss Susie's | $10,000 | 08/16/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | A gift to the Steve Seidensticker Memorial Fund for Miss Susie's Restaurant. |
Harvest House | Sponsorship: American Soldier Solo Show, 2018 | $5,000 | 09/21/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Healthy Start Coalition of Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Breakfast of Champions, 2018 | $1,000 | 09/26/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
YMCA of Southwest Florida | Early Childhood Education Professional Development Strategy | $94,502 | 10/26/2018 | Education | To expand and improve early education programming. Through a partnership with State College of Florida, students pursuing careers in education will participate in paid internships. |
UnidosNow | UnidosNow - Future Leaders Academy | $75,000 | 10/26/2018 | Education | To support the Future Leaders Academy. |
The Academy at Glengary | Reaching Underserved Populations | $182,000 | 10/26/2018 | Mental Health | To expand employment opportunities for adults with mental illness. Barancik Foundation funding will be used to increase outreach efforts. |
State College of Florida Foundation | Barancik Foundation Early Educators | $100,000 | 10/26/2018 | Education | To assist those pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood Education. |
Soar Learning Center | Soar Learning Center, Inc. | $100,000 | 10/26/2018 | Education | To help cover operational/programmatic expenses during the organizations first year in a new 3,000-square foot facility. |
Sarasota Performing Arts Center Foundation | Making Artistic and Inspiring Narratives Project | $28,120 | 10/26/2018 | Arts and Culture | To support a six-day workshop on the concepts, themes, and characters of The Lion King. |
Sarasota Manatee Association For Riding Therapy | Succession Planning - The Future of SMART's Therapeutic Carriage Driving Program | $34,550 | 10/26/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Therapeutic Carriage Driving program and open up the healing power of horses to those who may be unable to participate in other programming. |
Sarasota Housing Funding Corporation | Lofts on Lemon Hometown Heroes | $2,000,000 | 10/26/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Lofts on Lemon affordable housing project, specifically units for Sarasota County teachers, law enforcement, and other first responders. |
Sarasota County Schools | CMBF Initiative: Teacher Recruitment | Retention, 2018 | $250,000 | 10/26/2018 | Education | To establish a project fund at Gulf Coast Community Foundation to support efforts that attract or retain Sarasota County teachers and to elevate the teaching profession. |
Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida | Peer Education Pilot Program & Access to Affordable Prevention Health Care | $90,000 | 10/26/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To help offset costs of providing high-quality, affordable health care, birth control, cancer screening, and sexually-transmitted disease testing and treatment, and to provide peer education. |
Manatee Community Foundation | 12th Judicial Circuit Foster Care: Sustaining Grant | $240,000 | 10/26/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To continue and expand the Foster Care Initiative work in Sarasota and Manatee Counties. |
Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast | Unrestricted Grant Application | $500,000 | 10/26/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | An unrestricted grant to support the organization's mission of empowering individuals and families toward self-sufficiency. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Mental Health Environmental Scan, 2018 | $350,000 | 10/26/2018 | Mental Health | To establish a project fund at Gulf Coast Community Foundation to address mental health issues in Sarasota County. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Solar and Conservation Initiative Pilot Completion | $130,000 | 10/26/2018 | Environment | To upgrade the electrical system at the organization to ensure that the previously funded solar panels deliver maximum energy savings to the nonprofit. |
Dogs Inc. | Intro to Guide Dogs Camp | $50,000 | 10/26/2018 | Education | To support the Intro to Guide Dogs Camp and provide the opportunity for 40 visually-impaired teenagers and their families to explore the world of guide dog ownership during day and overnight camps. |
Children's Guardian Fund | A Voice for Every Child | $100,000 | 10/26/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's mission and provide funds to recruit and train new volunteers. |
CenterPlace Health | A Request to Cover Expenses Incurred in Establishing a Health Center | $667,440 | 10/26/2018 | Humanitarian Causes | To pay off debt incurred by the organization during its application process to become the community's Federally Qualified Health Center. |
The Sarasota Ballet | Annual Support, 2019-20 | $50,000 | 02/01/2019 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation | Annual Membership, 2019 | $10,000 | 02/01/2019 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Florida Center for Early Childhood | Every Child Deserves A Chance | $300,000 | 02/01/2019 | Mental Health | To hire mental health clinicians for the Starfish Academy to treat emotional, behavioral and relationship trauma in children six and younger. |
The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired | Sponsorship: Gala, 2019 | $10,000 | 02/01/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Bay Park Conservancy | Bayfront Wetlands, Bayou and Mangroves Restoration | $940,000 | 02/01/2019 | Environment | To support wetlands, bayou, and mangrove restoration. |
Sarasota Orchestra | Annual Support, 2019-20 | $55,000 | 02/01/2019 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Opera Association | Annual Support, 2019-20 | $12,000 | 02/01/2019 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation | Sponsorship: Corporate Sponsorship, 2019-20 | $30,000 | 02/01/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Ravinia Festival Association | Sponsorship: Summer Concert, 2019 | $50,000 | 02/01/2019 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Parenting Matters | Parenting Matters in Sarasota and Manatee Counties | $240,000 | 02/01/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To provide operational support and expanded its parent education programming in Sarasota County. |
National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Sponsorship: Cohn Weil Memorial MS Outing, 2019 | $400,000 | 02/01/2019 | Medical Research | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Sponsorship: Alan Buegeleisen Mid Florida Research Fund, 2019 | $5,000 | 02/01/2019 | Medical Research | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Museum of Science and Industry of Chicago | Museum of Science and Industry - Summer Learning Program | $75,000 | 02/01/2019 | Education | To support the after-school science education program and fund museum staff to travel to Sarasota to conduct train-the-trainer sessions with local youth science educators. |
Museum of Science and Industry of Chicago | Annual Support, 2019 | $25,000 | 02/01/2019 | Education | To support the after-school science education program and fund museum staff to travel to Sarasota to conduct train-the-trainer sessions with local youth science educators. |
Mothers Helping Mothers | Increasing Operational Efficiency | $19,159 | 02/01/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To increase the organization's operational efficiency. |
Mote Marine Laboratory | Directorship of the Red Tide Institute at Mote Marine Laboratory | $751,487 | 02/01/2019 | Environment | To fund the Directorship of the Red Tide Institute. Mote recruited Dr. Cynthia Heil, a widely respected red tide algal bloom expert, to lead the newly created institute. |
Mote Marine Laboratory | Sponsorship: Oceanic Evening, 2019 | $10,000 | 02/01/2019 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Mote Marine Laboratory | Sponsorship: Party on the Pass, 2019 | $3,500 | 02/01/2019 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Sponsorship: Lunch in the Gardens, 2019 | $20,000 | 02/01/2019 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Legal Aid of Manasota | Legal Lifeline for Youth in Foster Care and Aging-Out | $539,340 | 02/01/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To fund the Legal Lifeline pilot program to assist youth in foster care as they navigate the legal system. |
Jewish United Fund | Annual Support, 2019 | $50,000 | 02/01/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations mission to provide basic human services to Jews and others in need, create Jewish experiences, and strength Jewish community connections. |
Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast | Sponsorship: Corporate Sponsorship, 2019-20 | $30,000 | 02/01/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | Suncoast Rapid Rehousing Program | $100,000 | 02/01/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the St. Vincent DePaul Suncoast Rapid Rehousing Program, which quickly connects chronically homeless adults to permanent housing, case management and financial assistance. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Annual Match Campaign, 2019 | $50,000 | 02/01/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | For the 2019 Annual August Match Campaign, which provides scholarship funds for at-risk girls to participate in the organizations educational and character-building programs. |
Forty Carrots Family Center | Opportunity Grant for new programs, staffing and enhancements as needed to fill community needs | $300,000 | 02/01/2019 | Education | To support the organizations mission and expand its parent education, mental health and early childhood education programs. |
Florida State University Research Foundation | Building a Well-Trained Clinical Workforce in the 12th Judicial Circuit: FSU Learning Collaborative | $303,843 | 02/01/2019 | Mental Health | To provide trauma-informed care training for up to 30 local infant mental health experts. |
Florida Philanthropic Network | Annual Membership, 2019 | $8,000 | 02/01/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Education Foundation of Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Teacher of the Year Event, 2019 | $5,000 | 02/01/2019 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Designing Women's Boutique | Sponsorship: Gala, 2019 | $2,500 | 02/01/2019 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Chicago Botanic Garden | Annual Support, 2019 | $25,000 | 02/01/2019 | Environment | To support the Science Career Continuum, which connects students from Chicago Public Schools with environmental-science education and training programs at the Garden. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Club At Night Program Expansion | $100,728 | 02/01/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To expand the Club at Night Program to run year-round at the Roy McBean and Lee Wetherington Clubs. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Sponsorship: Corporate Sponsorship, 2019-20 | $30,000 | 02/01/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Annual Support, 2019-20 | $100,000 | 02/01/2019 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
American Jewish Committee | Annual Support, 2019 | $50,000 | 02/01/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
All Faiths Food Bank | Pediatric Food Insecurity Screening Project | $674,628 | 02/01/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To support a three-year pilot to reduce childhood hunger and its negative health effects. |
All Faiths Food Bank | Campaign Against Summer Hunger, 2019 | $50,000 | 02/01/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Campaign Against Summer Hunger, which provides food and funds to feed children over the summer months. |
Forty Carrots Family Center | Sponsorship: Firefly Gala, 2019 | $5,250 | 02/07/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Sponsorship: President Larry Thompson's 20th Anniversary Celebration | $2,500 | 02/20/2019 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota County Schools | Sponsorship: Peoples Choice Award for the Student Film Contest, 2019 | $5,000 | 02/26/2019 | Education | To support the People's Choice Award for the 2019 Student Film Contest. |
Florida Philanthropic Network | Sponsorship: FPN Summit, 2020 | $10,000 | 04/12/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Workforce Support Program | $75,000 | 04/24/2019 | Education | To support CareerEdge, a workforce development initiative. |
The Bay Park Conservancy | Bay Park Conservancy Capacity Building | $300,000 | 04/24/2019 | Environment | To build capacity within the new organization and support fundraising efforts. |
Suncoast Partnership to End Homelessness | SOAR Team | $562,080 | 04/24/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To pilot the SOAR Team program to connect homeless individuals with available resources and benefits. |
Sarasota County Schools | Continuing to Innovate in Our High School Intensive Language Arts Classrooms | $157,000 | 04/24/2019 | Education | To fully execute and complete the High School Intensive Language Arts Classroom project, improving classes for high school students not reading at grade-level. |
Sarasota County Schools | Extending Reading Recovery Literacy Toolkits to ALL K/1 Teachers | $36,214 | 04/24/2019 | Education | To purchase supplies to create Reading Recovery multisensory literacy kits to be used in kindergarten and first grade classrooms. |
Project 180 Sarasota | Project 180 Residential Program Home Purchase | $230,000 | 04/24/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To support expenses related to acquiring and maintaining property for the organization's Residential Program. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Project Nature Bridge 2.0 | $56,435 | 04/24/2019 | Environment | To support Project Nature Bridge, an environmental program for youth. |
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital Foundation | Impacting Care for Children:Enhancing Advocacy and Community Partnerships | $235,698 | 04/24/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To provide start-up funding for a social worker to mentor families and connect them to non-medical supports. |
Healthy Start Coalition of Sarasota County | Dr. Washington Clark Hill Endowment Fund | $200,000 | 04/24/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To establish the Dr. Washington Clark Hill Endowment Fund to support the organization in perpetuity. |
Sarasota Housing Funding Corporation | Sponsorship: State Conference Book Donation | $1,000 | 04/29/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To provide books for attendees of the 2019 Florida Association of Housing & Redevelopment Officials Statewide Conference. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Sponsorship: Special Recognition Award to the Teen Program in honor of Suriya Khong | $10,000 | 05/16/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | Special Recognition Award to the Teen Program in honor of Suriya Khong |
Sarasota County Schools | Sponsorship: Barancik PINC Scholars, 2019 | $10,000 | 06/19/2019 | Education | To establish and sponsor the Barancik PINC Scholars program, to scholarship 10 students and 10 teachers that the students select to attend the day-long speaker and creativity event, PINC. |
Girl Scouts Of Gulfcoast Florida | Sponsorship: Denim and Pearls, 2019 | $750 | 06/24/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Sarasota Ballet | Sponsorship: Annual Gala, 2020 | $10,000 | 07/26/2019 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota County Schools | Closing the Literacy Gap: The Sequel | $221,942 | 07/26/2019 | Education | To support the districts efforts to improve English Language Arts proficiency for students in 2nd through 7th grade. |
Sarasota Bay Watch | Restoring Native Clams in Sarasota Bay | $106,000 | 07/26/2019 | Environment | To support the organizations efforts to clean and restore Sarasota Bay through harvesting native clams. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Sponsorship: Avant Garde, 2020 | $25,000 | 07/26/2019 | Education | To support the colleges Avant Garde event, which raises scholarship funds for students. |
Mothers Helping Mothers | Facility Expansion Matching Grant | $325,000 | 07/26/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations facility and program expansion through purchasing the building located at 5933 North Washington Boulevard, Sarasota, FL 34243. |
Library Foundation for Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Author Luncheon, 2020 | $6,000 | 07/26/2019 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Harvest House | Transformational Services | $300,000 | 07/26/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations mission and programs. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Building a Network of Strength and Resiliency for Girls and Families | $275,000 | 07/26/2019 | Mental Health | To support the organizations efforts to build a network of strength and resiliency for girls and families. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Celebration Luncheon, 2020 | $5,500 | 07/26/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Florida Philanthropic Network | Annual Membership, 2020 | $8,000 | 07/26/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Embracing Our Differences | Sponsorship: Art Exhibit, 2020 | $5,000 | 07/26/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the 2020 Embracing Our Difference art exhibit. The organization uses the power of art to expand consciousness and open the heart to celebrate the diversity of the human family. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | Community Based Strategic Planning Training | $7,900 | 07/26/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To host a Community Based Strategic Planning Training for First 1,000 Days partners. |
Big Waters Land Trust | Sponsorship: Palm Ball, 2020 | $5,000 | 07/26/2019 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Asolo Repertory Theatre: Staging Our Future Endowment Funding | $1,000,000 | 07/26/2019 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations Staging Our Future Endowment Funding Campaign. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Sponsorship: Gala, 2020 | $10,000 | 07/26/2019 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Sponsorship: Sarasota Art Museum Opening Gala, 2019 | $5,000 | 08/05/2019 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Florida Center for Early Childhood | Sponsorship: 40th Anniversary Gala | $2,500 | 10/09/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Laurel Civic Association | 50-50-50 Challenge Grant Campaign | $5,000 | 10/16/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To provide a $5,000 matching grant opportunity for organization. |
UnidosNow | Future Leaders Academy: College and Career Readiness tracks | $150,000 | 11/01/2019 | Education | To develop and nurture the accomplishment of long-term academic, character and life goals for students through the Future Leaders Academy. |
Take Stock in Children of Sarasota County | 2019 Barancik Scholars | $150,000 | 11/01/2019 | Education | To mentor and scholarship 10 youth, known as Barancik Scholars, to complete the Take Stock in Children program and pursue higher education post high school graduation. |
Sarasota County Schools | CMBF Initiative: Teacher Recruitment | Retention, 2019 | $200,000 | 11/01/2019 | Education | To help recruit and retain high-quality teachers. |
Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida | Affordable Reproductive Health Care and Outreach Prevention Education - Sarasota County | $130,000 | 11/01/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To educate youth on reproductive health and provide affordable access to health care. |
National Alliance on Mental Illness Sarasota and Manatee Counties | NAMI Sarasota County - Building Our Future | $50,000 | 11/01/2019 | Mental Health | To build the capacity of the organization and enhance mental health services in Sarasota County. |
Mental Health Community Center | Adults Managing Mental Health | $75,000 | 11/01/2019 | Mental Health | To build organizational capacity and enhance mental health services in Sarasota County. |
Massachusetts General Hospital | Building a Brain Healthy Gulf Coast & Beyond: Expanding the Footprint of the Brain Health Initiative | $575,000 | 11/01/2019 | Mental Health | To complete a brain health perception survey in the region in support of the innovative, Brain Health Institute. |
Loveland Center | Bridge the Gap | $300,000 | 11/01/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's effort to reduce its waiting list and provide more individuals with disabilities access to high quality services. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | Joint Initiative: Partners for Green Places, 2019 | $50,000 | 11/01/2019 | Environment | To support independent evaluation of the energy and water efficiency initiative, Partners for Green Places. |
Florida Studio Theatre | Florida Studio Theatre School | $100,000 | 11/01/2019 | Arts and Culture | To help children discover new abilities and creativity through the theater. |
Florida Policy Institute | Public Policy and Fiscal Research in Education and Mental Health | $100,000 | 11/01/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the the research of fiscal and legislative policies impacting public education and mental health. |
Education Foundation of Sarasota County | Building a Collective Impact Model to Accelerate Postsecondary Progression | $300,000 | 11/01/2019 | Education | To build a network of partners to support student acceleration and persistence toward post-secondary education and certification. |
Children First | Expansion of Family Strengthening Services | $1,251,000 | 11/01/2019 | Education | To expand parenting education, family advocacy and vocational coaching services to families whose children attend Children First. |
Child Protection Center | Empowering Children and Equipping Adults | $300,000 | 11/01/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To prevent child abuse. |
Brotherhood of Men Mentor Group | Positive Role Models | $30,000 | 11/01/2019 | Education | To mentor young men and support their character and academic development. |
Better Futures Foundation | Better Futures Foundation | General Program Support | $15,500 | 11/01/2019 | Education | To deliver education on the Holocaust to students in Sarasota County Schools. |
Women's Resource Center | Sponsorship: Voice + Visibility Summit, 2020 | $4,000 | 11/26/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | A grant is to empower women, expand networks & opportunities and elevate the voices of diverse women through the 2020 Voice + Visibility Summit. |
UnidosNow | Sponsorship: Voice + Visibility Summit, 2020 | $4,000 | 11/26/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To empower women, expand networks & opportunities and elevate the voices of diverse women through the 2020 Voice + Visibility Summit. |
The Salvation Army Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Glitz at the Ritz, 2020 | $2,500 | 12/13/2019 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's mission and fundraising efforts. |
Truly Valued | Mentoring for Teen Girls | $25,000 | 01/31/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To support a mentorship program that builds self-esteem and resilience in young ladies living in high-risk neighborhoods or foster care |
The Sarasota Ballet | Annual Support, 2020-21 | $50,000 | 01/31/2020 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation | Annual Membership, 2020 | $10,000 | 01/31/2020 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired | Sponsorship: Gala, 2020 | $10,000 | 01/31/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Orchestra | Annual Support, 2020-21 | $60,000 | 01/31/2020 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Opera Association | Annual Support, 2020-21 | $12,000 | 01/31/2020 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation | Sponsorship: Corporate Sponsorship, 2020-21 | $30,000 | 01/31/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation | Paddle Raise: Hospital Gala, 2020 | $25,000 | 01/31/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Housing Funding Corporation | Supporting Housing Affordability through Energy Efficiency | $455,000 | 01/31/2020 | Environment | To support a partnership of the Sarasota Housing Authority and Sarasota County to decrease electricity bills and increase air quality, health, and economic self-sufficiency for low-income residents. |
Sarasota County Schools | Modern Band | $75,315 | 01/31/2020 | Education | To expand music programming and pilot the Kids Rock modern band program in Sarasota County schools. |
Safe Children Coalition | Development Capacity Building for start-up years as a newly transformed nonprofit | $503,294 | 01/31/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | A three-year grant to the region's leading foster care agency, Safe Children Coalition, to build professional capacity in the areas of fundraising and development. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Paddle Raise: Avant Garde, 2020 | $25,000 | 01/31/2020 | Education | To support the college's Avant Garde event, which raises scholarship funds for students. |
Ravinia Festival Association | Sponsorship: Summer Concert, 2020 | $50,000 | 01/31/2020 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
New College Foundation | Barancik Foundation Leadership Scholars | $500,000 | 01/31/2020 | Education | Establishing the Barancik Foundation Leadership Scholars program at New College Foundation to attract and retain high-achieving, low-income students from Sarasota and Manatee counties. |
National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Sponsorship: Cohn Weil Memorial MS Outing, 2020 | $400,000 | 01/31/2020 | Medical Research | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Alan Buegeleisen Mid Florida Research Fund, 2020 | $5,000 | 01/31/2020 | Medical Research | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
National Center for Family Philanthropy | Annual Support, 2020 | $5,000 | 01/31/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Museum of Science and Industry of Chicago | Summer Learning Program and Train-the-Trainer | $100,000 | 01/31/2020 | Education | To bring world-class STEM education to Sarasota through a train-the-trainer partnership. |
Mote Marine Laboratory | Sponsorship: Oceanic Evening, 2020 | $10,000 | 01/31/2020 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Mote Marine Laboratory | Sponsorship: Party on the Pass, 2020 | $3,500 | 01/31/2020 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Paddle Raise: Orchid Ball, 2020 | $25,000 | 01/31/2020 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Sponsorship: Lunch in the Gardens, 2020-21 | $20,000 | 01/31/2020 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Library Foundation for Sarasota County | Paddle Raise: Author Luncheon, 2020 | $10,000 | 01/31/2020 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Jewish United Fund | Annual Support, 2020 | $50,000 | 01/31/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations mission to provide basic human services to Jews and others in need, create Jewish experiences, and strengthen Jewish community connections. |
Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast | Changing Lives Forever through Mental Health and Human Services | $300,000 | 01/31/2020 | Mental Health | To support mental health and human services programming. |
Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast | Corporate Sponsorship, 2020-21 | $30,000 | 01/31/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Harvest House | Paddle Raise: Home Again Luncheon, 2020 | $25,000 | 01/31/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Mental Health, 2020 | $500,000 | 01/31/2020 | Mental Health | To address top recommendations from the mental health workgroups in Sarasota County. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | Suncoast Rapid Rehousing Program | $350,000 | 01/31/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Suncoast Rapid Rehousing Program with St. Vincent de Paul, which quickly connects chronically homeless adults to permanent housing, case management and financial assistance. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Annual Match Campaign, 2020 | $50,000 | 01/31/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | For the 2020 Annual August Match Campaign, which provides scholarship funds for at-risk girls to participate in the organization's educational and character-building programs. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Paddle Raise: Celebration Luncheon, 2020 | $25,000 | 01/31/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Florida Center for Children & Youth | Outreach and Crisis Response Teams in Sarasota | $91,862 | 01/31/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the More Too Life Human Trafficking Outreach and Crisis Response Teams in Sarasota County to respond to victims of sexual trafficking. |
First Step of Sarasota | Electronic Health Records Conversion | $285,000 | 01/31/2020 | Mental Health | To enhance mental health services through the professional integration of electronic medical records. |
Education Foundation of Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Teacher of the Year Event, 2020 | $5,000 | 01/31/2020 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Dogs Inc. | Outreach Coordinator for Children and Teens Program | $50,000 | 01/31/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To hire an Outreach Coordinator to promote the organizations Children and Teens Program, which helps visually impaired teenagers gain their independence. |
Designing Women's Boutique | Sponsorship: Gala, 2020 | $2,500 | 01/31/2020 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Children First | Paddle Raise: Fairytale Ball, 2020 | $25,000 | 01/31/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Chicago Botanic Garden | Annual Support, 2020 | $25,000 | 01/31/2020 | Education | To support the Science Career Continuum, which connects students from Chicago Public Schools with environmental-science education and training programs at the Garden. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Sponsorship: Corporate Sponsorship, 2020-21 | $30,000 | 01/31/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Paddle Raise: Youth of the Year, 2020 | $15,000 | 01/31/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Annual Support, 2020-21 | $100,000 | 01/31/2020 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Paddle Raise: Asolo Gala, 2020 | $25,000 | 01/31/2020 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
American Jewish Committee | Annual Support, 2020 | $50,000 | 01/31/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
All Faiths Food Bank | Campaign Against Summer Hunger, 2020 | $50,000 | 01/31/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Campaign Against Summer Hunger, which provides food and funds to feed children over the summer months. |
The Twig Cares | Sponsorship: 2nd Annual A Taste for the Twig | $3,100 | 02/21/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's mission and fundraising efforts. |
Jacksonville Public Education Fund | Sponsorship: 2020 Impact Florida Education Summit | $3,000 | 02/21/2020 | Education | To empower education leaders across the state of Florida. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | Joint Initiative: COVID-19 Response Initiative, 2020 | $500,000 | 03/20/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To support nonprofit capacity to respond to pressing economic, social, and emotional needs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. |
YMCA of Southwest Florida | Keeping The SKY Family YMCA strong so that the Y can continue Early Childhood Education programs | $285,000 | 05/01/2020 | Education | To continue their leadership in providing early childhood education and programing for essential employees and front-line responders while school campuses remain closed. |
Women's Resource Center | Supporting Unemployed Women | $100,000 | 05/01/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To meet the rising demand of employment and case management services and build the organizations capacity for serving the Latina population. |
UnidosNow | Keeping the Dream Alive | $150,000 | 05/01/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To provide support for program participants and their families to help with economic stability and student success. |
The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation | CareerEdge | $150,000 | 05/01/2020 | Education | To offer and incentivize on-the-job training, internships, and fast-track vocational training so displaced and underemployed workers gain skills and wages. |
The Florida Center for Early Childhood | Funding needed to continue critical services during the COVID-19 crisis | $125,000 | 05/01/2020 | Mental Health | To continue to provide critical childcare services during the COVID-19 crisis and ensure highly-trained mental health therapists remain available to help families in need. |
Teen Court Of Sarasota | Unexpected Needs of Teen Court Families | $100,000 | 05/01/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To meet the unforeseen needs of Teen Court clients and families, including mental health counseling, financial assistance, transportation and other identified needs. |
Take Stock in Children of Sarasota County | COVID-19 Operational Support for Virtual Operations | $25,000 | 05/01/2020 | Education | To provide support for the organization to continue its operations and help their students and families navigate through challenges created by the pandemic. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Collaboration for Success | $250,000 | 05/01/2020 | Environment | $250,000 in funding to support the accelerated transition of Historical Spanish Point under the administration of Selby Gardens due to the pandemic-induced economic fallout. |
Healthy Start Coalition of Sarasota County | Maintaining Care Coordination for Mothers and Babies | $30,000 | 05/01/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To maintain the organizations efforts in coordinating and conducting virtual visitations for low-income mothers and their newborns. |
Harvest House | Crisis Response Funding | $200,000 | 05/01/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To provide homeless families, veterans, and unaccompanied youth with service-enriched housing and financial assistance. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Emergency Responder Initiative, 2020 | $100,000 | 05/01/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To establish the Barancik Emergency Responder Initiative Project Fund at Gulf Coast Community Foundation. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Keeping Girls Inc. Strong, Smart and Bold during COVID-19 | $100,000 | 05/01/2020 | Education | To remain operationally resilient as families turn to the organization for extra support due to unemployment and related hardships. |
Florida West Coast Public Broadcasting | WEDU PBS At-Home Learning | $200,000 | 05/01/2020 | Education | To support the organizations publicly broadcasted at-home learning programming for children, parents, and teachers |
Children First | Stabilizing At-Risk Children and Families | $125,000 | 05/01/2020 | Education | To allow the organization to remain operationally and fiscally resilient in order to serve the families who rely on them. |
CenterPlace Health | CPH Emergency Funding Request | $375,000 | 05/01/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To provide general support related to COVID-19. |
The Sarasota Ballet | COVID-19 Response | $50,000 | 05/05/2020 | Arts and Culture | To provide extra support for the organization's operations due to the impact of COVID-19. |
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation | COVID-19 Response | $10,000 | 05/05/2020 | Arts and Culture | To provide extra support for the organization's operations due to the impact of COVID-19. |
Sarasota Orchestra | COVID-19 Response | $60,000 | 05/05/2020 | Arts and Culture | To provide extra support for the organization's operations due to the impact of COVID-19. |
Sarasota Opera Association | COVID-19 Response | $12,000 | 05/05/2020 | Arts and Culture | To provide extra support for the organization's operations due to the impact of COVID-19. |
Ravinia Festival Association | COVID-19 Response | $50,000 | 05/05/2020 | Arts and Culture | To provide extra support for the organization's operations due to the impact of COVID-19. |
Museum of Science and Industry of Chicago | COVID-19 Response | $100,000 | 05/05/2020 | Education | To provide extra support for the organization's operations due to the impact of COVID-19. |
Embracing Our Differences | Sponsorship: Art Exhibit, 2021 | $5,000 | 05/05/2020 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Embracing Our Differences | COVID-19 Response | $5,000 | 05/05/2020 | Arts and Culture | To provide extra support for the organization's operations due to the impact of COVID-19. |
Chicago Botanic Garden | COVID-19 Response | $25,000 | 05/05/2020 | Environment | To provide extra support for the organization's operations due to the impact of COVID-19. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | COVID-19 Response | $100,000 | 05/05/2020 | Arts and Culture | To provide extra support for the organization's operations due to the impact of COVID-19. |
State College of Florida Foundation | Sponsorship: Virtual Scholarship Luncheon, 2020 | $10,000 | 07/29/2020 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Florida Center for Early Childhood | In honor of Kathryn Sheas Years of Leadership and Retirement | $10,000 | 08/19/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | In honor of Kathryn Sheas years of leadership and retirement. |
The Twig Cares | Twig Expansion | $350,000 | 08/21/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization as it expands its support for foster families further into the county. |
The Sarasota Ballet | Sponsorship: Annual Gala, 2021 | $10,000 | 08/21/2020 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sunshine Community Compost | Closing the Loop on "Waste" by Expanding Community Compost Services in Sarasota | $30,000 | 08/21/2020 | Environment | To support efforts to build a regional composting model in Sarasota County. |
Soar Learning Center | SOAR Enhancement Program | $50,000 | 08/21/2020 | Education | To provide extra investment into neighborhood education centers and reduce the achievement gap. |
Second Chance Last Opportunity | Opportunity Funding | $75,000 | 08/21/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To provide support for the organization to effectively meet the needs of its community. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Overcoming Barriers to Access | $253,640 | 08/21/2020 | Arts and Culture | To support the Overcoming Barriers to Access program. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Sponsorship: Avant Garde, 2021 | $25,000 | 08/21/2020 | Education | To support the colleges Avant Garde event, which raises scholarship funds for students. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Sponsorship: Sarasota Art Museum Opening Gala, 2020 | $5,000 | 08/21/2020 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
My Warriors Place | Operation Growth Spurt | $50,000 | 08/21/2020 | Mental Health | To provide capacity building support for the organization. |
Links to Success | Next Level Support | $50,000 | 08/21/2020 | Education | To build the capacity of the organization to focus on the educational success of the region's most vulnerable students. |
Library Foundation for Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Author Luncheon, 2021 | $6,000 | 08/21/2020 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Learning Independence For Tomorrow | LiFT Assist | $118,973 | 08/21/2020 | Education | To support efforts in helping students with neuro-diversities reach their full potential. |
Laurel Civic Association | Organizational Capacity Building for Laurel Civic | $50,000 | 08/21/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To invest in the leadership and capacity of the organization to build the equity of the community they serve. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | Joint Initiative: COVID-19 Response Initiative, 2020 | $400,000 | 08/21/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To support nonprofit capacity to respond to pressing economic, social and emotional needs in the community caused from the virus. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Celebration Luncheon, 2021 | $5,500 | 08/21/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Forty Carrots Family Center | Community Need Grant: Mental Health, Parenting Education, Early Childhood Education | $300,000 | 08/21/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To address community needs in mental health, parenting education, and early childhood education. |
Florida Philanthropic Network | Annual Membership, 2021 | $8,000 | 08/21/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Community Foundation of Sarasota County | Joint Initiative: Partners for Green Places Solar Loan Impact Fund | $140,000 | 08/21/2020 | Environment | To support the Solar Loan Impact Fund to provide no/low-interest rate loans to solarize nonprofits. |
Centerstone of Florida | Psychiatric Residency Program | $500,000 | 08/21/2020 | Mental Health | To support the organization's Psychiatric Residency Program. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Reliable Flexibility | $250,000 | 08/21/2020 | Education | To provide flexible funding for the organization to meet the needs of its members and families. |
Big Waters Land Trust | Sponsorship: Palm Ball, 2021 | $5,000 | 08/21/2020 | Environment | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Sponsorship: Gala, 2021 | $10,000 | 08/21/2020 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
New College Foundation | Sponsorship: Visions of the Black Experience Film Festival, 2020 | $4,000 | 10/12/2020 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Women's Resource Center | Sponsorship: Wonder Women Collective, 2020 | $2,500 | 10/20/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
UnidosNow | Future Leaders Academy: College Prep and Career Readiness | $300,000 | 11/20/2020 | Education | to support the Future Leaders Academy for two years. |
The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Opportunities for All | $250,000 | 11/20/2020 | Education | To support the Opportunities for All program. |
Take Stock in Children of Sarasota County | Florida Prepaid Scholarships | $150,000 | 11/20/2020 | Education | To provide scholarships to Sarasota County students. |
Take Stock in Children of Sarasota County | 2021 Barancik Scholars | $149,600 | 11/20/2020 | Education | To support our 2021 Barancik Scholars. |
Science and Environment Council of Southwest Florida | Environmental Action Toolkit: Citizen Solutions for Food, Waste, Water, Energy, and Nature | $284,240 | 11/20/2020 | Environment | To create an Environmental Action Toolkit. |
Sarasota Performing Arts Center Foundation | Van Wezel Education Programming and Partnership Expansion | $90,000 | 11/20/2020 | Arts and Culture | For education programming and partnership expansion. |
Restore Global | Sarasota County Regional Expansion | $150,000 | 11/20/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | For its Sarasota County regional expansion. |
Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida | Affordable Health Care and Outreach Education Programs in Sarasota County | $130,000 | 11/20/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | for affordable healthcare and outreach education programs in Sarasota County. |
Operation Warrior Resolution | Bridging the Gap | $75,000 | 11/20/2020 | Mental Health | To support the Bridging the Gap plan. |
Hershorin Schiff Community Day School | Beyond Scholarships | $150,000 | 11/20/2020 | Education | To support the Beyond Scholarships program. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Early Learning, 2020 | $100,000 | 11/20/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To establish an Early Learning Initiative Project Fund at Gulf Coast Community Foundation. |
Florida Policy Institute | Public Policy Research in Early Learning, Education, Health and Social Safety Net | $150,000 | 11/20/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | For public policy research in early learning, education, health and social safety net. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Collaborative Journalism Initiative, 2020 | $75,000 | 11/20/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | To establish a Collaborative Journalism Initiative Project Fund at Gulf Coast Community Foundation. |
CenterPlace Health | Expansion of Services, Technology, and Infrastructure | $345,000 | 11/20/2020 | Humanitarian Causes | For expansion of services, technology, and infrastructure. |
Booker Promise Foundation | Florida Prepaid Scholarships | $150,000 | 11/20/2020 | Education | To provide scholarships to Booker High School students. |
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast | End the Wait | $405,000 | 11/20/2020 | Education | To support the End the Wait program. |
Florida Philanthropic Network | Sponsorship: FPN Summit, 2021 | $5,000 | 01/04/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Florida Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Sponsorship: Florida Prosperity Summit, 2021 | $10,000 | 01/04/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Tidewell Foundation | Tidewell's Blue Butterfly Mobile Outreach | $100,000 | 02/19/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support helping grieving children and teens through peer-support groups, activities, and counseling. |
The Sarasota Ballet | Annual Support, 2021-2022 Artistic Season | $100,000 | 02/19/2021 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Multicultural Health Institute | Prescription self-help | $150,000 | 02/19/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support equal healthcare access for individuals who are traditionally uninsured and receive a poor quality of care. |
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation | Annual Membership, 2021 | $20,000 | 02/19/2021 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Jewish Federation Of Sarasota-Manatee | Annual Support, 2021 | $25,000 | 02/19/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Florida Center for Early Childhood | Infant and Early Childhood Services and Supports | $450,000 | 02/19/2021 | Mental Health | For Infant and Early Childhood Services and Supports. |
The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired | Sponsorship: Gala, 2021 | $10,000 | 02/19/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Temple Emanu-El | Mitzvah Backpack Program, 2021 | $10,000 | 02/19/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Mitzvah Backpack Program, which provides backpacks filled with nutritious food to low-income children each week so they can have healthy meals over the weekend. |
Sunshine Community Compost | Start-up Community Compost Services for Sunshine | $105,500 | 02/19/2021 | Environment | To expand community compost services. |
State College of Florida Foundation | State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota Baccalaureate Education Degrees | $217,767 | 02/19/2021 | Education | To support Baccalaureate Education Degree expenses and strengthen the pipeline of aspiring educators in our community. |
Sarasota Orchestra | Annual Support, 2021-22 | $120,000 | 02/19/2021 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Opera Association | Annual Support, 2021-22 | $24,000 | 02/19/2021 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation | Sponsorship: Corporate Sponsorship, 2021-22 | $30,000 | 02/19/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation | Paddle Raise: Hospital Gala, 2021 | $25,000 | 02/19/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota County Schools | Ripple Effect Teacher Grants, 2021 | $50,000 | 02/19/2021 | Education | To honor Chuck and Margie on their birthdays and recognize teachers by provide $5,000 gifts to 10 teachers who have had what Margie described as the Ripple Effect in the school system. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Paddle Raise: Avant Garde, 2021 | $25,000 | 02/19/2021 | Education | To support the college's Avant Garde event, which raises scholarship funds for students. |
Ravinia Festival Association | Sponsorship: Summer Concert, 2021 | $100,000 | 02/19/2021 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Sponsorship: Cohn Weil Memorial MS Outing, 2021 | $400,000 | 02/19/2021 | Medical Research | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Alan Buegeleisen Mid Florida Research Fund, 2021 | $5,000 | 02/19/2021 | Medical Research | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
National Center for Family Philanthropy | Annual Support, 2021 | $5,000 | 02/19/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
National Alliance on Mental Illness Sarasota and Manatee Counties | Growing Community Mental Health Support in 2021 | $114,926 | 02/19/2021 | Mental Health | To strengthen key health and human service programs that are on the front lines of navigating families through crisis. |
Museum of Science and Industry of Chicago | Annual Support, 2021 | $200,000 | 02/19/2021 | Education | To bring world-class STEM education to Sarasota through a train-the-trainer partnership. |
Mote Marine Laboratory | Sponsorship: Oceanic Evening, 2021 | $10,000 | 02/19/2021 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Mote Marine Laboratory | Sponsorship: Party on the Pass, 2021 | $3,500 | 02/19/2021 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Paddle Raise: Orchid Ball, 2021 | $25,000 | 02/19/2021 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Sponsorship: Lunch in the Gardens, 2021-22 | $20,000 | 02/19/2021 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Library Foundation for Sarasota County | Paddle Raise: Author Luncheon, 2021 | $10,000 | 02/19/2021 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Jewish United Fund | Annual Support, 2021 | $25,000 | 02/19/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations mission to provide basic human services to Jews and others in need, create Jewish experiences, and strengthen Jewish community connections. |
Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast | Corporate Sponsorship, 2021-22 | $30,000 | 02/19/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Impact Florida | Effective Professional Learning for ELA Implementation Cadre | $200,000 | 02/19/2021 | Education | For Effective Professional Learning for ELA Implementation Cadre. |
Harvest House | Paddle Raise: Home Again Luncheon, 2021 | $25,000 | 02/19/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Gulfcoast Legal Services | Access to Justice Sarasota | $338,480 | 02/19/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | For the Access to Justice Sarasota program to provide free, comprehensive civil legal aid to vulnerable populations. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | Sheriff Hoffman's Charitable Fund | $25,000 | 02/19/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support grassroots community-building efforts that make Sarasota Countys neighborhoods stronger and safer. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Annual Match Campaign, 2021 | $50,000 | 02/19/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | For the 2021 Annual August Match Campaign, which provides scholarship funds for at-risk girls to participate in the organization's educational and character-building programs. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Paddle Raise: Celebration Luncheon, 2021 | $25,000 | 02/19/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Florida State University Foundation | Pre-Med Mentoring & Academic Enrichment Program in Sarasota County | $200,000 | 02/19/2021 | Education | To support the Pre-Med Mentoring and Academic Enrichment Program in Sarasota County. |
First Step of Sarasota | Support and Implementation of First Step's Strategic Plan | $750,000 | 02/19/2021 | Mental Health | To strengthen key health and human service programs that are on the front lines of navigating families through crisis. |
Embracing Our Differences | Embracing Our Differences Professional Development Program | $100,000 | 02/19/2021 | Education | To further Embracing Our Difference's efforts in providing quality cultural education in our region's classrooms. |
Embracing Our Differences | Sponsorship: Art Exhibit, 2022 | $10,000 | 02/19/2021 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Education Foundation of Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Teacher of the Year Event, 2021 | $5,000 | 02/19/2021 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Designing Women's Boutique | Sponsorship: Gala, 2021 | $2,500 | 02/19/2021 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Children First | 60th Anniversary Challenge Match | $60,000 | 02/19/2021 | Education | For Children First's 60th Anniversary Challenge Match. |
Children First | Paddle Raise: Fairytale Ball, 2021 | $25,000 | 02/19/2021 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Chicago Botanic Garden | Annual Support, 2021 | $50,000 | 02/19/2021 | Education | To support the Science Career Continuum, which connects students from Chicago Public Schools with environmental-science education and training programs at the Garden. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | CMBF Initiative: First 1,000 Days Sarasota County Sustainability Plan, 2021 | $500,000 | 02/19/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To improve access and coordination of services for families and babies and incentivize additional philanthropic gifts to the initiative. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Sponsorship: Corporate Sponsorship, 2021-22 | $30,000 | 02/19/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Paddle Raise: Youth of the Year, 2021 | $15,000 | 02/19/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Asolo Rep Education & Engagement: Theatre for All Programming | $250,000 | 02/19/2021 | Arts and Culture | To further Asolo Reps commitment to ensuring our communitys young people, from all backgrounds, can experience the power of live theatre and artistic education. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Annual Support, 2021-22 | $200,000 | 02/19/2021 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Paddle Raise: Asolo Gala, 2021 | $25,000 | 02/19/2021 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
American Jewish Committee | Annual Support, 2021 | $50,000 | 02/19/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
All Faiths Food Bank | Campaign Against Summer Hunger, 2021 | $50,000 | 02/19/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Campaign Against Summer Hunger, which provides food and funds to feed children over the summer months. |
New College Foundation | Sponsorship: The O'Shea Formula | $10,000 | 03/19/2021 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Suncoast Aquatic Nature Center Associates | Embracing Our Differences Public Art Exhibition and Outreach at Nathan Benderson Park | $35,000 | 03/30/2021 | Arts and Culture | To support the 2021 Embracing Our Differences exhibit encore at Nathan Benderson Park. |
CenterPlace Health | COVID Coordination | $10,000 | 04/22/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To help reduce the spread of COVID. |
The Florida Center for Early Childhood | Sponsorship: Mind Matters Education Symposium, 2021 | $5,000 | 05/05/2021 | Mental Health | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Women's Resource Center | Support and Access to Mental Health Services | $150,000 | 05/20/2021 | Mental Health | To increase access to affordable care and provide counseling services to their clients, as well as those from referring agencies. |
The Haven | Construction of New Residential Group Home for Adults with Developmental Disabilities | $250,000 | 05/20/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | For matching opportunities toward the construction of a new residential group home for adults with developmental disabilities. |
Suncoast Science Center | Transforming Education through Peer Learning | $50,000 | 05/20/2021 | Education | To increase funds for scholarship opportunities and increase the Centers free outreach to nonprofits and Title 1 schools. |
Suncoast Black Arts Collaborative | Syllabus of Color | $106,700 | 05/20/2021 | Education | To enhance partnerships with our schools and other organizations committed to developing relevant arts curriculum and experiences for students of color. |
Southface Institute | Enhancing economic, social and environmental wellbeing through regenerative practices and policies | $50,000 | 05/20/2021 | Environment | To support the organization as it works in Sarasota to promote sustainable homes, workplaces, and communities through education, research, advocacy, and technical assistance. |
Sarasota County Sheriff's Office | Overcoming Re-entry Barriers | $225,000 | 05/20/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To fill gaps identified by re-entry navigators, add mental health capacity, and supplement funding for critical expenses as individuals transition out of the justice system. |
Resilient Retreat | Healing the Impact of Trauma Through Program Expansion | $125,000 | 05/20/2021 | Mental Health | To build capacity and provide trauma-informed care training and therapies for groups and individuals in the community. |
New College Foundation | Improving College Degree Pathways for High School and Transfer Students | $73,737 | 05/20/2021 | Education | To support a series of college essay writing workshops for students pursuing post-secondary education. Funds will also be used to attract, support, and retain transfer students. |
J5 Experience | Inspire, Advocate, and Educate | $25,000 | 05/20/2021 | Education | To advocate for, inspire, and support single mothers and their daughters in the community. |
Hermitage Artist Retreat | Artist Impact SRQ | $150,000 | 05/20/2021 | Arts and Culture | To build on and promote past success, allow more diverse artists to come to Sarasota, and expand opportunities for connections with the community. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Health Equity Initiative, 2021 | $150,000 | 05/20/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | Funding to begin Health Equity Initiative. |
Florida West Coast Public Broadcasting | WEDU PBS At-Home Learning | $100,000 | 05/20/2021 | Education | To support the organizations publicly broadcasted at-home learning programming for children, parents, and teachers |
Easterseals Southwest Florida | Answering a Critical Community Call: The Autism Center of Excellence | $421,500 | 05/20/2021 | Mental Health | To provide support for the creation of the Autism Center of Excellence. |
CreArte Latino Cultural Center | Para el Futuro | $71,000 | 05/20/2021 | Arts and Culture | To support the Para el Futuro project, which aims to bring the community together using diverse cultural arts experiences. Funds will also be used to support the organization as they safely reopen. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Project Nature Bridge 3.0, 2021 | $100,000 | 05/20/2021 | Environment | Initiative to prove that nature is for everybody. |
Brotherhood of Men Mentor Group | General Operating Support 2021 | $30,000 | 05/20/2021 | Education | To support mentorship and positive role models for young men in Newtown. |
All Star Children's Foundation | Building Brighter Futures for Children and Families in Foster Care | $250,000 | 05/20/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To provide trauma-informed foster care services in Sarasota. |
Florida State University Foundation | Sponsorship: First 1,000 Days Florida 2021 & 2022 Summits | $10,000 | 06/12/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | Sponsorship: Freedom Fund Dinner, 2021 | $10,000 | 06/16/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
National Council Of Jewish Women | Sponsorship: Women In Power 2022 | $2,500 | 06/25/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Adventure For All Corporation | Sponsorship: Ride Together, Rise Together, 2021 | $10,000 | 06/25/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Crossing the Finish Line Scholarship Fund, in honor Stacey Corley, Stacy Quaid and Lora Wey | $5,000 | 08/03/2021 | Education | For the Crossing the Finish Line Scholarship Fund. |
Urbanite Theatre | Diverse Theatremakers Initiative | $75,000 | 08/06/2021 | Arts and Culture | To support its Diverse Threatremakers Initiative which aims to offer competitive wages to actors, designers, and playwrights of color and ensure underserved students can engage with the theatre. |
The Sarasota Ballet | Sponsorship: Annual Gala, 2022 | $10,000 | 08/06/2021 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation | CareerEdge Workforce Support Bridges to Careers, On the Job Training & Internships | $150,000 | 08/06/2021 | Education | To support CareerEdge, which offers and incentivizes on-the-job training, internships, and fast-track vocational training so displaced and underemployed workers gain skills and wages. |
Take Stock in Children of Sarasota County | Scholarship Portfolio Manager | $225,000 | 08/06/2021 | Education | To support the hiring of a Scholarship Portfolio Manager to connect scholars with community resources and academic opportunities. |
Solutions To Avoid Red Tide | Healthy Pond Collaborative Sarasota | $250,000 | 08/06/2021 | Environment | To create a Healthy Pond Collaborative. |
Senior Friendship Centers | Sustainable Solutions for Seniors | $228,462 | 08/06/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | For its Sustainable Solutions for Seniors program to create a revenue stream to support unpaid services for the neediest of clients. |
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation | Excellence in Nursing During COVID and Beyond | $400,000 | 08/06/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To create a nursing pipeline through the University of South Florida and provide mental wellness training for new and existing healthcare professionals. |
Sarasota County Schools | From Student Leader to School Leader and Reading Recovery Expansion | $335,000 | 08/06/2021 | Education | To support the Mapping the Journey from Student Leader to School Leader program and expand Reading Recovery. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Sponsorship: Avant Garde, 2022 | $25,000 | 08/06/2021 | Education | To support the colleges Avant Garde event, which raises scholarship funds for students. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Sponsorship: Sarasota Art Museum Opening Gala, 2021 | $6,000 | 08/06/2021 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
More Too Life | Human Trafficking Prevention, Education and Digital Advocacy | $178,521 | 08/06/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support efforts to prevent human trafficking, advocate for survivors, and provide community education. |
Library Foundation for Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Author Luncheon, 2022 | $6,500 | 08/06/2021 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Harvest House | Purpose Works Workforce Initiative | $300,000 | 08/06/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | For its Purpose Works Workforce Initiative to help those ready to reenter the workforce. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Emergency Responder Initiative, 2021 | $274,850 | 08/06/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support Longboat Key Police Department's three-year improvement plan. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Celebration Luncheon, 2022 | $5,500 | 08/06/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Florida Philanthropic Network | Annual Membership, 2022 | $8,000 | 08/06/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Equality Florida Institute | Equality Now | $150,000 | 08/06/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Equality Now program. |
Big Waters Land Trust | Sponsorship: Palm Ball, 2022 | $5,000 | 08/06/2021 | Environment | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Sponsorship: Gala, 2022 | $10,000 | 08/06/2021 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Sponsorship: 2021 Centennial Celebration | $10,000 | 08/12/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
PEAK Grantmaking | Sponsorship: Organization Membership, 2021-22 | $2,750 | 08/19/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Opera Association | Collaboration with Booker High School | $10,000 | 08/25/2021 | Arts and Culture | To allow low-income high school students to attend the Opera. |
The Multicultural Health Institute | Sponsorship: 25th Anniversary Celebration | $5,000 | 09/17/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Community Harvest SRQ | Sponsorship: Sustainable Communities Workshop, 2021 | $3,000 | 09/21/2021 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Women's Resource Center | Sponsorship: Wonder Women Collective, 2021 | $5,000 | 09/29/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Salvation Army Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Glitz at the Ritz, 2022 | $10,000 | 10/06/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Florida Philanthropic Network | Sponsorship: FPN Summit, 2022 | $5,000 | 10/13/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Florida Center for Early Childhood | Sponsorship: Paddle Raise at Winter Gala, 2021 | $5,000 | 10/27/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Learn My History Foundation | Sponsorship: Inaugural Banquet Fundraiser, 2021 | $2,500 | 11/09/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe | Education Program Expansion | $100,000 | 11/12/2021 | Arts and Culture | A grant to Westcoast Black Theater Troupe for expansion of its education programs. |
Truly Valued | I Am Academy | $40,000 | 11/12/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | For programming support and capacity building. |
The Glasser/Schoenbaum Human Services Center | Campus Animator Position | $101,612 | 11/12/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | For the organization to hire a Campus Animator to help increase relationships and collaboration between the organizations 17 human service tenants. |
State College of Florida Foundation | Associate of Nursing Evening & Weekend Degree Option | $450,000 | 11/12/2021 | Education | To development of an evening and weekend nursing program. |
Second Heart Homes | Housing Homeless Women | $125,000 | 11/12/2021 | Mental Health | For the Homeless Women project. Funding will help support a housing-first model and provide social services for women, while also allowing the organization to expand its operations. |
Sarasota Performing Arts Center Foundation | Foundation for the Future | $200,000 | 11/12/2021 | Education | To support the Foundation for the Future program. |
Sarasota County Sheriff's Office | CMBF Initiative: Emergency Responder - Law Enforcement Driving Simulator | $240,000 | 11/12/2021 | Education | A grant to Sarasota County Sheriffs Office to purchase two simulators and improve first responder driver safety. |
Sarasota African American Cultural Coalition | Capacity Building for SAACC | $200,000 | 11/12/2021 | Arts and Culture | A grant to Sarasota African American Cultural Coalition for capacity building. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Free Day at the Sarasota Art Museum | $100,000 | 11/12/2021 | Arts and Culture | To support the Sarasota Art Museums free day program. The program allows all members of the community, regardless of means, admission to enjoy art in the museum. |
National Alliance on Mental Illness Sarasota and Manatee Counties | Transition Needs to Improve Mental Health Support in Sarasota County | $120,000 | 11/12/2021 | Mental Health | A grant for transitional support as the organizations merges and resutrcutres programs. |
Florida Policy Institute | Providing Policy Research to Promote Shared Prosperity in Florida | $150,000 | 11/12/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | Unrestricted funding to allow the organization to advance their mission and work. |
Corrections Foundation | Mobile Supervision Unit | $130,000 | 11/12/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To purchase a vehicle to be used for a mobile probation supervision team. |
Child Protection Center | Creating the Capacity for Hope | $175,000 | 11/12/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Creating the Capacity for Hope program. |
CenterPlace Health | Mobile Health and Vaccination Clinics | $200,000 | 11/12/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | Addressing health disparities by outfitting mobile vans and supporting associated personnel. |
Center For Effective Philanthropy | Grantee Perception Survey | $29,465 | 11/12/2021 | Humanitarian Causes | To fund a grantee perception survey. |
Light of the World International Outreach Ministries | Sponsorship: A. Jean Battie Luncheon | $2,000 | 01/06/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Education Foundation of Sarasota County | In support of our schools and teachers | $10,000 | 01/20/2022 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Sponsorship: Sarasota Art Museum's Unconventional Evening | $5,000 | 01/25/2022 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
YMCA of Southwest Florida | Redefining Early Learning: Investing in the YMCA's Quality and Capacity | $408,000 | 02/04/2022 | Education | To increase the quality and capacity of its early learning academies. |
Tikkun HaYam - Repair the Sea | Repair the Sea | $250,000 | 02/04/2022 | Environment | To support the Repair the Sea program. |
The Sarasota Ballet | Annual Support, 2022-2023 Artistic Season | $50,000 | 02/04/2022 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation | Annual Membership, 2022 | $10,000 | 02/04/2022 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Jewish Federation Of Sarasota-Manatee | Annual Support, 2022 | $25,000 | 02/04/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Opportunities for All 2022 | $320,000 | 02/04/2022 | Education | To support the help desk/navigator for small and minority-owned businesses in order for them to grow, while also pairing interns with local companies in the Sarasota/Manatee region. |
The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired | Sponsorship: Gala, 2022 | $10,000 | 02/04/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Academy at Glengary | Wellness Within Reach | $200,000 | 02/04/2022 | Mental Health | To support the Wellness Within Reach program and to help the organization expand into Manatee County. |
Temple Emanu-El | Mitzvah Backpack Program, 2022 | $10,000 | 02/04/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Mitzvah Backpack Program, which provides backpacks filled with nutritious food to low-income children each week so they can have healthy meals over the weekend. |
Teen Court Of Sarasota | Teen Court Effective Counsel | $125,000 | 02/04/2022 | Education | To help the organization build capacity and meet the needs of Teen Court clients and families through mental health counseling, financial assistance, transportation and other services. |
Sarasota Orchestra | Annual Support, 2022-23 | $60,000 | 02/04/2022 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Opera Association | Annual Support, 2022-23 | $20,000 | 02/04/2022 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation | Sponsorship: Corporate Sponsorship, 2022-23 | $30,000 | 02/04/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation | Paddle Raise: Hospital Gala, 2022 | $25,000 | 02/04/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota County Schools | Ripple Effect Teacher Grants, 2022 | $50,000 | 02/04/2022 | Education | To honor Chuck and Margie on their birthdays and recognize teachers by providing $5,000 gifts to 10 teachers who have had what Margie described as the "Ripple Effect" in the school system. |
Sarasota Audubon Society | Quad Parcels | $100,000 | 02/04/2022 | Environment | To advance conservation efforts at the Quad Parcels. Once completed, the Quad parcels will be used for educational and interpretive walks and talks on environmental issues facing Sarasota and beyond. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Paddle Raise: Avant Garde, 2022 | $25,000 | 02/04/2022 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Ravinia Festival Association | Sponsorship: Summer Concert, 2022 | $50,000 | 02/04/2022 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida | Sexual and Reproductive Health Care and Education in SRQ County | $140,000 | 02/04/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support family planning and prevention services and expand the Peer Education Program for young adults. |
PEAK Grantmaking | Sponsorship: Organization Membership, 2022-23 | $2,750 | 02/04/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Operation Warrior Resolution | OWR Force Protection | $150,000 | 02/04/2022 | Mental Health | To provide innovative, holistic mental-health treatments to veterans and their families, and to assist the organization in purchasing its own facility and hiring a Chief Clinical Officer. |
National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Sponsorship: Cohn Weil Memorial MS Outing, 2022 | $400,000 | 02/04/2022 | Medical Research | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Alan Buegeleisen Mid Florida Research Fund, 2022 | $5,000 | 02/04/2022 | Medical Research | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Museum of Science and Industry of Chicago | Annual Support, 2022 | $100,000 | 02/04/2022 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Mote Marine Laboratory | Sponsorship: Oceanic Evening, 2022 | $10,000 | 02/04/2022 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Mote Marine Laboratory | Sponsorship: Party on the Pass, 2022 | $3,500 | 02/04/2022 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Meals on Wheels of Sarasota | Meal Service Program for Homebound and Vulnerable Individuals | $75,000 | 02/04/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support its meal service program for homebound and vulnerable individuals. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Paddle Raise: Orchid Ball, 2022 | $25,000 | 02/04/2022 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Sponsorship: Lunch in the Gardens, 2022-23 | $20,000 | 02/04/2022 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Manatee Community Foundation | Strategic Foundation Support in Manatee County | $150,000 | 02/04/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | Funds will be used to support the operations of Manatee Community Foundation and Barancik Foundation work to create positive results in partnership with nonprofits and donors in Manatee County. |
Links to Success | Closing the Gaps for DeSoto Students | $75,000 | 02/04/2022 | Education | For efforts to support college and career readiness programs for students in DeSoto County. Funding will be used to build staff capacity and bolster community partnerships. |
Library Foundation for Sarasota County | Paddle Raise: Author Luncheon, 2022 | $10,000 | 02/04/2022 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Jewish United Fund | Annual Support, 2022 | $25,000 | 02/04/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast | Corporate Sponsorship, 2022-23 | $30,000 | 02/04/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Harvest House | Paddle Raise: Home Again Luncheon, 2022 | $25,000 | 02/04/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Annual Match Campaign, 2022 | $50,000 | 02/04/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | For the 2022 Annual August Match Campaign, which provides scholarship funds for at-risk girls to participate in the organizations educational and character-building programs. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Paddle Raise: Celebration Luncheon, 2022 | $25,000 | 02/04/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
FUNducation | Full STEAM Ahead | $120,000 | 02/04/2022 | Education | To expand their work and expose more students of color to whats possible in science, engineering, the arts, and math. |
Forty Carrots Family Center | Generations of Change Campaign | $1,000,000 | 02/04/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support increased access to child therapy and parent education services. |
Florida Philanthropic Network | Sponsorship: Education Affinity Group Sponsorship, 2022 | $5,000 | 02/04/2022 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Embracing Our Differences | Sponsorship: Art Exhibit, 2023 | $10,000 | 02/04/2022 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Education Foundation of Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Teacher of the Year Event, 2022 | $5,000 | 02/04/2022 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Children First | Paddle Raise: Fairytale Ball, 2022 | $25,000 | 02/04/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Chicago Botanic Garden | Annual Support, 2022 | $25,000 | 02/04/2022 | Education | To support the Science Career Continuum, which connects students from Chicago Public Schools with environmental-science education and training programs at the Garden. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Time to Inspire Margies Educators The TIME Fellowship, 2022 | $300,000 | 02/04/2022 | Education | To pilot the TIME Fellowship Program to recognize and retain teachers in Sarasota County. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Early Learning, 2022 | $206,458 | 02/04/2022 | Education | To support Barancik Foundation and its key partners efforts to establish an early learning initiative. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Affordable Housing, Analysis, and Investment, 2022 | $26,000 | 02/04/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support affordable housing efforts in Sarasota County. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Reliable Flexible Funding | $250,000 | 02/04/2022 | Education | For flexible funding to support the organizations operations, programming, and scholarships for students. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Sponsorship: Corporate Sponsorship, 2022-23 | $30,000 | 02/04/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Paddle Raise: Youth of the Year, 2022 | $15,000 | 02/04/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Annual Support, 2022-23 | $100,000 | 02/04/2022 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Paddle Raise: Asolo Gala, 2022 | $25,000 | 02/04/2022 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
American Jewish Committee | Annual Support, 2022 | $50,000 | 02/04/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
All Faiths Food Bank | Campaign Against Summer Hunger, 2022 | $50,000 | 02/04/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Campaign Against Summer Hunger, which provides food and funds to feed children over the summer months. |
Impact Florida | Sponsorship: Impact Florida Summit, 2022 | $2,500 | 02/09/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Celebration Luncheon, 2022 | $500 | 02/17/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Truly Valued | Sponsorship: Taste of New Orleans, 2022 | $5,000 | 03/08/2022 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Florida Policy Institute | CMBF Initiative: Affordable Housing - Policy Analyst Position | $175,000 | 03/25/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To help explore local and state policies and practices that will increase availability of workforce housing. |
Vickie O Heritage Production | Sponsorship: Newtown Spring Festival & Easter Celebration | $2,500 | 04/04/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
UnidosNow | Sponsorship: NocheUnidos, 2022 | $10,000 | 04/05/2022 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Healthy Start Coalition of Sarasota County | Reducing Pain at the Pump Pilot Program, 2022 | $10,000 | 04/11/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
All Faiths Food Bank | Reducing Pain at the Pump Pilot Program, 2022 | $10,000 | 04/11/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Suncoast Partnership to End Homelessness | Flexible Housing Fund | $250,000 | 05/12/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To Suncoast Partnership to End Homelessness to establish a flexible housing fund. |
Solutions To Avoid Red Tide | Healthy Pond Collaborative Manatee | $100,000 | 05/12/2022 | Environment | To improve the quality of our waterways by emphasizing the reduction and flow of excess nutrients out of our ponds. |
Second Heart Homes | Second Heart Homes Expansion | $300,000 | 05/12/2022 | Mental Health | To Second Heart Homes to purchase additional homes to help address homelessness. |
Sarasota County Schools | Supporting the Arts Teachers | $100,000 | 05/12/2022 | Education | To provide unrestricted funding to help respond to childrens immediate and ongoing needs when they are removed from abusive or neglectful homes. |
New College Foundation | Supporting High School and Transfer Students | $103,341 | 05/12/2022 | Education | To improve equity by helping area students aspire to and attain a bachelors degree. |
Mothers Helping Mothers | Removing Barriers to Success | $546,220 | 05/12/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To build a suite of wrap-around services at the organizations Sarasota drop-in center. |
Lighthouse Vision Loss Education Center | Why Eye Care | $132,141 | 05/12/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support capacity expansion to better serve blind and visually impaired individuals. |
Hermitage Artist Retreat | Expanding Capacity to Enhance Community Impact & Education Initiatives | $300,000 | 05/12/2022 | Arts and Culture | To help the organization grow its capacity to deliver programming focused on community impact, education, and social justice. |
Gulf Coast Sports Group | "A Lions Reach" Youth Mentoring Counselor/Ambassador Program | $60,000 | 05/12/2022 | Education | To support the "A Lions Reach" Youth Mentoring Counselor/Ambassador Program. |
Florida West Coast Public Broadcasting | WEDU PBS - Multimedia Programming to Address Important Community Issues | $250,000 | 05/12/2022 | Arts and Culture | To boost local programming that focuses on diversity, equity, community wellness, attainable housing, and civil rights. |
Florida ACLU | Defending Our Democracy & Dismantling Systemic Racism Through Strategic, Effective Public Education | $250,000 | 05/12/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support research and policy work on civil rights and liberties that will benefit Sarasota County. |
Emerge Sarasota | Emerge Stronger | $100,000 | 05/12/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To improve the relationship between our community at large and Black and Indigenous young professionals. |
Dogs Inc. | Children & Teens Program Support | $75,000 | 05/12/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support its Children & Teens Program. |
Children's Guardian Fund | Empowered Advocacy | $100,000 | 05/12/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To provide unrestricted funding to help respond to childrens immediate and ongoing needs when they are removed from abusive or neglectful homes. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | CMBF Initiative: First 1,000 Days Technology and Incentive Funding to support Unite Us Expansion, 2022 | $70,821 | 05/12/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To expand the use of Unite Us among nonprofits in the region. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Health Equity, 2022 | $41,191 | 05/12/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | Additional funding for Health Equity Initiative. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Teacher Recruitment | Retention Plus, 2022 | $15,749 | 05/12/2022 | Education | To support Barancik Foundations Teacher Recruitment | Retention initiative. |
ALSO Youth | Elevate and Celebrate | $130,000 | 05/12/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To assist the organization in relocating their Manatee County service center. |
All Faiths Food Bank | Food Insecurity Screening Expansion | $2,496,581 | 05/12/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To expand food insecurity screening programs in Sarasota and DeSoto counties. |
Sarasota Orchestra | Annual Support, 2022-23 | $5,000 | 05/13/2022 | Arts and Culture | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Early Learning Coalition Of Sarasota County | CMBF Initiative: Early Learning - Teacher Retention Bonus Program | $103,005 | 05/13/2022 | Education | Financial support for early learning professionals. |
Charitable Gift Planners of Southwest Florida | Sponsorship: Wealth Transfer and Philanthropy Panel, 2022 | $500 | 05/22/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
More Too Life | Sponsorship: Inspire Change Anniversary Event, 2022 | $5,000 | 05/31/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | Pain at the Pump Program, 2022 | $100,000 | 06/03/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To alleviate the significant increase in gas prices. |
NAACP Empowerment Programs | Sponsorship: Freedom Fund Dinner, 2022 | $10,000 | 06/21/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
American Jewish Committee | Sponsorship: West Coast FL Civic Achievement Award Dinner, 2022 | $10,000 | 06/29/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida | PPSWCF Contraceptive Access and Pregnancy Prevention Services | $500,000 | 07/01/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To provide contraceptive access and pregnancy prevention services |
All Faiths Food Bank | Sponsorship: Autumn Harvest, 2022 | $10,000 | 07/19/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's produce programs that provide fresh fruit and vegetables to neighbors struggling with hunger. |
The Bay Park Conservancy | Sponsorship: 10 days at The Bay, 2022 | $10,000 | 07/20/2022 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Adventure For All Corporation | Sponsorship: Ride Together, Rise Together, 2022 | $10,000 | 08/02/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
New College Foundation | Sponsorship: Clambake, 2022 | $10,000 | 08/10/2022 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
CreArte Latino Cultural Center | Sponsorship: Taste of Latin America, 2022 | $5,000 | 08/12/2022 | Education | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
New York University - NYU Grossman School of Medicine | CMBF Initiative: Teacher Recruitment|Retention Plus - Evaluation | $30,000 | 08/16/2022 | Education | To evaluate Barancik Foundation's efforts to recruit and retain high-quality teachers. |
Women's Resource Center | Stability and Sustainability for Women and Families, 2022 | $225,000 | 08/18/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support their services and staff. |
Turning Points | Care Navigator Program | $30,000 | 08/18/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's navigation program. |
The Sarasota Ballet | Sponsorship: Annual Gala, 2023 | $10,000 | 08/18/2022 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Salvation Army Sarasota County | Family Transitional Housing | $200,000 | 08/18/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To provide case management and supportive housing for families. |
The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation | CareerEdge Funding | $150,000 | 08/18/2022 | Education | To support CareerEdges Bridges to Careers training program. |
Suncoast Partnership to End Homelessness | Suncoast Housing Collaborative | $250,000 | 08/18/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To create a mitigation fund for landlords by offering financial assurances and incentives for lowering barriers and housing highly vulnerable individuals and families. |
Science and Environment Council of Southwest Florida | 2023 EcoSummit + Expo | $250,000 | 08/18/2022 | Environment | To support an Environmental Summit that convenes and engages our regional community in meaningful dialogue that motivates action on priority environmental challenges and solutions. |
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation | Paddle Raise: Hospital Gala, 2023 | $25,000 | 08/18/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota County Schools | Reading Recovery 2022 - 2023 | $56,622 | 08/18/2022 | Education | To support the growth and sustainability of Sarasotas Reading Recovery program. |
Safe Children Coalition | Safe Children Coalition Youth Shelter | $1,000,000 | 08/18/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the construction of a new youth shelter for children in foster care. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Free Second Sundays and Education Outreach to Underserved Communities | $262,273 | 08/18/2022 | Arts and Culture | To support thought-provoking exhibitions and hands-on activities during Sarasota Art Museums free Second Sundays programming. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Sponsorship: Avant Garde, 2023 | $25,000 | 08/18/2022 | Education | To support the college's Avant Garde event, which raises scholarship funds for students. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Sponsorship: Sarasota Art Museum's Annual Gala, 2022 | $10,000 | 08/18/2022 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Resilient Retreat | Strategic Flexibility | $600,000 | 08/18/2022 | Mental Health | To expand mental health programs designed for first responders and helping professionals in the community. |
Parenting Matters | You Matter Too | $400,000 | 08/18/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To allow the organization to build capacity and expand services. |
Minorities in Shark Sciences | Diversifying Ocean Science | $250,000 | 08/18/2022 | Education | To promote diversity and inclusion efforts in marine science and conservation efforts. |
Lutheran Services Florida | Comprehensive Services for Displaced Legal Residents | $300,000 | 08/18/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To effectively support refugees by providing comprehensive and socially integrated services that are holistic, culturally competent, collaborative, and responsive to immediate needs. |
Library Foundation for Sarasota County | Paddle Raise: Author Luncheon, 2023 | $10,000 | 08/18/2022 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Library Foundation for Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Author Luncheon, 2023 | $6,500 | 08/18/2022 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Healthy Start Coalition of Sarasota County | Prenatal and Postpartum Support and Education for Spanish-speaking women in Sarasota County - "Por ti y para tu bebe" | $140,000 | 08/18/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support prenatal and postpartum support and education for Spanish-speaking women in Sarasota County. |
Harvest House | People and Places: Investing in Foundational Growth | $800,000 | 08/18/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization as it expands its facilities and service offerings. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Building a Network of Strength and Resiliency for Girls and Families | $610,630 | 08/18/2022 | Mental Health | To support the Family Strengthening Program interventions. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Celebration Luncheon, 2023 | $6,000 | 08/18/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Friends of Sarasota County Parks | Educational Outreach Gardens: Demonstrating and Educating on Sustainable Horticultural Practices | $150,000 | 08/18/2022 | Environment | To support the Educational Outreach Gardens at Twin Lakes Park in Sarasota. These gardens focus on educating people about nine principles of Florida-Friendly Landscaping that protect our ecosystem. |
Florida Philanthropic Network | Annual Membership, 2023 | $8,000 | 08/18/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Embracing Our Differences | Embracing Leverage | $100,000 | 08/18/2022 | Education | To expand education programming to serve more teachers and students in Sarasota and Manatee County schools and hire additional staff to support these projects. |
Chicago Zoological Society | Bottlenose Dolphins as Sentinels of Coastal Ecosystem Health, 2022 | $1,000,000 | 08/18/2022 | Environment | To support the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program as it engages in conservation work to better understand and benefit the long-term resident dolphins of Sarasota Bay and our shared ecosystem. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Time to Inspire Margies Educators TIME Fellowship 2.0, 2022 | $317,500 | 08/18/2022 | Education | To support the TIME Fellowship Program to recognize and retain teachers in Sarasota County. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | Results 1st: Moving from Activity to Results | $50,000 | 08/18/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To provide nonprofit organizations with actionable tools they need to define, track, report, and significantly increase results for those they serve. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Recidivism - Navigating Away from Jail, 2022 | $21,628 | 08/18/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To establish a Recidivism Initiative to support work to prevent criminal reoffending in the 12th Judicial Circuit. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Paddle Raise: Youth of the Year, 2023 | $15,000 | 08/18/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Big Waters Land Trust | Sponsorship: Palm Ball, 2023 | $5,000 | 08/18/2022 | Environment | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Beyond The Spectrum | Helping Families Go Beyond | $150,000 | 08/18/2022 | Education | To help individuals and families in our community affected by autism, Down syndrome, and related developmental diagnoses. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Sponsorship: Gala, 2023 | $10,000 | 08/18/2022 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | Sheriff Hoffman's Charitable Fund, 2022 | $25,000 | 08/19/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | Sheriff Hoffman's Charitable Fund, 2022 | $25,000 | 08/19/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support grassroots community-building efforts that make Sarasota County's neighborhoods stronger and safer. |
The Florida Center for Early Childhood | CMBF Initiative: First 1,000 Days - Unite Us Pilot/Tablets for Healthy Family Team | $2,000 | 08/24/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | Technical support to expand use of Unite Us software. |
The Florida Center for Early Childhood | CMBF Initiative: Early Learning - Infant Mental health Consultation Model | $350,000 | 08/25/2022 | Mental Health | To support preschool teachers in addressing the behavioral health needs of children. |
Southface Institute | Joint Initiative: Partners for Green Places, Phase 2 | $600,000 | 08/25/2022 | Environment | To conserve energy resources and help protect the environment. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | CMBF Initiative: Early Learning - Lights at Spooky Point Sponsorship, 2022 | $20,000 | 09/20/2022 | Education | Sponsorship to allow early learning professionals and their families to attend event. |
Resilient Retreat | CMBF Initiative: Teacher Recruitment|Retention Plus - Empowering Educators | $12,500 | 09/21/2022 | Education | To provide mental health education and support to teachers. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | Hurricane Ian Recovery Fund, 2022 | $205,571 | 10/03/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To provide emergency relief to nonprofits effected by Hurricane Ian. |
Sarasota County Schools | Hurricane Ian Recovery Fund | $100,000 | 10/05/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To provide immediate relief to school district employees post Hurricane Ian. |
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation | Hurricane Ian Recovery Fund | $200,000 | 10/06/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To provide immediate relief to hospital employees post Hurricane Ian. |
Sarasota County Schools | Hurricane Ian Recovery Fund, Installment 2 | $100,000 | 10/06/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To provide emergency relief funds for school district employees after Hurricane Ian. |
YMCA of Southwest Florida | Hurricane Ian Recovery Fund | $30,000 | 10/07/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To help offset operating expenses related to Hurricane Ian. |
The Florida Center for Early Childhood | Hurricane Ian Recovery Fund | $30,000 | 10/07/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To help offset operating expenses related to Hurricane Ian. |
Children First | Hurricane Ian Recovery Fund | $40,000 | 10/07/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To help offset operating expenses related to Hurricane Ian. |
New College Foundation | Sponsorship: The New College Challenge, 2022 | $10,000 | 10/13/2022 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Community Harvest SRQ | Sponsorship: Sustainable Communities Workshop, 2022 | $3,000 | 10/13/2022 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota County Schools | Hurricane Ian Recovery Fund, Installment 3 | $100,000 | 10/17/2022 | Education | To provide emergency relief funds for school district employees after Hurricane Ian. |
State College of Florida Foundation | Hurricane Ian Relief Fund | $25,000 | 10/18/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To provide immediate relief to students and staff of SCF impacted by Hurricane Ian. |
Resilient Retreat | Hurricane Ian Relief Fund | $7,500 | 10/18/2022 | Mental Health | To provide mental health support to residents impacted by Hurricane Ian. |
National Alliance on Mental Illness Sarasota and Manatee Counties | Hurricane Ian Relief Fund | $7,500 | 10/18/2022 | Mental Health | To provide mental health support to residents impacted by Hurricane Ian. |
Kim's Krew | 2022 Year End Support | $10,000 | 10/18/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To deliver food and basic necessities to home-bound residents in Manatee County. |
Florida Philanthropic Network | Sponsorship: FPN Summit, 2023 | $8,000 | 10/26/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Haven | Hurricane Ian Relief | $95,000 | 10/28/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To help cover unexpected expenses related to Hurricane Ian. |
CenterPlace Health | Hurricane Ian Employee Assistance Payroll Relief | $160,000 | 10/28/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support Hurricane Ian recovery efforts. |
All Faiths Food Bank | Hurricane Ian: Food, Fuel, and Staffing | $400,000 | 10/28/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support Hurricane Ian recovery efforts. |
YMCA of Southwest Florida | CMBF Initiative: Early Learning - Teacher Retention Bonus Program | $558,810 | 11/03/2022 | Education | To keep quality early learning professionals in the classroom. |
Safe Children Coalition | Sponsorship: Giving Breakfast, 2022 | $5,000 | 11/03/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Women's Resource Center | Sponsorship: Wonder Woman Collective, 2022 | $10,000 | 11/08/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota County Schools | Sponsorship: Career Skills Challenge, 2022 | $3,000 | 11/08/2022 | Education | To support Dr. Amy Earl's (Sarasota Schools) efforts to introduce students to career opportunities. |
CenterPlace Health | CMBF Initiative: Health Equity - Community Health Worker Salary | $30,000 | 11/16/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To expand access to healthcare and health literacy. |
The Florida Center for Early Childhood | Hurricane Ian Recovery | $215,362 | 11/22/2022 | Mental Health | Hurricane Ian Recovery |
Senior Friendship Centers | Hurricane Ian Recovery | $60,000 | 11/22/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | Hurricane Ian Recovery |
Legal Aid of Manasota | Hurricane Ian: Legal Services for Disaster Recovery | $43,750 | 11/22/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To provide legal services to residents impacted by Hurricane Ian |
Gulfcoast Legal Services | Hurricane Ian: Representing Our Community | $32,100 | 11/22/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | to provide legal services to residents impacted by Hurricane Ian. |
Climate Adaptation Center | Sponsorship: 2023 Annual Climate Conference | $10,000 | 11/22/2022 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Manatee Community Foundation | Foster Care Holiday Gift Cards | $2,000 | 12/05/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To thank professionals working in the foster care system. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | CMBF Initiative: Early Learning - Lights at Spooky Point Sponsorship Balance, 2022 | $2,052 | 12/08/2022 | Education | Sponsorship to allow early learning professionals and their families to attend event. |
DeSoto County Sheriff's Office | CMBF Initiative: Recidivism - Reentry Navigator, 2022 | $78,492 | 12/08/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | Initiative to reduce recidivism in the 12th Judicial Circuit. |
Sarasota County Sheriff's Office | CMBF Initiative: Recidivism - Reentry Navigator, 2022 | $172,241 | 12/12/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To hire and support a Reentry Navigator position for the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office. |
First Step of Sarasota | Sponsorship: Caring Hearts Luncheon, 2023 | $5,000 | 12/13/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Safe Children Coalition | CMBF Initiative: First 1,000 Days - Unite Us Incentive and Technology Grant, Prevention Department | $35,000 | 12/15/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support efforts within the Prevention Department to expand the use of Unite Us to connect more families to resources. |
Step Up Suncoast | Stepping Up Our Service to the Community | $557,662 | 12/19/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support capacity building efforts to assist with case management and financial support for clients. |
Arcadia-DeSoto County Habitat for Humanity | Hurricane Ian Roof Repair/Replacement Program | $50,000 | 12/19/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support hurricane recovery efforts related to home repairs in DeSoto County. |
American Jewish Committee | Annual support, 2023 | $50,000 | 12/19/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Jewish Federation Of Sarasota-Manatee | Annual support, 2023 | $25,000 | 12/20/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Sponsorship: Cohn Weil Memorial MS Outing, 2023 | $400,000 | 12/20/2022 | Medical Research | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Alan Buegeleisen Mid Florida Research Fund, 2023 | $5,000 | 12/20/2022 | Medical Research | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Jewish United Fund | Annual support, 2023 | $25,000 | 12/20/2022 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Sponsorship: Unconventional Evening and En Plein Air, 2023 | $7,500 | 01/01/2023 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
National Council Of Jewish Women | Sponsorship: Women In Power, 2023 | $5,000 | 01/01/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Child Protection Center | Sponsorship: Blue Ties & Butterflies 10th Anniversary, 2023 | $10,000 | 01/01/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast | CMBF Initiative: First 1,000 Days - Unite Us Technology and Incentive Grant, Onboarding Programs | $25,480 | 01/09/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support Jewish Family & Childrens Service of the Suncoast's implementation of Unite Us throughout their programs. |
Hermitage Artist Retreat | Sponsorship: 20th Anniversary Concert, 2023 | $10,000 | 01/17/2023 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Easterseals Southwest Florida | Sponsorship: Abilities Shining Luncheon, 2023 | $5,000 | 01/18/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Emerge Sarasota | FPN Summit Speaker Support, 2023 | $251 | 01/26/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | to fund Founders presentation at Florida Philanthropic Network. |
CreArte Latino Cultural Center | FPN Summit Speaker Support, 2023 | $700 | 01/26/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | to fund Founders presentation at Florida Philanthropic Network. |
YMCA of Southwest Florida | Redefining Early Learning: Investing in the YMCA's Quality and Capacity-Year 2 | $668,332 | 01/27/2023 | Education | To continue and define an early learning model to address critical issues in child development. |
We Care Manatee | Manatee County Connects for Care | $250,000 | 01/27/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To build capacity at organization and launch collaborative. |
University of South Florida Foundation | Sponsorship: FCAN 2023 Talent Strong Florida Summit | $2,500 | 01/27/2023 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
UnidosNow | UnidosNow Dreaming Big Capacity Building | $550,000 | 01/27/2023 | Education | To build capacity at organization and create an endowed fund. |
The Sarasota Ballet | Annual Support, 2023-2024 Artistic Season | $50,000 | 01/27/2023 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation | Annual Membership, 2023 | $10,000 | 01/27/2023 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired | Sponsorship: Gala, 2023 | $10,000 | 01/27/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Bay Park Conservancy | Effective and Efficient Operations | $1,000,000 | 01/27/2023 | Environment | To support continued expansion of The Bay Park Conservancy. |
Temple Emanu-El | Mitzvah Backpack Program, 2023 | $10,000 | 01/27/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Mitzvah Backpack Program, which provides backpacks filled with nutritious food to low-income children each week so they can have healthy meals over the weekend. |
Suncoast Waterkeeper | Fostering Champions for Clean Water on the Suncoast | $175,000 | 01/27/2023 | Environment | To build capacity, map Sarasota Bay mangroves and increase communication efforts |
Second Chance Last Opportunity | Stepping Up | $150,000 | 01/27/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To build capacity at organization and provide emergency assistance funding. |
Sarasota Orchestra | Annual Support, 2023-24 | $65,000 | 01/27/2023 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Opera Association | Annual Support, 2023-24 | $20,000 | 01/27/2023 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation | Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Youth Intensive Outpatient Program | $1,000,000 | 01/27/2023 | Mental Health | To increase behavioral and mental health services in community. |
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation | Sponsorship: Corporate Sponsorship, 2023-24 | $30,000 | 01/27/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota County Schools | Ripple Effect Teacher Grants, 2023 | $5,000 | 01/27/2023 | Education | To honor Chuck and Margie on their birthdays and recognize teachers by providing $5,000 gifts to 10 teachers who have had what Margie described as the "Ripple Effect" in the school system. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Paddle Raise: Avant Garde, 2023 | $25,000 | 01/27/2023 | Education | To support the college's Avant Garde event, which raises scholarship funds for students. |
Ravinia Festival Association | Sponsorship: Summer Concert, 2023 | $50,000 | 01/27/2023 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
PEAK Grantmaking | Sponsorship: Organization Membership, 2023-24 | $2,750 | 01/27/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Museum of Science and Industry of Chicago | Annual Support, 2023 | $100,000 | 01/27/2023 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Mote Marine Laboratory | Sponsorship: Oceanic Evening, 2023 | $10,000 | 01/27/2023 | Environment | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Mote Marine Laboratory | Sponsorship: Party on the Pass, 2023 | $3,500 | 01/27/2023 | Environment | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Paddle Raise: Orchid Ball, 2023 | $25,000 | 01/27/2023 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Sponsorship: Lunch in the Gardens, 2023-24 | $20,000 | 01/27/2023 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Manasota ASALH | General Support, 2023 | $10,000 | 01/27/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | to support educational programming |
Kim's Krew | Emergency Stabilization Program | $50,000 | 01/27/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To build capacity at organization including facility upgrades. |
Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast | Corporate Sponsorship, 2023-24 | $30,000 | 01/27/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Harvest House | Paddle Raise: Home Again Luncheon, 2023 | $25,000 | 01/27/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Annual Match Campaign, 2023 | $50,000 | 01/27/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | For the 2023 Annual August Match Campaign, which provides scholarship funds for at-risk girls to participate in the organization's educational and character-building programs. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Paddle Raise: Celebration Luncheon, 2023 | $25,000 | 01/27/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training | Shakespeare in the Gardens at The Ringling | $20,000 | 01/27/2023 | Arts and Culture | To support outdoor Shakespeare performance at The Ringling. |
Florida Policy Institute | Providing Policy Research to Promote Shared Prosperity in Florida | $175,000 | 01/27/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To provide general operating support. |
Embracing Our Differences | Sponsorship: Art Exhibit, 2024 | $10,000 | 01/27/2023 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Education Foundation of Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Teacher of the Year Event, 2023 | $5,000 | 01/27/2023 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Community Harvest SRQ | Produce Rescue and Feeding Those in Need | $50,000 | 01/27/2023 | Environment | To support salary of organizations only employee. |
Children First | Paddle Raise: Fairytale Ball, 2023 | $25,000 | 01/27/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Chicago Botanic Garden | Annual Support, 2023 | $25,000 | 01/27/2023 | Education | To support the Science Career Continuum, which connects students from Chicago Public Schools with environmental-science education and training programs at the Garden. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Early Learning Initiative, 2023 | $518,461 | 01/27/2023 | Education | Additional funding to support our work in Early Education. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | CMBF Initiative: TIME (Time to Inspire Margies Educators) 3.0, 2024 | $310,000 | 01/27/2023 | Education | To support the TIME Fellowship Program to recognize and retain teachers in Sarasota County. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Staff Needs & Teen Opportunities | $300,000 | 01/27/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support salary increases and teen programming. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Sponsorship: Corporate Sponsorship, 2023-24 | $30,000 | 01/27/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Annual Support, 2023-24 | $100,000 | 01/27/2023 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Paddle Raise: Asolo Gala, 2023 | $25,000 | 01/27/2023 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
All Faiths Food Bank | Campaign Against Summer Hunger, 2023 | $50,000 | 01/27/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Campaign Against Summer Hunger, which provides food and funds to feed children over the summer months. |
Adventure For All Corporation | Adventure Biking Programs | $186,800 | 01/27/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support organization's Adventure Biking Program. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Sponsorship: Garden to Plate Wine Dinner, 2023 | $2,000 | 02/06/2023 | Environment | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
YMCA of Southwest Florida | CMBF Initiative: Early Learning - Teacher Retention Bonus Program | $9,675 | 02/10/2023 | Education | To support teacher retention and the early learning profession. |
Truly Valued | Sponsorship: Taste of New Orleans, 2023 | $5,000 | 02/13/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Glasser/Schoenbaum Human Services Center | Sponsorship: Collaboration Celebration, 2023 | $2,500 | 02/13/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts |
The Florida Center for Early Childhood | Sponsorship: Inaugural Seaside Treasures Luncheon, 2023 | $10,000 | 02/13/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Mothers Helping Mothers | Sponsorship: Power of Purple, 2023 | $6,000 | 02/13/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts |
Vickie O Heritage Production | Sponsorship: Newtown Easter Egg Hunt, 2023 | $2,500 | 02/15/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Multicultural Health Institute | Sponsorship: Environmental Justice Event, 2023 | $5,000 | 03/08/2023 | Environment | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
First Step of Sarasota | CMBF Initiative: First 1,000 Days - Unite Us Implementation Incentive Grant | $30,000 | 03/21/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations expanded use of Unite Us. |
Climate Adaptation Center | Sponsorship: Climate Champions Awards, 2023 | $1,500 | 03/30/2023 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
UnidosNow | Sponsorship: NocheUnidos, 2023 | $10,000 | 04/04/2023 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Harvest House | CMBF Initiative: First 1,000 Days - April 6 Unite Us Meeting | $700 | 04/04/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support expanded use of Unite Us in region. |
The Communications Network | Annual Membership, 2023 | $700 | 04/05/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | In honor of Michael and Lindas retirement | $10,000 | 04/26/2023 | Arts and Culture | To celebrate the retirement of Michael Donald Edwards. |
Sarasota County Schools | CMBF Initiative: Teacher Recruitment|Retention - Foundations Academy | $57,411 | 05/04/2023 | Education | To support the recruitment and retainment of teachers. |
Resilient Retreat | Staff Retreats for Planned Parenthood | $4,150 | 05/18/2023 | Mental Health | To provide trauma informed training and care for the staff of Planned Parenthood. |
United Way of South Sarasota County | Disaster Recovery and Resiliency Program Cost Recovery and Capacity Building Project | $100,000 | 05/19/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support long-term recovery after Hurricane Ian. |
Truly Valued | Capacity Building | $200,000 | 05/19/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support organizational capacity building. |
The Twig Cares | Venice Expansion | $180,000 | 05/19/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the expansion of operations in Venice. |
The Twig Cares | Sponsorship: A Taste for The Twig Event, 2023 | $2,500 | 05/19/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | Sponsorship for a Gold Sponsor at the Twigs "A Taste for The Twig event". |
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation | Howard Bros. Circus Model: Enhancing the Visitor Experience | $100,000 | 05/19/2023 | Arts and Culture | To support improvements to museum feature exhibit. |
The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Opportunities for All 2023 | $325,000 | 05/19/2023 | Education | To support Opportunities for All. |
The Children's Movement | The Future Project: Statewide Early Learning Roadmap & Local Impact for Sarasota | $225,000 | 05/19/2023 | Education | To engage parents in strategies to expand quality early learning. |
Take Stock in Children of Sarasota County | Capacity Grant to Support Program Growth | $200,000 | 05/19/2023 | Education | To increase organizational capacity. |
Project 180 Sarasota | Project 180 Residential Program Home Purchase | $450,000 | 05/19/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the purchase of another house. |
Oyster River Ecology | Start-Up Capacity Building | $121,000 | 05/19/2023 | Environment | To support organizational capacity building. |
Operation Warrior Resolution | Community Mobilization | $150,000 | 05/19/2023 | Mental Health | To support organizational capacity building. |
Links to Success | Expanding Opportunities | $155,000 | 05/19/2023 | Education | To support organizational capacity building. |
J5 Experience | Experience The Future | $75,000 | 05/19/2023 | Education | To support organizational capacity building. |
Hermitage Artist Retreat | Protecting Freedom of Artistic Expression: The Impact of Authentic Community Engagement | $400,000 | 05/19/2023 | Arts and Culture | To support organizational capacity building. |
Help to Home | Hope Village of Manatee | $350,000 | 05/19/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Hope Village project in Manatee County. |
Healthy Teens | Teen Health Educator Program SRQ Expansion | $225,000 | 05/19/2023 | Mental Health | To support current operations and Sarasota expansion. |
Friends of the Myakka River | Sharing Myakkas Magic | $150,000 | 05/19/2023 | Environment | Supporting full-time executive director. |
First Step of Sarasota | No Wrong Door | $1,000,000 | 05/19/2023 | Mental Health | To support the No-Wrong Door strategy. |
Equality Florida Institute | Protecting Students and Respecting Families in Sarasota | $250,000 | 05/19/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support LGBTQ parents, children, and other youth. |
Education Foundation of Sarasota County | Stop-Out Student and Summer Melt Initiative for Sarasota and Manatee Counties | $20,000 | 05/19/2023 | Education | To support the Stop-Out Student and Summer Melt Initiative. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Affordable Housing - Building Synergy in Newtown | $150,000 | 05/19/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support affordable housing in Newtown. |
Bridge a Life | Foster Care Prevention and Placement Stability | $145,000 | 05/19/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support foster and adoptive families. |
Gamma Xi Boule Foundation | Sponsorship: Valentine at the Ritz, 2024 | $5,000 | 06/01/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
School District of Manatee County | CMBF Initiative: First 1,000 Days Technology and Incentive Funding to support Unite Us Expansion | $49,999 | 06/28/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support efforts within the school district to expand the use of Unite Us to connect more students and families to community resources. |
WUSF Public Media | CMBF Initiative: Community News Collaborative | $598,750 | 07/06/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To create a more informed citizenry through quality news coverage of local stories. |
The Haven | Sponsorship: Farm to Table(aux), 2024 | $10,000 | 07/06/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Orchestra | Sponsorship: All County Ensembles, 2023 | $10,000 | 07/19/2023 | Education | To support the All County (Sarasota/Manatee) Ensembles. |
NAACP Empowerment Programs | Sponsorship: Freedom Fund Dinner, 2023 | $10,000 | 07/24/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
UnidosNow | Educational Summer Program at The Pines for the Orange Avenue Mobile Home Park | $2,530 | 07/27/2023 | Education | To support an educational summer program at The Pines for the Orange Avenue Mobile Home Park. |
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe | Artistic Workforce Development | $150,000 | 08/02/2023 | Arts and Culture | To support education and training focused on BIPOC. |
The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation | CareerEdge 2023 | $150,000 | 08/02/2023 | Education | To support the CarreerEdge training program. |
The Florida Center for Early Childhood | Nurturing Futures: Building Capacity and Infrastructure for Early Childhood Excellence | $1,000,000 | 08/02/2023 | Education | To help build strong families and expand the potential of young children. |
Sunshine Community Compost | Strengthening the Roots of Resilience | $265,000 | 08/02/2023 | Environment | To support education and action programs that increase composting. |
Sarasota County Schools | CMBF Initiative: Teacher Recruitment|Retention - Staff Recognition at Venice High School | $1,000 | 08/02/2023 | Education | Matching grant for staff recognition at Venice High School. |
Samaritan Counseling Services Of The Gulf Coast | Future Community Counselors | $400,000 | 08/02/2023 | Mental Health | To increase capacity and train additional mental health professionals. |
Project Light of Manatee | Rays of Light | $225,000 | 08/02/2023 | Education | To support the advancement of adult learners through English proficiency. |
Meals on Wheels of Sarasota | Capacity Building to Expand Services | $130,000 | 08/02/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support capacity building efforts to feed more home-bound residents. |
Florida Policy Institute | Developing Local & Statewide Solutions for Florida's Affordable Housing Crisis | $230,000 | 08/02/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support a position focused on housing. |
Easterseals Southwest Florida | Expanding Excellence for Autism | $750,000 | 08/02/2023 | Mental Health | To support autism services. |
Dogs Inc. | Children & Teens Program Support | $50,000 | 08/02/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support efforts to match teens with guide dogs. |
Child Protection Center | Expanding the Capacity for Hope | $550,000 | 08/02/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support prevention, intervention and treatment of child abuse. |
CenterPlace Health | OB Expansion at CenterPlace Health | $650,000 | 08/02/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support affordable healthcare to a diverse population. |
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast | Empowering Potential | $650,000 | 08/02/2023 | Education | To support new centralized headquarters and mentoring center. |
The Sarasota Ballet | Sponsorship: Gala, 2024 | $10,000 | 08/04/2023 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation | Paddle Raise: Hospital Gala, 2024 | $25,000 | 08/04/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Sponsorship: Avant Garde, 2024 | $25,000 | 08/04/2023 | Education | To support the college's Avant Garde event, which raises scholarship funds for students. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Sponsorship: Sarasota Art Museum Annual Gala, 2023 | $10,000 | 08/04/2023 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Library Foundation for Sarasota County | Paddle Raise: Author Luncheon, 2024 | $10,000 | 08/04/2023 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Library Foundation for Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Author Luncheon, 2024 | $6,500 | 08/04/2023 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Annual Celebration Luncheon, 2024 | $6,000 | 08/04/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Florida Philanthropic Network | Annual Membership, 2024 | $8,000 | 08/04/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Paddle Raise: Youth of the Year, 2024 | $15,000 | 08/04/2023 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Big Waters Land Trust | Sponsorship: Gala, 2024 | $5,000 | 08/04/2023 | Environment | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Sponsorship: Gala, 2024 | $10,000 | 08/04/2023 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Florida Philanthropic Network | Sponsorship: Florida Education Funders Group, 2023 | $5,000 | 08/10/2023 | Education | To advance education access and quality through the Florida Philanthropic Network Education Funder's Group. |
Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Teacher Recruitment|Retention - Emerging Educator Scholarships | $25,000 | 08/14/2023 | Education | To provide Florida Gulf Coast University with Barancik Foundation Emerging Educators Scholarships. |
All Faiths Food Bank | Sponsorship: Autumn Harvest, 2023 | $5,000 | 08/15/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's produce programs that provide fresh fruit and vegetables to neighbors struggling with hunger. |
The Bay Park Conservancy | Sponsorship: 10 days at The Bay, 2023 | $10,000 | 08/21/2023 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
St. Paul Lutheran Church | Hurricane Ian Repair and Teacher & Family Support | $11,000 | 08/29/2023 | Education | To help with repairs and support teachers & families following Hurricane Ian. |
YMCA of Southwest Florida | CMBF Initiative: Early Learning Directors Collaborative | $346,343 | 09/01/2023 | Education | The Early Learning Directors Collaborative ensures childcare professionals have the resources they need to prepare children for kindergarten and beyond. |
State College of Florida Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Teacher Recruitment|Retention | $45,811 | 09/12/2023 | Education | To support Teacher Recruitment and Retention efforts for Sarasota County Schools. |
Sarasota County Schools | CMBF Initiative: Teacher Recruitment|Retention - Employee Wellness & Engagement | $30,000 | 09/12/2023 | Education | To support employee wellness and engagement at Sarasota County Schools as part of Teacher Recruitment/Retention initiative. |
Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Teacher Recruitment|Retention - Emerging Educator Scholarships | $25,000 | 09/12/2023 | Education | To provide scholarships for FGCU students who will teach in Sarasota County Schools. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | CMBF Initiative: Early Learning - Lights at Spooky Point, 2023 | $20,000 | 09/13/2023 | Education | To recognize and celebrate the early learning educators in Sarasota County. |
The Academy at Glengary | Sponsorship: Communicating Across The Aisle, 2023 | $2,500 | 09/26/2023 | Education | To support adults seeking to improve their mental health. |
CenterPlace Health | 5th Birthday Celebration Luncheon, 2023 | $5,000 | 09/28/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Manatee County Sheriff's Office | CMBF Initiative: Recidivism - Reentry Navigator | $192,639 | 09/29/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support reentry navigators. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Sponsorship: Cocktails at the Cottage, 2023 | $750 | 10/02/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Performing Arts Center Foundation | Teacher Appreciation Night at Sarasota Performing Arts Foundation, 2023 | $10,000 | 10/04/2023 | Education | To sponsor free tickets for early learning and K-12 teachers to attend a performance of 'Bored Teachers' on October 13. |
The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Sponsorship: Annual Meeting, 2023 | $3,500 | 10/10/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota County Schools | Sponsorship: Barancik PINC Scholars, 2023 | $10,000 | 10/10/2023 | Education | To sponsor the Barancik PINC Scholars program, to scholarship 10 students and 10 teachers that the students select to attend the day-long speaker and creativity event, PINC. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | Ripple Effect Teacher Grants, 2023 | $45,000 | 10/11/2023 | Education | To honor Chuck and Margie on their birthdays and recognize teachers by providing $5,000 gifts to 10 teachers who have had what Margie described as the "Ripple Effect" in the school system. |
Early Learning Coalition Of Sarasota County | CMBF Initiative: Early Learning - Business Breakfast Sponsorship, 2023 | $1,000 | 10/20/2023 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
CenterPlace Health | CMBF Initiative: Health Equity - Community Health Worker Support | $75,000 | 10/23/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To expand access to healthcare and health literacy. |
Sarasota Orchestra | Sarasota Arts Leaders Retreat Underwriting | $6,000 | 10/25/2023 | Arts and Culture | To underwrite the Sarasota Arts Leaders Retreat |
Turning Points | Navigator Program Expansion | $316,000 | 10/27/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | Building navigator capacity and assessing new revenue streams. |
SRQ Strong | Building a Trauma-Informed Community | $250,000 | 10/27/2023 | Mental Health | To support capacity building. |
Margwine Organization | Time to Grow | $95,000 | 10/27/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support capacity building. |
Harvest House | Living Beyond Fear | $600,000 | 10/27/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support capacity building. |
CreArte Latino Cultural Center | Fortifying CreArte / Fortaceliendo CreArte | $126,000 | 10/27/2023 | Arts and Culture | To support capacity building. |
Sarasota County Schools | CMBF Initiative: Early Learning, Sponsorship of ELC Business Breakfast | $1,500 | 10/31/2023 | Education | To support the Early Learning Coalition |
Women's Resource Center | Stability and Sustainability for Women and Families, 2023 | $275,000 | 11/03/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To provide unrestricted funding. |
State College of Florida Foundation | Baccalaureate Education Degrees and CROP Program Expansion | $429,445 | 11/03/2023 | Education | To support training of Elementary Educators and to increase access for underserved. |
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation | CMBF Initiative: First 1,000 Days Suncoast Matching Funds | $700,000 | 11/03/2023 | Education | To provide match funds to support the long-term sustainability of First 1,000 Days Suncoast. |
Manatee Education Foundation | Manatee Unites for At-risk Students and Families | $150,000 | 11/03/2023 | Education | To support student/family needs in Manatee County. |
FUNducation | Early STEAM | $150,000 | 11/03/2023 | Education | To support capacity building. |
Chicago Botanic Garden | Windy City Harvest | $100,000 | 11/03/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support program and share best practices with Sarasota County. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Downtown Sarasota Workforce Housing | $1,500,000 | 11/03/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support land acquisition for the City of Sarasotas workforce housing development. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | Flexible Fund to Build Program Evaluation and Fundraising Capacity | $202,715 | 11/03/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | For training and resources to increase nonprofit program evaluation and fundraising capacity. |
Azara Ballet | Dancing Together | $180,000 | 11/03/2023 | Arts and Culture | To support capacity building/early operation expenses. |
Gulf Coast Medical Society | Sponsorship: First Annual Holiday Brunch | $1,500 | 11/06/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the First Annual Holiday Brunch at Michaels on the Bay Ballroom Selby Gardens |
Florida Philanthropic Network | Sponsorship: FPN Summit, 2024 | $8,000 | 11/07/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Florida Community Health Worker Coalition | CMBF Initiative: Health Equity - Certification Training for Community Health Workers | $3,809 | 11/07/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support training for local community health workers to get certified. |
DeSoto County Sheriff's Office | CMBF Initiative: Recidivism - DeSoto Inmate Assistance | $10,000 | 11/07/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To create a fund that provides personal items and other services to inmates returning to the community. |
Sarasota County Sheriff's Office | CMBF Initiative: Recidivism - Sarasota Inmate Assistance | $25,000 | 11/16/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To create a fund that provides personal items and other services to inmates returning to the community. |
Designing Women's Boutique | Sponsorship: Gala, 2023 | $2,500 | 11/16/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Florida Center for Early Childhood | CMBF Initiative: Early learning - Infant Mental Health Consultation Model Part 2 | $430,000 | 11/20/2023 | Education | To support preschool teachers in addressing the behavioral health needs of children. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | CMBF Initiative: Early Learning - Lights at Spooky Point, 2023 | $396 | 11/28/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations | Annual Membership (Dec 2023-Nov 2024) | $8,500 | 11/30/2023 | Humanitarian Causes | To support and join the membership group Grantmakers for Effective Organizations. |
The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Leadership Sarasota Project: Butterfly Garden | $5,000 | 01/04/2024 | Environment | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Sponsorship: Unconventional Evening and En Plein Air, 2024 | $5,000 | 01/12/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Climate Adaptation Center | Sponsorship: Climate Champions Awards, 2024 | $5,000 | 01/18/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | Community News Collaborative in Honor of Gerry Lublin | $10,000 | 02/05/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts in honor of Gerry Lublin. |
YMCA of Southwest Florida | Redefining Early Learning: Investing in the YMCA's Quality and Capacity, 2024-2026 | $2,379,965 | 02/09/2024 | Education | To support quality early learning at Sarasota County's largest childcare provider. |
The Sarasota Ballet | Annual Support, 2024-2025 Artistic Season | $50,000 | 02/09/2024 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation | Annual Membership, 2024 | $10,000 | 02/09/2024 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Jewish Federation Of Sarasota-Manatee | Annual Support, 2024 | $25,000 | 02/09/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired | Sponsorship: Gala, 2024 | $10,000 | 02/09/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Temple Emanu-El | Mitzvah Backpack Program, 2024 | $10,000 | 02/09/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Mitzvah Backpack Program, which provides backpacks filled with nutritious food to low-income children each week so they can have healthy meals over the weekend. |
SunCoast Blood Centers | Bloodmobile Solar and Battery Conversion | $46,000 | 02/09/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To increase the supply of blood donations and to retrofit a mobile unit to be energy efficient. |
Sarasota Orchestra | Annual Support, 2024-25 | $65,000 | 02/09/2024 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Opera Association | Annual Support, 2024-25 | $20,000 | 02/09/2024 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation | Sponsorship: Corporate Sponsorship, 2024-25 | $30,000 | 02/09/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Children's Museum | Mobile Museum Sessions | $5,000 | 02/09/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Sarasota Art Museum Community Catalyst Initiatives | $550,000 | 02/09/2024 | Arts and Culture | To support increased access at Sarasota Art Museum. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Paddle Raise: Avant Garde, 2024 | $25,000 | 02/09/2024 | Education | To support the college's Avant Garde event, which raises scholarship funds for students. |
Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay | Preserving Safe, Healthy, and Affordable Housing in Newtown and DeSoto | $250,000 | 02/09/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support neighborhood revitalization while also helping residents retain homeowners. |
Ravinia Festival Association | Sponsorship: Summer Concert, 2024 | $60,000 | 02/09/2024 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Cohn Weil Memorial MS Outing for research | $400,000 | 02/09/2024 | Medical Research | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Alan Buegeleisen Mid Florida Research Fund | $5,000 | 02/09/2024 | Medical Research | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Museum of Science and Industry of Chicago | Annual Support, 2024 | $100,000 | 02/09/2024 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Paddle Raise: Orchid Ball, 2024 | $25,000 | 02/09/2024 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Sponsorship: Lunch in the Gardens, 2024-25 | $20,000 | 02/09/2024 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Manatee Community Foundation | Mindfulness Session for Nonprofit Partners | $1,000 | 02/09/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Longboat Key Foundation | Quick Point Preserve Restoration Site Improvements | $25,000 | 02/09/2024 | Environment | To support public access and environmental education at Quick Point Preserve. |
Jewish United Fund | Annual Support, 2024 | $25,000 | 02/09/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast | Adolescent Diversion & Family Support Program | $563,744 | 02/09/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To increase access to mental health services for youth. |
Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast | Corporate Sponsorship, 2024-25 | $30,000 | 02/09/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Harvest House | Paddle Raise: Home Again Luncheon, 2024 | $25,000 | 02/09/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Health Equity - Medicaid Expansion | $250,000 | 02/09/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support broader access to healthcare for individuals who are uninsured. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | Sheriff Hoffman's Charitable Fund, 2024 | $25,000 | 02/09/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Sheriff's Charitable Fund, which will enable the Sheriff's Office to provide small grants for grassroots efforts that improve neighborhood safety and conditions. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Annual Match Campaign, 2024 | $50,000 | 02/09/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | For the 2024 Annual August Match Campaign, which provides scholarship funds for at-risk girls to participate in the organization's educational and character-building programs. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Paddle Raise: Celebration Luncheon, 2024 | $25,000 | 02/09/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training | Producing Sustainable Elizabethan Set for Shakespearian Productions | $50,000 | 02/09/2024 | Arts and Culture | Building a reusable Shakespearean set. |
Florida Institute of Saltwater Heritage | The FISH Preserve Enhanced Public Access Project | $165,000 | 02/09/2024 | Environment | To support public access and environmental education at the FISH Preserve. |
Embracing Our Differences | Framing Our Future | $102,786 | 02/09/2024 | Arts and Culture | To support operational expenses related to exhibition. |
Embracing Our Differences | Sponsorship: Art Exhibit, 2025 | $10,000 | 02/09/2024 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Education Foundation of Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Teacher of the Year Event, 2024 | $5,000 | 02/09/2024 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Children First | Paddle Raise: Fairytale Ball, 2024 | $25,000 | 02/09/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Chicago Botanic Garden | Annual Support, 2024 | $25,000 | 02/09/2024 | Education | To support the Science Career Continuum, which connects students from Chicago Public Schools with environmental-science education and training programs at the Garden. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Community News Collaborative 2.0 | $1,878,454 | 02/09/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To create a more informed citizenry through quality news coverage of local stories. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | CMBF Initiative: TIME Fellowship, 2025 | $310,000 | 02/09/2024 | Education | To support the TIME Fellowship Program to recognize and retain teachers in Sarasota County. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Early Learning Initiative, 2024 | $114,544 | 02/09/2024 | Education | To expand access to quality early learning. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Teacher Recruitment, Retention, and Recognition | $73,667 | 02/09/2024 | Education | To support Teacher Recruitment and Retention efforts for Sarasota County Schools. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | Ripple Effect Teacher Grants, 2024 | $50,000 | 02/09/2024 | Education | To honor Chuck and Margie on their birthdays and recognize teachers by providing $5,000 gifts to 10 teachers who have had what Margie described as the "Ripple Effect" in the school system. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Teen Mindfulness | $1,000 | 02/09/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Corporate Sponsorship, 2024-25 | $30,000 | 02/09/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Annual Support, 2024-25 | $100,000 | 02/09/2024 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Paddle Raise: Asolo Gala, 2024 | $25,000 | 02/09/2024 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
American Jewish Committee | Annual Support, 2024 | $50,000 | 02/09/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
All Faiths Food Bank | Campaign Against Summer Hunger, 2024 | $50,000 | 02/09/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Campaign Against Summer Hunger, which provides food and funds to feed children over the summer months. |
Mote Marine Laboratory | Sponsorship: Oceanic Evening, 2024 | $10,000 | 02/13/2024 | Environment | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Sponsorship: Selbys Garden to Plate Wine Dinner, 2024 | $3,000 | 02/16/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Sponsorship: Annual Breakfast, 2024 | $3,500 | 03/06/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Second Heart Homes | 2024 FPN Summit Speaker Reimbursement | $2,249 | 03/15/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | 2024 FPN Summit Speaker Reimbursement. |
Margwine Organization | Support For Members of Our Community Who Need A Voice | $250 | 03/18/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support for members of our community who need a voice. |
Links to Success | CMBF Initiative: First 1,000 Days - Unite Us Expansion and Family Navigation in DeSoto | $36,000 | 03/19/2024 | Education | To expand First 1,000 Days Suncoast in DeSoto County, including navigation support for families with young children through Unite Us. |
Redefine This/Star Lab | Janie's Garden Free Summer Program Match | $5,000 | 04/04/2024 | Education | Matching grant to raise funds to offer a free summer program at Janies Garden |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Sponsorship: Men Who Cook, 2024 | $2,000 | 04/04/2024 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
CreArte Latino Cultural Center | Manatee Performing Arts Center Series Sponsorship, 2024 | $8,400 | 04/24/2024 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
CenterPlace Health | 2024 Luncheon and Back to School Event | $5,000 | 04/24/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Suncoast Searchlight | Community News Collaborative, 2024 | $1,100,000 | 05/06/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To create a more informed citizenry through quality news coverage of local stories. |
Upward Notes | Upward Notes Expansion | $125,000 | 05/10/2024 | Arts and Culture | To expand the classical music audience and reach more people with the humanizing influence of arts and culture. |
The Academy at Glengary | Academy at Bradenton: Wellness 2.0 | $200,000 | 05/10/2024 | Mental Health | To support expansion of a wellness initiative to Manatee County. |
Sarasota County Schools | Hardwiring Organizational Excellence | $478,020 | 05/10/2024 | Education | To pursue the school district's mission through organizational excellence. |
Resilient Retreat | Empowering Communities by Building Resilience | $444,869 | 05/10/2024 | Mental Health | To support the organization's trauma-informed programs and operating capacity. |
One Stop Housing Cares | Sarasota Station Apartments | $250,000 | 05/10/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support an affordable housing project in Sarasota. |
Minorities in Shark Sciences | Diversifying Ocean Sciences 2024 | $155,000 | 05/10/2024 | Education | To support minority internships in Marine Sciences. |
Manatee Literacy Council | Adult Literacy Support | $148,476 | 05/10/2024 | Education | To support capacity for expanded literacy programs. |
Manasota ASALH | Leadership Excellence | $150,000 | 05/10/2024 | Education | To build staff capacity within the organization. |
Links to Success | Linking to Success | $400,000 | 05/10/2024 | Education | To help families in DeSoto County access resources and educational opportunities through a family navigation program. |
Harvest House | Leadership Capacity Building | $228,790 | 05/10/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support capacity building for the supportive housing provider. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | Smoothing Fund, 2024 | $2,500,000 | 05/10/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | Grant to establish a Smoothing Fund at GCCF. |
Forty Carrots Family Center | Capacity Building | $1,000,000 | 05/10/2024 | Education | To strengthen families through parenting education and mental health support. |
Family Promise of South Sarasota County | Family Shelter Site | $250,000 | 05/10/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support a transitional family housing shelter. |
Easterseals Southwest Florida | Affordable Housing and Equine Therapy | $175,000 | 05/10/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support an affordable housing project and veterans program. |
Climate Adaptation Center | Getting the Word Out on Climate Change | $50,000 | 05/10/2024 | Environment | To support a climate summit and research meteorologist. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Flexible Funding for Enhanced Model | $900,000 | 05/10/2024 | Education | To support organizational capacity to provide positive youth development. |
Boxser Diversity Initiative | Bending the Arc | $225,000 | 05/10/2024 | Education | To educate the public on the value of diversity, education, and inclusion. |
SunCoast Blood Centers | Environmental Incubator Fund | $80,000 | 05/13/2024 | Environment | To support the creation of an environmental incubator shared space. |
St. Paul Lutheran Church | Sponsorship: Twenty Tuesdays | $5,000 | 05/13/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Twenty Tuesdays community meal program. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Recidivism - Navigating Away from Jail, 2024 | $180,946 | 05/13/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support an ongoing recidivism initiative with capacity, research, and aid for former inmates. |
Sarasota County Schools | Booker Law Academy in honor of Gerry Lublin | $2,750 | 05/20/2024 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota County Schools | CMBF Initiative: Teacher RRR - Talent Acquistion Coordinator, 2024-25 | $145,000 | 05/20/2024 | Education | To support Teacher Recruitment and Retention efforts for Sarasota County Schools. |
All Faiths Food Bank | Sponsorship: Autumn Harvest, 2024 | $5,000 | 05/20/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota County Schools | CMBF Initiative: Teacher Recruitment, Retention, and Recognition | $762,852 | 05/28/2024 | Education | To support Teacher Recruitment and Retention efforts for Sarasota County Schools. |
Sarasota County Sheriff's Office | CMBF Initiative: Recidivism - Reentry Navigator and Inmate Assistance Fund, 2024 | $121,878 | 06/12/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To reduce recidivism in the 12th Judicial Circuit. |
Manatee County Sheriff's Office | CMBF Initiative: Recidivism - Inmate Assistance Fund, 2024 | $25,000 | 06/12/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To reduce recidivism in the 12th Judicial Circuit. |
DeSoto County Sheriff's Office | CMBF Initiative: Recidivism - Reentry Navigator, Vehicle, and Inmate Assistance Fund, 2024 | $122,847 | 06/12/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To reduce recidivism in the 12th Judicial Circuit. |
Florida Policy Institute | Sponsorship: 10th Anniversary & Summit, 2024 | $10,000 | 06/20/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Suncoast Women of Action | Sponsorship: 10th Anniversary Celebration | $2,500 | 06/28/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Paddle Raise: SAM Art Bash, 2024 | $5,000 | 06/28/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Sponsorship: En Plein Air, 2025 | $2,500 | 06/28/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Florida Center for Early Childhood | Sponsorship: Prevention Convention, 2024 | $7,500 | 07/12/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
UnidosNow | Sponsorship: Noche Unidos, 2024 | $10,000 | 07/19/2024 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
NAACP Empowerment Programs | Sponsorship: Freedom Fund Dinner, 2024 | $10,000 | 07/29/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organizations operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Education Foundation of Sarasota County | In support of our schools and teachers | $10,000 | 08/08/2024 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
University of South Florida Foundation | Project T2L3: Transforming Teaching & Learning Locally through Leadership | $250,062 | 08/09/2024 | Education | To provide educational leadership development for teachers in the Sarasota and Manatee county school districts. |
The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation | CareerEdge & Opportunities for All 2024 | $550,000 | 08/09/2024 | Education | To support workforce initiatives and internships in Sarasota County. |
Take Stock in Children of Sarasota County | Capacity Building for DeSoto County Student Success | $400,000 | 08/09/2024 | Education | To expand its support for students into DeSoto County. |
Suncoast Partnership to End Homelessness | Capacity Support | $496,000 | 08/09/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support capacity building efforts. |
Solutions To Avoid Red Tide | Healthy Pond Collaborative 2024 | $350,000 | 08/09/2024 | Environment | To support efforts to reduce excess nutrients in our waterways. |
Second Heart Homes | Not a House, but a Home | $650,000 | 08/09/2024 | Mental Health | To support housing for formerly homeless individuals. |
Sarasota Children's Museum | Going Mobile | $175,000 | 08/09/2024 | Education | To support a mobile educational outreach program. |
Safe Children Coalition | Talent Retention Project | $750,000 | 08/09/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support staff retention efforts and capacity building. |
Project Prosper | Manatee County Expansion | $150,000 | 08/09/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's expansion into Manatee County. |
National Alliance on Mental Illness Sarasota and Manatee Counties | Meeting Growing Mental Health Needs in Our Community | $250,000 | 08/09/2024 | Mental Health | To support capacity building efforts. |
Manatee Community Foundation | Capacity Building Operational Support | $350,000 | 08/09/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To provide operational support for the organization. |
Florida Humanities Council | Expanded Programming | $125,000 | 08/09/2024 | Arts and Culture | To expand programming in 12th Judicial Circuit. |
Community Assisted & Supported Living | Nancy's Village | $250,000 | 08/09/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To help young adults in the foster care system with housing. |
Beyond The Spectrum | Maintaining Our Mission | $300,000 | 08/09/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | The Big IDEA | $300,000 | 08/09/2024 | Arts and Culture | To break down economic, accessibility, and cultural barriers to live theater and educational programming. |
The Sarasota Ballet | Sponsorship: Gala, 2025 | $10,000 | 08/12/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Sponsorship: Avant Garde, 2025 | $25,000 | 08/12/2024 | Arts and Culture | To support the college's Avant Garde event, which raises scholarship funds for students. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Sponsorship: Sarasota Art Museum Annual Gala, 2024 | $10,000 | 08/12/2024 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Library Foundation for Sarasota County | Paddle Raise: Author Luncheon, 2025 | $10,000 | 08/12/2024 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Library Foundation for Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Author Luncheon, 2025 | $7,500 | 08/12/2024 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Annual Celebration Luncheon, 2025 | $6,000 | 08/12/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Florida Philanthropic Network | Annual Membership, 2025 | $8,000 | 08/12/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Paddle Raise: Youth of the Year, 2025 | $15,000 | 08/12/2024 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Big Waters Land Trust | Annual Gala Sponsorship, 2024 | $5,000 | 08/12/2024 | Environment | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Sponsorship: Gala, 2025 | $10,000 | 08/12/2024 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation | Paddle Raise: Hospital Gala, 2025 | $25,000 | 08/13/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Orchestra | Sponsorship: Star Wars in Concert, 2024 | $9,600 | 08/14/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Sponsorship: Charleston Benchmarking Trip, 2024 | $1,000 | 08/16/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Bay Park Conservancy | Sponsorship: 2nd Anniversary Celebration, 2024 | $10,000 | 08/16/2024 | Environment | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Community Harvest SRQ | Sponsorship: Sustainable Communities Workshop, 2024 | $3,000 | 08/20/2024 | Environment | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota County Schools | CMBF Initiative: Teacher Recruitment, Retention, and Recognition - Learning Forward Jump Start Plan, 2024 | $50,000 | 08/23/2024 | Education | To support professional development for Principals and Assistant Principals. |
Chicago Zoological Society | Sponsorship: Conservation Leadership Awards Dinner, 2024 | $10,000 | 08/26/2024 | Environment | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Haven | Annual Gala, 2025 | $2,200 | 08/27/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Florida Housing Coalition | CMBF Initiative: Affordable Housing - 2024 Housing Study | $22,500 | 08/29/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support a study to determine the affordable housing needs of Sarasota County for the next 30 years. |
Desoto County Education Foundation | Sponsorship: A Feast for the Foundation, 2024 | $5,000 | 09/09/2024 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | CMBF Initiative: Early Learning - Lights at Spooky Point, 2024 | $20,000 | 09/16/2024 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Sponsorship: Annual Meeting, 2024 | $1,500 | 09/17/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
All Faiths Food Bank | Paddle Raise: Autumn Harvest, 2024 | $10,000 | 10/14/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation | Hurricane Human Relief Fund, 2024 | $75,000 | 10/15/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To meet immediate basic human needs following Hurricane Milton. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | Hurricane Human Relief Fund, 2024 | $50,000 | 10/15/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To meet immediate basic human needs following Hurricane Milton. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | Hurricane Human Relief Fund, 2024 | $50,000 | 10/15/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To provide food and beverage workers immediate bridge funding following Hurricane Helene. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Affordable Housing - United Way Housing Navigator | $36,500 | 10/15/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support a housing navigator at United Way of South Sarasota County following recent hurricanes. |
Community Foundation of Sarasota County | Hurricane Human Relief Fund, 2024 | $50,000 | 10/15/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To meet immediate basic human needs following Hurricane Milton. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | Hurricane Human Relief Fund, 2024 | $775,000 | 10/15/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To meet immediate basic human needs following Hurricane Milton. |
Desoto County Historical Society | Grant in Honor of Carol Mahler | $1,000 | 10/25/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Arcadia-DeSoto County Habitat for Humanity | Grant in Honor of Cheri Coryea | $1,000 | 10/25/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota County Schools | Sponsorship: PINC, 2024 | $10,000 | 11/05/2024 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Florida Philanthropic Network | Sponsorship: FPN Summit, 2025 | $8,000 | 11/05/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
YMCA of Southwest Florida | CMBF Initiative: Early Learning - Teacher Retention Bonus Program 2024 | $658,928 | 11/07/2024 | Education | To support teacher retention and the early learning profession. |
Women's Resource Center | Stability and Sustainability for Women and Families, 2024 | $400,000 | 11/08/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support core programming and build organizational capacity. |
Town of Longboat Key Law Enforcement | CMBF Initiative: Emergency Responder - Longboat Key Law Enforcement Driving Simulator | $60,000 | 11/08/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To enable the Longboat Key Police Department to acquire a driving simulator for emergency vehicle operations and defensive driver training. |
The Bay Park Conservancy | The Bay Park Resilient Shoreline | $1,000,000 | 11/08/2024 | Environment | To support resilient shoreline and water quality improvements at The Bay Park. |
Southface Institute | GoodUse Florida | $200,000 | 11/08/2024 | Environment | To support energy- and water-efficiency solutions at nonprofit organizations through the GoodUse program. |
Pines of Sarasota Foundation | Healthcare Career Education Programs and Childcare Scholarships | $255,000 | 11/08/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support healthcare career education and childcare scholarships for staff at Pines of Sarasota. |
Manatee Children's Services | Welcome to Our House | $320,000 | 11/08/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To complete critical safety and infrastructure upgrades at its Child Advocacy Center. |
Children First | Mission-Focused and Innovative Solutions to Support At-Risk Families | $900,000 | 11/08/2024 | Education | To serve more children and families by adding three new classrooms. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | Governance Training Pilot for Members of Underrepresented Groups | $35,000 | 11/08/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To pilot a board-governance training program for members of underrepresented groups in the community |
Operation Eco Vets | In appreciation for Board Dinner Presentation | $1,000 | 11/12/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Wellness in the Workplace | $2,000 | 11/13/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Healthy Start Coalition of Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Together We Bloom, 2024 | $2,500 | 11/19/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
First Step of Sarasota | Sponsorship: Caring Hearts Luncheon, 2025 | $5,000 | 11/25/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Sponsorship: National Civics Bee, 2026 | $10,000 | 12/03/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the National Civics Bee. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Sponsorship: Lights in Bloom, 2024 | $1,000 | 12/05/2024 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay | CMBF Initiative: Affordable Housing - Building Synergy in Newtown, 2025 | $150,000 | 12/16/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To fund additional housing improvements in Newtown to help residents remain in their homes and to create a pilot neighborhood for attracting other participants. |
Climate Adaptation Center | Sponsorship: Climate Champion Awards, 2025 | $1,500 | 12/16/2024 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Paddle Raise: Art Bash, 2024 - Second Installment | $5,000 | 12/17/2024 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Boxser Diversity Initiative | Civil Rights Trip Videographer | $10,000 | 01/02/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and fundraising efforts. |
All Faiths Food Bank | Sponsorship: Food Is Medicine Summit, 2025 | $10,000 | 01/02/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
State College of Florida Foundation | Sponsorship: Avenues to the Future inauguration Dinner, 2025 | $5,000 | 01/08/2025 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Architecture Sarasota | Sponsorship: Hiss Award Celebration, 2025 | $10,000 | 01/13/2025 | Environment | To celebrate the master plan designers of the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. |
Safe Children Coalition | Sponsorship: Safe Children Coalition Breakfast, 2025 | $5,000 | 01/29/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
UnidosNow | Capacity Building and Expansion | $650,000 | 02/06/2025 | Education | To expand its Future Leaders Academy college and career readiness program and build organizational capacity to serve more families. |
The Sarasota Ballet | Annual Support, 2025-2026 Artistic Season | $75,000 | 02/06/2025 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation | Annual Membership, 2025 | $10,000 | 02/06/2025 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Jewish Federation Of Sarasota-Manatee | Annual Support, 2025 | $30,000 | 02/06/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired | Sponsorship: Gala, 2025 | $10,000 | 02/06/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Temple Emanu-El | Mitzvah Backpack Program, 2025 | $10,000 | 02/06/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Mitzvah Backpack Program, which provides backpacks filled with nutritious food to low-income children each week so they can have healthy meals over the weekend. |
Suncoast Waterkeeper | Expanding Water Quality Monitoring and Community Engagement | $400,000 | 02/06/2025 | Environment | To support and expand environmental monitoring of water quality across the region and mangrove health in vulnerable areas. |
Senior Friendship Centers | Friendship at Home | $367,190 | 02/06/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To support and expand the Friendship at Home program for homebound seniors. |
Sarasota Orchestra | Annual Support, 2025-26 | $75,000 | 02/06/2025 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Opera Association | Annual Support, 2025-26 | $25,000 | 02/06/2025 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation | Sponsorship: Corporate Sponsorship, 2025-26 | $30,000 | 02/06/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Sarasota Housing Funding Corporation | Breaking the Cycle of Poverty by Enhancing Childhood Education in Public Housing | $420,000 | 02/06/2025 | Education | To support quality, on-site education for residents of Sarasota public housing. |
Sarasota County Schools | Professional Learning Opportunities | $1,200,000 | 02/06/2025 | Education | To support comprehensive professional development for educators, school administrators, and other staff. |
Ringling College of Art and Design | Paddle Raise: Avant Garde, 2025 | $25,000 | 02/06/2025 | Education | To support the college's Avant Garde event, which raises scholarship funds for students. |
Ravinia Festival Association | Sponsorship: Summer Concert, 2025 | $60,000 | 02/06/2025 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Project 180 Sarasota | Taking Us to the Next Level | $475,000 | 02/06/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To support infrastructure and staff capacity so the organization can serve more formerly incarcerated community members. |
Parenting Matters | Ensuring Generational Change through Continued Parenting Education | $265,000 | 02/06/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To sustain parenting education in Manatee and Sarasota counties and build organizational capacity. |
National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Cohn Weil Memorial MS Outing for Research, 2025 | $400,000 | 02/06/2025 | Medical Research | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Alan Buegeleisen Mid Florida Research Fund, 2025 | $5,000 | 02/06/2025 | Medical Research | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Museum of Science and Industry of Chicago | Annual Support, 2025 | $100,000 | 02/06/2025 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Mote Marine Laboratory | Sponsorship: Oceanic Evening, 2025 | $10,000 | 02/06/2025 | Environment | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
MCR Health | Community Outreach | $218,000 | 02/06/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | For community outreach and education to connect more patients with quality healthcare services. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Temporary Relocation of Selby Gardens' Living Collection | $995,000 | 02/06/2025 | Environment | To relocate and care for its priceless collection of living plants during Phase Two construction of its Master Plan. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Paddle Raise: Orchid Ball, 2025 | $25,000 | 02/06/2025 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | Sponsorship: Lunch in the Gardens, 2025-26 | $20,000 | 02/06/2025 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Links to Success | Family Empowerment Center | $213,000 | 02/06/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To purchase a facility to house its operations and serve as a hub for access to human services in DeSoto County. |
Jewish United Fund | Annual Support, 2025 | $25,000 | 02/06/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast | Corporate Sponsorship, 2025-26 | $30,000 | 02/06/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Harvest House | Paddle Raise: Home Again Luncheon, 2025 | $25,000 | 02/06/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Gulf Coast Community Foundation | Sheriff Hoffmans Charitable Fund, 2025 | $25,000 | 02/06/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Sheriff's Charitable Fund, which will enable the Sheriff's Office to provide small grants for grassroots efforts that improve neighborhood safety and conditions. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Annual Match Campaign, 2025 | $50,000 | 02/06/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | For the Annual August Match Campaign, which provides scholarship funds for at-risk girls to participate in the organization's educational and character-building programs. |
Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County | Paddle Raise: Celebration Luncheon, 2025 | $25,000 | 02/06/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Embracing Our Differences | Sponsorship: Art Exhibit, 2026 | $10,000 | 02/06/2025 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Education Foundation of Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Teacher of the Year Event, 2025 | $5,000 | 02/06/2025 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Children First | Paddle Raise: Fairytale Ball, 2025 | $25,000 | 02/06/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Chicago Botanic Garden | Annual Support, 2025 | $30,000 | 02/06/2025 | Education | To support the Science Career Continuum, which connects students from Chicago Public Schools with environmental-science education and training programs at the Garden. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | CMBF Initiative: TIME Fellowship, 2026 | $300,000 | 02/06/2025 | Education | To continue TIME Fellowship program. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | Leadership Development Fund | $75,000 | 02/06/2025 | Education | To create a fund to support nonprofit leadership development. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | Ripple Effect Teacher Grants, 2025 | $50,000 | 02/06/2025 | Education | To honor Chuck and Margie on their birthdays and recognize teachers by providing $5,000 gifts to 10 teachers who have had what Margie described as the "Ripple Effect" in the school system. |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties | Corporate Sponsorship, 2025-26 | $30,000 | 02/06/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Big Waters Land Trust | Sponsorship: Gala, 2025 | $5,000 | 02/06/2025 | Environment | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Annual Support, 2025-26 | $150,000 | 02/06/2025 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Paddle Raise: Asolo Gala, 2025 | $25,000 | 02/06/2025 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
American Jewish Committee | Annual Support, 2025 | $65,000 | 02/06/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
All Faiths Food Bank | Campaign Against Summer Hunger, 2025 | $75,000 | 02/06/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the Campaign Against Summer Hunger, which provides food and funds to feed children over the summer months. |
The Salvation Army Sarasota County | Creating Pathways to Family Success | $400,000 | 02/10/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To support programs for families facing homelessness, addiction, and financial struggles. |
Foundation Financial Officers Group | Annual Membership, 2025 | $2,000 | 02/11/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Mothers Helping Mothers | Sponsorship: Power of Purple, 2025 | $1,500 | 02/13/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Sponsorship: Women at Work, 2025 | $2,700 | 02/25/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Salvation Army Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Glitz at the Ritz, 2025 | $1,250 | 02/26/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
YMCA of Southwest Florida | CMBF Initiative: Early Learning Directors Collaborative, 2025 | $353,029 | 03/03/2025 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Florida Center for Early Childhood | Sponsorship: Childhood Matters. Uniting Leaders for Change, 2025 | $3,000 | 03/05/2025 | Education | To support The Florida Center's event titled the The Daycare Myth: What We Get Wrong About Early Care and Education. |
Azara Ballet | Sponsorship: Masquerade Gala, 2025 | $5,000 | 03/06/2025 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Resilient Retreat | Sponsorship: Resilient Rhapsody, 2025 | $3,000 | 03/14/2025 | Mental Health | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Resilient Retreat | Sponsorship: Black Professionals in Philanthropy Morning Retreat, 2025 | $1,040 | 04/03/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To sponsor the Black Professionals in Philanthropy Morning Retreat. |
Minorities in Shark Sciences | Sponsorship: Estuary Science Intensive Workshop, 2025 | $5,000 | 04/03/2025 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Take Stock in Children of Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Celebration of Hope, 2025 | $5,000 | 04/15/2025 | Education | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Arts & Cultural Alliance Of Sarasota County | Sponsorship: Perspective Practice Place Summit, 2025 | $5,000 | 04/21/2025 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
We Care Manatee | Care Connection Manatee | $300,000 | 05/01/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To help more uninsured, low-income residents navigate the healthcare system and access the care they need. |
Suncoast Science Center | Fab Futures: From Learners to Leaders | $450,000 | 05/01/2025 | Education | To provide scholarships and transportation assistance so more students can participate in its programs and to expand its Science Lending Library for use in local schools. |
SunCoast Blood Centers | The Resilience Incubator | $85,000 | 05/01/2025 | Environment | To support the Resilience Incubator housed in its Mound Street facility in Sarasota. |
Sarasota Music Conservatory | Legato Legacy: Investing in Talent | $230,000 | 05/01/2025 | Arts and Culture | To support operations, expand access to music education, and provide need-based scholarships for talented students. |
Oyster River Ecology | Sponsorship: The First Ever Oyster Rag Pot Shindig | $5,000 | 05/01/2025 | Environment | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
Operation Warrior Resolution | Warriors Return Home: A Revolutionary Healing Center for Veterans | $850,000 | 05/01/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To help the organization procure a permanent location from which to expand operations and improve program quality. |
Manatee Education Foundation | Soar in 4 Lab | $250,000 | 05/01/2025 | Education | To help create the Soar in 4 Lab, which will bring high-quality early learning opportunities into neighborhoods in Bradenton. |
Help to Home | Hope Village of Manatee, 2025 | $375,000 | 05/01/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To support construction of phase two of its Hope Village supportive housing neighborhood in Bradenton. |
FUNducation | Full STEAM Ahead Hub | $400,000 | 05/01/2025 | Education | To build organizational capacity so it can reach more students with exceptional STEAM programming. |
Family Promise of South Sarasota County | Family Promise Shelter Site Renovation | $350,000 | 05/01/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To renovate its family shelter buidling in Venice for improved security and enhanced capacity. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Early Learning, 2025 | $900,000 | 05/01/2025 | Education | To expand access to and improve the quality of early learning in Sarasota County. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | CMBF Initiative: Teacher Recruitment, Retention, and Recognition, 2025 | $750,000 | 05/01/2025 | Education | To support the recruitment and retention of high-quality teachers in the Sarasota County School District. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | Mental Health Fund | $205,000 | 05/01/2025 | Mental Health | To respond to mental health needs in the community, particularly for children and families. |
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation | Unite Us Technology and Incentive Fund, 2025 | $200,000 | 05/01/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To support use of the Unite Us service referral and coordination system among nonprofits in the region. |
Center For Effective Philanthropy | Grantee Perception Survey, 2025 | $35,000 | 05/01/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To fund a grantee perception survey. |
Bridge a Life | Foster Care Prevention and Placement Stability, 2025 | $300,000 | 05/01/2025 | Humanitarian Causes | To provide operational and programmatic support to meet its mission amid growing demand for its services. |
Art Center Sarasota | Art for All: The Next 100 Years | $250,000 | 05/01/2025 | Arts and Culture | To provide capacity building and programmatic support to ensure more people can experience and participate in the arts. |
Ability to Include | Ability to Include Capacity Grant | $150,000 | 05/01/2025 | Education | To enhance the organization's fundraising and program impact. |
Upward Notes | Nonprofit Thank You Reception | $1,000 | 05/07/2025 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Florida Center for Early Childhood | Child Abuse Prevention Convention, 2025 | $7,500 | 05/07/2025 | Mental Health | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The Florida Center for Early Childhood | CMBF Initiative: Early Learning, Infant Mental Health Consultation, 2025-2026 | $695,000 | 05/12/2025 | Education | To support preschool teachers in addressing the behavioral health needs of children. |
School District of Manatee County | CMBF Initiative: Unite Us, 2025-26 | $49,999 | 05/13/2025 | Education | To support efforts within the school district to expand the use of Unite Us to connect more students and families to community resources. |
Art Center Sarasota | Sponsorship: TIME Fellowship Art Project, 2025 | $3,000 | 05/14/2025 | Arts and Culture | To support the organization's operational and/or fundraising efforts. |
The School District of DeSoto County | CMBF Initiative: PreK & Early Learning in DeSoto County | $433,640 | 05/19/2025 | Education | To support early learning and kindergarten readiness in DeSoto County. |