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November 1, 2023

Sarasota Orchestra Awarded Strategic Partnership Grant from Community Foundation of Sarasota County for 2023-24 Season

By Homepage - Story of Impact, SRQ Media,

Sarasota Orchestra has received a $70,000 Strategic Partnership Grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, which comes from the Martha Leiter and Nancy Streetman Fund II, with sup…

July 6, 2023

Tickets now on sale for WBTT's 'Stage of Discovery' student show

By Sharon Kunkel, Story of Impact - Featured, The Glasser/Schoenbaum Human Services Center,

Local teens who are enjoying the free summer musical theater program to perform 'FAME The Musical' For the eighth summer, aspiring actors, dancers and singers ages 13-18 are taking the stage…

February 16, 2022

Community Foundation of Sarasota County Awards Grant to Ringling College

By Story, Homepage - Story of Impact, Scene Magazine,

Ringling College of Art and Design today announced the receipt of a grant totaling $35,000 from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County sponsoring 2021/2022 season programming for the Coll…

February 11, 2022

Asolo Rep's Ground Floor Presents A Staged Reading Of THE PARADOX OF EDUCATION

By Story, Homepage - Story of Impact, Asolo Repertory Theatre,

Asolo Repertory Theatre's new work development program, Ground Floor, will present a staged reading of Ty Greenwood's play The Paradox of Education on Monday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m., in the Cook T…

December 15, 2021

Van Wezel Foundation Awarded Grant from Community Foundation of Sarasota County

By Story, Scene Magazine,

The Van Wezel Foundation (Foundation) announced that it was awarded a $10,000 Community Impact Grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County. Funding through the grant for expanding S…

November 5, 2021

Asolo Rep Announces New Muriel O'Neil American Heritage Series

By Story, Homepage - Story of Impact, Scene Magazine,

Asolo Repertory Theatre announces a new series to commission three plays by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) playwrights and directors over the next three years. The Muriel O&rsq…

October 28, 2021

USF Center for PAInT receives funding to promote diversity, equity and inclusion

By Story, Homepage - Story of Impact, University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee,

For the second consecutive year, the University of South Florida Foundation has received $30,000 in separate donations to support educational programming that combines creative learning and cl…

October 6, 2021

Ringling College Awarded Grants to Support Community, Diversity and Inclusion

By Story, Homepage - Story of Impact, SRQ Media,

The award of two grants totaling $25,000 from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County was recently given to support the Center for Diversity and Inclusion (CDI) at Ringling College of Art…

June 8, 2021

The Hermitage Greenfield Prize: Artists, Impact, and Legacy

By Blog, Homepage - Blog, Hermitage Artist Retreat,

Editor's Note: The Community Foundation of Sarasota County is pleased to help share stories of the important work undertaken by our nonprofit grantees. Sharing stories of impact helps the comm…