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August 15, 2024

Local Black-Led Nonprofit Organizations Join National Give 8/28 Giving Day to Build a Stronger Community

By Press Release, Blog, Homepage - Blog,

A community mixer of more than 15 nonprofits to be held Aug. 28 at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe SARASOTA, FL – August is Black Philanthropy Month, and several Sarasota-Manatee nonpro…

July 18, 2024

First 1,000 Days Suncoast at SMH Received $7,500 Grant

By Homepage - Story of Impact,

Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation recently received a $7,500 Parent Leadership Grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County to support the First 1,000 Days Suncoast initiative…

July 3, 2024

11 nonprofits come together under one roof for new collaboration

By Homepage - Story of Impact, Observer Media Group,

Within a bucket of compost, there are hundreds of thousands of organisms performing work at a microscopic level, said Tracie Troxler, executive director of Sunshine Community Compost. She sai…

August 7, 2023

Propel to Excel

By Blog, Roxie Jerde, Story of Impact - Featured,

For more than a dozen years now, I’ve called Sarasota County home. While I may have lived a longer span of time elsewhere, I feel at home here because of both my love for the location, a…

April 15, 2022

Newtown Connection Awarded $30,000 Grant

By Story,


The funds come from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County to support equity and access.

February 16, 2022

Community Foundation of Sarasota County Brings Businesses Two Ways to Be Part of the 2022 Giving Challenge

By Press Release,

Businesses have two easy options to choose from to demonstrate their corporate values and community commitments this spring. SARASOTA, FL – The Community Foundation of Sarasota County is…

January 31, 2022

Friends of Shannon Staub Public Library Receives Capacity Building Grant

By Story, North Port Sun,

The Friends of Shannon Staub Public Library knew its logo and website needed to be updated — noting that in 2021. The website www.friendsofsspl.org, had not evolved, it said in a rece…

December 28, 2021

Sarasota residents will soon have a quality of life digital dashboard

By Story, WUSF Public Media, Susan Giles Wantuck,

Using massive amounts of anonymous public data, New College's Applied Data Science students are working with Community Foundation of Sarasota County to build a tool to help decision-makers fin…

December 9, 2021

In Times of Change

By Blog, 2020 Giving Challenge Impact Testimonial, Galatians 6:2 dba Hope 4 Communities,

The 2020 Giving Challenge came at a crucial time for Hope 4 Communities. In a time of change amidst the unknown, the Giving Challenge gave us and our partner churches the capacity to continuin…