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February 17, 2024

Community Foundation of Sarasota County Awards Nearly $160,000 Supporting Animal Welfare

By Press Release, Blog, Homepage - Blog,

Grants support nonprofit organizations that serve animals and promote their humane care in Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte, and DeSoto counties SARASOTA, FL – Nearly $160,000 will be awar…

February 13, 2023

Community Foundation of Sarasota County Awards Nearly $200,000 supporting Animal Welfare

By Press Release, Blog,

Grants support nonprofit organizations that serve animals and promote their humane care in Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte, and DeSoto Counties SARASOTA, FL – The Community Foundation of Sa…

December 9, 2022

Animal Welfare Grants Strengthen Ability to Respond to Dire Pet Needs

By Blog, Community Foundation of Sarasota County,

Animal shelters routinely receive dogs and cats in severe health crisis, and Animal Welfare Grants from the Community Foundation can expand their capacity to provide emergency care and foster…

February 23, 2022

Community Foundation of Sarasota County Awards More than $161,000 in Animal Welfare Grants

By Press Release,

Grants support nonprofit organizations that serve animals and promote their humane care in Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte, and DeSoto Counties SARASOTA, FL – The Community Foundation of Sa…

December 2, 2021

Manatee County bird sanctuary receives $10,00 grant to make room for more feathered friends

By Story, Homepage - Story of Impact, 10 Tampa Bay,

A Manatee County bird sanctuary is getting much needed help to get birds rehabilitated and ready for adoption. A $10,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota has gone towards e…

November 24, 2021

New Grant Will Boost Local Sarasota Animal Shelter

By Story, Sarasota Magazine,

The Community Foundation of Sarasota County recently awarded a $7,800 grant to Satchel’s Last Resort, a Sarasota no-kill animal shelter and sanctuary. The money will help the organizatio…

November 15, 2021

More Happy Tails from the Humane Society at Lakewood Ranch

By Story, Homepage - Story of Impact, Humane Society at Lakewood Ranch,

The Humane Society at Lakewood Ranch continues to leverage the generous Animal Welfare Grant from the Robert Parker Fund of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County. This grant is focused o…

August 17, 2021

Happy Tails from the Humane Society at Lakewood Ranch

By Story, Humane Society at Lakewood Ranch,

The Humane Society at Lakewood Ranch continues to leverage the generous Animal Welfare Grant from the Robert Parker Fund of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County. This grant is focused o…

July 14, 2021

Friends of Manatee County Animal Services awarded $10,000 grant

By Story, Homepage - Story of Impact, The Herald-Tribune Media Group,

The Friends of Manatee County Animal Services (FoMCAS) was recently honored with a $10,000 award from the Robert Parker Fund and Martha Leiter and Nancy Streetman Fund I of the Community Found…