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Gulf Coast Community Foundation In the News
This page highlights recent media coverage of the Foundation, our nonprofit partners, and our donors, with links to full stories that are available online.
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August 2010
USF begins classes at North Port campus
A new University of South Florida campus opens in North Port with room for growth. The Foundation contributed $170,000 over two years to fund three professors there.
Herald Tribune, 8/24/2010 Foundations see rise in giving
Thanks to donors who recognize an opportunity to help nonprofits in our area, the Foundation received more than $17.5 million in contributions this past fiscal year.
SRQ Daily, 8/19/2010
New community leaders complete training
Twenty-six emerging and experienced leaders recently graduated from the third class of Gulf Coast Leadership Institute, a leadership-development program created and funded by the Foundation.
Pelican Press, 8/18/2010 2010 Gulf Coast Leadership Institute Graduates
Herald Tribune, 8/16/2010
Community leaders graduate from Gulf Coast Leadership Institute
SRQ Daily, 8/10/2010
Gulf Coast Leadership Institute graduates
Biz941 Daily, 8/10/2010
Brady to join Gulf Coast Community Foundation staff
Veronica Brady comes on board in September as the Foundation’s Vice President for Philanthropy and Donor Relations.
Biz941 Daily, 8/17/2010 Brady to lead Gulf Coast Foundation philanthropy
SRQ Daily, 8/17/2010 Veronica Brady to join Foundation staff as VP
Englewood Edge, 8/17/2010 Record year for Southwest Florida community foundations
At a time of increased need in the region, the Foundation awarded 1,090 grants and 370 scholarships totaling $16.5 million last year.
Philanthropy News Digest, 8/17/2010
Charitable foundations have banner year locally
The Foundation invested a record amount in grants into the community last year, bringing our total grants and scholarships to more than $105 million since 1995.
Herald Tribune, 8/16/2010
Hermitage renames and relaunches site
Funded through a Foundation grant, The Hermitage Artist Retreat has introduced a redesigned Web site at hermitageartistretreat.org.
SRQ Daily, 8/9/2010
Local workforce group pushes for $450,000
The CareerEdge Funders Collaborative (formerly Manatee Sarasota Workforce Funders Collaborative) aims to gain an important national designation from the National Fund for Workforce Solutions.
Bradenton Herald, 8/5/2010
Gulf Coast Community Foundation named one of Florida’s “Best Companies to Work For” by Florida Trend
The Bradenton Times, 8/2/2010
5 Questions: Cooper Levey-Baker
The editor of The Florida Independent, an experiment in nonprofit journalism seeded with a grant to the Foundation, discusses the role of his news service in keeping Floridians informed and engaged.
Biz 941, 8/2010
Flexible workforce translates to benefit options
The Foundation was recognized by Florida Trend magazine as one of Florida's “Best Companies to Work For” in 2010.
Florida Trend, 8/2010 Venice Foundation among best to work for
Herald Tribune, 8/3/2010
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July 2010
Pfahler joins Gulf Coast Community Foundation
SRQ Daily, 7/27/2010
More civility needed – “Because It Matters”
The Foundation’s investment in improving social capital in Southwest Florida is paying off.
Sun Newspapers, 7/26/2010 Workforce group receives $320,000
CareerEdge Funders Collaborative (formerly Manatee Sarasota Workforce Funders Collaborative) receives government funding from Sarasota County and Newtown Community Redevelopment Agency.
Bradenton Herald, 7/22/2010 Suncoast alliance to create jobs
WWSB ABC-7, 7/21/2010 Fund, whose days are numbered, helped build capacity for helping vets
The Florida BRAIVE Fund will have long lasting effects on the ability of nonprofits in Florida to help Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans.
The Florida Times Union, 7/18/2010 STEM Education Initiative
The Foundation is investing more than $2.5 million in a five-year initiative at eight secondary schools in Sarasota and Charlotte counties. It aims to improve achievement in science, technology, engineering, and math--known collectively to educators and industry as STEM. Read the following news items to learn more: - Amping up education
North Port Online, 8/25/2010 - Foundation wisely helps STEM
Herald Tribune, 8/1/2010 - School district evaluation a timely matter
Charlotte Sun, 7/26/2010 - How will we keep our kids here?
Englewood Sun, 7/23/2010 - Foundation launches $2.5 million STEM initiative
Philanthropy News Digest, 7/22/2010 - Gulf Coast Community Foundation investing in STEM education
Biz941 Daily, 7/22/2010 - Science and math initiative
WGCU, 7/21/2010 - Foundation funds science project
SRQ Daily, 7/20/2010 - Investing in futures
Herald Tribune, 7/20/2010 - Foundation’s grant to give a push to science and math
Herald Tribune, 7/20/2010 - Foundation award to help Sarasota, Charlotte schools
Sun Newspapers, 7/20/2010 - Gulf Coast Community Foundation invests $2.5 million in schools
Tampa Bay Business Journal, 7/19/2010 - Grant to help students’ chances of landing good job and career
Bay News 9, 7/19/2010 - Community Foundation steps up focus on math and science education
WWSB ABC-7, 7/19/2010
The Manatee-Sarasota Workforce Funders Collaborative hires director
Bradenton Herald, 7/7/2010
Wanted: A good dose of ethics
The Foundation's Teri Hansen spoke about social capital and outlined the Because It Matters initiative at the Business Ethics Alliance luncheon July 5.
Bradenton Herald, 7/5/2010
Community Foundation seats Board members
Englewood Sun, 7/5/2010
Helping aspiring people reach their goals
The Foundation awarded more than $450,000 in 366 scholarships to local students for the 2010-2011 academic year.
North Port Online, 7/1/2010
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June 2010
Gulf Coast Community Foundation elects board members
Herald Tribune, 6/26/2010
North Port Health Center expansion to start soon
The North Port Health and Family Service Center will be expanded so it can serve 15,000 patients, thanks in part to a Foundation grant.
Gulf Coast Business Review, 6/25/2010
North Port clinic to expand
Herald Tribune, 6/8/2010
Simonds selected for leadership institute
Warren Simonds, of Willis A. Smith Construction, is one of 27 participants in the Foundation's 2010 Gulf Coast Leadership Institute.
East County Observer, 6/24/2010
North Port hopes USF campus will spark business
As USF expands its offerings to accommodate a growing student body, the Foundation awarded a grant to pay for a full-time management professor and two part-time marketing professors.
Herald Tribune, 6/13/2010
Foundation grants more than $450,000 in scholarships
Englewood Edge, 6/9/2010
Good deeds galvanize locals
Heron Creek Community Foundation has been created as a new fund of Gulf Coast Community Foundation.
Charlotte Sun, 6/8/2010
Nonprofits awaken from donation nightmares
Midway through 2010, nonprofit organizations throughout southwest Florida say the worst is behind them, with donations beginning to rebound.
Charlotte Sun, 6/6/2010
New news site up and running
The Florida Independent, which is funded by a matching grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice, provides daily, original investigative reporting and analysis of state and local issues.
Herald Tribune, 6/4/2010
Non profit news site wants to make a difference
WLRN, Miami Herald News, 6/4/2010
Service honors veterans
The Foundation awarded a BRAIVE Fund grant to the American Legion Riders Wounded Warrior Project.
Herald Tribune, 6/3/2010
Veterans: More children should attend ceremony
Charlotte Sun, 6/2/2010
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