In Memory: Richard A. Conroy, M.D.
Former Gulf Coast Board Chair Richard A. Conroy, M.D., passed away on August 24 at age 77. Dick served for six years on our Board, two of them as Chair. He made a profound difference at Gulf Coast and in thousands of lives in our region and around the world.
From Roots of Green Partnership, Sustainability Keeps Growing
The payoffs from the Partners for Green Places initiative continue to grow. This month, Gulf Coast awarded a $25,000 grant to help fund energy- and water-efficiency upgrades at four Sarasota human-service nonprofits through this collaboration.
SRQ DAILY: Finding Good News Amid the Pandemic
In recent weeks, the news has been saturated with stories about the resurgence of COVID-19. The spread of the delta variant has set grim new patient-count records at hospitals, stretched our heroic health-care providers to their limits, and—regrettably—deepened the divides caused by those who politicize public health and amplify misinformation.
Water Quality Efforts Starting to Make Waves in Local Neighborhoods
In many local neighborhoods, stormwater ponds only become a concern when they begin looking unattractive. Homeowners associations tend to spring into action whe...
SRQ DAILY: Standards Bearers
This guest column by Gulf Coast COO Veronica Thames appeared in the Saturday "Perspectives" edition of SRQ Daily.
Gulf Coast Earns National Seal of Excellence
Gulf Coast Community Foundation is excited to share the news that our accreditation with National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations® has been renewed for three years.