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A 'Do List' to Improve Water Quality

Published: The following guest column by Gulf Coast President/CEO Mark Pritchett appeared in the January 16 edition of SRQ Daily. He provides additional background information on how the Community Playbook for Healthy Waterways came to be.

Gulf Coast Releases Groundbreaking 'Water Quality Playbook'

Published: Gulf Coast Community Foundation has published a first-of-its-kind resource to spur and guide community-wide action to transform environmental water quality throughout the Sarasota County region.

Scholarship Application Open Now

Published: Gulf Coast Community Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2021-22 scholarship program. The deadline to apply is Thursday, March 4.

Inside Philanthropy: Community Foundations Helping County Go Green

Published: “Our whole goal is not, so to speak, working within the Gulf Coast, but working within the community so it becomes a community movement,” said Jon Thaxton, senior vice president for community investment at Gulf Coast Community Foundation.

Stories from the Front

Published: For our final blog of 2020, we asked some members of our Gulf Coast team to share a favorite moment of philanthropy from this year that other might not have seen...

$13 Million in Grants from Gulf Coast Donors

Published: Gulf Coast Community Foundation awarded $13.1 million in grants on behalf of donors to the foundation from September through November. “Our donors have been amazingly generous to our community this year,” said Kirstin Fulkerson, senior vice president for philanthropy.

For Some, A Year Worth Remembering

Published: The following guest column by Gulf Coast President|CEO Mark Pritchett appeared in the December 19 edition of SRQ Daily. He reflects on some of the great things that came out of such a difficult year.