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Helping Sarasota County Residents Harness Clean Energy

Published: A $30,000 grant from Gulf Coast Community Foundation will enable Solar United Neighbors to expand clean, sustainable energy by launching two new residential solar co-ops in Sarasota County.

Hearing the Screams

Published: The following guest column by Gulf Coast President and CEO Mark Pritchett appeared in the June 20 edition of SRQ Daily:

Nonprofits Diversify Funding with Energy Improvements

Published: Partners for Green Places was launched last fall to inspire local organizations to implement sustainability measures through energy- and water-efficiency improvements. Recently, the initiative awarded $161,379 in matching funds to help 10 environmental and human service agencies make cost-saving improvements to their facilities.

What's Next?

Published: More than six weeks into our COVID-19 Response Initiative, we’ve started seeing shifts in funding requests as nonprofits look toward longer-term stabilization and planning.

I3Digital: Here for Our Nonprofit Community Now, and Always

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Invest in Incredible, or I3, is Gulf Coast’s initiative to help our regional nonprofit partners achieve their greatest potential. That ambition has held on thro...

$2.7 Million in Direct Grants to Nonprofits for COVID-19 Relief

Published: The latest grants from the COVID-19 Response Initiative target mental-health needs, childcare for first responders, financial assistance for displaced workers, and more.

Goodwill Manasota: Caring for Its Own amid COVID-19

Published: The coronavirus forced Goodwill to furlough over 600 team members across four counties. A $33,700 grant from Gulf Coast's COVID-19 Response Initiative helped Goodwill quickly hire back five GoodPartner Coaches, who began working immediately to connect with their furloughed Sarasota-area teammates.