Communicating in the Time of COVID-19
In a I3Digital webinar, Invest in Incredible consultant Kristine Nickel shared tactics for nonprofits to navigate this new virtual landscape paved by the pandemic.
Helping Readers Reach Their Potential
This year’s return to school has to be the most difficult in memory. But Gulf Coast Community Foundation donors continue to provide stability, continuity, and r...
Assuming the Best of Others, Expecting More of Ourselves
Gulf Coast's President|CEO Mark Pritchett's September 19 column in SRQ Daily is about three things: real leadership, common-sense solutions and believing in the potential of everyone.
Gulf Coast Community Foundation Awards Over $600,000 in Scholarships
As the fall semester begins at colleges across the country amid the uncertainty of COVID-19, hundreds of local students have at least one thing they can rely on: scholarship funding to help ease the challenges of an unprecedented return to school.
The Smithsonian Comes to Town
Gulf Coast helped bring Voices and Votes: Democracy in America, a Smithsonian Institution traveling, interactive exhibit to the Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Public Library. This two-month exhibition is truly nonpartisan and tells the history of voting and democracy from our Founding Fathers to the infamous Florida 2000 election to protests you see today. Gulf Coast's President|CEO delves deeper into the exhibits timeliness and importance in his August 15 column in SRQ Daily.
Voices and Votes: Democracy in America
A Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit on voting in America launches its statewide tour of Florida this week at the Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Public Library. Voices and Votes: Democracy in America is based on a major exhibition currently on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., and tells the story of America’s democratic form of government.
Nonprofit Leadership and Innovation
The massive challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic have produced authentic, inspiring displays of leadership and innovation by our region’s nonprofit organizations. Gulf Coast President|CEO Mark Pritchett highlights some of the exceptional nonprofits who have risen to the challenge in the July 18 edition of SRQ Daily.
The NonProfit Times Named Gulf Coast One of the Country's Best Nonprofits
The national publication for nonprofit managers ranked Gulf Coast 22nd on its “top 50” list this year. The foundation ranked eighth in the small nonprofits group (15 – 49 employees) and, notably, was the only community foundation in the country on this year’s list.
Helping the Homeless in North Port
The City of North Port has added a full-time case manager to assist those experiencing the crisis of homelessness in southern Sarasota County.The case manager will work with North Port Police Department’s Homeless Outreach Team and the City’s Social Services Division.