Helping Sarasota County Residents Harness Clean Energy
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
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
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?
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
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...
Goodwill Manasota: Caring for Its Own amid COVID-19
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.
$2.7 Million in Direct Grants to Nonprofits for COVID-19 Relief
The latest grants from the COVID-19 Response Initiative target mental-health needs, childcare for first responders, financial assistance for displaced workers, and more.Optimism and Courage in the Face of a Crisis
In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity. Over the past several weeks, many of our nonprofit partners have transformed their operations to meet urgent new community needs. More so, they have done it amid staggering hits to their own operations, personnel and even future viability.