New Grants Awarded from Joint COVID-19 Response Initiative

Published: April 15, 2020 Gulf Coast Community Foundation and Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation awarded 16 grants totaling $573,550 from their joint COVID-19 Response Initiative over the past week.

First Grants Awarded from COVID-19 Response Initiative

Published: April 7, 2020 Gulf Coast Community Foundation and Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation have awarded the first grants from their COVID-19 Response Initiative. The foundations have issued 11 grants totaling more than $220,000

Gulf Coast Provides Grant to Capital Good Fund

Published: March 31, 2020 With a $30,000 grant from Gulf Coast, Capital Good Fund has launched a Crisis Relief Loan product to assist families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Time to Do More

Published: March 21, 2020 The following guest column by Gulf Coast President | CEO Mark Pritchett appeared in the March 21 edition of SRQ Daily

Better Together Luncheon Cancelled

Published: March 12, 2020 In light of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s strong recommendation to postpone large gatherings in the state of Florida, Gulf Coast Community Foundation has regretfully cancelled our Better Together luncheon. 

Gulf Coast Unveils "Shark Spotting" gift to the City of Venice

Published: March 5, 2020 The permanent, interactive public-art installation aims to add fun and education to the City's already vibrant downtown, all in recognition of a charitable organization created a quarter century ago by the community it continues to serve today.

Twenty-Three Complete Winter 2020 Gulf Coast Board Institute

Published: March 4, 2020 Twenty-three volunteer board and community members with nonprofit organizations across the Gulf Coast region have completed the Winter 2020 Gulf Coast Board Institute. The participants took part in four full-day, interactive educational experiences that covered key nonprofit board governance topics and issues. The class completed its final session and celebrated its graduation on Friday, February 28.

Grant to Help Girls Inc. Expand Mental-Health Services for Most Vulnerable Girls

Published: February 25, 2020 A grant from Gulf Coast Community Foundation will enable Girls Inc. of Sarasota County to serve more vulnerable girls and their families with much-needed Girls Inc. programming and mental-health services.

Gulf Coast Leadership Institute

Published: February 20, 2020 The application for our 2020 Gulf Coast Leadership Institute is now available.

Gulf Coast, Sheriff's Office launch Re-entry Navigator Program

Published: February 19, 2020 With funding from Gulf Coast Community Foundation, the Sheriff’s Office has hired two full-time “re-entry navigators,” who will connect inmates to reintegration programs before and after they leave the county jail, helping them avoid returning and ultimately keeping the community safer, and reducing the financial burden on taxpayers.