Meet the Class for Our Summer 2018 Gulf Coast Board Institute
Gulf Coast Community Foundation has selected 20 nonprofit board members from across the region to participate in the next class of our Gulf Coast Board Institut...
5 Tips for an Easy Executive Succession Plan
Most nonprofit board members and executive directors agree that having an executive succession plan is essential – identifying the steps to take when the execut...
20 Ways to Build Board Engagement
Do you struggle to get a quorum at your board meetings? Is getting someone to be chairman like wrestling with a tarpon? Is showing up at board meetings the ext...
Continued Progress on Homelessness in Sarasota
One year after beginning to implement a collaborative plan to address chronic homelessness in Sarasota, "the system is now beginning to operate as it should," according to a statewide expert.
Deming to Take New Role as Chief Operating Officer at Selby Gardens
With a mix of heavy hearts and warm wishes, Gulf Coast will soon bid farewell to longtime staff member Wendy Deming. Wendy will assume a key leadership position at Selby Gardens in July.New Housing Initiative for Homeless Adults Opens Its Doors
A critical new component of the system of services being built to help Sarasota's chronically homeless is now up and running. The Suncoast Rapid Rehousing Program aims to serve homeless adults with the "greatest acuity of need."Reading Recovery’s Ripple Effect
For kids who love to read and are encouraged at home, weekly visits to the school media center often segue seamlessly to regular trips to the local library once summer arrives. But what about our struggling children, who may not have the means to buy books or catch rides to the library?
Apply for the Summer 2018 Gulf Coast Board Institute
Gulf Coast Community Foundation is now accepting applications for the Summer 2018 Gulf Coast Board Institute.
The Board Institute is a high-level governance tr...
First 1,000 Days Sarasota County
Every child deserves the opportunity to thrive. First 1,000 Days Sarasota County is a new collaborative initiative, led by our partners at the Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation, to improve access to prenatal, newborn, and early childhood development care for local families who need it most.