Sarasota County Schools Lead Florida in Pell Grant Pursuit for Third Straight Year
The Talent4Tomorrow Partnership — a collaboration of local organizations including Gulf Coast Community Foundation that is focused on increasing college and cre...
Meet Our I3 Consultants: Laurie Huebner
Through Invest in Incredible, Gulf Coast has partnered with an exceptional group of professional consultants to make their services available to our nonprofit p...
FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES 2018 GULF COAST LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE CLASS
Gulf Coast Community Foundation has selected 26 participants from across the region for its 2018 Gulf Coast Leadership Institute. Class members will take part in seven training sessions from April through June conducted by the acclaimed Leadership Development Institute of Eckerd College.
The Civility Squad Earns ADDY Award
The Civility Squad, our cast of animated characters created to promote civil discourse and civic participation in the region, received a Silver ADDY in AdFed Su...
GULF COAST WELCOMES GREEN, HERSHBERGER TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Gulf Coast Community Foundation recently elected David Green and Rod Hershberger to its volunteer Board of Directors. Each began a three-year term on the Gulf Coast Board on March 1.New Find Sheds Light on (Really) Old Florida
An unprecedented discovery in our own backyard has made international news in recent weeks. It also reinforces how deep Florida’s history runs and why it’s worth protecting and preserving.Former FEMA Administrator reviews Sarasota County’s Hurricane Irma response
The former head of emergency management at the federal and state levels gave high marks to Sarasota County’s emergency management team in presenting a final report on the county’s response to 2017's Hurricane Irma.
State Announces Globally Significant Archaeological Discovery Near Venice
Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner announced today that archaeological investigations identified a 7,000-year-old Native American ancestral burial site in t...
Feldman: “You Have to Work with the Other Side”
“If you want to get anything done, you have to work with the other side.”
That was a key point of Harvard Law professor and author Noah Feldman’s talk on civil...
Results Warrant Investing in Our Schools
The following guest column by Gulf Coast President|CEO Mark Pritchett appeared in the February 17 edition of SRQ Daily:
Who hates leaving middle school?
That...