Grants Awarded in 2007 Grant Cycle

 

Habitat for Humanity Sarasota $ 65,000   Support the acquisition of the Albertha Tharp & Mamie Golden Estate parcels at The Villages at Leonard Reid in Newtown.
         
Mental Health Community Centers $ 30,000   To provide a 15-passenger van for support programs at Prospect House
         
Naples Community Healthcare Foundation $ 20,000   To purchase two PROS Pinnacle software upgrades
         
Suncoast Communities Blood Bank $ 72,500   To refurbish the 1983 bloodmobile and equip it with state-of-the-science blood collection instruments.
         
           Total Grants $ 187,500    

Grants Awarded in 2005 Grant Cycle

All Faiths Food Bank $ 27,208   Purchase a new high reaching fork lift
         
American Heart Association $ 20,000   Purchase 10 automated external defibrillators [AED's] for placement with the vehicles of the Collier County Sheriff's office
         
American Red Cross - Collier County $ 30,000   Hurricane Wilma Disaster Relief and Disaster Preparedness
         
Habitat for Humanity Sarasota $ 50,000   Sponsor home to be constructed in Phase III of Jordan's Crossing in early 2006
         
Naples Community Healthcare Foundation $ 20,000   Purchase equipment for oncology unit
         
Philharmonic Center for the Arts $ 10,000   Support Youth Outreach Program
         
Pines of Sarasota Foundation $ 50,000   Help construct a new 122 bed skilled nursing facility that will house a Therapy and Rehabilitation Center, refurbish and add dining room to a 22-bed nursing building
         
United Way of Sarasota County $ 10,000   Support the Alexis de Touqueville Society
         
University of South Florida Foundation $ 100,000   Capital enhancement of the Crosley Campus Center.  Naming recognition for the Wing for the Arts and Sciences
           Total Grants $ 317,208    

Grants Awarded in 2004 Grant Cycle

Organization

Amount

Purpose

Boy Scouts of America

$     25,000

Capital improvements to Camp Flying Eagle

     
Boys and Girls Clubs of Sarasota County

$   15,000

Project Learn program for members of all three clubs to receive homework assistance and after-school tutoring

     
Charlotte County Habitat for Humanity

$   25,000

Hurricane relief reconstruction on existing Habitat homes

   

 

Children First, Inc.

$   10,000

New North Port facility for Early Head Start and Head Start

   

 

Children's Haven and Adult Community Services, Inc.

$     10,000

Transitions - WorkTrek and High School/High Tech

   

 

Circus Sarasota

$   5,000

Provide tickets to children from low-income families during the 2005 winter season, "Live the Dream"

     
Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida, Inc.

$     75,000

Capital campaign for new Sarasota campus with naming recognition for the Library
$25,000 per year for 3 years

   

 

Habitat for Humanity Sarasota, Inc.

$     25,000

Second and final payment of grant made in 2003

     
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Sarasota-Manatee Inc.

$    37,697

 

Purchase 14-passenger wheel-chair accessible van

Naples Community Healthcare Foundation

$     20,000

 

Capital needs in Oncology unit

   

 

Naples Public Library

$     5,000

 

Children's programming

   

 

New York University School of Medicine

$     2,000

 

Ann Belsky Moranis Memorial Fund

   

 

Philharmonic Center for the Arts

$     10,000

 

Discretionary distribution

   

 

Ringling School of Art and Design

$     20,000

 

Construction of a screened deck as an extension to Hammond Commons
Will be named The Harry Sudakoff Pavillon

   

 

Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center of Sarasota

$     10,000

 

Add one transitional housing apartment for one year for vicitims of domestic violence

   

 

Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation

$    45,000

 

Equipment to be designated

   

 

TSIC of Sarasota County

$     9,000

 

One prepaid scholarship and support services for 6-12 grade student

   

 

United Way of Sarasota County

$     10,000

 

Support the Alexis de Tocqueville Society

     

 United Way of Sarasota County

 $     1,000

 Success By 6 Continuation of Care/Hardship Childcare Scholarships