Barancik Foundation Board Approves More Than $5 Million In Grant Funding

May 24, 2023 – Sarasota

Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation recently approved grants for 20 local nonprofits that support the community in the areas of arts and culture, early learning, student success, business development, foster care, ecological restoration, and more.  Six of the grants will go toward capacity building for nonprofits to strengthen their infrastructure and, in many instances, add full-time staff.  

Please follow this link to read our complete news release or find an abbreviated summary of each grant below.  

Thank you, 

Kaitlyn  

Opportunities for All 2023

• A $350,000 grant to The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation for the organization’s Opportunities For All program. 

Capacity Grant to Support Program Growth

• A $200,000 grant to Take Stock in Children of Sarasota County to increase organizational capacity. 

The Future Project: Statewide Early Learning Roadmap 

• A $225,000 grant to The Children’s Movement to support The Future Project. 

Stop-Out Student and Summer Melt Initiative 

• A $20,000 grant to the Education Foundation of Sarasota County to support post-secondary education efforts. 

Experience the Future  

• A $75,000 grant to J5 Experience for capacity building. 

Expanding Opportunities in Middle School 

• A $155,000 grant to Links to Success for ongoing operational support. 

Project 180 Residential Program Home Purchase 

• A $450,000 grant to Project 180 for the purchase of an additional home.

Venice Expansion 

• A $180,000 grant to The Twig Cares to expand operations in Venice.

Hope Village of Manatee 

• A $350,000 grant to Help to Home to support the Hope Village project.

Disaster Recovery and Resiliency 

• A $100,000 grant to United Way of South Sarasota County in support of its efforts to advance hurricane recovery through the Long-Term Recovery Group.

Foster Care Stability 

• A $145,000 grant to Bridge a Life to support foster and adoptive families. 

Continued Growth and Capacity Building 

• A $200,000 grant to Truly Valued for capacity building.

Protecting Students and Respecting Families in Sarasota

• A $250,000 grant to Equality Florida Institute to provide support for LGBTQ parents, their children, and youth.

 No Wrong Door Strategy 

• A $1,000,000 grant to First Step of Sarasota to support the organization’s No Wrong Door strategy.

Serving Those Who Served

• A $150,000 grant to Operation Warrior Resolution for capacity building. 

Teen Health Educator Program Expansion

• A $225,000 grant to Healthy Teens to support current operations and expand Sarasota County services. 

Protecting Freedom of Artistic Expression

• A $400,000 grant to Hermitage Artist Retreat for general operating support.

Enhancing the Howard Bros. Circus Model Experience 

• A $100,000 grant to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation to enhance the Howard Bros. Circus Model. 

Start-Up Capacity Building 

• A $121,000 grant to Oyster River Ecology for capacity building. 

Sharing Myakka’s Magic  

• A $150,000 grant to Friends of the Myakka River for capacity building.

The Board also approved a $300,000 investment into Barancik Foundation’s Affordable Housing Initiative for work on a Newtown improvement project.