Sarasota County has been approved for Individual Assistance and Small Business Assistance following Hurricane Idalia, which allows individuals and households in Sarasota County to apply for financial and direct services. The county is awaiting information on qualification for public assistance. 

PGT Innovations Inc. (NYSE: PGTI) recently announced a grant of equity of more than $11 million to all eligible PGT Innovations team members based on each employee’s tenure. Eligible team members include those who are not already participants in the company’s long-term incentive plan. All grants cliff vest on the three-year anniversary of the grant date.

The Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation has awarded All Faiths Food Bank a three-year grant totaling $2,496,581 to expand its pediatric hunger screening pilot program. The funds will be used to increase food insecurity screenings while adding case management, providing Food Rx (packages of healthy foods available at partner organization sites), and implementing program evaluation in Sarasota and DeSoto counties.

The Florida Blue Foundation recently awarded the Jewish Family and Children Services (JFCS) of the Suncoast a $300,000 grant for JFCS' Community Well-Being Connection. The three-year grant will support a full-time licensed clinician and a part-time case manager. JFCS of the Suncoast also received a $25,000 grant from the Sephardic Foundation on Aging (SFOA) for JFCS' Aging Services program, which offers an array of senior-based programs, from caregiver support groups and counseling to Alzheimer’s support and education.

The Patterson Foundation is strengthening Art Center Sarasota’s effort to implement entrepreneurial strategies by matching up to $50,000 in startup and growth capital investments toward its earned-income plan.

New College of Florida history professor Carrie Beneš—in collaboration with Amanda Madden of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, Laura Ingallinella of the University of Toronto, and Laura Morreale, an independent scholar—has been awarded a $150,000 grant as part of the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Scholarly Editions and Translations program. The grant supports the La Sfera Project, an open-access multimedia edition of Goro Dati’s 15th-century poem La sfera (The Globe). 

The Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast recently received two $15,000 grants from the Gulf Coast Community Foundation. Both grants support the Conservation Foundation’s land management and restoration programs on its protected lands, with a specific focus on improving wildlife habitat and increasing climate resiliency.

The Child Protection Center, Inc (CPC) has been awarded a $450,000 grant from the Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation to support CPC's efforts to support the fight against child abuse. CPC was also selected by the Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch to receive funding in support of the Children and Families Supervised Visitation Program and by the Matthews Children’s Foundation to receive a grant in support of its Personal Safety and Community Awareness (PSCA) program. The funds will provide new equipment to be used in presentations on child abuse prevention and personal safety. In the latter two cases, the amount of the funding was not disclosed. 

Through its Kentucky Fried Wishes program, the KFC Foundation has awarded Sarasota-based non-profit Resilient Retreat a $10,000 grant to make a project on its wish list come true.

Publix Super Markets Charities recently awarded a grant of $5,000 to Safe Children Coalition (SCC). These funds will directly support SCC’s Achievers program.

Embracing Our Differences recently received a $2,000 grant from the Sarasota Kiwanis Foundation. The grant will help support the organization’s annual Bucket Fillers Reading Day.