At its recent Inspiring Hope Dinner, Sunshine From Darkness raised more than $300,000 for mental health initiatives, including youth resiliency programs.

Impact100 SRQ  has awarded eight local nonprofits grants of $109,500: Circus Arts Conservatory, SunCoast Blood Centers, Children's Home Society of Florida, Centerstone, Valerie's House, NAMI Sarasota and Manatee Counties Inc., Foundation for Dreams, Inc., and Florida Center for Early Childhood. 

The Kathryn H. Beach Charitable Fund at Gulf Coast Community Foundation has granted $25,000 to Forty Carrots Family Center for its parenting education and early learning programming.

Crowder Bros. Ace Hardware and Sunshine Ace Hardware recently donated $21,335 to support All Children's Hospital as a result of the stores' "Holiday Round Up" event.

Embracing Our Differences recently received an $8,000 Exemplary Project Award from The Goldin Foundation for Excellence in Education. 

The Sarasota Players received a $6,000 grant from The Community Foundation of Sarasota County's Cyril and Dorothy Veinnott Memorial Fund II to support hiring a consultant for a review of operations and board of trustees development.

Florida Studio Theatre recently received a $5,000 charitable gift from Publix Supermarkets Charities to support its "Write a Play" program for the 2024-2025 season. 

Wellen Park, in partnership with its homebuilders, recently donated 12 Cottages for Kids to the Salvation Army Sarasota County. 

Church of the Redeemer is awarding nearly $22,000 in St. Scholastica Grants to public school teachers in Sarasota and Manatee counties. Each grantee will receive $250 to use in their classrooms.