The Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation’s board of directors recently approved $6 million in grants to improve access to quality education, expand human services for vulnerable community members, strengthen local arts programs and more.

The Community Foundation of Sarasota County recently awarded $322,450 in grants to 29 nonprofits serving Sarasota, Manatee, DeSoto and Charlotte counties. Funding will support education, health care, basic needs and strategic development.

Resilient Retreat has received a grant of $98,442 from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County through the Suncoast Disaster Relief Fund to support the launch of its "Community Recovery Through Resiliency Building" initiative, a two-pronged program aimed at fostering long-term recovery and resilience among first responders and helping professionals impacted by recent hurricanes in the region. 

Forty Carrots Family Center recently received a $50,000 grant from the Bishop-Parker Foundation to support its programming for expecting and post-partum parents and infants.

The Glenridge at Palmer Ranch recently awarded 30 scholarships of $4,000 each to staff members through the Mary Nesbit Glenridge Academy Scholarship Fund and The Pezzillo Art Fund.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties recently received a grant of $20,250 from The Henson Fund to provide scholarships for up to 100 underserved children to attend the Boys & Girls Clubs' summer youth program. 

The Henson Fund also recently awarded a $65,000 grant to Girls Inc. to ensure that girls from low-income households have access to a safe learning environment over the summer.