Grant Report

Sarasota Ballet Receives Three-Year, $180,000 Grant

Plus: funding for the Sarasota Opera, Parenting Matters, Teen Court, Embracing Our Differences and more.

By Staff September 15, 2025

Young dancers in Sarasota Ballet's Dance: The Next Generation program.
Young dancers in Sarasota Ballet's Dance: The Next Generation program.

Sarasota Ballet recently received a grant totaling $180,000, to be funded over three years, from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County. The grant will support Dance: The Next Generation and the ballet's annual gala.

Sarasota Opera has been awarded a $60,000 Empowering Arts Grant from Gulf Coast Community Foundation. The opera also recently received a $30,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County.

Embracing Our Differences was recently awarded a $33,000 Strategic Partnership Grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County to support key educational initiatives that directly impact local students.

Teen Court of Sarasota has been awarded a $25,000 grant from Gulf Coast Community Foundation to expand its youth-led justice programs into Venice and North Port. 

Asolo Repertory Theatre recently received an $85,000 Strategic Partnership Grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County. 

Parenting Matters recently received a $15,000 grant from the Wilson-Wood Foundation in support of its Parent Partner Program. 

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