CareerEdge, an initiative of the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation, recently received more than $745,000 in funding through BlackRock Future Builders, a national philanthropic initiative funded by The BlackRock Foundation to train and support 50,000 American workers as they pursue careers in the skilled trades. 

The Pines of Sarasota Foundation recently received a $75,000 grant from the Bishop-Parker Foundation to support The Mission Fund, allowing Manatee County seniors who have outlived their financial resources to continue living at Pines of Sarasota.

All Faiths Food Bank recently received $70,300 from four funders in support of its work to end hunger: $50,000 from the MMDP Foundation Fund of the Miramar Charitable Foundation; $10,000 from the WaWa Foundation; $5,300 from Fifth Third Bank; and $5,000 from Saint Boniface Episcopal Church.

Dragonfly Mental Health has received a $7,500 Capacity Building Grant from the Josephine N.P. Robertson Fund, Elizabeth MacColl Charitable Fund and Marguerite A. Coffey Fund of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County.