We are thrilled to announce the 10 Impact100 SRQ Grant Finalists! These nonprofits will present their initiatives at our
Annual Celebration & Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, January 22nd.
That evening, members will cast their votes to select 8 Grant Recipients for the 2024 Giving Year. |
2024 Grant Finalists at Meet the Finalists Media Event
Back row from left: Jessica Garcia (Children’s Home Society of Florida), Matt Faul (Foundation for Dreams, Inc.), Brian Walton (Save Our Seabirds), Zoltan Karpathy (The Circus Arts Conservatory), Victoria Tiggas (Centerstone), Jake Hartvigsen (NAMI Sarasota and Manatee Counties, Inc.), Scott Bush (SunCoast Blood Centers)
Middle row: Chelsea Crabtree (Rise Above Performing Arts Inc.), Jacob Ruscoe (Rise Above Performing Arts Inc.), Elena Cassella (Foundation for Dreams, Inc.), Linda Mitchell (Save Our Seabirds), Kimberly Treharne (The Florida Center for Early Childhood), Kate Reed (The Florida Center for Early Childhood), Bridget Harry (SunCoast Blood Centers)
Seated: Tara Zajas (Valerie’s House), Amy Strom (Valerie’s House), Summer Pfeiffer (Children’s Home Society of Florida), Colleen Thayer (NAMI Sarasota and Manatee Counties, Inc.), Jennifer Mitchell (The Circus Arts Conservatory), Gemma Clayson (Centerstone)
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Rise Above Performing Arts Inc.
The proposed Rising Above Expectations to Provide the Ultimate Theatre Environment initiative will enhance and broaden experiences for student performers and audience members by funding upgraded lighting and sound systems, livestreaming equipment, seating, and a new stage. The Circus Arts Conservatory The proposed Magnet School Program Expansion for Booker Middle and Sarasota High Schools initiative will enroll and educate more students in a unique and innovative circus-centric learning program in its existing Magnet School Program with the funding of two additional coaches, class material and training attire. |
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Children’s Home Society of Florida
The proposed Pathway to Health and Success initiative will provide nutrition and other educational classes and access to meat, dairy and fresh produce for area families by expanding Food Pantry and Parent Resource Center services to Manatee and Daughtry Elementary Schools in Manatee County.
The Florida Center for Early Childhood The proposed Starfish Academy Transformation Project initiative will enhance its early education program by creating a new welcoming and authentic learning environment that inspires curiosity and collaboration with the purchase of classroom furniture for its preschool. |
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ENVIRONMENT, RECREATION
& ANIMAL WELFARE |
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Save our Seabirds
The proposed Avian Hospital – Expansion of Services initiative will expand their geographic service area, improve the quality of medical care given to birds, and allow the Avian Hospital to be open additional hours per week and treat more birds by funding of a new hospital technician and twelve paid interns. SunCoast Blood Centers
The proposed Sun-Powered Lifesavers: Transforming Bloodmobiles for a Sustainable Future initiative will reduce noise and air pollution and ensure a quiet, reliable, environmentally sustainable, and cost-effective blood collection system by converting two bloodmobiles from gas-powered generators to solar and battery-powered generators. |
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Centerstone
The proposed Centerstone's Transformative Children's Wing and New Evidence-Based Therapies to Support Children and Families in Crisis initiative will allow clinical staff to more deeply address children who have experienced trauma by transforming a portion of the Sarasota outpatient clinic into a sensory room in their new Children's Wing.
Foundation for Dreams, Inc. The proposed Dream Oaks 2.0: A New Chapter initiative will enhance experiences for children with special needs and chronic illness who attend the Dream Oaks year-round residential and day camps and facilitate coordination of programs by significantly updating their administration building. |
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NAMI Sarasota and Manatee Counties, Inc.
The proposed Journey to Mental Wellness initiative will increase access to and therefore participation in NAMI’s “You Are Not Alone” (YANA) wellness drop-in centers, reducing depression, improving physical health outcomes, and helping individuals take an active role in their care, with the purchase of a 15-passenger van and hiring of a part-time driver.
Valerie’s House The proposed Supporting Grieving Children in Our School System initiative will expand its peer-to-peer grief support services to additional Sarasota County schools, helping students process their grief in a free and accessible manner, with the hiring of a new full-time group program coordinator. |
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To learn more about our Grant Finalists and to read their initiatives, click below. |
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Visit our photographer's page to see pictures from today's
Meet the Finalists Media Event |
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Voting is reserved for 2024 members, but we warmly welcome our 2025 members to attend.
Currently, registration is open to members only, |
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OUR MISSION
To empower women to collectively fund transformational grants to nonprofits in Sarasota & Manatee Counties. |
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