Funding search · EIN 591052433 · Venice, FL

Gulf Coast Community Foundation

Name: Gulf Coast Community Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

2,214
grants reported: $160.5M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $16,080
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

human services education civic arts culture health religious

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Human services in Sarasota and Venice: food banks, family support, crisis care
Sarasota-region performing arts: theatre, orchestra, opera, ballet, art museums
Early childhood and K-12 education, plus scholarship administration
Environment and marine science: Bay Park, Selby Gardens, Mote Marine
Health systems and cancer care, led by Sarasota Memorial and Moffitt
Child welfare and youth development: Safe Children Coalition, Boys and Girls Clubs

Typical grant

The median grant is $16,080 and the middle half runs $10,000 to $40,990, so most checks are modest operating or program support. The seven-figure awards go to a short list of Sarasota County anchor institutions doing capital or campaign work: Venice Theatre at $2.1M, Boca Grande Preschool at $1.9M, Bay Park Conservancy at $1.68M, Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation at $1.44M. With 2,214 grants to 1,119 recipients, repeat giving is the norm, and some organizations receive several separate awards in a single year.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“HUMAN SERVICES”
“ARTS & CULTURE”
“ENVIRONMENT”
“CHILDREN”
“CIVIC”

Positioning adjacent work

Anchor the work in Sarasota, Venice, or Boca Grande; out-of-area asks track donor ties, not strategy.
For science or conservation work, connect to the Mote Marine, Selby Gardens, and Bay Park cluster.
Ask $15,000 to $40,000 for a first project unless you have a capital campaign and local board backing.
Emphasize direct community benefit and named local partners over methodology; the record funds delivery, not inquiry.

Worth knowing: This is a community foundation making largely donor-advised distributions, so giving follows individual fundholders' interests and relationships more than a published agenda; the out-of-state grants to Bowdoin, Chautauqua, and Ohio State are alumni-driven, not programmatic. Money is heavily concentrated in Sarasota County, with a handful of anchor institutions absorbing the seven-figure awards while hundreds of nonprofits share grants under $40,000.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

The Bay Park Conservancy5 grants · $13.1M
Suncoast Humane Society4 grants · $3.9M
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation2 grants · $3.3M
The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens3 grants · $3.2M
Special Day Foundation4 grants · $3.0M
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens2 grants · $2.8M
All Faiths Food Bank3 grants · $2.5M
Society of St Vincent De Paul South Pinellas3 grants · $2.4M
Sarasota Orchestra5 grants · $2.4M
Venice Theatre2 grants · $2.2M

Giving over time

$38.7M

2021

$36.3M

2022

$40.6M

2023

$45.0M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 2,214 grants.

$6.4M
The Bay Park Conservancy · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Environment
$3.8M
The Bay Park Conservancy · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Environment
$3.5M
Suncoast Humane Society · Englewood, FL · 2023
Animal welfare
$2.3M
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Environment
$2.1M
Venice Theatre · Venice, FL · 2024
Arts & culture
$2.0M
St Louis Community Foundation · Saint Louis, MO · 2023
Human services
$2.0M
The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Environment
$1.9M
The Boca Grande Preschool · Boca Grande, FL · 2024
Education
$1.9M
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Health
$1.7M
The Bay Park Conservancy · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Environment
$1.4M
Friends of Boca Grande Community Center · Boca Grande, FL · 2023
Arts & culture
$1.4M
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Health
$1.4M
Community Foundation of Sarasota County · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Civic
$1.4M
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Health
$1.4M
Sarasota-Manatee Jewish Federation · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Human services
$1.1M
Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
Other
$1.1M
Positive Tracks · Hanover, FL · 2023
Human services
$1.1M
The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Environment
$1.1M
Safe Children Coalition · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Children
$1.0M
Society of St Vincent De Paul South Pinellas · St Petersburg, FL · 2024
Human services
$1.0M
Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME · 2024
Education
$957,021
All Faiths Food Bank · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Human services
$949,376
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Environment
$941,501
Boys and Girls Clubs of Sarasota and Desoto Counties · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Human services
$902,297
The Bay Park Conservancy · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Environment
$834,100
Sarasota Orchestra · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Arts & culture
$812,667
All Faiths Food Bank · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Human services
$742,772
All Faiths Food Bank · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Human services
$740,000
Special Day Foundation · Lakewood Ranch, FL · 2024
Education
$740,000
Special Day Foundation · Lakewood Ranch, FL · 2023
Human services
$740,000
Special Day Foundation · Lakewood Ranch, FL · 2022
Human services
$740,000
Special Day Foundation · Lakewood Ranch, FL · 2021
Human services
$725,432
Sarasota Orchestra · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Arts & culture
$715,350
Safe Children Coalition · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Human services
$710,000
Society of St Vincent De Paul South Pinellas · St Petersburg, FL · 2023
Human services
$703,339
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Florida · Miami, FL · 2022
Civic
$703,000
Society of St Vincent De Paul South Pinellas · St Petersburg, FL · 2021
Human services
$690,947
All Faiths Food Bank · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Human services
$684,474
Ists Inc - Accounting Team · Nashville, TN · 2024
Education
$683,369
Mote Marine Laboratory · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Environment
$667,600
Ists - Accounting Team · Nashville, TN · 2022
Education
$635,148
Mote Marine Laboratory · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Environment
$607,071
Ists - Accounting Office · Nashville, TN · 2021
Education
$605,951
Ringling College of Art and Design · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Education
$601,366
Ringling College of Art and Design · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Education
$599,870
Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Health
$589,090
Harvest House Transitional Centers · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Human services
$574,525
Sarasota Opera Association · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Arts & culture
$563,736
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Health
$561,616
Forty Carrots of Sarasota · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Human services
$560,000
N-Abletek · Lakewood Ranch, FL · 2022
Human services
$560,000
N-Abletek · Lakewood Ranch, FL · 2021
Human services
$557,370
Resilient Retreat · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Health
$550,649
First Step of Sarasota · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Health
$540,117
Ringling College of Art and Design · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Education
$539,700
Temple Beth El of St Petersburg Florida · St Petersburg, FL · 2021
Civic
$533,931
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Florida · Miami, FL · 2024
Civic
$529,167
Asolo Theater · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Arts & culture
$526,510
Church of the Palms · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Religious
$524,819
State College of Florida Foundation · Bradenton, FL · 2021
Education
$512,234
Sarasota Ballet of Florida · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Arts & culture
$509,518
Asolo Theater · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Arts & culture
$506,809
Children First · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Children
$501,479
Boys and Girls Clubs of Sarasota and Desoto Counties · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Children
$500,000
N-Abletek · Lakewood Ranch, FL · 2024
Human services
$500,000
N-Abletek · Lakewood Ranch, FL · 2023
Human services
$485,500
Family Promise of South Sarasota County · Venice, FL · 2021
Human services
$479,538
Boys and Girls Clubs of Sarasota and Desoto Counties · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Human services
$473,057
Sarasota-Manatee Jewish Federation · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Human services
$461,828
Child Protection Center · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Human services
$458,500
Sarasota Memorial Hospital · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Health
$448,604
Mote Marine Laboratory · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Environment
$446,359
Sarasota Ballet of Florida · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Arts & culture
$445,743
Children First · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Education
$444,992
Asolo Theater · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Arts & culture
$422,933
Venice Theatre · Venice, FL · 2022
Arts & culture
$421,349
Asolo Theater · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Arts & culture
$419,863
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2024
Health
$416,810
Sarasota Ballet of Florida · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Arts & culture
$416,600
Sarasota Orchestra · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Arts & culture
$414,326
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Environment
$412,992
Children First · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Education
$404,146
Sarasota County Schools · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Education
$402,150
Resilient Retreat · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Human services
$398,106
Van Wezel Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Arts & culture
$394,815
Centerplace Health · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Health
$391,134
Florida Studio Theatre · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Arts & culture
$387,025
Sarasota Orchestra · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Arts & culture
$377,033
Ringling College of Art and Design · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Arts & culture
$375,660
Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Health
$375,000
Impact 100 Global Advisory Council · Belleair Bluffs, FL · 2024
Civic
$373,475
Sarasota Opera Association · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Arts & culture
$372,210
Sarasota Ballet of Florida · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Arts & culture
$360,358
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe of Florida · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Arts & culture
$357,500
Sarasota African American Cultural Coalition · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Civic
$348,509
Children First · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Human services
$348,341
The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Human services
$344,766
Community Foundation of Sarasota County · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Other
$344,718
Harvest Tabernacle of Sarasota · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Religious
$344,117
Harvest Tabernacle of Sarasota · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Human services

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.