Barancik Foundation Board Approves $2.4M Grant Funding To Benefit Sarasota Organizations

SARASOTA, FL — The Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation board recently approved $2.4 million in grants to benefit community organizations in the Sarasota area.

The funding will be used to create workforce pipelines, support health equity efforts, and boost work to promote diversity, equity, and access through the arts, according to a news release from the foundation.

The funding will be used in the following ways:

• $450,000 to the State College of Florida Foundation for the development of an evening and weekend nursing degree program.
• $240,000 to the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office for the purchase of two driving simulators and to improve driving training for first responders.
• $200,000 to CenterPlace Health for outfitting mobile vans and supporting associated personnel to deliver health care services across the county, including hiring a community health care worker, a patient service representative, and a registered nurse.
• $200,000 to the Van Wezel Foundation to support its Foundation for the Future program, an education department.
• $175,000 to the Child Protection Center for the Creating the Capacity for Hope program to hire and retain staff and to reduce the waiting list of child abuse victims who want to receive therapy.
• $150,000 in unrestricted funding to the Florida Policy Institute.
• $130,000 to the Florida Department of Corrections for its mobile supervision unit project to make it easier for those release from jail or prison to report for probation.
• $125,000 to Second Heart Homes for the Homeless Women project to support its housing-first model and provide social services to women.
• $120,000 to the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Sarasota and Manatee counties for the organization’s physical drop-in mental health centers.
• $101,612 given over two years to the Glasser-Schoenbaum Human Services Center to hire a campus animator to help increase relationships and collaboration between the organization’s 17 human service tenants.
• $100,000 to Ringling College of Art + Design to support the Sarasota Art Museum’s “free day” program.
• $100,000 to Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe for the expansion of its education programs.
• $40,000 grant to Truly Valued for programming support and capacity building.