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Selby Gardens receives Gulf Coast grant; SCC 'Angels' need assistance
Foundation: Gulf Coast Community Foundation
Florida's Gulf Coast Community Foundation has handed out $710,000 in grants to 13 nonprofit organizations in the wake of Hurricane Ian, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports.
Among the recipients: Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, which received a $60,000 Arts Appreciation Grant to support two exhibitions, as well as a yearlong household memberships for underserved youth and their families through the "My Garden" program.
The Living Museum, which received a $40,000 grant to support an exhibition on American artist Louis Comfort Tiffany, will use the money to help underwrite the "Tiffany: The Pursuit of Beauty in Nature," which opens at Selby in February.
The Safe Children Coalition's Angels Program is seeking community members who can provide holiday wish list items to foster children and other vulnerable children in Sarasota, Manatee, and DeSoto counties.
Children First, which serves hundreds of Sarasota County children and their families living at or below the Federal Poverty Level, has received a $50,000 grant through the Gulf Coast Community Foundation and the Jarrett Family Fund to support the agency's $600,000 Changemaker Collective Challenge Match.
Gulf Coast and its donors have provided more than $4.9 million in direct support to those we serve.
"Over 25 years, Gulf Coast and its donors have provided more than $4.9 million in direct support to those we serve," CEO Philip Tavill
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