Multi-donor fund supports unique challenges and opportunities facing local LGBT community The LGBT Community Fund of Southwest Florida, a fund of the Southwest Florida Community Foundation, recently awarded $15,000 to Collier...
The Southwest Florida Community Foundation has awarded $539,582.58 to both established and new programs that are designed to increase the quality of life in sustainable and equitable ways for Southwest...
New exhibit features artwork by five local physicians The Southwest Florida Community Foundation will launch a new art display at its Community Hub in February. Beginning February 2, “Art Doctors” will feature...
FAFSA form required for scholarships The Southwest Florida Community Foundation’s scholarship application process for the 2018-2019 school year will begin this month and all scholarships require the Free Application for Federal...
A successful eight-week push to match a $2.5 million endowment donation has erased worries of a struggle ahead in funding programs and collaborations for a regional technology hub in Fort...
by Christopher R. Hoyt, Professor of Law Univ. of Missouri (Kansas City) School of Law 2017 - THE LAST YEAR THAT I’LL GET TAX SAVINGS FROM MY CHARITABLE GIFTS For many of us,...
More than $5 million granted to community The Southwest Florida Community Foundation released its 2016-2017 Annual Report online at www.floridacommunity.com/annual-report. Since its inception 41 years ago, the Community Foundation has distributed more...
Milestone $2.5 million endowment gift by local philanthropists David and Linda Lucas inspires new fund Watch interview with Mr. Lucas by clicking here. FORT MYERS, Fla. (November 1, 2017) – The Southwest...
Dear WLF Contributors, Prima Donors and Friends. There is no doubt that Hurricane Irma has impacted everyone's schedules but you will be pleased to know that the work of the...
Watch the Southwest Florida Hurricane Relief Fund Press Conference....
100% of contributions will be disbursed to those in need via United Way FORT MYERS, Fla. (Sept. 9, 2017) – The Southwest Florida Community Foundation has joined forces with the United...
by Brandi Couse, Director of Operations and Education, Alliance for the Arts The Alliance for the Arts is many things for many people. For some it is a place to buy...
100% of contributions will be disbursed to organizations directly helping those in need. The Southwest Florida Community Foundation has joined forces to create giving funds to help our local neighbors enduring...
by Laura Frost, Director, Whitaker Center for STEM Education at FGCU Meet Cecelia who as a fifth grader loved math and science. When she got to middle school, she started to...
by Rachel Rainbolt, Development and Education Coordinator, Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife, Inc. Nature has always entertained and enthralled me; being a Southwest Florida native, I had exposure to the...
The Southwest Florida Community Foundation announces Mary Beth Crawford has joined its board of trustees. Crawford is a principal in Cummings & Lockwood’s Private Clients Group and is based in the...
by Emily Reese, REACH Program Specialist, Alzheimer’s Association - Florida Gulf Coast Chapter There are few life experiences that prepare a person for the challenges of caring for someone with Alzheimer’s...
by Laura M. Perry, President, Glades Education Foundation, Inc. With baseball season in full swing, we savor the crack of the bat and the smell of popcorn and hotdogs, while relishing the...
by Dr. Janet James, I Will Mentorship College tours are traditionally a process of gathering information from various colleges and universities, geographical areas, landmarks, hotels, restaurants, and student clientele. My experience with...
by Vickie Rydz, Grants Manager, Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida For many Southwest Floridians, the mantra, “Season is over!” refers to reduced traffic, shorter waiting lines at grocery stores and shops,...
The Southwest Florida Community Foundation announces its new executive committee. Dr. Larry Hobbs will serve as the Foundation’s new chairman of the board of trustees; Craig Folk will serve as vice...
by Alan Keller, PhD, Conservation Chair, Audubon of the Western Everglades Recently I read The Inheritance of Loss, a novel portraying political conflict and war in northeast India. Afterwards, it occurred...
This report, a joint effort by the Council on Foundations and Foundation Center, examines the current state and recent trends in international giving and engagement by large U.S. community foundations....
What's Your Word? Every week we will feature one of our Faces of Philanthropy in honor of the Foundation's 40th anniversary. Everyone has something to share in our community. Please engage...
by David Brown, President, Family Initiative, Inc./Southwest Florida Autism Center Valonna French recognized the signs just a couple months after her son, Lucas, was born. “He was a great baby, quiet, stared...
A fund of the Southwest Florida Community Foundation, the LGBT Community Fund of Southwest Florida is placing its annual call for letters of idea (LOI) to grant $15,000 to an...
by Nola Theiss, Executive Director of Human Trafficking Awareness Partnerships and member of the former Rauschenberg Grant 2015 and the Community Impact Grant 2017. Our organization, Human Trafficking Awareness Partnerships, is...
by Kara Walter, Development Project Assistant I found myself in a panic two days before a dear friend’s wedding because I did not have a dress to wear! I confess, I...
Dear Friends and FutureMakers. Four years ago, a group of inspired stakeholders in our region took an important first step in planning for Southwest Florida’s future workforce. The early days of...
This cookbook grew out of the Food Security Through Community Action project, funded by the Southwest Florida Community Foundation and managed by Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Inc. Focused on...
150 scholarships awarded through 88 scholarships funds for high school seniors and undergraduate and graduate students The Southwest Florida Community Foundation recently granted a record $800,000 and 150 scholarships through a...
So many undocumented immigrants—collectively a force in our local economy—could win legal standing here if only they had proper guidance. Activists are working to make that happen....
20-year-old graduate of Evangelical Christian School and a junior at Florida State University was killed one year ago in a car accident...
Watch the Kick off event video of the Southwest Florida Community Foundation Collaboratory....
Thank you to everyone who joined us Thursday morning, April 27 for History in the Re-Making....
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Catching up with former scholarship recipients who are changing the world. Recently at the Southwest Florida Community Foundation we’ve begun following the lives and successes of the...
The Southwest Florida Community Foundation recently added Frederick Moon to its board of trustees....
Nearly 100 Women’s Legacy Fund contributors and Prima Donors recently attended the Fund’s spring luncheon. The luncheon was complimentary and exclusively for WLF contributors and Prima Donors in celebration of...
The Board of Trustees of the Southwest Florida Community Foundation and the City of Fort Myers City Council and staff will host a Construction Kickoff Community Celebration of the Foundation’s...
Just in time for Earth Day on April 22, the Southwest Florida Community Foundation is crowdfunding for the Fund for the Environment...
David Rockefeller, who died last week at 101, was a giant among American philanthropists. He continued the tradition of giving that ran from his grandfather, John D., the founder of...
Milestones like these make us smile Sarah Owen, Pres & CEO Southwest Florida Community Foundation The Women's Legacy Fund is celebrating its 10 Year Anniversary this year. That's 10 years of grants...
The Women’s Legacy Fund will host its spring luncheon on Friday, April 7 at 11 a.m. at Gulf Harbour Yacht & Country Club located at 14500 Vista River Drive in...
New exhibit features paintings inspired by artist Judi Ekholm’s national park visits The Southwest Florida Community Foundation will launch a new art display at its Community Hub in April. Beginning April 6,...
Southwest Florida Community Foundation Tribes are groups of nonprofit agencies and their leaders who have been granted dollars from the foundation to advance their mission in Southwest Florida....
Over the last several years, I have met with hundreds of individual donors, businesses, the faith community and family foundations who are looking for ways to fund great ideas and...
Happy Valentine’s Day. To our donors, past and present, our fundholders, supporters, and friends. Thank you to those in our community and our Foundation family who give to make Southwest...
The Southwest Florida Community Foundation has awarded $557,036.00 to both established and new programs that are designed to increase the quality of life in sustainable and equitable ways for Southwest...
