Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation’s Board of Directors recently approved over $5 million in grants. The funding includes 11 grants to regional nonprofit organizations working in education, mental health, humanitarian causes, and arts and culture. The Barancik Foundation Board also directed significant funding to the Foundation’s First 1,000 Days Suncoast initiative ($700,000) and Affordable Housing initiative ($1.5 million). The grants and initiative investments were approved at the Board’s quarterly meeting in early November. “Across many of these grants, we see the difficulties that families in our region face as they try to remain financially stable,” said Teri A Hansen, president and CEO of Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation. “On the whole, we are investing in everything from early interventions to crisis response, and we are grateful to our nonprofit partners that are doing this innovative and necessary work. “We also recognized the chance to help launch or grow some innovative and exciting new educational and artistic programs,” Hansen added. “We can’t wait to see how they impact and enhance our communities.”

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