The Bay and Gulf Coast Launch $2 Million Challenge to Match Every Gift

The Giving Coast

he Bay and Gulf Coast Community Foundation (Gulf Coast) are partnering once again to build on the momentum to finish the park that has become a beloved gathering place for the region. A new $2 million challenge match invites philanthropists and the community to co-invest in completing The Bay and help sustain it for generations to come. Gulf Coast Board of Directors approved a $1 million grant, doubled by anonymous Gulf Coast donors, to establish a total of $2 million in matching dollars for The Bay Park in downtown Sarasota, Florida. This transformational funding will help support the completion of the park and help ensure, in the long term, that The Bay is sustainable in every way -- environmentally, operationally, and financially. Donors who give by June 30, 2027, will have their gift matched dollar for dollar, helping raise $4 million to complete and sustain the park.
For more information about The Bay and The Bay Park Conservancy, visit www.thebaysarasota.org.

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