Barancik Foundation Awards Nearly $11.3 Million in Grants

The Giving Coast

Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation recently awarded $11,285,000 in new grants to support a range of local organizations serving the community. The grants include significant investments in: affordable housing for adults with developmental disabilities and for local artists and arts workers, hands-on, real-world learning opportunities in two Sarasota County high schools, expansion of All Faiths Food Bank’s DeSoto Food and Resource Center. In addition to these grants, Barancik Foundation awarded nearly $2.3 million in operating support to more than 25 nonprofit organizations that were long supported by founders Chuck and Margie Barancik. For more information, visit www.barancikfoundation.org.

 

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