Florida · Public charity
Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc
To conduct educational, training, workforce, and leadership development programs in sarasota county.
- $454k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 27
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 64%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $346k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 25
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 64% of the organizations Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $172k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 27 | $346k | 59% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $372k | 64% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $280k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $412k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $308k | 64% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $112k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $40k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc | $322,078 | 6 | 0% |
| Air Products | $177,880 | 5 | n/a |
| Chris - Craft Corporation | $141,540 | 4 | n/a |
| The State College of Florida Foundation Inc | $127,557 | 5 | 0% |
| School Board of Sarasota County | $116,874 | 4 | n/a |
| Manatee Memorial Hospital | $92,600 | 4 | n/a |
| American Vocational Academy Foundation Inc | $51,725 | 2 | 24% |
| Badger Bobs | $45,616 | 4 | n/a |
| Bartelt Packaging | $42,516 | 3 | n/a |
| Sun Hydraulics | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc | $322,078 | 6 | 0% |
| Air Products | $177,880 | 5 | n/a |
| Chris - Craft Corporation | $141,540 | 4 | n/a |
| The State College of Florida Foundation Inc | $127,557 | 5 | 0% |
| School Board of Sarasota County | $116,874 | 4 | n/a |
| Manatee Memorial Hospital | $92,600 | 4 | n/a |
| American Vocational Academy Foundation Inc | $51,725 | 2 | 24% |
| Badger Bobs | $45,616 | 4 | n/a |
| Bartelt Packaging | $42,516 | 3 | n/a |
| Sun Hydraulics | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Manatee Memorial Hospital | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Inc | $37,475 | 2 | 1% |
| Meridan West Central College | $36,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Tidewell Hospice Inc | $31,055 | 2 | 0% |
| Adams Group | $30,600 | 3 | n/a |
| Technical Education Council | $25,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Jeldwen | $23,292 | 2 | n/a |
| Fleetforce | $23,050 | 1 | n/a |
| State Farm - George Quarterman | $22,600 | 3 | n/a |
| Veteran Air | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Minorities in Shark Sciences Inc | $18,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Mkm Sarasota LLC | $17,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Kempton Research and Planning | $16,930 | 1 | n/a |
| Ced Greentech-Tampa Bay | $15,778 | 1 | n/a |
| Bright Future Electric | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Home Helpers of Bradenton | $14,838 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Club of Sarasota and Desoto Counties Foundation Inc | $14,395 | 2 | 1% |
| Lakewood Medical Center | $14,380 | 2 | n/a |
| Khs USA Inc | $14,190 | 2 | n/a |
| American Torch Tip Co | $13,975 | 2 | n/a |
| Phatheads Barbershop LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Margwine Organization Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Bradenton Gladiators Football Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Kinsey 5 Media LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New College Child Center Inc | $9,200 | 1 | 5% |
| Pgt Industries Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ncn Electric Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Resilient Retreat Inc | $8,858 | 1 | 1% |
| Little Medical School Suncoast | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Tiny Home Builders | $8,017 | 1 | n/a |
| Jd Wms Diversity Group | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Settles Stump Grinding & Tree | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Newtown Nation Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 18% |
| Rosalyn Walton Education and Enrichment Services | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Dapper Bowtique | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Music Compound | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Herrera Psychology | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Freeland Eddie Law Group | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| N&M Cooling & Heating Inc | $7,402 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish Housing Council Foundation Inc | $7,200 | 1 | n/a |
| One Head at a Time | $7,150 | 1 | n/a |
| Sailor Girl Transport LLC | $7,150 | 1 | n/a |
| Bia Candle | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Robertson Consulting Group Inc | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Making An Impact Inc | $6,250 | 1 | 8% |
| Shumaker Loop & Kendrick | $6,224 | 1 | n/a |
| Tiny Home Builders | $6,207 | 1 | n/a |
| The Sarasota Cuban Ballet School Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Drummerboy Entertainment LLC | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Scorpion King Charter | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Roots Education Co LLC | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bayfirst National Bank | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Redefine This Inc Dba Star Lab | $5,790 | 1 | 1% |
| Solmart Media | $5,280 | 1 | n/a |
| D & D Air Conditioning | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Matthews Currie Ford | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Inc · Manatee Community Foundation Inc · The Tillie Jennie & Harold Schwartz Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc
- How much does Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc give?
- Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc reported 27 itemized grants totaling $346,465, out of $454,448 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 25 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Employment (61%), Health (18%), Community Improvement (9%).
- Who are Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc ($322k), Air Products ($178k), Chris - Craft Corporation ($142k).
- Does Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc, Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc, Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Inc.
- Where is Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc based?
- Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc is based in FL.
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