by edfound | Aug 21, 2023 | Grants, News
David Brooks, a writer and commentator whose influential Weave Project at the Aspen Institute seeks to build community, has said, “Almost every successful person begins with two beliefs: the future can be better than the present, and I have the power to make it so.”...
by edfound | Jul 18, 2023 | Community Initiatives, Grants, Mentoring, News, Student Success
Close friends in college at the University of Florida, Mitchell and Dawn Epstein went their separate ways after graduation. Dawn moved to Atlanta, and Mitchell stayed in Gainesville to pursue his MBA. A few years later, though, the two reconnected and rekindled their...
by edfound | Jul 18, 2023 | Community Initiatives, Grants, News, PLANit Sarasota, Press Release
SARASOTA, Fla. (June 30, 2023) – PLANit Sarasota, the local college access network (LCAN) for Sarasota County, is partnering with State College of Florida and nearby LCANs Complete Tampa Bay and Reach Manatee to help support “stop-outs” (students who have attended...
by edfound | Mar 14, 2023 | Community Initiatives, Grants, News, PLANit Sarasota, Student Success, Student Success Center
Since its beginning in 1999, the Scheidel Foundation has been dedicated to supporting education and promoting college success. The foundation believes that education after high school can transform the lives of students and their families for generations to come....
by edfound | Feb 22, 2023 | Community Initiatives, Grants, News, On The Horizon, Press Release, Student Success
Suncoast Credit Union has awarded $75,000 to the Education Foundation of Sarasota County to support its work in helping students make purposeful plans that prepare them to succeed in life after high school. This grant, which is for the 2022-23 academic year, will...
by edfound | Jan 23, 2023 | Community Initiatives, Grants, News, Student Success, Teacher Support
Dr. Mark Pritchett’s mom was a public-school teacher. She taught art, and Pritchett still remembers her packing the car full of supplies and traveling from school to school, nourishing students of all socio-economic backgrounds through the power of creativity. She...