by edfound | Sep 21, 2023 | News, Press Release, Student Success
The Education Foundation of Sarasota County has partnered with Sarasota County Libraries to make personalized advising and coaching more accessible to students who need help planning and preparing for college, career, and life. Starting September 5, Education...
by edfound | Aug 23, 2023 | News, Press Release, Student Success
Dance – The Next Generation, a community engagement program developed by the Sarasota Ballet, is partnering with the Education Foundation of Sarasota County and PLANit Sarasota to help prepare underserved and aspiring dancers for life after high school. Dance – The...
by edfound | Aug 21, 2023 | Community Initiatives, News, Press Release, Student Success
The Education Foundation of Sarasota County has announced the addition of three new members to its board of directors. Joining the board will be Ron Mason, Gabriel Cordero, and Luka Perry. Mason is the president and founder of Ron Mason & Associates, a...
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 | May 19, 2023 | Community Initiatives, News, Student Success
Since 1985, Marla Doss has been involved in nonprofits—always on the side that was seeking out donor funding. That is, until 2016, when she and her husband, Jim, learned that Jim’s father, James M. Doss, Sr., had left them a charitable foundation to provide valuable...
by edfound | May 16, 2023 | News, Student Success, Teacher Support
Although both his parents were teachers, Chad Erickson pursued a degree in physics as an undergraduate. But during his junior year in college, he worked in the planetarium. Elementary school students on field trips would visit, and Erickson found so rewarding the...
