CAUSE & EFFECT: December 2019
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Nov
2019
FUTUREMAKERS LAUNCHES ANNUAL WORKFORCE SURVEY FOR REGIONAL EMPLOYERS
The FutureMakers Coalition of Southwest Florida has launched its latest employment survey, available here, and is asking for the region’s help in completing the online form. The survey is designed to...
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Oct
2019
Community Foundation’s Women’s Legacy Fund Awards $30,000 at Fall Breakfast – Photo Gallery
The Women’s Legacy Fund (WLF) of the Southwest Florida Community Foundation awarded the second of a three-year grant to Lee County Public Schools during its annual fall breakfast meeting on...
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Oct
2019
LEED plaque presented by Southwest Florida Branch of US Green Building Council
Collaboratory earns LEED GOLD certification Plaque presented by Southwest Florida Branch of US Green Building Council FORT MYERS, Fla. (October 25, 2019) - The Southwest Florida Community Foundation’s Collaboratory located at 2031...
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Oct
2019
On the Table Southwest Florida 2019 Photo Gallery
Thank you to everyone who hosted or attended an On the Table Southwest Florida Conversation on October 17. Enjoy the photos and if you don't see yours, please send to...
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Oct
2019
Collaboratory earns LEED GOLD certification
The Southwest Florida Community Foundation’s Collaboratory located at 2031 Jackson Street, Suite 100 in Fort Myers has achieved LEED GOLD certification using the LEED v4 Building Design + Construction: New Construction rating...
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Oct
2019
Collaboratory Eco-Startup Helps Region Save Time, Money and the Environment
Collective impact boosts sustainability by conserving significant watts and water When Jerry Miller began planning the Seaboard Apartments he set his sights on constructing environmentally responsible properties that would conserve water...
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Oct
2019
36,000 adults in Southwest Florida identify as LGBT – Downloadable Report Available
An estimated 36,000 adults in Southwest Florida, 3.4% of the population, identifies as LGBT, according to a new regional analysis by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law funded...
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Oct
2019
Community Foundation’s Women’s Legacy Fund to hold Fall breakfast
The Women’s Legacy Fund (WLF) of the Southwest Florida Community Foundation will hold its 2019 Fall Breakfast for Contributors, Friends and those interested in being part of the WLF on...
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Aug
2019
On the Table® Southwest Florida to Create Connections and Conversations Throughout the Region on October 17
Residents sharing meals to connect and discuss community On Thursday, October 17, 2019, people from across Southwest Florida will take part in a single day of conversation about the community and...
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Jul
2019
Author and TED speaker Dan Pallotta to lead Board Training Seminar in November-Tickets now available
The Southwest Florida Community Foundation will bring back nationally renowned author and TED talk speaker Dan Pallotta to town on Saturday, November 2 for a one-day Board training seminar for...
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Jul
2019
Southwest Florida Community Foundation adds team members
The Southwest Florida Community Foundation recently welcomed two new team members to the organization. Trisha Botty, an experienced professional in government and community relations, communications, organization, program management and public advocacy,...
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Jul
2019
Philanthropy on Tap
The Financial Planning Association of Southwest Florida chilled out with the Southwest Community Foundation at Collaboratory on July 10, 2019. Financial advisors, bankers, and the Community Foundation team shared some...
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Jul
2019
Leone joins Southwest Florida Community Foundation
The Southwest Florida Community Foundation recently welcomed Katie Leone as Impact and Sustainability Manager. In her new position, Leone will work on the Social Innovation & Sustainability (SIS) Team where she...
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Jun
2019
Fund Hosts Contributors Reception at Collaboratory
The LGBT Community Fund of Southwest Florida, a fund of the Southwest Florida Community Foundation, kicked off its grants process with the annual Fantastic Fund Contributor's Reception. This year's event...
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Jun
2019
Southwest Florida Community Foundation announces call for Community Impact Grants to strengthen nonprofit agencies in our community
The Southwest Florida Community Foundation will open its annual call for Community Impact Grant applicants on June 3, 2019. The Community Impact Grant is a program of the Southwest Florida...
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May
2019
Southwest Florida Community Foundation awards $739,676 in scholarships
128 scholarships awarded through 102 scholarships funds for high school seniors and undergraduate and graduate students The Southwest Florida Community Foundation recently granted $739,676 and 128 scholarships through a competitive...
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Apr
2019
Growing Climate Solutions – Path to Positive Southwest Florida partnership launches
NAPLES, Fla. (April 22, 2019) – The Community Foundation of Collier County, Southwest Florida Community Foundation, Florida Gulf Coast University and Conservancy of Southwest Florida formalized a three-year partnership to...
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Apr
2019
Women’s Legacy Fund Spring Contributors Luncheon Photo Gallery
The Women's Legacy Fund gathered more than 100 Contributors and supporters on April 12, 2019 at Collaboratory for the annual Women's Legacy Fund Spring Luncheon. The Women’s Legacy Fund is a...
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Mar
2019
Community Foundation’s Women’s Legacy Fund to host spring luncheon for contributors
The Women’s Legacy Fund of the Southwest Florida Community Foundation will host its annual Spring luncheon for contributors and Prima Donors on Friday, April 12 at Collaboratory located at 2031...
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Mar
2019
Michigan Friends Connect at Foundation Luncheon
The Southwest Florida Community Foundation hosted friends from the Battle Creek Community Foundation for the Inaugural C3 Luncheon, Calhoun County Connections. Community Foundation CEOs Sarah Owen, of Southwest Florida, and...
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Mar
2019
Bonita Springs Community Advisory Committee awards grants – $24,000 awarded to two local nonprofits
The Bonita Springs Community Advisory Committee recently presented $24,000 to two local nonprofits. Bonita Wonder Gardens, Inc. received $15,000 and Bonita Springs Concert Band, Inc. received $9,000. Bonita Wonder Gardens’ Eco-Camps will...
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Mar
2019
OCSODY JOINS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Entrepreneur joins non-profit as Chief Strategy & Operations Officer The Southwest Florida Community Foundation has named Peter Ocsody as its Chief Strategy and Operations Officer. An avid entrepreneur and an educator of...
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Mar
2019
Bohanon Foundation opens scholarship at Southwest Florida Community Foundation – Playmakers Tailgate Party at Collaboratory planned for May 11
The Tommy Bohanon Foundation, operated by local NFL player Tommy Bohanon and his wife Katie, have started the Tommy Bohanon Scholarship Fund at the Southwest Florida Community Foundation. After playing for...
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Feb
2019
Southwest Florida Community Foundation grants $596,923 to local nonprofits in annual Community Impact Grants
The Southwest Florida Community Foundation has awarded $596,923 to both established and new programs that are designed to increase the quality of life in sustainable and equitable ways for Southwest...
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Jan
2019
Southwest Florida Community Foundation promotes Leon
The Southwest Florida Community Foundation recently announced the promotion of Luis Leon to Chief Financial Officer for the Foundation. Leon joined the Foundation as accountant in 2012, was named controller in...
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Jan
2019
Southwest Florida Community Foundation hosts local nonprofits at Collaboratory
The Southwest Florida Community Foundation recently hosted more than 60 local nonprofit leaders, their board and team members for a holiday party at Collaboratory. The event included a presentation on the...
Arts and Culture grants application process for individual artists and nonprofit organizations begins – Deadline January 18 at 5 p.m.
The application process for the City of Fort Myers’ Arts and Culture grants opened on December 14 and runs until January 18, 2019. The City of Fort Myers recognizes the importance...
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Dec
2018
Cindy Banyai wins AEA Award
Honored for outstanding evaluation practice and dedication to the evaluation field Cindy Banyai, Ph.D., Evaluation and Design Advisor to the Southwest Florida Community Foundation and Principal, Banyai Evaluation & Consulting, was...
Community Foundation scholarship application process begins
The Southwest Florida Community Foundation’s scholarship application process for the 2019-2020 school year will begin nearly a month earlier than in the past. Applications may be made December 17 and...
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Nov
2018
Author and TED speaker Dan Pallotta leads Board Training Seminar at Collaboratory
The Southwest Florida Community Foundation brought nationally renowned author and TED talk speaker Dan Pallotta to town on Saturday, November 3 for a one-day board training seminar for 120 leaders...
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Nov
2018
Nonprofit Boards Become Bolder Thanks to Training by Dan Pallotta
120 people from 32 nonprofits from throughout Southwest Florida gathered on Saturday, Nov. 3 for Dan Pallotta's Bolder Board Training at Collaboratory located in midtown Fort Myers. The event was...
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Nov
2018
Community Foundation adds new team members
The Southwest Florida Community Foundation recently welcomed two team members. Marina Nassif and Austin Brooks have joined the Foundation’s finance team. Nassif will serve as Controller and is a certified public accountant....
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Oct
2018
Small Business Making Big Community Impact: Corporate Social Responsibility focuses on people, planet and profit
EnSite, Inc., released its Corporate Social Responsibility Report yesterday at Collaboratory in Fort Myers. A leading multidisciplinary consulting firm, providing landscape architecture, engineering, and planning services, has produced a data-driven report...
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Oct
2018
Flipping for Philanthropy
I noticed the Guide to Flipping Houses on the internet not too long ago, “5 Easy Steps to House Flipping.” I’m a closet fan of Flip or Flop, Flipping Out...
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Oct
2018
Community Foundation’s Women’s Legacy Fund awards $30k to help women with education for a career in healthcare
The Women’s Legacy Fund (WLF) of the Southwest Florida Community Foundation recently presented their 2018 grant check to the Career Pipeline for Women in Health Care program, a program focused...
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Oct
2018
Community Foundation to host public opening of new Collaboratory
Party in the Park to include food trucks, live entertainment, free ice cream, games, tours and more The Southwest Florida Community Foundation will host a Public Grand Opening and Party in...
09
Oct
2018
Community Foundation Launches Immigration Program Grant – Hires Immigration Program Officer to Run New Program
The Southwest Florida Community Foundation is launching its first ever Immigrant Program Grant. With funding from The Florida Bar Foundation and national funders, the 2019 Immigration Program Grant season opens with a...
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Sep
2018
Community Foundation’s Women’s Legacy Fund to hold Fall breakfast
$30,000 Grant Check to be presented to help women with education for a career in healthcare The Women’s Legacy Fund (WLF) of the Southwest Florida Community Foundation will hold its 2018...
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Sep
2018
Motorists won’t have to pay Sanibel Causeway toll 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
Donation from Foundation made to encourage people to support island businesses Fort Myers, FL, Sept. 20, 2018 – Motorists who cross the Sanibel Causeway between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday,...
WE Series Launch
by Jason Farrell, Director of the Academic Skills Center and Writing Studio Coordinator, Keiser University—Fort Myers The Women Empowerment (WE) Series launched on June 13, 2018 with the first group of...
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Aug
2018
Relief fund established for those affected by water crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Relief fund established for those affected by water crisis 100% of contributions will be disbursed in Lee County – donors encouraged to give FORT MYERS, Fla. (August 27, 2018)...
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Jun
2018
$93,700 AWARDED TO LOCAL NONPROFITS AND SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT IN MEMORY OF JORDAN ASHLEY GUTHEIM
20-year-old graduate of Evangelical Christian School and a junior at Florida State University, was killed two years ago in a car accident Four local nonprofits, a church mission trip and a high school senior were this year’s recipients of funds from the...
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May
2018
Southwest Florida Community Foundation awards $761,650 in scholarships
135 scholarships awarded through 91 scholarships funds for high school seniors and undergraduate and graduate students The Southwest Florida Community Foundation recently granted $761,650 and 135 scholarships through a competitive process...
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May
2018
Scholarship Reviewer Thank You Reception and Photo Gallery
Several of the 111 volunteer scholarship reviewers for the Southwest Florida Community Foundation's 2018 scholarship season joined the Foundation team for the Scholarship Reviewer Thank You Reception on May 3...
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May
2018
Author and TED speaker Dan Pallotta to lead Board Training Seminar in November – Tickets and early registration prices now available
The Southwest Florida Community Foundation will bring nationally renowned author and TED talk speaker Dan Pallotta to town on Saturday, November 3 for a one-day Board training seminar for nonprofit...
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Apr
2018
Hurricane Relief Fund supported by Bonita Springs Community Fund
The Bonita Springs Community Fund, a fund of the Southwest Florida Community Foundation, presented two $20,000 checks to the United Way to provide support to Habitat for Humanity and the...
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Apr
2018
Community Foundation’s Women’s Legacy Fund hosts spring luncheon for contributors – Photo Gallery
More than 80 Women’s Legacy Fund contributors and Prima Donors recently attended the Southwest Florida Community Foundation Fund’s spring luncheon. The luncheon was exclusively for WLF contributors and Prima Donors....
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Mar
2018
SWFL Community Foundation launches Earth Day campaign
The Southwest Florida Community Foundation has launched an Earth Day campaign to raise awareness and funds for the environment in Southwest Florida. The “Earth Day the SWFL Way” campaign is meant...
23
Mar
2018
Fort Myers couple establishes virtual $1 million endowment with Southwest Florida Community Foundation
Ardent community supporters Richard and Vicki Pitbladdo recently collaborated with the Southwest Florida Community Foundation to establish a virtual $1 million endowment. “This virtual endowment fund is reflective of the new...