Challenge Grant Program

Challenge Grant Program

In 2000, the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay offered a $2 million challenge grant to nonprofits in the Tampa Bay area to assist them in building permanent endowments. This one-to-three challenge was designed to assist nonprofit organizations focus both on developing planned gifts and building endowment funds so that they would realize a steady, growing income stream to assure financial stability and allow for creative growth.

For information about our matching funds Challenge Grant Program, click here for a downloadable document, including an application form, or contact us.

Photo courtesy of The Boys & Girls Club

Through the Challenge Grant Program, the Community Foundation has awarded $2.5 million in matching funds to the following agencies:
Alpha House American Stage Bay Area Legal Services Big Cat Rescue Boys & Girls Clubs of Tampa Bay Children's Home Society of Florida Joshua House Critter Adoption and Rescue Efforts Directions for Mental Health The Florida Aquarium Florida Blood Services Foundation The Florida Orchestra Florida West Coast Public Broadcasting, Inc. (WEDU) Good Samaritan Health Clinic of Pasco, Inc. Great Explorations, Inc. Interfaith Social Action Council of Sun City Center Judeo Christian Health Clinic Junior Achievement of West Central Florida	The Long Center Foundation Meals On Wheels Mental Health Care Foundation Messiah Lutheran Church (for migrant programs) Military Officers' Benevolent Corporation MJH Golf Classic, Inc. (designated for Children's Home Society of Florida - Joshua House) The Pediatric Cancer Foundation Prevent Blindness Florida R'Club Child Care Salesian Youth Center Sertoma Speech and Hearing Foundation of Florida The Spring of Tampa Bay Sun City Center Emergency Squad Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center Voices for Children of Hillsborough County Youth and Family Alternatives, Inc.
We are pleased to report that 14 agencies are working toward their goals:
The Arc Nature Coast Bay Area Legal Services Children's Athletic Network & Dance Opportunities, Inc. Community Aging and Retirement Services, inc. Florida Museum for Photographic Arts The Florida Orchestra The Junior League of Tampa, Inc.	Metropolitan Ministries Museum of Fine Arts Sertoma Speech & Hearing Foundation of Florida, inc. St. Petersburg Free Clinic, Inc. Tampa Union Station WestCare - Florida Youth and Family Alternatives, Inc.
Our community is indebted to the following donors who have made this challenge grant possible:
$1,000,000+ Nancy and Ray Murray $100,000 to $1,000,000 Anonymous Debbie and George Baxter Sharon and Bob Blanchard Josephine and Ramon Campo Betty and Phillip Casey Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Community Fund Rosaleen J. and Daniel M. Doyle, Sr. Anne and Joe Garcia Laura and Jack Golly Marie and David Hyman Amy and Jim Shimberg Family Mary and Bob Sierra Time Warner Communications Jane and Jerry Williams	Up to $99,999 Anonymous Thomas D. Arthur Banyan Foundation Suzette and Monroe Berkman Borrell Foundation Hazel Bryson and Harold Corrigan Daniel B. Curtis Family Mary and Dick Duveneck David A. and Mary Irene Falk Memorial Fund Celia and Jim Ferman David Fischer Victory Foundation/Franzblau Family Bernie and Chuck Hall Hazel and William Hough Virginia and William Klein Evelyn Lunsford Aldyth and Gene Marshall Alfred May Eileen and Bill Meurer Carol and Frank Morsani Poe Financial Group Mary Anne Reilly Roger Robson Romano Family Holly and Gregory Rosica Doris and James Siglin Ruth and Martin Silbiger Janet and Durward Siville Maxine and Martin Solomon Barbara and William Starkey Arthur L. Stuckey Family Patsy and Tom Taylor Gail and Paul Whiting Alexander Volk

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