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Quality Child and youth Education

Environmental Resiliency and Sustainability

Community Foundation Tampa Bay awards $1.7M in grants to local nonprofits

The Community Foundation Tampa Bay has selected 58 projects from local nonprofits to receive a total of $1,706,006 through its competitive grant process including $1,313,182 for the FY23 competitive grant process and 9 organizations being awarded multi-year opportunities totaling $392,824 in additional investments.

Community Initiatives

Marlene Spalten Selected as Chair of FCAN’S Board of Advisors

Florida College Access Network’s Board of Advisors recently selected Marlene Spalten, President and CEO of Community Foundation Tampa Bay, as its new Chair.

Philanthropic partnership meets Sun City Center residents’ needs

The face of food insecurity wears many masks. It may be your neighbor across the street, the little kid in the crosswalk that waves to you each morning on your commute, or the elderly lady so readily eager to give you smile as you pass her walking her dog.

Donor Advised Funds

Foundations

Proposed legislation: Is better deductibility back on the table?

Charitable deduction legislation ebbs and flows. Proposed reform efforts come and go, resulting in the occasional change to the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code governing charitable giving.

Quality Child and youth Education

Hillsborough

Pinellas

Virtual Enterprises International brings real-world business education to local students

Virtual Enterprises International has created a digital, international economy of 7,000+ student-run businesses in 40+ countries.

Pinellas

Quarterly Art Wall Exhibition Features Artist Ashley Rivers

Ashley Rivers is a Contemporary Interdisciplinary Artist living in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Grants

Corporate Philanthropy

Community Initiatives

Smith & Associates Real Estate Foundation Accepting Applications for Grants

The Smith & Associates Real Estate Foundation is now accepting applications from qualified non-profits to receive their 2023 grant awards.

Tampa Bay Partnership and the USF Muma College of Business unveil key economic findings at ‘State of the Region’ annual event

he Tampa Bay Partnership and University of South Florida Muma College of Business announced the release of two key economic competitiveness reports that benchmark the regions’ advancements against 19 comparable communities.

Community Foundation Tampa Bay Welcomes Spring Community Fellows

Rebecca Bloomquist, Haley Brown and Logan Mahan. They join us as part of The Alliance for Advocacy and Philanthropy, a collaborative partnership with Stetson University College of Law.

Donor Advised Funds

Complex Giving

Valuable conversations: Why it’s smart to talk with your clients about charitable giving

January is a good time to start helping your clients plan for their annual giving.

Endowments

Legacy Giving

It just keeps getting better: Why charitable gift annuities are having a moment

Charitable gift annuities (CGAs) are becoming more attractive to philanthropists, making this planned giving vehicle a good fit for your clients who like the idea of an up-front tax deduction, a steady lifetime income stream, and a remainder gift to charity.

Legacy Giving

Celebrating the new Legacy IRA and a boost for QCDs

Congress passed the much-anticipated, $1.65 trillion-dollar omnibus spending bill known as the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (“CAA”)

Environmental Resiliency and Sustainability

ABC Action News with Robert Boyd: Clearwater Mother and Son Deliver Food to Communities in Need

Every day perfectly good, healthy food is thrown away across the United States.

Corporate Philanthropy

Foundations

Inspired Corporate Giving with the SME Foundation

SME Foundation was established at the Community Foundation Tampa Bay in 2018.

Impact Story – 360 Eats and Addressing Food Insecurity

The Community Foundation Tampa Bay often makes early investments in nonprofits that are taking a creative or nontraditional approach to addressing a community need.

Nonprofits

Endowments

Annual Community Impact Report Released

Community Initiatives

LEAP Tampa Bay Launches New Website Geared Toward Helping Students Reach Their Goal of Education and Training Beyond High School

LEAP Tampa Bay College Access Network (LEAP), a network of more than 70 community partners committed to changing lives by connecting residents to education and training beyond high school, has launched a newly improved website at www.leaptampabay.org.

Complex Giving

Critical Needs List

Be strategic with your charitable donations

In the U.S., the majority of all giving happens in the fourth quarter. There are thousands of worthy nonprofit organizations in our community, and near the end of the year, the requests for support begin to pour into our inboxes and mailboxes.

Five of 2022’s most-asked questions about Qualified Charitable Distributions

Qualified Charitable Distributions, or “QCDs,” are becoming a very popular financial and charitable planning tool.

What’s Right with Tampa Bay – Fox 13 Tampa Bay – 11/28/22

A mother and son are serving up a fresh idea. They are bringing meals into needy communities by using food that would have gone to waste.

Nonprofits

Hernando

Bay News 9 – 11/28/22 – Hernando schools host mock ‘Shark Tank’ competition

Hernando County Schools hosted its own version of the popular show “Shark Tank” where middle school students created their own businesses & gave their “elevator pitch” to local entrepreneurs.

Strong year-end giving in a bear market: Donor-advised funds come in handy

Giving appreciated stock to charitable organizations is certainly a highly-effective tax strategy.

Complex Giving

Adopt a “donor beware” attitude when making some charitable gifts

Market declines and inflation have made 2022 a more challenging year for some clients to fulfill their traditional giving objectives or early-year gifting intentions.