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Corporate Philanthropy

Foundations

Physical Health and Mental Wellbeing

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.

Endowments

Economic Opportunity

Quality Childhood and Youth Education

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.

Physical Health and Mental Wellbeing

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.

Giving Stories

Quality Childhood and Youth Education

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.

Hanging in there: Charitable giving in a challenging economy

Earlier this year, Bankrate and Psych Central released the Money and Mental Health study and, not surprisingly, a large number of people surveyed in the research reported that money has a negative impact on their mental health.

Counseling your clients about nonprofits: The good, the bad, and the big leaps

The nonprofit sector accounts for more than 12 million jobs in the United States, and job growth in the nonprofit sector in recent years has outpaced job growth in the private sector.

Donor Advised Funds

Disaster philanthropy: Your clients and the important role of individual philanthropy

If you or your clients would like to know more ways to help those impacted by Hurricane Ian, please contact either Sheila Kinman, CAP® or Denyve Boyle, CFRE.

Critical Needs List

Team Honored at Planning & Design Awards

The team was honored to receive an Award of Excellence for our work creating the Nonprofit Needs List during the pandemic at the Hillsborough County Planning Commission’s 40th Annual Planning & Design Awards program on October 27, 2022.

Community Foundation Tampa Bay adds four to its Board of Trustees

The Community Foundation Tampa Bay has elected four new members to its Board of Trustees: Tom Kennedy, Christopher Lykes, Andres Prida, and Kay Annis Wilson.

Quality Childhood and Youth Education

Scholarships

Hillsborough

What’s Right with Tampa Bay – Fox 13 Tampa Bay – 10/17/22

Wonderful to be featured on this Fox 13 Tampa Bay news segment along with our friends at Academy Prep Center of Tampa.

Giving Stories

Social Venture Partners Tampa Bay Fast Pitch Back in Action

Social Venture Partners Tampa Bay (SVPTB) is part of a global collective of successful professionals who leverage their time, expertise, and resources to develop strong nonprofits in their communities. SVPTB Partners invest their time and talent in innovative nonprofits while actively nurturing their investments with personal guidance and resources.

Pinellas

Environmental Resiliency and Sustainability

Quarterly Art Wall Exhibition Features Creative Clay Artist, Yalanda Speights

This quarter we are featuring Creative Clay artist, Yalanda Speights, on our local art wall.

Community Foundation Tampa Bay awards ten grants to encourage Economic Mobility opportunities

The Community Foundation Tampa Bay awarded $184,600 to ten local nonprofit projects designed to encourage education beyond high school, foster career-readiness training, and provide opportunities for apprenticeships and on-the-job training.

Community Foundation Tampa Bay launches Hurricane Ian relief efforts

The Community Foundation Tampa Bay has expanded funding opportunities for nonprofits that have been affected by Hurricane Ian.

Critical Needs List

Citrus

Hillsborough

Help in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian

Now that the devastating storm has passed, our communities and our neighbors to the south face the long task of recovery.

Join Us for Competitive Grant Information Sessions

Please join the Community Foundation Tampa Bay and members of our Regional Councils as we share the details of our annual competitive grants process and ways in which we work with your organizations.

Expanded Eligibility Criteria for the Critical Needs List

You may now be eligible for funding through the Critical Needs List.

Endowments