The St. Pete Catalyst: Foundation awards $2.2 million to bay area nonprofits

Community Foundation Tampa Bay has awarded more than $2.2 million to 84 nonprofit projects within the Greater Tampa Bay area.

The grantmaking organization’s competitive grants support projects in five key focus areas. They include economic opportunity, environmental resiliency and sustainability, physical and mental health and wellbeing, quality youth education and vibrant and engaged communities.  

“The five areas of focus are based off community conversations,” said Brandi Sanchez, Senior Director, Community Investment at Community Foundation Tampa Bay.

“We have councils made up of leaders and volunteers (in each county), who really inform us on what’s going on in the community.”

Every year, nonprofits are chosen through a selective application process. Community Foundation Tampa Bay’s service area includes Pinellas, Hillsborough, Hernando, Pasco and Citrus counties.

This year, 363 applications were submitted and reviewed. Twenty percent of the organizations were first time applicants, Sanchez added.

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