Crawford joins Southwest Florida Community Foundation board
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Aug. 16, 2017) – The Southwest Florida Community Foundation announces Mary Beth Crawford has joined its board of trustees. Crawford is a principal in Cummings & Lockwood’s Private Clients Group and is based in the Bonita Springs office. Her law practice focuses on estate planning, tax planning, and probate and trust administration.
Southwest Florida Community Foundation announces executive committee
FORT MYERS, Fla. (July 20, 2017) – The Southwest Florida Community Foundation announces its new executive committee. Dr. Larry Hobbs will serve as the Foundation’s new chairman of the board of trustees; Craig R. Folk will serve as vice chair and governance committee chair; Howard Leland will serve as treasurer/finance committee chair, and Guy E. Whitesman […]
LGBT Community Fund’s annual call for letters of idea
Fund will grant $15,000 to an idea that promotes equality FORT MYERS, Fla. (July 10, 2017) – A fund of the Southwest Florida Community Foundation, the LGBT Community Fund of Southwest Florida is placing its annual call for letters of idea (LOI) to grant $15,000 to an idea that promotes equality for LGBT community members […]
FutureMakers Coalition releases first baseline report
Goal to transform Southwest Florida’s workforce by 2025 FORT MYERS, Fla. (June 20, 2017) –The FutureMakers Coalition has reached a major milestone by releasing its first baseline report. The full report can be accessed by visiting http://www.futuremakerscoalition.com/reports/. The goal of FutureMakers is to transform Southwest Florida’s workforce by increasing the number of college degrees, certificates or other […]
Southwest Florida Community Foundation awards $800,000 in scholarships
150 scholarships awarded through 88 scholarships funds for high school seniors and undergraduate and graduate students FORT MYERS, Fla. (June 5, 2017) –The Southwest Florida Community Foundation recently granted a record $800,000 and 150 scholarships through a competitive process to local high school students and undergraduate and graduate students from Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry and Lee counties. […]
Community Foundation’s Women’s Legacy Fund announces annual call for grant applications
Grant cycle closes June 29, 2017 FORT MYERS, Fla. (June 2, 2017) – The Women’s Legacy Fund (WLF) of the Southwest Florida Community Foundation is placing its annual call for grant applications. This year, the WLF will be awarding more than $27,000 to an organization for a project or program that provides opportunities for science technology, […]
Local high school students participate in annual Regional Student Summit
FORT MYERS, Fla. (May 23, 2017) – Local high school students gathered at Hodges University to participate in the FutureMakers Coalition’s second annual Regional Student Summit earlier this month. The summit engaged and involved students in the progression of Southwest Florida’s regional initiative to develop a more skilled workforce. The annual event was geared toward listening […]
The survey says: Companies need employees with business skills
FORT MYERS, Fla. (May 23, 2017) – Companies throughout Southwest Florida are looking for new employees with business, accounting and Internet technology skills – and nearly 79 percent are willing to pay more for qualified candidates. Despite reports of gaping workforce shortages in the health care industry, a FutureMakers Coalition survey of businesses and nonprofit […]
$133,000 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 one year ago in a car accident FORT MYERS, Fla. (May 17, 2017) – Four local nonprofits, a church mission trip and a high school senior were the first recipients of funds from the Jordan Ashley Gutheim Foundation Fund and the Jordan […]
The Land of Opportunity Fund established at Southwest Florida Community Foundation
Two pilot programs launched FORT MYERS, Fla. (May 4, 2017) –The Land of Opportunity Fund, an endowed field of interest fund of the Southwest Florida Community Foundation, has been established by an anonymous donor who will match donations of $50,000 or more with an additional $50,000. Through its grant making, the Land of Opportunity Fund aims […]