One Day, One Community, One Mission

This year marked another tremendous day for The Jewish Federation of Sarasota—Manatee. From April 26 to 27,  we took part in a 24 hour community philanthropy event—The Giving Challenge 2022. Presented by The Community Foundation of Sarasota County, The Federation raised almost $46,000 f…

Giving Together for our Safe and Secure Future

Each of us yearns to be involved with someone, something, outside of ourselves. Philanthropy provides that linchpin to our humanity. We recently announced an exciting matching challenge for security. Inspired by both our Safe SRQ Guardians initiative and the Live Secure Match, a local family…

Feminism, Finance, and the Power of Women's Philanthropy

When high profile women like Mackenzie Bezos and Melinda Gates make news for their charitable giving, they bring the issue of women and philanthropy into the mainstream. In the Jewish Federation world, though, women philanthropists have been making history for at least 50 years.

Women have …