The Latest News and Updates

Art Exhibit Features Allen Leepa

Each quarter, we feature a local artist in our St. Petersburg office.

Thrive By Five

Diana Santangelo, Ph.D. joins Community Foundation Tampa Bay as Director, Thrive by Five

The Community Foundation Tampa Bay is pleased to welcome Dr. Diana Santangelo as the new Director, Thrive by Five, a cross-sector network focused on supporting families with young children.

Community Foundation Tampa Bay awards funding to 13 local nonprofits during Mental Health Awareness Month

The Community Foundation Tampa Bay has provided more than $320K in funding to 13 local nonprofits to increase mental well-being among residents.

Grants

Corporate Philanthropy

Smith & Associates Real Estate Foundation Announces 2023 Grant Awards for Local Non-Profits

Smith & Associates Real Estate Foundation is pleased to announce that it has awarded over $143,000 in grant funding to 18 non-profit organizations in the Tampa Bay area.

Retirement plans to charity: Understanding the “trifecta” of tax benefits

Over the last few months, many advisors have noticed an uptick in client inquiries about leaving their IRAs and other retirement plans to charity at death.

Legacy Giving

Food for Thought: Tax-Related and Planning Ideas for Your Charitably Inclined Clients

A major portion of the $80 billion scheduled to be invested in Internal Revenue Service upgrades is earmarked to “increase tax compliance among wealthy taxpayers and businesses,” according to the IRS’s plan.

Grants

Nonprofits

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.

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

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

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

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.