Grant Recipient Directory
Your generosity is changing lives and improving life in Pinellas County through grants and distributions made to a wide array of non-profit entities. The diversity of community causes speaks to the deep and varied charitable visions shared by you and your fellow donors.
The following list reflects grants awarded through Pinellas Community Foundation from January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016. The following list is a combination of:
- grants awarded through discretionary grant programs
- field of interest grants
- distributions from both designated and agency endowment funds
- distributions from Donor Advised Funds
Animals & Environment
Pinellas Animal Foundation for the Pet Professor Program
Arts, Culture & History
Palm Harbor Historical Society
Schenectady County Historical Society
Straz Center for the Performing Arts
Suncoast Performing Arts Foundation
Education
Blossom Montessori School for the Deaf, Inc.
College Fund of Pinellas County, Inc.
Crossnore School & Children’s Home, Crossnore, NC
Junior Achievement of West Central Florida
Lees-McRae College, Banner Elk, NC
Literacy Council of St. Petersburg
Literacy Council of Upper Pinellas
PACE Center for Girls Pinellas
Pinellas County Education Foundation
The Preschool Experience DBA Community Preschool
Scholarships
Warren J. Bowman Memorial Scholarship
Awarded by USF Health, Stetson University, and St. Petersburg College
Joy Ann Harris Scholarships
Awarded by St. Petersburg College
Logan Kushner Scholarships
Awarded by Stetson University
Costas G. Lemonopoulos Scholarships
For children of letter carriers attending public college and universities in Florida
Robert Merrill Scholarship
Awarded by University of Vermont
Dennison Rusinow Memorial Scholarship
For graduates of St. Petersburg High School whose families are from the countries encompassed by the former country of Yugoslavia
Kiernan Schoonmaker Memoria Scholarship
First Generation Matching Grant Program from St. Petersburg College
Aneta I. Thomas Scholarship
Awarded by Trine University
Faith Mission
Crystal Beach Community Church
First United Methodist Church
Florida United Methodist Church
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Tampa Korean United Methodist Church
Family Services
ALPHA House of Pinellas County, Inc.
Benedict Haven (Catholic Charities St. Petersburg)
CASA (Community Action Stops Abuse)
Citizens Alliance for Progress, Inc.
Gulf Coast Jewish Family & Community Services
Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas and West Pasco Counties
Happy Workers Learning Center
Heart Gallery of Pinellas and Pasco
HEP – Homeless Emergency Project
House of Mercy and Encouragement
Kimberly Home Pregnancy Resource Center
RCS – Religious Community Services, Inc.
Salvation Army – Clearwater Corps
United Methodist Cooperative Ministries / Suncoast
YMCA of Greater St. Petersburg
Health Services
AIDS Service Association of Pinellas (ASAP)
American Cancer Association
Hospice of the Florida Suncoast
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Foundation
Juvenile Diabetic Research Foundation – Tampa Bay Chapter
Shriners Hospitals for Children
Sloan Kettering Research Institute
St. Anthony’s Hospital
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Suncoast PACE Empath Health
USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute
Public Communications
WUSF Public Radio and Television
Youth Programs
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Tampa Bay, Inc.
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Suncoast
Brookwood Florida – Central, Inc.
Crystal Beach Youth Center
Eckerd Youth Alternatives “Raising Hope”
Father Flanagan’s Boys Home
Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches
Girls Incorporated of Pinellas
Pinellas Sheriff’s Police Athletic League (PAL)