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

Clearwater Marine Aquarium

Friends of Strays

Humane Society of Tampa Bay

Lowry Park Zoo

Pinellas Animal Foundation for the Pet Professor Program

Southeastern Guide Dogs

SPCA of Pinellas County

The Florida Aquarium

Arts, Culture & History

American Stage

Creative Clay

Dunedin Fine Art Center

EMIT

Great Explorations

Leepa Rattner Museum of Art

Morean Art Center

Museum of Fine Arts

Palm Harbor Historical Society

Ruth Eckerd Hall, Inc.

Schenectady County Historical Society

St. Petersburg Arts Alliance

Straz Center for the Performing Arts

Suncoast Performing Arts Foundation

Tampa Bay Symphony

The Florida Orchestra, Inc.

Education

Academy Prep Center of Tampa

Albany Academy

Blossom Montessori School for the Deaf, Inc.

Bridging the Achievement Gap

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

North Bay Christian Academy

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