Grant Recipient Directory
Your generosity is changing lives and improving life in Pinellas County through grants and distributions made to a wide array of nonprofit entities. The diversity of community causes speaks to the deep and varied charitable visions shared by 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
For graduate of Pinellas County High Schools
Awarded by University of Florida College of Medicine
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 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
OMF International (U.S.)
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Tampa Korean United Methodist Church
Family Services
2-1-1 Tampa Bay Cares, Inc.
ALPHA House of Pinellas County, Inc.
Benedict Haven (Catholic Charities St. Petersburg)
Boley Centers, Inc.
CASA (Community Action Stops Abuse)
Citizens Alliance for Progress, Inc.
Community Law Program
Community Service Foundation
Community Tampa Bay
Crisis Center of Tampa Bay
Daystar Life Center, Inc.
Disability Achievement Center
Family Resources
Gulf Coast Jewish Family & Community Services
Gulf Coast Legal Services
Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas County
Happy Workers Learning Center
Heart Gallery of Pinellas and Pasco
Hispanic Outreach Center
HEP – Homeless Emergency Project
House of Mercy and Encouragement
Kimberly Home Pregnancy Resource Center
Lighthouse of Pinellas, Inc.
Meals on Wheels of Tampa
Operation PAR, Inc.
PARC
Pinellas County Urban League
RCS – Religious Community Services, Inc.
Ready for Life
Sailability Greater Tampa Bay
Salvation Army – Clearwater Corps
Shepherd’s Village, Inc.
The Arc Tampa Bay
United Methodist Cooperative Ministries / Suncoast
YMCA of Greater St. Petersburg
YMCA of the Suncoast
YWCA of Tampa Bay, Inc.
Health Services
AIDS Service Association of Pinellas (ASAP)
American Cancer Association
American Heart Association
Arthritis Foundation
Clearwater Free Clinic, Inc.
Hospice of the Florida Suncoast
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Foundation
Juvenile Diabetic Research Foundation Tampa Bay Chapter
Morton Plant Hospital
Morton Plant Mease Foundation
Shriners Hospitals for Children
Sloan Kettering Research Institute
St. Anthony’s Hospital
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
St. Petersburg Free Clinic
Suncoast PACE Empath Health
Tampa Bay Research Institute
USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute
Public Communications
WEDU PBS
WUSF Public Radio and Television
Youth Programs
AMIkids Pinellas, Inc.
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Tampa Bay, Inc.
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Suncoast
Brookwood Florida – Central, Inc.
Christian Outreach Center
Clothes to Kids, 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)
Police Athletic League of St. Petersburg, Inc.
R’Club Child Care, Inc.
Suncoast Voices for Children
The Children’s Home