Grant Applicant Current Cycle & Historical Data

Prior Grant Requests

Organization Name Grant Year Cycle Request Amount Grant Awarded Awarded Amount Matching Funds
All Faiths Food Bank, Inc. 2025

2025-1

$5,000.00 Yes $3,000.00
All Faiths Food Bank, Inc. 2026

2026-1

$5,000.00 Yes $5,000.00
ALT Foundation 2025

2025-2

$4,500.00 Yes $1,000.00
Azara Ballet Inc
Azara Ballet Inc 2026

2026-1

$2,500.00 $0.00 $0.00
Barbara A Harvey Elementary School
Beyond the Spectrum, Inc. 2022

2022-1

Yes $100.00
Beyond the Spectrum, Inc. 2024

2024-1

$3,000.00 Yes $1,500.00
Beyond the Spectrum, Inc. 2025

2025-2

$3,000.00 Yes $500.00
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast 2025

2025-1

$5,000.00 No
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast 2026

2026-1

$5,000.00 Yes $3,000.00
Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County 2019

2019-1

Yes $1,700.00
Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County 2025

2025-2

$1,300.00 Yes $750.00
Care Net Manasota Crisis Pregnancy Center Inc 2025

2025-2

$5,000.00 No
Care Net Manasota Crisis Pregnancy Center Inc 2026

2026-1

$5,000.00
Chemical Coaters Association International Finishing Education Foundation 2025

2025-2

$2,500.00 Yes $500.00
Children’s Guardian Fund 2025

2025-1

$3,000.00 No
Children’s Guardian Fund 2026

2026-1

$3,000.00 Yes $1,800.00
Children’s Home Society of Florida (Manatee Elementary Uniform Closet) 2023

2023-1

$2,000.00 Yes $2,000.00
Community Coalition on Homelessness dba Turning Points 2025

2025-1

$3,000.00 Yes $1,800.00
Community Haven for Adults and Children with Disabilities, Inc. dba The Haven 2025

2025-2

$3,000.00 Yes $500.00
CreArte Latino Cultural Center 2024

2024-1

$5,000.00 Yes $1,000.00
CreArte Latino Cultural Center 2025

2025-1

$5,000.00 Yes $3,000.00
CreArte Latino Cultural Center 2026

2026-1

$5,000.00
DD’s Miracle Minis: Miniature Horse Therapy 2023

2023-1

$2,500.00 Yes $2,000.00
DD’s Miracle Minis: Miniature Horse Therapy 2024

2024-1

$3,000.00 Yes $2,000.00
DD’s Miracle Minis: Miniature Horse Therapy 2026

2026-1

$2,000.00 Yes $1,200.00
Dualang Ministries 4 2025

2025-1

$4,000.00 Yes $2,000.00
Early Learning Coalition of Manatee County 2024

2024-1

$2,000.00 Yes $2,000.00
Early Learning Coalition of Manatee County 2025

2025-1

$5,000.00 No
Early Learning Coalition of Manatee County 2025

2025-2

$2,000.00 Yes $750.00
Easterseals Southwest Florida 2025

2025-1

$5,000.00 No
Embracing Our Differences, Inc. 2025

2025-1

$1,000.00 Yes $600.00 $1,000.00
Embracing Our Differences, Inc. 2026

2026-1

$2,000.00 Yes $1,000.00
Empath Tidewell Hospice (Blue Butterfly) 2022

2022-1

$2,000.00 Yes $2,000.00 $500.00
Empath Tidewell Hospice (Blue Butterfly) 2023

2023-1

$3,000.00 Yes $3,000.00
Empath Tidewell Hospice (Blue Butterfly) 2025

2025-1

Yes $3,000.00
Empath Tidewell Hospice (Blue Butterfly) 2026

2026-1

$5,000.00 Yes $2,500.00
Equal SRQ
Everyday Blessings Inc. 2025

2025-1

$5,000.00 Yes $3,000.00
Feeding America Tampa Bay, Inc. 2025

2025-2

$10,000.00 Yes $500.00
Feeding Empty Little Tummie 2021

2021-1

Yes $2,000.00 $500.00
Feeding Empty Little Tummie 2022

2022-1

$2,000.00 Yes $2,100.00 $600.00
FLIGHT TO THE NORTH POLE 2025

2025-2

$10,000.00 Yes $500.00
Food Bank of Manatee 2022

2022-1

Yes $17,350.00
Forty Carrots Family Center 2025

2025-1

$5,000.00 Yes $2,500.00
Forty Carrots Family Center 2026

2026-1

$5,000.00 Yes $3,000.00
Foster the Family 2023

2023-1

$5,000.00 Yes $1,500.00
Foster the Family 2025

2025-1

$5,000.00 Yes $3,000.00
Foster the Family 2026

2026-1

$7,500.00 Yes $4,500.00
Foundation for Dreams 2023

2023-1

$1,000.00 Yes $1,000.00
Girls Inc. of Sarasota County 2025

2025-2

$5,000.00 Yes $500.00
GrantsByLinda
Habitat for Humanity Sarasota, Inc. 2023

2023-1

$1,428.00 Yes $1,400.00
Habitat for Humanity Sarasota, Inc. 2024

2024-1

$2,000.00 Yes $2,000.00
Habitat for Humanity Sarasota, Inc. 2026

2026-1

$1,968.00
Hand Up To Victory 2025

2025-2

$2,000.00 Yes $1,000.00
Harvest Tabernacle of Sarasota Inc. (DBA Harvest House) 2025

2025-2

Yes $500.00
Harvest Tabernacle of Sarasota Inc. (DBA Harvest House) 2026

2026-1

$5,000.00 Yes $2,500.00
Healthy Teens, Inc. 2023

2023-1

$2,500.00 Yes $1,100.00
HOPE Family Services Inc. 2019

2019-1

Yes $1,700.00
HOPE Family Services Inc. 2022

2022-1

$3,000.00 Yes $2,100.00 $600.00
HOPE Family Services Inc. 2023

2023-1

$2,500.00 Yes $2,500.00
HOPE Family Services Inc. 2024

2024-1

$3,000.00 Yes $3,000.00
HOPE Family Services Inc. 2025

2025-1

$5,000.00 Yes $2,400.00 $500.00
HOPE Family Services Inc. 2026

2026-1

$3,000.00 Yes $2,100.00 $0.00
Hope Seeds Inc.
Isaiah 117 House Sarasota/Manatee FL
JoshProvides Epilepsy Assistance Foundation 2022

2022-1

Yes $100.00 $100.00
JoshProvides Epilepsy Assistance Foundation 2026

2026-1

$2,500.00 Yes $1,250.00
Key Chorale, Inc. 2025

2025-1

$15,000.00
Key Chorale, Inc. 2026

2026-1

$3,000.00
Kim’s Krew Inc
Kim’s Krew Inc 2026

2026-1

$3,500.00 Yes $1,750.00 $0.00
Lighthouse Vision Loss Center 2025

2025-1

$5,000.00 Yes $2,500.00
Lighthouse Vision Loss Center 2026

2026-1

$3,000.00
Manatee Children’s Services 2022

2022-1

Yes $100.00 $100.00
Manatee Children’s Services 2023

2023-1

$5,000.00 Yes $1,500.00
Manatee Children’s Services 2025

2025-2

$5,000.00 Yes $500.00
Manatee Co. Habitat for Humanity 2022

2022-1

Yes $100.00 $100.00
Manatee Community Foundation Disaster Relief Fund 2022

2022-1

$3,500.00 $3,500.00
Manatee Community Foundation Disaster Relief Fund 2024

2024-1

$10,000.00
Manatee Legal Aid 2022

2022-1

Yes $100.00 $100.00
Meals on Wheels of Sarasota Inc. 2025

2025-1

$2,500.00 Yes $1,500.00
Meals on Wheels of Sarasota Inc. 2026

2026-1

$3,000.00 Yes $1,500.00
Meals on Wheels PLUS of Manatee, Inc. 2025

2025-2

$3,000.00 Yes $3,000.00
Meals on Wheels PLUS of Manatee, Inc. 2026

2026-1

$5,000.00 Yes $4,000.00
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium 2024

2024-1

$3,000.00 Yes $1,000.00
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium 2025

2025-1

$7,000.00
Mothers Helping Mothers 2022

2022-1

$3,000.00 Yes $2,100.00 $600.00
Mothers Helping Mothers 2023

2023-1

$5,000.00 Yes $3,000.00
Mothers Helping Mothers 2025

2025-2

$5,000.00 Yes $3,000.00
Exchange Club Family Partnership Center of Manatee County, Inc. d/b/a Parenting Matters 2025

2025-1

$5,000.00 Yes $2,500.00
Exchange Club Family Partnership Center of Manatee County, Inc. d/b/a Parenting Matters 2026

2026-1

$5,000.00 Yes $2,500.00
Pines of Sarasota Foundation 2024

2024-1

$2,500.00 Yes $2,500.00
Pines of Sarasota Foundation 2025

2025-1

$5,000.00 Yes $2,500.00
Pines of Sarasota Foundation 2026

2026-1

$5,550.00 Yes $3,300.00
Providence Community Outreach Ministries 2025

2025-1

$5,000.00 No
Realize Bradenton 2025

2025-1

$2,000.00 Yes $800.00
Reservoir, Inc. 2026

2026-1

$3,000.00
Rise Above Performing Arts Inc 2025

2025-2

$5,000.00 Yes $500.00
Safe Children Coalition 2023

2023-1

$5,000.00 Yes $3,500.00
Safe Children Coalition 2024

2024-1

$3,000.00 Yes $3,000.00
Safe Children Coalition 2025

2025-2

$5,000.00 Yes $3,000.00
Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center (SPARCC) 2021

2021-1

Yes $1,500.00 $500.00
Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center (SPARCC) 2022

2022-1

$2,000.00 Yes $2,100.00 $600.00
Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center (SPARCC) 2026

2026-1

$2,000.00 Yes $1,600.00
Samaritan Counseling Services of the Gulf Coast 2025

2025-1

$2,500.00 Yes $1,250.00
Samaritan Counseling Services of the Gulf Coast 2026

2026-1

$2,000.00 Yes $1,000.00
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation 2025

2025-2

$5,000.00 Yes $500.00
Sarasota Performing Arts Foundation 2025

2025-1

$3,000.00 Yes $1,200.00
School Attendance Support, Inc. 2022

2022-1

$2,000.00 Yes $2,000.00
School Attendance Support, Inc. 2023

2023-1

$3,000.00 Yes $2,000.00
School Attendance Support, Inc. 2024

2024-1

$3,000.00 Yes $2,000.00
School Attendance Support, Inc. 2025

2025-1

$3,000.00 Yes $1,500.00 $1,500.00
School Attendance Support, Inc. 2026

2026-1

$2,000.00 Yes $2,100.00
Second Chance Last Opportunity 2025

2025-2

$3,000.00 Yes $500.00
Second Chance Last Opportunity 2026

2026-1

$3,500.00 Yes $1,750.00
Second Heart Homes, inc. 2025

2025-1

$4,000.00
Second Heart Homes, inc. 2025

2025-2

Yes $750.00
Selah Freedom 2024

2024-1

$0.00 Yes $5,000.00
Selah Freedom 2026

2026-1

$2,000.00 Yes $1,000.00
Shuckin’ Good Cause 2025

2025-1

$3,000.00 Yes $1,500.00
SRQ Healing Project (we are in the process of moving the Kansas City Healing Project to FL) 2025

2025-1

$2,500.00 No
State College of Florida Foundation, Inc. 2025

2025-1

$5,980.00 Yes $2,950.00
State College of Florida Foundation, Inc. 2026

2026-1

$3,400.00
Stillpoint Mission 2021

2021-1

Yes $2,000.00 $500.00
Stillpoint Mission 2022

2022-1

Yes $100.00 $100.00
Stillpoint Mission 2023

2023-1

$2,500.00 Yes $2,500.00
Stillpoint Mission 2024

2024-1

$3,000.00 Yes $3,000.00
Stillpoint Mission 2025

2025-2

$3,000.00 Yes $1,000.00
Streets of Paradise 2022

2022-1

$3,000.00 Yes $2,000.00 $500.00
Suncoast Aging Network 2025

2025-1

$3,000.00 Yes $1,500.00
Téa Bayonne Choates Foundation, INC 2025

2025-2

$9,000.00 Yes $500.00
Take Stock in Children of Manatee County, Inc. 2019

2019-1

Yes $1,700.00
Take Stock in Children of Manatee County, Inc. 2021

2021-1

Yes $2,500.00 $500.00
Take Stock in Children of Manatee County, Inc. 2022

2022-1

Yes $100.00 $100.00
Take Stock in Children of Manatee County, Inc. 2025

2025-1

$3,700.00
Take Stock in Children of Manatee County, Inc. 2025

2025-2

$3,700.00 Yes $3,000.00
Take Stock in Children of Manatee County, Inc. 2026

2026-1

$4,250.00 Yes $2,975.00
Teen Court of Sarasota Inc. 2023

2023-1

$5,000.00 Yes $3,000.00
Teen Court of Sarasota Inc. 2024

2024-1

$4,000.00 Yes $4,000.00
Teen Court of Sarasota Inc. 2025

2025-1

$4,000.00 Yes $2,400.00
Teen Court of Sarasota Inc. 2025

2025-2

$2,500.00 Yes $1,000.00
The Circus Arts Conservatory 2025

2025-1

$5,000.00 Yes $2,000.00
The Salvation Army Sarasota County
The Salvation Army Sarasota County 2026

2026-1

$1,350.00
The Twig Cares, Inc. 2021

2021-1

Yes $2,000.00 $500.00
The Twig Cares, Inc. 2022

2022-1

$2,000.00 Yes $2,100.00 $600.00
The Twig Cares, Inc. 2023

2023-1

$2,500.00 Yes $2,000.00
The Twig Cares, Inc. 2024

2024-1

$2,500.00 Yes $1,000.00
The Twig Cares, Inc. 2025

2025-1

$3,000.00
The Twig Cares, Inc. 2026

2026-1

$2,500.00 Yes $1,500.00
Tidewell Foundation 2025

2025-1

$5,000.00 No
Two Steps Further 2019

2019-1

Yes $1,700.00
UnidosNow 2025

2025-1

$3,200.00 Yes $1,600.00
UnidosNow 2026

2026-1

$3,000.00
We Care Manatee 2021

2021-1

Yes $1,500.00 $500.00
We Care Manatee 2022

2022-1

$2,000.00 Yes $1,100.00 $600.00
Women’s Resource Center of Manatee, dba Women’s Resource Center 2025

2025-1

$5,000.00 Yes $3,000.00
Women’s Resource Center of Manatee, dba Women’s Resource Center 2026

2026-1

$5,000.00 Yes $3,000.00
Young Life Capernaum 2025

2025-2

$2,000.00 No
Hopeful Handbags 2026

2026-1

$10,000.00
New Jerusalem Haitian Baptist Church 2026

2026-1

$10,000.00
Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida, Inc. 2026

2026-1

$3,000.00 Yes $1,500.00
Children First, Inc. 2026

2026-1

$5,000.00
Angel Flight Southeast 2026

2026-1

$5,000.00
Sarasota Youth Sailing 2026

2026-1

$2,400.00
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties 2026

2026-1

$2,500.00
Suncoast Therapeutic Equine Partners (STEP) 2026

2026-1

$4,800.00
United Community Centers 2026

2026-1

$2,340.00
Manatee River Youth Sailing Inc 2026

2026-1

$5,000.00
Learn My History Foundation Corporation 2026

2026-1

$5,000.00
Ability to Include, Inc 2026

2026-1

$4,000.00 Yes $2,400.00
Education Foundation of Sarasota County 2026

2026-1

$3,000.00 Yes $1,800.00
Freedom House Manasota 2026

2026-1

$2,000.00 Yes $1,200.00
Truly Valued Inc 2026

2026-1

$2,000.00
Harbor58 2026

2026-1

$1,000.00

Organization Name:

Organization Website: https://mhmsarasota.org/

Year Established: Mothers Helping Mothers has been serving families since 1990. The organization was incorporated in 1993 and recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) public charity in 1998.

Mission Statement:

Mothers Helping Mothers empowers families through essential support, resource connections, and compassionate guidance so that no family has to navigate hardship alone.

Contact Name: Cheri DeVries

Years in Position: 16

Contact Email: mhm@mhmsarasota.org

Contact Phone: 714-349-6552

Address:
5933 N. Washington Boulevard
Sarasota, Florida 34243

Have you previously received a grant? Yes

If yes, please indicate the year(s): Mothers Helping Mothers previously received support in 2022, 2023 and 2025.

How did you hear about our organization?

MHM learned about The Lake Club Women’s Charitable Foundation through its longstanding community presence and has since built a meaningful relationship through prior grant awards, community events, facility tours, and volunteer engagement.

What do you believe we can provide your organization?

TLC Women’s Charitable Foundation can help ensure local babies begin life with the essential items they need to sleep safely, travel safely, and be cared for during the critical first weeks and months. A $5,000 grant would help MHM provide car seats, safe-sleep equipment, diapers, wipes, newborn essentials, and other immediate supports through Welcome to the World while keeping these resources free to families experiencing financial hardship. The Foundation’s partnership also extends beyond supplies: it helps connect caregivers to MHM’s resource navigation, education, coaching, and compassionate guidance so families have a trusted place to turn as needs arise. MHM would welcome members for a facility tour, group volunteer project, or baby-supply drive.

What will the grant be used for?

Mothers Helping Mothers requests $5,000 for Welcome to the World, which supports expectant parents and families with newborns during pregnancy and a baby’s earliest months. The program provides essential infant items, safety-focused education, and connections to ongoing support so families can meet immediate needs without having to navigate hardship alone.
Grant funds will be restricted to direct Welcome to the World program supplies and allocated flexibly based on documented family needs and product availability. Eligible purchases may include convertible car seats at approximately $130 each, portable baby beds or comparable safe-sleep items at approximately $75 each, newborn kits at an average cost of approximately $25 each, diapers and wipes, formula and feeding supplies, breast pumps, baby clothing, hygiene items, and other essential infant safety and care supplies.
Because every family’s circumstances are different, MHM does not use a one-size-fits-all package. One family may urgently need a safe car seat, while another may need a safe place for their baby to sleep, a newborn kit, diapers, feeding supplies, or a combination of several items. This flexibility allows MHM to use the $5,000 where it will have the greatest immediate impact while ensuring all funded items are provided free of charge based on documented need and product availability.

Provide the grant amount you are seeking: $5,000.00

Do you provide services to Sarasota and/or Manatee County? Yes

What is the financial impact per individual/program this grant will provide?

Assistance ranges from approximately $25 for a newborn kit to $130 or more when higher-cost or multiple essential items are provided. The direct financial impact to each household will depend on the items received.

Please provide the estimated number of women, children and families impacted.

Welcome to the World served 536 new infant families in 2025. MHM conservatively projects serving approximately 550 newborns and their families in 2027. This $5,000 grant is expected to directly support approximately 40 to 85 newborns and their caregivers, depending on the combination of items each family needs.

Is there a matching grant? Yes

If yes, indicate donation source: Board Member, Louis & Gloria Flanzer Philanthropic Trust

May we tour your facility? Yes

What reciprocal benefit can you provide our organization:

Mothers Helping Mothers recognizes funding partners on its community partners webpage, in newsletters and social media, and through appropriate program or event communications. MHM also provides impact updates and will work with TLC Women’s Charitable Foundation to identify additional recognition opportunities that are meaningful to its members.

Proof of Non-Profit Status
https://tlcwcf.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/15/501c3-Update-2014-MHM-pdf.pdf

Organization’s Logo
https://tlcwcf.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/15/MHM-Logo-Purple-743089_png-Copy-150×150.png

Project/Program-specific budget:
https://tlcwcf.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/15/Welcome-to-the-World-Budget-Direct-Costs-Only.xlsx

Guide Star Profile/Rating (if applicable): 
https://tlcwcf.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/15/Mothers-Helping-Mothers-Inc-_-EIN-65-0416462-_-Candid-_-Candid.pdf

Anything else you would like to share with us?

Mothers Helping Mothers serves more than 3,000 families and approximately 6,500 children annually across Sarasota and Manatee counties. In 2025, MHM distributed 512 baby bags, 478 safe-sleep items, and 1,382 car seats, including 497 all-in-one seats. Community need remains significant: 34% of Sarasota County households and 42% of Manatee County households are classified as ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed), meaning they earn above the Federal Poverty Level but still struggle to afford basic necessities.

In 2025, 547 unique volunteers contributed more than 22,000 hours, helping MHM stretch every donated dollar and keep services accessible. MHM’s work is strengthened by collaborations and support from foundations, healthcare providers, early childhood organizations, and community partners throughout Sarasota and Manatee counties.

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