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: http://www.elc-manatee.org
Year Established: 1999
Mission Statement:
The mission of the Early Learning Coalition of Manatee County (ELC) is to provide and coordinate the services of school readiness programs, in an efficient manner, in order to help all children develop the skills needed to achieve future educational success, to support the role of parents as their child’s first and most important teacher, and to continue to improve the quality of services available in the community.
Contact Name: Rachel Spivey
Years in Position: 7
Contact Email: rspivey@elc-manatee.org
Contact Phone: 941-212-4995
Address:
600 8th Avenue West
Suite 100
Palmetto, Florida 34221
Have you previously received a grant? Yes
If yes, please indicate the year(s): 2025
How did you hear about our organization?
The Early Learning Coalition of Manatee County (ELC) has received funding from your organization for the past two years. We are grateful for your continued support and the difference it has made for young children in our community.
What do you believe we can provide your organization?
The TLC Women’s Charitable Foundation can help the ELC maintain a strong and reliable group of ReadingPals volunteers. These mentors meet weekly with four-year-old children, sharing books and leading activities that build language and pre-reading skills. By helping volunteers complete the screening process, the Foundation would make it possible for trusted mentors to enter classrooms and give children individual attention throughout the 25- to 30-week program.
What will the grant be used for?
The requested $2,016 would pay for annual Level 2 background screenings for 56 volunteers serving ReadingPals, the ELC’s 25- to 30-week early literacy program. Through ReadingPals, trained volunteers meet weekly with four-year-old children in local early learning centers to share books and lead activities that build language and pre-reading skills. Every volunteer must complete a background screening before entering a classroom. Although the program requires a Level 1 screening, the ELC uses the more extensive Level 2 screening as an added safeguard for participating children.
Over the past 14 years, the Statewide ReadingPals initiative has matched more than 33,000 Florida children with mentors and provided 593,000 donated books. Support from the TLC Women’s Charitable Foundation would help sustain this ongoing work in Manatee County.
Provide the grant amount you are seeking: $2,016.00
Do you provide services to Sarasota and/or Manatee County? Yes
What is the financial impact per individual/program this grant will provide?
Each Level 2 background screening costs $36. A $2,016 grant would cover screenings for 56 ReadingPals volunteers, allowing them to enter participating classrooms and provide weekly early literacy support to approximately 115 children during the 25- to 30-week program. This represents an investment of about $17.53 per child served.
Please provide the estimated number of women, children and families impacted.
The ReadingPals program will directly serve approximately 115 children in Manatee County during the 25- to 30-week program period. The requested funding will provide Level 2 background screenings for 56 volunteers who will work with these children in local early learning classrooms. Children also bring books and activities home to share with parents, caregivers, and siblings, extending the program’s benefits to an estimated 250 to 300 children and family members.
Is there a matching grant? No
If yes, indicate donation source:
May we tour your facility? Yes
What reciprocal benefit can you provide our organization:
In recognition of the TLC Women’s Charitable Foundation’s support, the ELC would announce the grant on its social media channels and continue displaying the Foundation’s logo on the ReadingPals page of the ELC website. For grant awards of $2,000 or more, the ELC can also provide the Foundation with a complimentary full-page advertisement in NEXTGEN Family Magazine, offering an additional opportunity to share its work with families throughout Manatee County.
Proof of Non-Profit Status
https://tlcwcf.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/15/ELC-Manatee-IRS-501c3-Determination-Letter-1.pdf
Organization’s Logo
https://tlcwcf.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/15/ELC-Logo-2-150×150.png
Project/Program-specific budget:
https://tlcwcf.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/15/ReadingPals-Volunteer-Screening-Budget-1.xls
Guide Star Profile/Rating (if applicable):Â
https://tlcwcf.org/wp-content/uploads/formidable/15/ELC-Guidestar-Profile-150×150.png
Anything else you would like to share with us?
Thank you for your consideration!