New College Receives a COVID-19 Response Initiative Grant For Emergency and Critical Needs Relief for Students
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The
$28,000 grant, issued from Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation and the Gulf
Coast Community Foundation, offers emergency funds for students.
(Sarasota-Manatee,
FL) MaryAnne Young, executive director and CEO of New College Foundation,
announced that New College of Florida has received a $28,000 grant from Charles
& Margery Barancik Foundation and the Gulf Coast Community Foundation for emergency
and critical needs relief for students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The two foundations
have awarded 25 grants totaling nearly $600,000 to relieve strain on key nonprofit
partners that are aiding residents hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic.
“New College is deeply grateful for
the incredible generosity of the Barancik Foundation and Gulf Coast Community
Foundation’s COVID 19 Response grant partnership,” said Young. “These funds
will make an enormous difference in the lives of our neediest students when
they are most vulnerable.”
Young explained that New College was
scheduled to recess for Spring Break beginning March 13, 2020. Traditionally,
Spring Break is a week when most of New College’s students leave their
on-campus residences for at least a portion of the week. Days prior to the
onset of the break, the decision was made at the Florida State University
System level that all state universities were to plan for extended breaks due
to the emerging threats posed by COVID-19. Although most residential students were
able to return home or stay with relatives, 16 students were unable to leave
due to various circumstances. Young notes that these students represent the
most economically disadvantaged of all New College’s students. The funds will
be used for the needs of both on-campus and offsite students, including for food,
medicine, and Wi-Fi access to participate in online classes.
“I continue to be in awe of all that the
Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation and the other foundations make
possible for this community. Their philanthropy, especially in unprecedented times
like these, brings us together, actively promotes resiliency, and inspires our
human spirit,” she said.
“These grants—and many more we have in
the pipeline—are what I call ‘quick hits,’” said Teri A Hansen, president and
CEO of Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation. “They give some of our
strongest nonprofit partners what they need right now to continue their
critical work, even as their own staffs and revenues are affected. We will
continue working with them to prepare for the intermediate and long-term
challenges yet to come.”
For
more information about the New College Foundation, call 941-487-4800 or visit
https://www.ncf.edu/alumnaei-and-friends/giving/the-foundation/.
About Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation
The Charles and MargeryBarancik family has
long believed in the power of philanthropy to shape our world and enrich the
lives of all people. It was the expression of this belief that led them in 2014
to establish the Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation—a private, family
foundation located in Sarasota, Florida. The Barancik Foundation creates
initiatives and awards grants in Sarasota and beyond in the areas of education,
humanitarian causes, arts and culture, the environment, and medical (research/resources). For more information, contact Kelly Romanoff
at KRomanoff@BarancikFoundation.org.
About
Gulf Coast Community Foundation
For 25 years, together with its donors, Gulf Coast
Community Foundation has transformed our region through bold and proactive
philanthropy. Gulf Coast is a public charity that was created in 1995 through
the sale of the Venice Hospital. Since then, it has become the philanthropic
home of nearly 1,000 families, individuals, organizations, and businesses that
have established charitable funds there, and has invested over $370 million in
grants and initiatives in the areas of health and human services, civic and
economic development, education, arts and culture, and the environment. Learn
more at GulfCoastCF.org.
About New College of Florida
Located in Sarasota, New College of Florida educates
intellectually curious students for lives of great achievement. As the
legislatively designated Honors College of Florida, New College offers 35
undergraduate majors and a master’s degree program in data science. The
110-acre campus on Sarasota Bay is home to more than 800 students and 80
full-time faculty engaged in interdisciplinary research and collaborative
learning.
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