Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation

• Barancik Foundation is by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold proposal will not be considered; approach it through an existing relationship or an introduction.
• Your work fits if it sits within education, humanitarian causes, arts and culture, the environment or medical research, but its medical research support is focused on issues affecting the Barancik family, so check that your project meets that focus first.
• About 8 in 10 of its grants fall between $3,000 and $300,000, with a median of about $27,500, so a modest request near that middle is a realistic starting point, and the largest grant, $2,500,000 to Gulf Coast Community Foundation, shows the typical band is not a ceiling.
• Its filing shows that 85% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, so this is a relationship-led funder where new applicants face a largely settled list.
• The filing states no geographic focus and gives no timing for applications; the grants shown are mainly in Florida, but that describes past giving and does not limit who may apply.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Gulf Coast Community Foundation · Grant to establish charitable donor advised fund at Gulf Coast Community Foundation
  $2,500,0002024 tax year
• Community News Collaborative · To create a more informed citizenry through quality news coverage of local stories.
  $1,100,0002024 tax year
• Forty Carrots Family Center · To strengthen families through parenting education and mental health support.
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Sarasota County Schools · To support Teacher Recruitment and Retention efforts for Sarasota County Schools.
  $972,1922024 tax year
• All Faiths Food Bank · To expand food insecurity screening programs in Sarasota and DeSoto counties.
  $943,5682024 tax year
• Children First · To serve more children and families by adding three new classrooms.
  $900,0002024 tax year
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties · To support organizational capacity to provide positive youth development.
  $900,0002024 tax year
• Bay Park Conservancy · To support resilient shoreline and water quality improvements at The Bay Park.
  $800,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.