Local Nonprofits' Work Reaches Around the World
WHO |
PROGRAM |
ANNUAL BUDGET | SUCCESS STORY |
GOAL |
ShelterBox USA | Volunteer teams deliver emergency tented shelter and supplies to people made homeless by disasters. |
$1,723,000 | Has provided shelter, warmth and dignity for more than a million people in over 80 countries since 2000. |
To help 50,000 families affected by disaster each year. |
Agape Flights | Serves missionary families by providing continuous and critical supplies and disaster relief. |
$1.3 million | Caribbean airports served in Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Eleuthera have increased to six; number of missionary families served now numbers more than 300. |
To expand mission flight service to other nations of the Caribbean. |
Global Outreach | Introducing computer literacy into secondary schools in central Tanzania. |
$30,000 | Global is providing computer learning for more than 1,000 students per year. |
To change the face of post-primary education and more toward bridging the digital divide. |
Sea to Share Alliance |
Caribbean manatee conservation. | $142,600 | Implemented speed zones and no-wake signage in waters off Belize City; decreased poaching incidents in Belize to nearly zero. |
To inspire policy and behavioral changes toward manatees and their habitats in Cuba and Belize. |
Perlman Music Program Suncoast |
PMP Sarasota Winter Residency provides one-of-a-kind professional development for approximately 35 gifted musicians from around the world, ages 12-20+. |
$182,630 | 13,000 members of general public attend approximately 20 free events featuring these international musicians yearly. |
To continue to train the next generation of concert artists and develop and inspire future audiences. |
Unidos Now | "Know Your Rights & Citizenship Education" Program educates attendess on rights, including changes in immigration policies and the DREAM Act. |
$40,000 | Volunteers have conducted two seminars per month in four-county area, benefiting more than 1,000 families. |
Over a decade, hopes to see 30,000 new naturalization processes of citizens in Southwest Florida. |