The Jazz Club of Sarasota—one of the largest and most active jazz societies in the United States—is dedicated to preserving, presenting and promoting jazz, America’s original musical art form. Founded in 1980, the Club continues to provide over 50 jazz-related events annually for more than 35 years. The Club’s highly respected Sarasota Jazz Festival and the widely popular Jazz Pub Read more...

Kiwanis helps kids around the world. Local clubs look out for our communities and the international organization takes on large-scale challenges, such as fighting disease and poverty. We are generous with our time. We are creative with our ideas. We are passionate about making a difference. And we have fun along the way. For more than a century, Kiwanis has created Read more...

We are the local council of an international non-profit Catholic fraternal organization with over 1.8 million members worldwide founded in 1882 by the Venerable Father Michael J. McGivney to serve our brothers, their families and anyone in need. A brief history of Father John J. Walsh Council 7052 We are and have been an active Council of the Knights of Read more...

Since 1982, the Literacy Volunteers of South Sarasota County (LVSSC) has offered free tutoring to adults who want to improve their functional reading, writing, and English-speaking skills. LVSSC is affiliated with ProLiteracy America, the largest adult literacy organization in the United States, and has been recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Our mission is to promote Read more...

NARFE is a not-for-profit national organization established 90 years ago to promote the welfare of federal civilian employees and annuitants and potential annuitants with respect to their rights under retirement, health and other employee benefits laws and regulations, and to represent their interests before appropriate authorities. NARFE is recognized as the association devoted exclusively to serving and protecting the earned Read more...

The Plantation Community Foundation is an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of South Sarasota County residents by supporting organizations involved in social services, health care, educational, environmental and cultural activities. Since inception, the formula of caring and sharing – “Making a Difference” – and having fun doing it, is still going strong. In 2019, the Foundation achieved Read more...

The Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning (SILL) is a non-profit organization that offers an expert lecture series to provide information on and discussion of the arts and contemporary global issues. SILL is guided by an all-volunteer board committed to modest pricing and enhanced outreach. Read more...

St. Francis Animal Rescue is a no-kill shelter whose objective is to rescue abandoned and unwanted cats and kittens in our community and to provide them with shelter, food, medical care and love until we can find them responsible, loving homes through adoption or for their entire lives if they remain at the shelter. We support local spay/neuter programs and Read more...

Suncoast Humane Society is a non-profit organization founded in 1971. We accept all animals through managed intake and do not turn an animal away based on health, temperament, age, size, or breed while maintaining a 90% live release rate. We do this by providing innovative programs through Sheltering, Prevention and Community Outreach aimed to care for pets and the people Read more...