Education & Philanthropy

For Craig Beckinger, founder and chief executive officer of ABC Event Planning, becoming a 2023 Visionary of the Year candidate for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s annual fundraising campaign is

By Chris Letsos, CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters Tampa Bay Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay has launched a bold, new campaign to challenge the myths and shift

The Cake Girl’s inaugural “Fill the Van” initiative helped to deliver presents to more than 250 children in the Tampa Bay area, through community support, resulting in over $8,000 worth

Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg, currently the provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at Texas Christian University, has been named The University of Tampa’s next president, by the Board of Trustees. 

Keli and Mark Mondello are donating $3 million dollars to LiFT, Learning Independence for Tomorrow, a school in Clearwater, for neurodiverse children and adults. Keli, who co-founded the school to

Tampa General Hospital and the Tampa General Hospital Foundation have announced that its children’s hospital will be renamed the Muma Children’s Hospital at TGH, in honor of the large contribution

Florida Polytechnic University has, officially, launched its search for the next president of the university. The University’s Board of Trustees approved the presidential position criteria recommended by its presidential search

Bank of America Tampa Bay granted $70,000 to Feeding Tampa Bay, which will provide approximately 350,000 meals to address food insecurity across Hillsborough, Pasco, Hernando, Pinellas, Polk and Manatee counties.

Jeff and Penny Vinik have made a $1.5 million donation to the Florida Aquarium via the Vinik Family Foundation. The donation was made in support of the Aquarium’s $45 million

Bank of America has named Vincent House and Starting Right, Now as the 2023 Neighborhood Builders awardees for their work advancing economic mobility and building up underserved neighborhoods in Tampa

Congressman C.W. Bill Young has had a profound impact on the Tampa Bay area community, serving in the United States House of Representatives from 1971 until his passing in 2013. 

St. Petersburg College has added two new credentials – a Prekindergarten/Primary Education Bachelor of Science degree and a Training and Development Advanced Technical Certificate. The credentials were added to help