The Pasco-Hernando State College Foundation recently received a $35,000 grant from the Edward K. Roberts Community College Fund of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County. The funding will provide scholarship support to PHSC students beginning over the summer term and continuing throughout the upcoming academic year. Preference will be given to part-time students who may not qualify for other financial aid, as well as students who are parents. To apply, the PHSC Foundation scholarship application can be accessed at foundation.phsc.edu/scholarships/apply. Since 2011, this fund has provided nearly 1,000 scholarships to PHSC students, totaling $705,000 in financial assistance.
Raised by a single mother, Roberts experienced firsthand the effort and perseverance needed to achieve his goals. His success afforded him the ability to become a generous lifelong donor to PHSC. He relocated to Sarasota and upon his death in 2009, established the Edward K. Roberts Community College Fund of the Community Foundation. Through his enduring legacy, generations of PHSC students continue to receive the financial assistance needed to pursue their education and build brighter futures.
About the Community Foundation of Sarasota County: The Community Foundation of Sarasota County is a public charity founded in 1979 by the Southwest Florida Estate Planning Council as a resource for caring individuals and the causes they support, enabling them to make a charitable impact on the community. With assets of $605 million in more than 1,600 charitable funds, the Community Foundation awarded grants and scholarships totaling $44.7 million last year in the areas of education, the arts, health and human services, civic engagement, animal welfare and the environment. Since its founding, the Community Foundation has been able to grant $542 million to nonprofits in our community thanks to the generosity of charitable individuals, families and businesses. For more information, visit cfsarasota.org or call 941-955-3000.