You can improve Sarasota with a gift. Gifts to the community include park benches, trees, Selby Gardens, Nathan Benderson Park, the Ringling Museum, and Patriot Plaza.

Your gift will enhance the community while providing a way for
citizens to memorialize a loved one. The gift can be small - a tree
or a park bench - or large and expensive, like a major sculpture
or iconic structure.

The following are possible gifts and rough estimated costs:

Flowers $ 50
Trees $ 350
Park Benches $ 500
Flowers and Trees $ 750

Ornamental Lighting $ 2,500
Sculpture and Outdoor Art $ 20,000 and up
Jogging, Bike and Nature Trails $ 100,000 and up
Bikepaths $500,000 and up

Parks, Ponds and Nature Preserves $ 700,000
Park Improvements with Fountains $ 900,000
Streetscape, Landscaping & Beautification $ 2,000,000

Swimming Lagoon Pool $ 3,000,000
Sarasota Historic Farm $ 5,000,000 - $10,000,000
Parks and Recreation Area $ 1,000,000 and up

Sarasota Mountain and Lake Park $10,000,000
Iconic Pedestrian bike path bridge over I-75  $5,000,000

Click to View and Print a One Page Summary Gift Catalog



EXAMPLES

Ringling Museum and Ca' d'Zan: https://www.ringling.org/

Selby Gardens https://selby.org/

Nathan Benderson Park https://nathanbendersonpark.org

















































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Gifts

 

Barancik Foundation Grant

In 2018 the Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation in Sarasota, Florida, announced that it had awarded a $2 million grant to the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, in support of its greening-focused master plan and sustainability going forward.