SARASOTA — Following steep federal funding cuts, a nonprofit’s connection to the community has stayed afloat due to the help of a local businessman.
Hugh Culverhouse Jr., CEO of Sarasota masterplan community Palmer Ranch Holdings Ltd., donated a $350,000 gift to Florida Humanities, a statewide nonprofit.
After the Department of Government Efficiency eliminated more than $1.7 million in annual federal funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities, Florida Humanities, a partner of the NEH, struggled to continue its 50-year mission of preserving and sharing the state’s history and heritage, according to a news release…