A $350,000 donation from attorney, businessman and philanthropist Hugh Culverhouse Jr. has spurred a record fundraising campaign for Florida Humanities.
Culverhouse’s challenge grant generated $707,938 in contributions, which will be used to support museums, libraries and historical societies across the state. His giving to humanities councils nationwide now tops $1 million, according to a statement.
Florida Humanities funds speaker series, film screenings, walking tours, book festivals and other programming statewide. In Sarasota and Manatee counties, the nonprofit has backed initiatives including The Library Foundation for Sarasota County’s book festivals, the Smithsonian traveling exhibit “Voices and Votes” and Reflections of Manatee, which highlights the county’s early settlers…