2015 Grants Awarded

Baycross Christian Family Foundation awarded a grant to Youth for Christ to start new campus-based ministries which will impact twelve schools in Sarasota.

Baycross Christian Family Foundation awarded an additional grant to Harvest House Transitional Centers for the renovation of two additional housing units on MLK Blvd in Sarasota. These particular units will provide housing to chronically homeless youth, between the ages of 18-24, who do not otherwise qualify for family housing. Most of these young people do not have any family support or other options to break out of the cycle of homelessness. With the designation of the two MLK units to house homeless youth, the Harvest House Transitional Center will provide homes, support, hope and opportunities to a very vulnerable segment of the needy in our community.

Baycross Christian Family Foundation awarded a grant to Selah Freedom to develop the sustainability center of Selah Freedom’s multipurpose outreach building to be named "Julie's Place." This multipurpose center will bring hope, resources, and opportunities to hundreds of women reached by Selah Freedom's team. Julie's Place will offer survivors of human trafficking a place to receive education, fitness, art therapy, and sustainability skills. [...]

Baycross Christian Family Foundation is proud to support Selah Freedom. Selah Freedom serves survivors of sex trafficking and exploitation in our community. Currently, the survivors Selah serves are in  need of more clinical covering and group therapy in its Residential and Outreach Programs. The grant from Baycross will provide Selah Freedom with the means to bring on an additional licensed [...]

Baycross Christian Family Foundation is pleased to award a grant to the Boys and Girls Club of Sarasota County in support of the Kid's Café at the Roy McBean Club in Newtown. The purpose of the Kid's Café is to provide free, nutritious meals to approximately 250 children between the ages of 6 and 18 [...]

Baycross Christian Family Foundation has awarded a grant to Lifeline Family Center to support its biblical counseling and character development programs. Lifeline Family Center is dedicated to saving the unborn, and providing young women in unplanned pregnancies with a comprehensive educational program in a safe secure Christian home. Lifeline's goal is to enable them to redirect their [...]

Baycross  Christian Family Foundation previously awarded a grant to St. Martin De Porres Outreach to enable the organization to purchase protein-rich foods and provide high quality, nutritious meals through the café and the food pantry. Baycross is pleased to announce that it has provided an additional grant to St. Martin De Porres Outreach for the repair of its [...]

Baycross Christian Family Foundation is pleased to announce its recent grant award to the Harvest House Transitional Centers to  transform a run-down apartment complex into housing units for chronically homeless families who desperately need help. The complex is called Family Village and consists of 18 units at the intersection of Tuttle Avenue and MLK in Newtown. Deputies [...]

  “My husband is now my best friend.” The Baycross Christian Family Foundation awarded a grant to Live the Life Bradenton to help four couples who are struggling to save their marriage. These four couples have a total of 12 children.  These families desperately need help from Live the Live marriage coaches and do not have [...]

Baycross Christian Family Foundation awarded a matching grant to SOLVE Maternity Homes to open and operate a maternity home in Sarasota in 2015. SOLVE is a group of Christ-centered residential maternity homes which provide housing and a structured program (free of charge) to at-risk pregnant women and their babies. SOLVE'S dedicated staff is committed to serving each [...]