SWFL Community Foundation

I am a small business owner with restaurants in Naples, Fort Myers and Cape Coral that employ good, hard-working people. One of the biggest obstacles our team struggles with is... The post Napl...

https://collaboratory.org/2024/04/naples-daily-news-access-to-housing-families-can-afford-has-reached-crisis-levels/

Collaboratory recently presented Patricia K. Dobbins the prestigious John W. Sheppard Award. Named after a founder of the Southwest Florida Community Foundation, the John W. Sheppard Award is giv...

https://collaboratory.org/2024/04/cape-coral-breeze-collaboratory-presents-patricia-dobbins-with-prestigious-john-w-sheppard-award/

The Collaboratory’s Futuremakers Coalition in Ft Myers helps adults in Hendry County and across SWFL overcome obstacles to pursue higher education and secure well-paying jobs. Right now in 2024...

https://collaboratory.org/2024/03/fox4-24-of-hendry-county-adults-have-work-credentials-beyond-hs-but-that-can-change/

The Collaboratory in Fort Myers will host a Spring Night Market in March. The Night Market will be held on Friday, March 15, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at... The post WINK: Collaboratory to host Spr...

https://collaboratory.org/2024/02/wink-collaboratory-to-host-spring-night-market/

Public invited to learn more about Collaboratory, its resident partners and volunteer oppor tunities for its scholarship program Collaboratory is inviting the public to their holiday themed Night...

https://collaboratory.org/2023/12/collaboratory-invites-public-to-holiday-night-market/

Collaboratory’s scholarship application for the 2024-2025 school year will open on November 1, 2023. Since 2014, FutureMakers Coalition at Collaboratory has been working toward a goal of transf...

https://collaboratory.org/2023/11/collaboratory-scholarship-applications-open/

As the new president and CEO of Collaboratory, every week has provid­ed daily, sometimes hourly, moments of gratitude. I’m inspired as I meet with community members and part­ners as well... ...

https://collaboratory.org/2023/11/naples-daily-news-collaboratory-tackling-social-issues-together/

Dawn Belamarich did her best to make a big splash in a short amount of time during her first year in Southwest Florida. Now the board of directors at the... The post Dawn Belamarich Takes Colla...

https://collaboratory.org/2023/11/dawn-belamarich-takes-collaboratory-reins/

Retail trade and accommodation and food services were the largest industries in Southwest Florida in 2022, but were also among the lowest paying jobs in the region, according to the 11th ann...

https://collaboratory.org/2023/10/report-average-annual-wage-in-swfl-up-6-5-in-2022/

Collaboratory’s scholarship application for the 2024-2025 school year will open on November 1, 2023. Since 2014, FutureMakers Coalition at Collaboratory has been working toward a goal of transf...

https://collaboratory.org/2023/10/collaboratorys-scholarship-application-for-the-2024-2025-school-year-will-open-on-november-1-2023/