One of five finalists has withdrawn from the $100 million Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation education grant, a national competition the Hillsborough district is confident of winning. ...more

November 7, 2009

One of five finalists has withdrawn from the $100 million Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation education grant, a national competition the Hillsborough district is confident of winning. ...more

November 6, 2009

My guess is that Steven Spielberg and Jimmy Carter have so many plaques on their walls they are personally responsible for felling an entire forest. Another guess is they don't have an official proclamation from the city of Tampa claiming it's their own day. ...more

September 22, 2008

a pat on the back, some encouraging words, and maybe dinner or a sleepover with friends. ...more

September 7, 2008

A $100,000 donation from one of the county's most prominent landowners to the Community Foundation of Hernando County will give nonprofit groups a powerful funding tool for years to come, a foundation official said. ...more

August 15, 2008

The Community Foundation of Tampa Bay is now ranked as one of the most efficient charities in the country. ...more

July 31, 2008

John Sykes built Tampa's Sykes Enterprises from nearly nothing into a global powerhouse in the outsourcing field, largely by buying up other similar companies. ...more

May 29, 2008

As one of the younger Interbay-Glover Family YMCA board members, Jay Kennedy was asked to help organize a young professionals group for the Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA in 2004. ...more

February 14, 2008

An education foundation with newly formed ties to Florida has donated $2 million to bankroll the education of qualified minority and low-income students at the University of South Florida. ...more

February 13, 2008

She passed away in her wheelchair Sunday night watching fireworks explode above Bayshore Boulevard, a few blocks from where she was born 92 years ago. ...more

January 25, 2008