A thriving arts community makes Greater Miami a vibrant, connected and culturally engaging place to live. Earlier this year, The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation at The Miami Foundation established the Pérez CreARTE Grants Program to fund high-performing arts and culture organizations in Miami-Dade and help them...
Editor’s Note: The State Attorney’s Fund for a Safer and Healthier Community aims to reduce substance abuse and impaired driving in Greater Miami. The Fund, created in partnership with the Miami-Dade Office of the State Attorney, supports services, prevention education and training activities. The 2019 grant...
A new crop of young philanthropists is making it so that, in Miami, it’s cool to care. According to the Millennial Impact Report, 84 percent of millennials made a charitable contribution and 70 percent volunteered their time in 2015. Greater Miami’s numbers have historically lagged...
Founded in 2014, The SEED School Miami is the only public, college preparatory boarding school in South Florida. Their mission is a seemingly simple one: provide a rigorous education that empowers students to be academically and socially successful in college and life. Beyond the rigorous...
Armando Codina arrived in the United States at age 14 from his native Cuba via Operation Peter Pan, a program that resettled thousands of children stateside during the Castro regime. Alone, and with no knowledge of English, he was sent to an orphanage and lived...
An avid kayaker, Dave Doebler was out paddling in Biscayne Bay one day when he saw trash floating in the water. He instinctively picked it up to toss when he returned to shore. The following week, he did it again. Then, he did it again....
It only took Ruth Shack and her husband, Richard, one week to fall in love with the magic of Miami. While honeymooning in Miami Beach, they knew their planned two-week vacation had led them to the spot where they would start their lives together. Six...
Tarell Alvin McCraney is a native son of Miami. He’s an artist, a creator and an advocate for the city we all love. The award-winning playwright shared his Miami story with us: the journey from stage to screen, the “spirit of generosity” that got him...
Felecia Hatcher was leading a successful career spearheading marketing and social media around the country for tech companies like Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony, when she was laid off. The layoff led to her starting a successful altruistic business as an entrepreneur. In 2008 Felecia launched...