Annette J Hagens Memorial Foundation

About Annette J Hagens Memorial Foundation

Annette J Hagens Memorial Foundation centers its grantmaking on Boys & Girls Club organizations, with three $100,000 general-support grants in the recent record: Boys & Girls Club of Sarasota in 2024 and 2025, and Boys & Girls Club of Sarasota & Desoto Counties in 2023. That pattern signals a sustained commitment to youth programming in the Sarasota area, especially services for children and adolescents connected to after-school, recreation, and community support. The foundation’s broader recent grants stay close to that same mission. In addition to its largest awards, it made support grants to organizations serving children, teens, and families across the local nonprofit network, including Child Protection Center Inc., Children First Inc., Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Suncoast. The giving is consistent with flexible support rather than project-specific funding, since the recent grants are listed as general support. Recent recipients also include youth-serving and family-support organizations in nearby Sarasota-area communities such as Venice and Bradenton, while the majority of grants remain in Florida. The overall picture is a funder that repeatedly backs a small circle of local youth-serving nonprofits with operating support.

What Annette J Hagens Memorial Foundation Funds

Youth development is the clearest theme in the foundation’s grant record. It gave $100,000 to Boys & Girls Club of Sarasota in 2024 and again in 2025, and another $100,000 in 2023 to Boys & Girls Club of Sarasota & Desoto Counties for general support. That same pattern extends to other child- and teen-serving groups. The foundation awarded $7,500 to Child Protection Center Inc. and $5,000 to Children First Inc. for general support, both in Sarasota. It also supported Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County and Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Suncoast, showing a recurring interest in organizations that work with young people. The local network is broader than one club system: grants also went to YMCA of Southwest Florida, Suncoast Youth for Christ, and Take Stock in Children of Sarasota County. Across these awards, the funding is not narrowly program-based; it is tied to organizational support and core operations.

How Annette J Hagens Memorial Foundation Gives