The festivities have died down, but the 2018 Naples Winter Wine Festival will live on.
Earlier this week, the Naples Children & Education Foundation (the foundation behind the wine fest) announced the recipients of the $15.1 million raised during the festival. Money went to 47 children’s nonprofits, including several that carry out specific NCEF strategic initiatives.
Since starting in 2001, the wine festival has raised more than $176 million.
Organization | Allocation |
ABLE Academy | $191,400 |
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast | $100,000 |
Boys & Girls Club of Collier County | $450,000 |
Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation | $75,000 |
Catholic Charities of Collier County | $180,000 |
Champions For Learning | $85,000 |
Collier Child Care Resources | $125,000 |
Collier County Child Advocacy Council | $426,300 |
Conservancy of Southwest Florida | $19,140 |
Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation | $150,000 |
FlourishNow-Safe Families | $130,500 |
Friends of Foster Children Forever | $339,450 |
Fun Time Early Childhood Academy | $136,590 |
Gargiulo Education Center | $52,200 |
Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples | $100,000 |
Good Wheels | $75,000 |
Grace Place for Children & Families | $330,600 |
Guadalupe Center | $522,000 |
Legal Aid Service of Collier County | $500,250 |
Literacy Volunteers of Collier County | $34,800 |
MusicScores! | $40,000 |
Naples Botanical Garden | $75,000 |
Naples Therapeutic Riding Center | $174,000 |
NCH Safe & Healthy Children’s Coalition of Collier County | $45,240 |
Pathways Early Education Center of Immokalee | $200,100 |
Redlands Christian Migrant Association | $160,950 |
Special Olympics | $65,250 |
St. Matthew’s House | $50,000 |
The Greater Marco Family YMCA | $317,550 |
The Shelter for Abused Women & Children | $269,700 |
United Arts Council of Collier County | $50,000 |
Valerie’s House | $75,000 |
Youth Haven | $304,500 |
Strategic Initiative Partners | |
Children’s Early Learning Initiative
ABLE Academy Early Learning Coalition Early Literacy & Learning Model (ELLM) Redlands Christian Migrant Association |
$995,000 |
Children’s Hunger Initiative
Harry Chapin Food Bank of SWFL Meals of Hope |
$1,200,000 |
Children’s Mental Health Initiative
David Lawrence Center Golisano Children’s Hospital National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) |
$2,365,000 |
Children’s Out-of-School Time Initiative
Boys & Girls Club of Collier County Guadalupe Center Redlands Christian Migrant Association Southwest Florida Workforce Development Board-Miracle Afterschool Program The Immokalee Foundation |
$2,092,000 |
Children’s Oral Health Initiative
University of Florida College of Dentistry |
$1,200,000 |
Children’s Vision Initiative
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Florida Eye Clinic Florida’s Vision Quest Golisano Children’s Hospital Lighthouse of Collier |
$979,568 |
NCEF College and Technical Career Empowerment | $500,000 |
Grand total awarded on March 19 | $15,182,088 |