{"id":389057,"date":"2026-09-03T06:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T06:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/389057\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T06:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T06:44:12","slug":"zonta-san-cap-solicits-grant-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/389057\/","title":{"rendered":"Zonta San-Cap solicits grant applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridaweekly.com\/audio-articles\/player\/audio-article-1200621\" onclick=\"_paq.push([&#039;trackEvent&#039;, &#039;Article&#039;, &#039;Article Playlist&#039;, &#039;\/\/audio-articles\/player\/audio-article-1200621&#039;]);\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Open Audio Article Player<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridaweekly.com\/author\/SPECIAL+TO+FLORIDA+WEEKLY\" onclick=\"_paq.push([&#039;trackEvent&#039;, &#039;Author Byline View&#039;, &#039;SPECIAL TO FLORIDA WEEKLY&#039;]);\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SPECIAL TO FLORIDA WEEKLY<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1200625\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1200625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Zonta-SanCap-awards-2026-grants-to-fourteen-Lee-County-nonprofits-working-to-empower-women-and-girls.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2048\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1200625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zonta SanCap awards 2026 grants to fourteen Lee County nonprofits working to empower women and girls. -COURTESY PHOTO<\/p>\n<p>The Zonta Foundation of SWFL and Zonta Club of Sanibel-Captiva invite 501(c)3 non-profit organizations dedicated to the empowerment of women and girls to apply for a 2027 grant.\u00a0 Grants Committee co-chairs Kathleen Skubikowski and Megan Galgano note that the Zonta Foundation strives to, \u201cFocus on supporting women to claim their rights as individuals through training, education, and access to healthcare and affordable housing.\u201d\u00a0 Skubikowski states that, \u201cGrant applications must focus on one or more of these aspects of empowering women and girls in Lee County.\u201d\u00a0 Adds Galgano, \u201cWe know that many wonderful organizations are doing amazing work, and Zonta wants to recognize and support that work.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Previous grant recipients and new Lee County non-profit applicants are encouraged to request funding for on-going or new projects. Zonta is non-sectarian and cannot consider applications from faith-based or religious organizations.\u00a0 Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/ZontaSanCap.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">zontasancap.org<\/a> and click on \u201c2027 Empowerment Grant Applications\u201d to access this year\u2019s application.\n<\/p>\n<p>Applications are due by Sept. 14, 2026.\u00a0 Grants will be awarded in January 2027. Email any questions to Kathleen Skubikowski (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridaweekly.com\/articles\/fort-myers-business\/zonta-san-cap-solicits-grant-applications\/mailto:skubikow@middlebury.edu\" class=\"autohyperlink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">skubikow@middlebury.edu<\/a>).\n<\/p>\n<p>To support the work of the Zonta Foundation of SWFL, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/ZontaSanCap.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">zontasancap.org<\/a> and click on \u201cDonate.\u201d\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open Audio Article Player SPECIAL TO FLORIDA WEEKLY Zonta SanCap awards 2026 grants to fourteen Lee County nonprofits&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-389057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}