Commitment to Our Community

The Van Wezel Foundation funds and manages a Community Outreach Grant Ticketing Program which offers local non-profit organizations the opportunity to attend select Van Wezel performances at a discounted ticket rate.  

Organizations that have participated in this wonderful program include:

• Boys & Girls Club of Sarasota County  
• Hispanic American Center
• The Loveland Center     
• UCP of Sarasota-Manatee
• Westcoast School for Human Development  
• Jefferson Center
• Tidewell Hospice and Palliative Care   
• Pines of Sarasota Foundation
• Craft Workshop for the Visually Challenged  
• Step House, Inc.
• Advocates for Better Hearing, Inc.   
• The Warehouse of Venice
• Goodwill Industries Manasota   
• Dollar Dynasty
• “Friends of Hope” National Multiple Sclerosis Society 
• Educational Consultants Consortium, Inc  
• Community AIDS Network
• Hearing Loss Association of Sarasota

You can help us cover the cost of helping deserving, underserved members of our community at-large.  If you would like to help us continue to keep tickets affordable for non-profits in our area, please CLICK HERE! 

If your non-profit group would like to participate in this program, please call Elsie Merrill at (941) 366-5578. 

Van Wezel Foundation, Inc. meets all requirements specified by the Florida Solicitation of Contributions Act.  A copy of the official registration #CH3676 and financial information may be obtained from the Division of Consumer Services by calling 1-800-435-7352 within the state.  Registration does not imply endorsement, approval, or recommendation by the state.