The Community Foundation announced today that Sherry and Tom Barrat of Singer Island are the recipients of the organization’s 2025 McIntosh Award. The prestigious award, which is named after Winsome and Michael McIntosh, who founded the Community Foundation in 1972, is presented annually to an individual or organization who has made significant contributions to the community.
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Martin Counties Since 1972
For more than 50 years, your Community Foundation has been a proud leader in bringing philanthropists and nonprofit partners together to close the gaps on our area’s chronic and current needs. The result? A region on the rise.
This is change for good, forever.
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The Founders Luncheon is the Community Foundation’s signature event, rallying hundreds of donors, nonprofit partners, and community leaders around a key community issue each year.
In 2025, we will celebrate the 40th Anniversary of our Scholarship Program, which has propelled the economic mobility of thousands of local students.
Join us on February 26, 2025 as we commemorate this milestone and honor community philanthropists Tom and Sherry Barrat with our McIntosh Award
Learn More About the 2025 Founders LuncheonMake a Gift to the Community Foundation Scholarship Fund
The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties is marking 40 years since the launch of its impactful scholarship program. In celebration of this milestone, the Community Foundation has also launched a new $5 million fundraising effort to expand the program’s reach and open doors to higher education for even more local, aspiring college students.