2024 Annual Giving Campaign

Giving Tuesday has turned into our End of the Year Giving Campaign! We now have $30,000 in matching funds if we can raise. We are well on our way after one day during Giving Tuesday. Now we ask for help from near and far!

General Fund

Your support of our general fund allows Sarasota Crew to continue to offer our excellent rowing programs to more than 400 youth athletes, purchase additional equipment, supplement our coaching staff and expand our programs and services.

Scholarship Fund

Sarasota Crew has a goal to make rowing accessible to all Sarasota youth regardless of their financial situation. Rowing is the vehicle Sarasota Crew uses to develop youth into student-athletes who through their personal development acquire the self-esteem, athleticism, discipline and confidence to be more successful in school and in life. We know that all youth will benefit from this positive developmental experience.

We offer scholarships, based on demonstrable need via an application process, which covers all or a portion of the tuition. In 2016, scholarships accounted for approximately 15% of our High School Tuition income. Our goal is to increase scholarship funding and to collaborate with more local organizations to make rowing accessible to all interested youth.

In addition, we do our best to never turn away an athlete who wants to attend a regatta.  Supporting the scholarship fund will allow us to have every athlete on the water at the races!

$7,885 = Allows a rower to participate in the entire season and attend all the regattas
$2,650 = Allows a varsity rower to participate in the entire season
$2,000 = Allows a middle school rower to participate in the entire season
$1,735 = Allows a rower to participate in 14 regattas
   $275 = Allows an elementary school rower to participate in a 6-week session

How are you going to change the life of child today?

Equipment Fund

By supporting the Equipment Fund you can enhance the fleet and equipment that has propelled our members to national championships several times.

$40,000 = 1 Eight person Boat
  $5,500 = 1 Safety Launch
  $5,040 = 1 Set of 8 sweep oars
  $2,760 = 4 Sets of sculling oars
  $2,000 = Complete Cox Orb system
  $1,500 = Squat rack for the gym
  $1,000 = Cox Orb
  $1,000 = Spin Bike
     $950 = Erg