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Community Foundation For Palm Beach

And Martin Counties Honors Sherry And Tom Barrat

With 2025 McIntosh Award

Barrats Will Be Recognized at Community Foundation’s local high school senior. In 2022, the couple formally set up
12th Annual Founders Luncheon in February 2025 the Barrat Scholarship Fund with the Community Foundation,
The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin focusing on local students majoring in computer science,
Counties, a not-for-profit organization that leads partnerships artificial intelligence, or applied data science.
with donors, nonprofits and community members to solve the “It was important to us to make a big difference in a few
region’s chronic and emerging issues, announced today that lives,” said Tom Barrat. “In our view, it’s even better when
Sherry and Tom Barrat of Singer Island are the recipients of gifts are given from people in this community to people in this
the 2025 McIntosh Award. The prestigious award, which is community.” Sherry Barrat, who served on the Community
named after Winsome and Michael McIntosh, who founded Foundation’s Board of Directors from 2014-2023, including
the Community Foundation in 1972, is presented annually three years as chair, added: “We are honored to receive the
to an individual or organization who has made significant McIntosh Award because it shines a light on the impact
contributions to the community. The Community Foundation anyone can have on a student’s future through the powerful
will honor the Barrats at its 12th Annual Founders Luncheon combination of the Community Foundation’s Scholarship Tom and Sherry Barrat
at the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts on Program and the generosity of our fellow donors.”
February 26, 2025. “Tom and Sherry Barrat are true trailblazers who are making Pavilion in West Palm Beach on Wednesday, February 28,
“Tom and Sherry’s long-standing leadership and investment a real impact on the local level,” said Danita DeHaney, president 2025 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. For additional information,
in our community has and will open doors to higher education and CEO of the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and tickets and sponsorship information, please visit https://
for deserving high school students,” said Jeffrey A. Stoops, Martin Counties. “Each year at our Founders Luncheon, we founders.yourcommunityfoundation.org.
chair of the Board of Directors for the Community Foundation highlight those who are making a meaningful difference, and About the Community Foundation For Palm Beach And
for Palm Beach and Martin Counties. “Being that this year’s I can’t think of a more deserving pair. The Barrats embody the Martin Counties
Founders Luncheon marks the 40th anniversary of the essence of investing in the community for the greater good. The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin
Community Foundation’s scholarship program, we are proud We look forward to celebrating their commitment to opening Counties is a nonprofit organization that leads philanthropy
to celebrate the Barrats, who truly epitomize what it means to doors to higher education at the luncheon.” locally. The foundation provides charitable expertise
empower those who will shape our future.” About The Founders Luncheon and vehicles to increase the investment options on behalf
The Barrats are long-time supporters of local nonprofit Established in 2014 as the Founder’s Award Luncheon, of individuals, family foundations, and corporations. Since
organizations, but their particular interest in scholarships began the Community Foundation’s signature annual event was 1972, the foundation has distributed over $200 million
in more recent years thanks to the push of their grandchildren. launched as an opportunity to convene donors and nonprofit in grants and scholarships aimed at closing the area’s
Following the creation of a “Thanksgiving Fund” in 2015, partners on important issues facing the region and to celebrate opportunity gaps. With its vast network of donors and
through which the Barrats enabled each of their family their collective impact. In addition to raising awareness, the nonprofit partners, the foundation supports initiatives that
members to donate $1,000 annually to the charity of their Founders Luncheon showcases the important of philanthropy improve youth and education, economic opportunity, thriving
choice, two of their youngest grandchildren proposed to pool with a special award ceremony. The Founders Luncheon will communities, and crisis preparation and response. Learn
their contributions in order to give a larger scholarship to a be held at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts’ Cohen more at https://yourcommunityfoundation.org.

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