LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. (June 17, 2025) – Neal Communities, southwest Florida’s premier, private homebuilder, has donated $70,000 to support community events this Spring.
Neal Communities served as a $15,000 sponsor of the Venice Symphony Patriotic Pops concert over Memorial Day weekend. This year’s event, a Salute To The Greatest Generation, A WWII Tribute, commemorated the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, and featured WWII music, events, and a spectacular fireworks show.
The Library Foundation of Manatee County’s Booked for Lunch event in April featured Today Show personality Jenna Bush Hager. Neal Communities donated $5,000 as an event sponsor.
Neal Communities served as a $5,000 sponsor for the recent Sarasota County Schools Outstanding Volunteer Awards, which honored its individual volunteers, businesses, and community partners at the school district’s annual reception.
Each year, Manatee College celebrates Teacher Appreciation Week in early May. Neal Communities donated $3,000 to support meals and prizes for the week-long celebration for 300 staff members, recognizing the hard work and dedication of educators.
Neal Communities provided a $10,000 grant for a renovation of the Laurel Nokomis School teachers lounge, $3,000 support for the Education Foundation of Sarasota Ringling Bridge Race, $500 to the Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Network luncheon, $5,000 to the Florida A&M Tampa Alumni Chapter Scholarship fund and $5,000 to the Marine Corps League Desoto Detachment 588.
The Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Suncoast Spring Soiree is an annual event held at the Lakewood Ranch Country Club to raise funds for the organization. Neal Communities served as a $5,000 sponsor this year to support Big Brothers Big Sisters in its mission to help youth thrive by providing transformational, one-to-one relationships with caring adult mentors.
Neal Communities has also donated $2,500 to Venice High School for a five-year sponsorship of its football scoreboard and $5,000 to the Cape Coral Pop Warner Golf Scramble to support the team for which Jared Boucher, Neal Communities South Region Construction Manager serves as a volunteer assistant. In addition, the company has donated $6,000 as a field sponsor for Venice Area Youth Soccer Association (VAYSA), a local community soccer club providing both competitive and recreational soccer programs. The donation will help cover costs of player scholarships, facilities maintenance, equipment purchases, trainers, field rental and lights.
Many of these donations came as a result of a Neal Communities employee who is actively involved in these organizations. By making a request through the company’s Plan for Giving, the company supports causes that are important to its staff along with quality-of-life initiatives and education.
“Neal Communities is proud to continue to support the causes that are most important to the communities in which we operate, as well as those brought forward by our employees who are involved in a broad range of philanthropic efforts,” says Ivory Matthews, vice president of community and governmental affairs for Neal Communities, who administers the company’s philanthropic efforts.
Neal Communities has a philanthropic culture and a core belief that “Where You Live Matters.” The latest giving is part of more than $8 million Neal Communities has donated to local charities and causes throughout Southwest Florida.
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