Second Heart Homes

Nonprofit that addresses homelessness aims for three new houses every year

SAVE THE DATE: 6th Annual Hands Up For Homes

Second Heart Homes Expands Leadership Team

Second Heart Homes strengthens leadership team for next phase of growth

Barancik Foundation awards $7 million to local groups

Second Heart Homes opens 2 new duplex homes, moving 12 women out of homelessness

Second Heart Homes Documentary The Healing Mirror Now Available to Watch Online

Click here to Watch: The Healing Mirror

Second Heart Homes Documentary Premieres at Sarasota Film Festival

The Healing Mirror | Sarasota Film Festival 2026

Arts & Central Reception

Second Heart Homes’s documentary “The Healing Mirror” to premiere at Sarasota Film Festival

From homelessness to the mound: Sarasota man throws first pitch at Orioles game

Second Heart Homes Presents 5th Annual Hands Up for Homes Art Auction

KNOW Women Announces 2025 Women to KNOW in Florida

5th Annual Hands Up for Homes Art Auction 2/21/2026 from 5-8 PM

Women Breaking Barriers

Publix Super Markets Charities Supports Second Heart Homes with Grant for Essential Housing Supplies

Over $900,000 in Grants Approved to Support Nonprofit Capital Needs

Sarasota nonprofit CEO finds her zen by creating, teaching ancient Japanese art

Renovating Essential Spaces at Second Heart Homes

Community Foundation of Sarasota County Awards $445,000 in Community Impact Grants

Renovating Essential Spaces at Second Heart Homes

A Place to Call Home

Second Heart Homes Supports the Homeless

Business Observer, Megan Howell

Meet Megan Howell

Creating Connections Exhibition Reception at Sarasota Art Museum. 

Second Heart Homes 2024

Second Heart Homes’ annual art auction brings support and surprises

Second Heart Homes’ annual art auction brings support and surprises

4th Annual Hands Up for Homes Art Auction

Modern Jazz Mass performed by the Via Nova Chorale, Maicy Powell, and leading regional players

The Healing Power of Community

Giving Tree Wishes

From ‘mean’ to ‘meaningful’: How Sarasota has made progress on homelessness

To grow a life of purpose: Season of Sharing and nonprofit help local man rebuild his life

​Gulf Coast Community Foundation provides 18 grants through Rapid Response Fund

Never Underestimate the Power of Community

GCCF makes fast grants to assist in hurricane relief and recovery

Barancik Foundation Awards $5.2 Million in Grants to Local Nonprofits

Second Heart Homes Supports the Homeless and Mental Health Community

The Child Protection Center Illustrates it Mission with Sidewalk Art

Sarasota Chalk Festival’s Avenue of Art and CPC collaborating on sidewalk mural project

Red Cross Community Adaptation Program (CAP) Fosters Disaster Resilience in Sarasota County

Program Elements

About the Second Heart Program

What Makes Us Different?

What We Do

Second Heart Homes Supports the Homeless and Mental Health Community

About Us

Gulf Coast Community Foundation Celebrates Transformation with 2024 Better Together Event

An Exchange from the Heart

Human Service Champion, Megan Howell

Second Heart Homes Receives Donation From 100 Women Who Care

Sarasota Magazine 2023 Unity Award Winner Megan Howell of Second Heart Homes

A Home for the Homeless

Second Heart Homes Expands to Manatee County, FL

Second Heart Homes expands to Bradenton to help people struggling with homelessness

Second Heart Homes expands supportive housing for adults with mental health issues

Second Heart Homes expands housing program for adults experiencing homelessness to Manatee County

Second Heart Homes expands homeless outreach to Manatee County

Second Heart Homes Expands its Successful Supportive-Housing Program For Homeless Adults to Manatee County

Sarasota organization expands to bring housing and healing to the homeless in Manatee County

Second Heart Homes receives Community Foundation grant

Barancik Foundation Board Approves $6.3 Million In Grant Funding

Second Heart Homes Names Athyna Smith Director of Operations

Art Avenue Auction Raises $50,000 for Second Heart Homes, SRQ Magazine

Art Avenue auction raises $50,000 for Second Heart Homes

Art Avenue Auction Raises $50,000 for Second Heart Homes

Art Avenue to Host March 26 Art Auction Benefitting Second Heart Homes

Art Avenue to host auction to benefit Second Heart Homes

Painting Series Promotes Second Heart Homes

Claudia Barnett Joins Second Heart Homes

Second Heart Homes expands program to Sarasota’s underserved, unhoused women to curb homelessness

Second Heart Homes Expands Successful Supportive Housing Program To Serve Homeless Women

Barancik Foundation Board Approves $2.4 Million in Grants

We can combat homelessness in Sarasota – and Nick is proof

OPINION: We can combat homelessness in Sarasota – and Nick is proof

Second Heart Homes Launches New Housing and Support Program for Women

Second Heart Homes Receives $20K Grant From Church of the Redeemer

Second Heart Homes Receives Surprise Grant

Second Heart Homes: Why We’re Different

Second Heart Homes: Housing with a Plan

Embracing Our Differences Presents the Pilot Year of “Oneness of Art”

Second Heart Homes gains $20,800 Gulf Coast grant

Sarasota-Manatee organizations benefit from Gannett Foundations’ A Community Thrives

Second Heart Homes Receives $20,800 Grant From Gulf Coast Community Foundation

With Her New Foundation, Sarasota Hairstylist Dede Caldwell Helps At-Risk Women Look and Feel Their Best

Homelessness in Sarasota, 15 Years after the Herald-Tribune’s Forum on the Topic

An Analysis of the Effectiveness of a Mental Health Court in Sarasota County, Florida

Second Heart Homes makes two appointments to board of directors

Michael Saunders & Co. Foundation gives out donations

Second Heart Homes receives $20,000 grant from Church of the Palms

Second Heart Homes SNN Interview

Second Heart Homes Helps Homeless Population Get Back on Their Feet

Sarasota County Judge Erika Quartermaine Joins Second Heart Homes Board