Vinik, Glazers, Brady donate more than $3M to Hurricane Ian relief efforts

The Tampa Bay Lightning Foundation and Vinik Family Foundation have each contributed $1 million to organizations working to assist Southwest Florida residents whose lives have been upended by Hurricane Ian.

Lightning owner Jeff Vinik is no stranger to charitable causes. In June, he gave $5,000 to each of the team’s 244 employees and directed them to donate the money to the nonprofit cause of their choice. Prior to that, in May, Vinik and his wife, Penny, contributed $5 million to the Tampa Museum of Art that will support renovations related to the institution’s new education center.