Sanibel couple establishes $2 million charitable fund


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Laurie and Bill Harkey established the fund after spending just four years in Sanibel.
Laurie and Bill Harkey established the fund after spending just four years in Sanibel.
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A new $2 million fund has been established by a Sanibel-based couple through the Charitable Foundation of the Islands.

Laurie and Bill Harkey recently created the donor advised fund, a charitable investment account, after having spent many years embracing multiple philanthropic causes, according to the press release. 

“This is our home now,” Laurie Harkey says in the release. “We’re shifting our support and our interest here. That was the catalyst.”

 

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