How Little-Known Group Made Waves in Giving Partner Challenge

Barbara Cruz, the executive director of the Phelan McDermid Syndrome Foundation, is used to getting stopped when she wears her “PMS, it’s not what you think,” T-shirt to the grocery. … But after the foundation took in $90,102 to lead the pack in last week’s Giving Partner Challenge, the questions changed from “What is PMS?” to “How did you do that?” … The profile qualified the foundation to participate in the second annual online challenge, alongside Goliaths like New College of Florida, Mote Marine and the Sarasota Opera.