The Saint Andrew Society of Sarasota (SASS) was formed in 1979 to provide social and cultural activities relating to Scottish heritage and to emphasize Sarasota's settlement by Scots (in 1885). As a 501 c 3, St. Andrew Scottish Society Scholarship Fund, Inc. (SASSF), since 1990, it has given $167,000 in scholarships to 151 qualified college-bound high school seniors as they graduate from 20 high schools in Manatee and Sarasota Counties and Lemon Bay in Charlotte County.