Impact 100 Announces 2013 Finalists For Eight $104,500 Grants

September 20, 2013

IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, a local women’s philanthropy group, announced the 15 grant finalists selected for 2013 Thursday morning.  Eight of these 15 finalists will be selected to receive a grant of $104,500 at the IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area Annual Meeting on Sunday, October 20.

The 15 finalists selected by IMPACT 100’s Focus Area Committees are:

ARTS & CULTURE

  • Ballet Pensacola, Inc. – Project:  A New Nutcracker
  • The Santa Rosa County Creek Indian Tribe, Inc.- Project:  Infrastructure Development of Tribal Grounds to Host Tribal Public Functions
  • Santa Rosa Historical Society, Inc. Project:  Light Up The Imogene

EDUCATION

  • The Arc Santa Rosa, Inc. – Project:  The Arc Santa Rosa ADT Transportation Proposal-2013
  • Independence for the Blind of West Florida, Inc. – Project:  IMPACT 100 Windows to the World for the Blind Technology Center
  • Lutheran Services Florida, Inc. – Project:  Teen Time…a place for you to be you!

ENVIRONMENT, RECREATION & PRESERVATION

  • Friends of St. John’s Foundation, Inc. – Project:  Conservation and Preservation of Historic Grave Sites at St. John’s Cemetery
  • Humane Society of Pensacola, Inc. – Project: Humane Society of Pensacola Spay and Neuter Clinic
  • Pensacola Museum of Art, Inc. – Project: Jail for Art

FAMILY

  • Community Organizations Active in Disaster, Inc. dba Be Ready Alliance -  Coordinating for Emergencies (Brace) & Brace, L.L.C. – Project:  Center of IMPACT
  • Council on Aging of West Florida, Inc. -  Project:  Moving Safely
  • Pensacola Habitat for Humanity, Inc. – Project:  Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative

HEALTH & WELLNESS

  • FavorHouse of Northwest Florida, Inc.-  Project: Safe haven for People and Paws
  • Gulf Coast Kid’s House-  Project: Expanding the Foundation of Care
  • Holley Navarre Seniors Association, Inc.- Project 2013 Improvements to HNSA Facilities

This is the 10th year IMPACT 100 has awarded grants to local non-profits. The total  amount awarded to date is $4,315,000 since 2004.  This year’s awards will bring the total funds awarded in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties to $5,151,000.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Features, News