IMPACT 100 To Give Away Over $1 Million In Grants

March 19, 2016

IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, a local women’s philanthropy group, has announced that its 2016 Membership Drive has successfully concluded with a record of 1,082 members.  The organization will give back to the community by awarding ten high impact project grants of $108,200 each to nonprofit agencies in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties on October 16, 2016.

This will be the 13th year that IMPACT 100 will award grants to local nonprofit agencies. After awarding the 2016 grants, IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area will have funded 77 grants, totaling $8.318 million.

“We are thrilled to have such a tremendous response from our community and we can’t wait to see what innovative projects the nonprofit agencies submit this year,”said Cyndi Warren, President of IMPACT 100. “Thanks to every one of our members, the Pensacola Bay Area shines once again as the largest Impact 100 organization in the world.”

Two grants will be awarded in each of the following five focus areas: Arts & Culture; Education; Environment, Recreation & Preservation; Family; and Health & Wellness.

Non-profit organizations interested in applying for a grant are invited to attend this year’s Nonprofit Education Workshop with guest speaker Quint Studer, founder of the Studer Group. He will present “Dream Big – Create IMPACT” at First Baptist Church, 500 North Palafox Street, on Thursday, April 26, 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.  All nonprofit organizations in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties are invited to learn about the grant process, get tips to writing a more successful grant, be inspired to dream big and create a winning project.  Letters of Intent to Apply for a grant are due April 30.  Grant Applications must be submitted by June 24.

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