IMPACT 100 Names 15 Finalists for $1.1 Million In Grants

September 12, 2019

IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, a women’s philanthropic organization, announced the 15 grant finalists selected for 2019 on Wednesday.

Eleven of the 15 finalists will each receive a grant of $106,000 at the IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area Annual Meeting on October 13.

The 15 finalists are:

ARTS & CULTURE

  • EHS Band Boosters Association, Inc.
    • Project: EHS Band Equipment Upgrades for Young Gifted Students
  • First City Arts Alliance, Inc. dba First City Art Center
    • Project: Creating Space for Educating and Inspiring Youth
  • Pensacola Little Theatre, Inc.
    • Project: On the Fly at Pensacola Little Theatre

EDUCATION

  • Santa Rosa County 4-H Association, Inc.
    • Project: 4-H Field Education Facility
  • The Global Corner, Inc.
    • Project: The Global Corner 2.0 – Expanding Horizons in Our Community
  • The Secret Place Home, Inc.
    • Project: The Therapeutic Impact Classroom

ENVIRONMENT, RECREATION & PRESERVATION

  • Children’s Home Society of Florida, Inc.
    • Project: Keeping Families on the Right Track
  • Splash Cats, Inc.
    • Project: Just Keep Swimming
  • Tennis-4-Everyone, Inc.
    • Project: Oakcrest Elementary/Ebonwood 10 & Under Tennis Courts

FAMILY

  • Baptist Health Care Foundation, Inc.
    • Project: Life-Saving Skills for Families: Hitting the Streets to Keep the Beat Alive
  • Pensacola Habitat for Humanity, Inc.
    • Project: Building Homes, Communities, and Hope, One Family at a Time: Tools for Construction Site
  • Young Men’s Christian Association of Northwest Florida, Inc. dba YMCA of Northwest Florida
    • Project: The Wheels on the Bus

HEALTH & WELLNESS

  • Healing Paws for Warriors, Inc.
    • Project: Save a Veteran/Rescue a Dog
  • Health and Hope Clinic, Inc.
    • Project: IMPACT100: How to Save a Life
  • Manna Food Bank, Inc., dba Manna Food Pantries
    • Project: Generating Hope to End Hunger

Finalists will present their projects to the IMPACT 100 membership at the organization’s annual meeting October 13.

With 1,166 members this year, IMPACT 100 is able to award $106,000 each to eleven nonprofit organizations in our community for a total impact of $1,166,000. In the 16 years since its inception, IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area has awarded 98 grants totaling $10,498,000 to 72 nonprofit organizations serving Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. After the 2019 grants are awarded in October, IMPACT 100 will have awarded 109 grants totaling $11,664,000.

Comments

3 Responses to “IMPACT 100 Names 15 Finalists for $1.1 Million In Grants”

  1. Rational on September 12th, 2019 9:19 am

    It’s nice to have some good news. IMPACT 100 has brought life and attention to local groups, which makes their donation twice as nice. Wonderful!

  2. Jan on September 12th, 2019 7:04 am

    Thank you for publishing this! This is a great organization.

  3. Denbroc on September 12th, 2019 6:34 am

    Bravo! This is an example of what can be accomplished by ordinary citizens without government involvement.

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