
IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area is pleased to announce its 2025 membership drive has successfully concluded with a record-setting?total of?1,242 members. On October 19, 2025, IMPACT 100 will?give back to the community $1,242,000 by awarding 12 significant project grants of $103,500 each to nonprofit organizations?serving Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties.
- Over the past 21 years, IMPACT 100 has awarded 165 grants totaling over $17 million to nonprofit organizations in the Greater Pensacola Bay Area. After awarding the 2025 grants in October, IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area will have funded?grants totaling more than $18 Million.
“It is my privilege to serve with the 1,242 members of IMPACT 100 to support the nonprofits that do such important work in our community. The spirit of philanthropy is alive and well among us, as demonstrated by the number of community-minded women who have chosen to be a part of IMPACT 100 in 2025,” said Martha Holden, president of IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area.
The organization will host a free “Nonprofit Workshop” for nonprofits considering applying for a grant on Thursday, April 10, from 9 to 2 p.m. at the Brownsville Community Center. The event will feature keynote speaker Capt. Chandra Newman, the Commanding Officer of NAS Pensacola.?Nonprofit leaders are urged to visit?www.impact100pensacola.org/nonprofit-workshop?for details and registration.
About IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, Inc.
IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, Inc. is an organization of philanthropic-minded women committed to improving their community by providing substantial grants to nonprofit organizations in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties. Grants are distributed in five focus areas: Arts, Culture & History; Education; Environment & Recreation; Family; Health & Wellness. Membership is open to any woman, age 18 or over, who makes an annual tax-deductible donation (membership contribution) of $1,000 by March 1 of any calendar year. The entire contribution is used to fund grants. Website is www.impact100pensacola.org.