IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area chose 12 grant recipients at this year’s Annual Meeting held yesterday. These nonprofit organizations will each receive a grant of $100,670 from the members of IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area.
On “Real News” this morning, Kristin Longley announced the winners and new award the organization has created.
“We are a women’s philanthropic organization, but we are so thankful for gentlemen like you that have supported us and supported our mission for so many years,” she said. “And because of that, we created a Impact award and we will be giving you one of those as a longtime supporter of Impact 100.”
The grant recipients selected by IMPACT 100’s members are as follows:
ARTS, CULTURE & HISTORY
Parent Booster USA, Inc., dba Navarre Band Parent Association, Inc.
Bands are Instrumental
West Florida Historic Preservation, Inc., dba UWF Historic Trust
Pensacola Children’s Museum: Our Town: A Space for All
EDUCATION
Capstone Adaptive Learning and Therapy Centers, Inc.
Destination Independence
Pyramid, Inc.
Driving Innovative Opportunities for People with Disabilities
ENVIRONMENT & RECREATION
Dixon School of Arts and Sciences, Inc.
IMPACT 100 Natural Wonders Park at Dixon School of Arts and Sciences
Friends of Pensacola State Parks, Inc.
Inclusive Playground in Big Lagoon Park
FAMILY
My Father’s Arrows, Inc.
Rolling On to a Bigger Vision
Northwest Florida Guardian ad Litem Foundation, Inc.
Cases for Kids
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Council of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Inc.
From Paris to Pensacola “Let us go to the Poor”
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Escambia County Healthy Start Coalition, Inc.
Healthy Start Mobile Stork Stock
Ministry Village at Olive, Inc.
Tender Hearts Caring Hands Building
Vision of Hope, Inc.
Journeying to Independence
“IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area is thrilled to select these 12 remarkable organizations as our 2024 grant recipients thanks to the contributions of our members. Each of these nonprofits is making an incredible impact in our community, and we are honored to support their efforts in creating meaningful change. We look forward to seeing how these projects will touch the lives of so many in the coming year.” – Kristin Longley, President, IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area
With 1,208 members this year, IMPACT 100 was able to award 12 grants of over $100,000 each to nonprofit organizations in our community for a total impact of over $1.2 million! Since its inception, IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area has awarded 165 grants totaling more than $17 million to worthy nonprofits serving Pensacola Bay Area communities.
NEW MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
The IMPACT 100 Membership season begins today with the first Meet and Mingle event to be held Wednesday, November 6, 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. at Portofino Island Resort, 10 Portofino Dr., Pensacola Beach. The event will be hosted by Levin Rinke Realty, Teri Levin, Abby & Robert Rinke. For a full schedule of upcoming Meet and Mingles, visit: https://impact100pensacola.org/meet-mingle-events/.
Any nonprofit organization that believes a grant of over $100,000 would be impactful for their organization should check out a fun and informative series called Link & Learn, created specifically for the nonprofit community. These events are for nonprofits to link with other nonprofit organizations to network and share ideas and learn detailed information about the IMPACT 100 grant process. The first of this series will be November 20, 7:30 a.m. – 9 a.m. at Marcus Pointe Baptist Church, 6205 North W Street, Pensacola. More information can be found at https://impact100pensacola.org/event/link-and-learn-5/.
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.
A recent economic impact study shows that IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area members have contributed $29.8 million to Escambia and Santa Rosa economies over the past 20 years. This report comes from the Haas Center at the University of West Florida. IMPACT 100 members contribute over $1 million annually in direct grants to nonprofit organizations serving the two counties. Additionally, the organizations purchase goods and services from local businesses, creating further contributions through taxes and other indirect and induced spending.
Membership is open to any woman, age 18 or over, who makes an annual tax-deductible donation (membership fee) of $1,000 by March 1 of any calendar year. The entire contribution is used to fund grants.