IMPACT 100 grant winners announced
- October 20, 2014
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / training-development
The women of Pensacola have once again made an impact.
The members of IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area on Sunday handed out
10 grants to local nonprofits.
The grants of $102,500 are given during the group’s annual meeting. Membership in the women’s philanthropy group requires a $1,000 donation. Those donations are pooled into grants to make a greater difference for the agencies that receive them.
This year’s membership was 1,025 women in the Pensacola metro area.
With this year's grants, IMPACT’s members have given $6,176,000 to worthy nonprofit organization projects in the Santa Rosa and Escambia counties since the group was founded in 2004.
The grant winners were:
ARTS & CULTURE
- First City Arts Alliance, Inc. dba First City Art Center Project: Increasing Capacity, Building Community
- The Santa Rosa County Creek Indian Tribe, Inc. Project: Infrastructure Development of Tribal Grounds
EDUCATION
- East Hill Academy, Inc. Project: The IMPACT 100 Autism Learning Center: “Use Your WORDS”
- The Pensacola MESS Hall, Inc. Project: The MESS Hall Express
ENVIRONMENT, RECREATION & PRESERVATION
- Miracle League of Northeast Pensacola, Inc. dba Miracle League of Pensacola Project: Field of Dreams: Finishing the Work
- Rotary Club of Pensacola Foundation, Inc. Project: Rotary Centennial Playground
FAMILY
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Florida, Inc. Project: 100 Men in 100 Days
- Society of St. Vincent De Paul Council of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Inc.dba Society of St. Vincent De Paul, Alfred Washburn Center Project: Living on the Edge
HEALTH & WELLNESS
- Covenant Alzheimer’s Services, Inc. Project: Project Lifesaver
- Our Lady of Angels St. Joseph Medical Clinic, Inc. Project: Improving and Expanding Patient Services