IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area is pleased to announce the 12 grant recipients selected at this year’s Annual Meeting held today. These nonprofit organizations will each receive a grant of $103,500 from the members of IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area.
The grant recipients selected by IMPACT 100’s members are as follows:
ARTS, CULTURE & HISTORY
Greater Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Drumroll, Please: The Sound of a New Century
Pace Band Boosters, Inc.
Every Note Matters: Powering the Next Generation of Musicians
EDUCATION
Children’s Home Society of Florida
W.A.V.E.-Warriors Achieving, Valuing, and Exploring
Escambia County School Readiness Coalition, Inc. (dba Early Learning Coalition of Escambia County)
Classroom on Wheels
ENVIRONMENT & RECREATION
Greater Pensacola Junior Golf Association, Inc. (dba First Tee Gulf Coast)
Truly Impacting Warrington Youth
Wildlife Sanctuary of Northwest Florida, Inc.
Moveable Habitats, Meaningful Messages
FAMILY
Legal Services of North Florida, Inc.
Equal Access Express
Wesley Haven Villa, Inc. (dba Methodist Homes of Alabama & Northwest Florida)
Rolling with a Purpose: Connecting Seniors to Care and Community
Wounded Veterans Relief Fund, Inc.
Veteran Family Homelessness Prevention
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Community Organizations Active in Disaster, Inc. (dba Be Ready Alliance Coordinating for Emergencies (BRACE))
BRACE Mobile Support and Resiliency Unit
Feeding the Gulf Coast
Nutrition Equals Seniors Thriving
Gulf Coast Kid’s House, Inc.
Healing House and Garden
“IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area is thrilled to select these 12 remarkable organizations as our 2025 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.” – Martha Holden, President, IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area
With 1,242 members this year, IMPACT 100 was able to award 12 grants of over $103,000 each to nonprofit organizations in our community for a total impact of over $1.2 million!
The IMPACT 100 Membership season begins today, with the first Meet & Mingle event to be held Tuesday, November 6, 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at Beach Buzz, 12700 Gulf Beach Highway, Pensacola. The event will be hosted by the IMPACT 100 Women of Perdido. For a full schedule of upcoming Meet & Mingles, visit: www.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 19, 7:30 a.m. – 9 a.m. at Marcus Pointe Baptist Church, 6205 North W Street, Pensacola. More information can be found at www.impact100pensacola.org/event/link-and-learn-2.
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.
Since its inception, IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area has awarded 177 grants totaling more than $18.7 million to worthy nonprofits serving Pensacola Bay Area communities and contributed over $31 million to Escambia and Santa Rosa economies.
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.
