IMPACT 100 of Northwest Florida — a non-profit, all volunteer organization made up solely of women — is evaluating funding requests from community service groups in Okaloosa and Walton counties to determine finalists for three $100,000-plus grants to be awarded Oct. 30.
The grants will go to local nonprofit organizations that applied to IMPACT 100 earlier this year. The deadline for applications was July 15, following a June 7 preparatory workshop that IMPACT 100 hosted.
“Our organization is celebrating its fifth year of operation, and we are especially pleased that it will also mark our surpassing the $1 million in total funding,” Christine Carter, president of IMPACT 100, said. IMPACT 100 raises money from annual membership donations, with every dollar going directly to funding the grants awarded.
Recipients over the past four years include AMI Kids Emerald Coast, ARC of the Emerald Coast, Destin Harvest, Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge, GRACE Rides, the Matrix Community Outreach, Safe Connections and Shelter House.
This year’s finalists will be announced to members Oct. 13 during a meeting at Grand Boulevard in Miramar Beach. At the Oct. 30 IMPACT 100 annual meeting in Laurel Hill, members will select which finalists will receive funding. Three grants — each in the amount of $123,000 — will be awarded.
See www.impactnwf.org for more information on the organization.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: IMPACT 100 evaluating funding requests