Welcome to Impact 100 Pensacola Bay Area, Inc

Welcome to IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, Inc. We hope you share our interest in learning more about our community and in supporting the initiatives that will have a lasting impact in the lives of others. We are excited to share the “story” of IMPACT 100 and hope that you will consider joining the 645 women who, in 2011, made an impact on our community. Please choose one or more of the information events below and join us to learn how our grants have transformed our community! Remember that it is never too early to join IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area for 2012 and friend contributions are always welcome!

Download a PDF of the 2012 membership events

Hope, Commitment and Joy

Three words that summarize the feelings in the room at New World Landing on Sunday, as the ladies of IMPACT 100 and the presenters for the finalist grants shared the experience of determining the grant award winners for 2011.  So many profound things were said on Sunday, by presenters and IMPACT members alike, that it is hard to choose a single quote.  The impassioned presenters represented their organizations so well, expressing gratitude for the opportunity to highlight their projects and organizations.  Goodwill and excitement permeated the space; a collective happy nervousness was apparent while we waited on the vote tallies.  Six-hundred and forty-five (645) women's contributions were about to go to work to strengthen the breadth and depth of programs designed particularly to make sure that Escambia and Santa Rosa counties are wonderful places to live, raise a family, work, learn and play.  The hope showing in the faces of the presenters reflected not only the intense desire to become IMPACT 100 grant awardees, it also reflected the knowledge that this process has strengthened their organizations and their chances to achieve their end goals through rigorous examination, publicity, and increased interest in their causes.  And, for all of us who know and love Belle Bear, we were so privileged to be present to witness the creation of the Belle Bear IMPACT100 annual scholarship, funded by Belle's husband, Lewis Bear. 

And the winners are:

Arts and Culture:

Pensacola Opera
Project: Creating a Multi Use Arts Facility in Downtown Pensacola

Education:

Westgate Snoezelen
Project: A Special Needs Playground/Activity Center for the Lacey A. Collier Snoezelen Sensory Complex at Westgate School

Environment, Recreation, and Preservation:

Escambia County Public Schools Foundation Roy M. Hyatt Environmental Center
Project: Education to Sustain Our Future

Family:

Ray of Hope of Northwest Florida
Project: Wheelchair Ramps

Health and Wellness:

Health and Hope Clinic
Project: Making an Impact

AND, our first-time ever sixth grant went to the 2nd finalist in the focus-area receiving the most votes...

Health and Wellness:

ARC Gateway
Project: Electronic Efficiency = Savings

Sincere thanks to WEAR for producing the powerful introductory video highlighting the women and process of Pensacola Bay Area IMPACT 100! We so appreciate your efforts.

Ever so gratefully,
Your IMPACT100 Board of Directors

Membership Announcement

IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, a local women’s philanthropy group, has completed its 2011 membership drive, which ended on March 1, 2011. The organization is pleased to announce that its 2011 Membership Drive has successfully concluded with 645 members, meaning $645,000 to award this year. This will enable the organization to award 6 grants in 2011 of $107,500 each at its annual meeting on October 16, 2011.

One grant will be awarded in each of the group’s focus areas: arts and culture; education; environment, recreation and preservation; family; and health and wellness. After the five grants are awarded, a sixth grant will be awarded to the non profit in the category with the most votes. More details on the awarding the sixth grant will be provided to IMPACT 100 members at future meetings, and will be available to the area’s non profits at the upcoming Not for Profit Seminar.

The group now shifts its focus to providing learning resources and information to all of the non-profits in the 2 county area. IMPACT 100’s 2011 Not for Profit seminar, entitled “Get Excited” will be held at Gulf Power’s headquarters on Tuesday April 5th, 2011. It is open to all non profit organizations in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties. It is free, and will provide information on IMPACT 100’s letter of intent requirements, the grant process, and questions and answers with 2011 committee chairs.
Read Full Press Release

Read article featured in the PNJ

Watch news report by WEAR


Mission

IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, Inc. is an organization of women committed to improving their community by providing substantial grants to non-profit organizations in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. IMPACT has no paid employees or staff, so one hundred percent of each member's annual contribution of $1,000 is pooled and awarded to non-profit organizations in increments of at least $100,000 grants.

IMPACT's mission is:

  1. to know and serve the community;
  2. to collectively fund significant grants to charitable initiatives; and
  3. to set an example of effective philanthropy.

Members are encouraged to learn about community needs and the non-profit organizations that serve that need through the grant review process, contribute $1,000 annually to become a member for a year and cast their vote at the Annual Awards Meeting for each grant awarded.