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UPCOMING EVENTS:

Annual Meeting, Sunday, October 26,2008

IMPACT 100

The 2008 deadline was March 1st, but we hope you'll join us next year!

JOIN TODAY

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CONGRATULATIONS to all of our the non profit organizations for reaching a new heights in the quality and creativity in the grant process this year.   We are very proud to announce the ten finalists for 2008, five of whom will receive a $112,600 IMPACT 100 Grant on October 26th at our Annual Membership Meeting. Please join us in congratulating the following finalists:

To view a summary of all grants, click here:

Arts & Culture:

Pensacola Little Theatre

~ Project: PLT's Beyond Boundaries Theatre

The African-American Heritage Society

~ Project: African-American History Travel Series: The Journey Begins Here

Education:

Escambia County Public Schools Foundation for Excellence

~ Project: Digital School Initiative

PACE Center for Girls

~ Project: POWER UP PACE

Environment, Recreation and Preservation:

ARC Gateway

~ Project:  Going Green in Every Way

Bagdad Cemetery Association

~ Project: Preserving Yesterday and Today for Tomorrow

Family:

Family Promise of Santa Rosa

~ Project:  Families in Transition

Manna Food Bank

~ Project: Manna Needs Wheels

Health & Wellness:

Appetite for Life

~ Project:  Home Delivered Meal Program Expansion Combating Malnutrition Among the Terminally Ill

Covenant Hospice

~ Project: Expanding The Care and Compassion

We appreciate all the hard work and dedication of our members and the non-profit organizations as we worked through the committee process. Thanks to each and every member, this year's efforts will bring our total IMPACT to this community to an incredible $1,858,000!!! The women of Pensacola are truly amazing. We already have members signing up for 2009 - and we thank all of you for keeping our commitment strong!

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Published - March, 15, 2008

IMPACT 100 to award $500,000 in grants

Carlton Proctor

cproctor@pnj.com

For the first time in its short history, IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area will fund a $100,000-plus grant in each of its five not-for-profit community service categories. IMPACT President Linda Hoffman said the women's philanthropic group, founded in 2004, closed its 2008 membership drive recently with 563 women, up 19 percent from last year's total of 472.

"We remain the biggest IMPACT group in the United States, which says a great deal about the philanthropic nature of the Pensacola Bay Area," said president-elect Julie Sheppard. The next largest IMPACT group is in Austin, Texas, with 510 members who gave away four grants of $104,000 each in 2007, according to Debbie Ritchie, past president of the Pensacola organization.

IMPACT is a women-only, all volunteer group that focuses its efforts on five community service sectors: arts and culture; education; environment, recreation and preservation; family; and health and wellness. Annual $1,000 contributions from each of the 563 members will enable the organization to award five 2008 grants, one in each focus area, of $112,600 each.

The organization is completely volunteer, and no contributed funds are used for administrative expenses or overhead. All nonprofit organizations in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties that fit within the five focus areas are eligible to apply for the grants, Hoffman said. Deadline for applications this year is April 30.

Since its founding four years ago, the group has raised and distributed almost $1.3 million to nonprofits in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.

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IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area is a not-for-profit organization that promotes human welfare through the caring actions of women working together to achieve a common goal. IMPACT 100 is committed to improving our community by collectively funding significant grants to charitable initiatives.Members of IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area are given the opportunity to learn about the various needs that exist within our community. As non-profits apply for grant funding, members work together to find solutions to assure a better quality of life for all concerned. By better understanding our community needs and providing significant resources, IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area members can make a difference in the lives of others. IMPACT 100 hopes to make a substantial impact on the Pensacola Bay Area community. As individuals, we may not ever have the opportunity to give on a large scale, but collectively we are able to make a significant impact.IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area membership is open to all women who live in, or wish to help, the Pensacola Bay Area community. The membership deadline each year is March 1. We invite you to join us as part of IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area for 2007 or by making a contribution as a “friend” of our organization.

IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area

Post Office Box 13304

Pensacola, FL 32591-3304

Main: (888) 992-5646
Fax: (888) 897-8781

info@impact100pensacola.org