Santa Rosa Projects Announced as Finalists for 2021 IMPACT 100 Grants

IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, a women’s philanthropic organization, today announced 15 grant finalists selected for 2021. Out of the finalists, 11 will be selected to receive a grant of $101,820 at the IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area Annual Meeting, which will take place October 17.

The fifteen finalists selected by IMPACT 100’s Focus Area Committees are as follows:

ARTS, CULTURE & HISTORY

Ballet Pensacola, Inc.
Project: Ballet Pensacola Ballet Floors
Pensacola Children’s Chorus, Inc.
Project: PUMP UP THE VOLUME:
Building Confidence with Reliable Sound Equipment
Pensacola Lighthouse Association, Inc.
dba Pensacola Lighthouse & Museum
Project: Shining Light on Buried History

EDUCATION

Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge, Inc.
Project: Keeping Wild Alive in Northwest Florida
Escambia County Public Schools Foundation for Excellence, Inc.
Project: Pensacola High School Innovation Center Revitalization
United Methodist Children’s Home
dba Embrace Florida Kids
Project: A Higher Education Home: Wrap-around Support for Vulnerable Youth for Collegiate Success

ENVIRONMENT, RECREATION & PRESERVATION/strong>

The Arc Gateway, Inc.
Project: The Arc Gateway SHRED WORKS
Bream Fishermen Association, Inc. and PYC Satori Foundation, Inc.
Project: Taking the Coast to the Kids – Improving our Waterways through Science and Recreation
Greater Pensacola Junior Golf Association, Inc.
dba First Tee Gulf Coast
Project: First Tee Gulf Coast – Inspiring Youth and Rebuilding Warrington

FAMILY

A Hope, Inc.
Project: The Foundation for Families with Pets
Martha’s Vineyard Foundation, Inc. dba Vineyard Family House
Project: Caring for Families in Crisis
Rally Foundation, Inc.
Project: Rally Resource Room powered by IMPACT100

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Pace Center for Girls, Inc.
Project: Girls Going Places
United for a Good Cause, Inc.
Project: Hope Squad Peer-to-Peer Suicide
Prevention for Schools
United Service Organization, Inc.
Project: Pop-Up USO

This is the 18^th year that IMPACT 100 will award grants to local nonprofit organizations. Since its inception in 2004, IMPACT100 Pensacola Bay Area has awarded 120 grants totaling $12,830,000 to nonprofit organizations serving Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties. After October 17, 2021, IMPACT 100 will have awarded 131 grants totaling $13,950,000 to the Pensacola Bay Area community.

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