IMPACT the Palm Beaches Grants

Overview

About IMPACT The Palm Beaches

Impact the Palm Beaches is a philanthropic organization where women collectively award grants to nonprofits in Central and Northern Palm Beach County to ignite transformational change in our community. Membership consists of women who annually contribute $1,100 ($1,000 to the Impact grant and a $100 administrative fee). Once a year, Impact members gather at our Annual Award Celebration to award $100,000 grant(s) to local nonprofits. The exact amount of funds available to award in any given year depends on the number of women who join the organization. Since 2015, Impact has invested over $1.5 million.

The Town of Palm Beach United Way serves as the fiscal agent for Impact the Palm Beaches.

Once a year, Impact members gather at our Annual Award Celebration to award $100,000 grant(s) to local nonprofits. Since 2015, Impact has invested nearly $1.9 million.

We are Looking for:

Arts & Culture

Programs and projects that cultivate, develop, educate and improve the cultural climate.

Education

Projects that further the ability to educate and improve education.

Environment

Improve, enhance or restore the surroundings and promote conservation of our natural resources.

Family

Programs and projects that strengthen and enhance the lives of children and families.

Health and Wellness

Projects that positively impact the physical and/or mental health and wellness of the members of our community.

Grant Process

Impact the Palm Beaches annually grants awards of $100,000 to local nonprofit agencies that meet our eligibility requirements to help them fund high-impact projects. The number of $100,000 grants awarded each year is determined by how many members have joined Impact. For each member, $1000 is pooled to create grants. For every 100 members, a $100,000 grant is awarded. For residual funds under $100,000, merit grants are awarded.

There is one grant cycle per year beginning around September and ending in April/May. Grants finalists are identified after detailed review and evaluation by the Grants Review Committee and selected for final award based on vote by the membership at our Annual Awards Celebration. In April 2025, we awarded $358,000 across six agencies.

Nonprofit agencies are encouraged to apply through a Letter of Intent (LOI) as long as the agency meets all the grant eligibility requirements. In the Letter of Intent, agencies will provide an overview of their program or project, community need, target population and success measurements along with a financial budget for the program or project. Grant Committee members review agency submissions and will vote on which Letter of Intent applications to advance to the next stage of the process.

We seek to fund programs that:

* Reach underserved populations and address or satisfy unmet needs
* Solve a problem or create an opportunity for strategic change
* Create long term positive impact
* Are well-defined, studied, and deliberate
* Can demonstrate specific, measurable outcomes
* Are sustainable well into the future

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

* Must be a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and designated as such for at least 24 months.
* Must be registered with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations
* Must report total revenue for the last full fiscal year of at least $500,000 in the most recent
IRS 990. If exempt from filing IRS 990, the revenue requirement is taken from the audit.
* Must have a substantial local presence and programming in Palm Beach County. Substantial local presence is defined as a staffed facility or office dedicated exclusively to the organization, available to the public seeking services or benefits. The facility must be open at least 15 hours a week and have a telephone dedicated exclusively to the organization.
* Local organizations or chapters with national affiliations are eligible to apply IF the local organization providing services in Palm Beach County is a 501(c)(3) public charity identified with its own EIN and files a Form 990 demonstrating an operating budget within our guidelines. The organization applying for our grant should be the party accepting responsibility for receiving and spending the grant funds.
* The project must serve the residents of Palm Beach County within the boundaries of:
* Lake Worth Road north to the Martin County line
* The Atlantic Ocean west to the Palm Beach County line
* The entire $100,000 grant must be utilized within those geographical boundaries.
* The program or project may be new, an expansion of an existing program, or a collaborative
effort between more than one qualifying agency.
* The organization must use the full amount of the grant within two years of the award date

Ineligibility

* Recipients of an Impact the Palm Beaches $100,000 grant are not eligible to receive a grant for at least 4 years from the date the grant was awarded. Recipients of a $100,000 grant cannot receive new grant funds through collaborations with another agency within the 4-year time period.
* Impact the Palm Beaches will not accept applications to support:
* Activities outside our 5 focus areas of Arts & Culture, Education, Environments & Animal
* Welfare, Family, and Health & Wellness
* Programs that take place outside of our geographic area
* Debt reduction or operational deficits
* Fundraising campaigns or events
* Capital campaigns
* Endowments or memorials
* Bridge funding or interim financing
* Partisan or political activities
* Legal expenses
* Travel expenses
* Loans
* Grants to individuals
* Grants to private foundations
* Religious organizations for religious purposes