Impact100 Palm Beach County Grant

Overview

_NOTE:_

* _Impact 100 Palm Beach County holds a Nonprofit Grant Workshop in the late summer. We strongly urge applicants to attend our Nonprofit Workshop to learn about our grant application process and guidelines. Attendance is highly recommended, and registration is required._
* _We send invitations to local nonprofit organizations to submit a Letter of Intent through the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties ("CFPBMC")._
* _Following a comprehensive review process of the LOIs, each Focus Area Committee selects the grant applicants that will be submitted to the Board of Directors for approval as Semifinalists. The Semifinalists will receive a formal request to submit a Full Proposal (RFP)._

Mission

Impact 100 PBC connects, engages, and inspires women to improve our community by collectively funding multiple $100,000 grants to nonprofits that implement high impact initiatives in southern Palm Beach County.

This is a simple mission for women who care deeply, give generously, and believe strongly that they can create significant and lasting change by funding transformational grants to local nonprofit organizations.  Impact 100 PBC unites women to give together to change and improve communities.

Focus Areas

* Arts, Culture, & Historic Preservation
* We fund high-impact programs or initiatives that cultivate, develop, educate, or enhance culture, the arts, or historic preservation in southern Palm Beach County.
* Education
* We fund high-impact programs or initiatives that further education or improve access to education for children and or adults in southern Palm Beach County.
* Environment & Animal Welfare
* We fund high-impact programs or initiatives that restore, preserve, revitalize or enhance animal welfare or the natural resources of southern Palm Beach County, including those that encourage research, public awareness, education, or conservation.
* Family
* We fund high-impact programs or initiatives that strengthen and enhance the lives of children and families living in southern Palm Beach County.
* Health & Wellness
* We fund high-impact programs or initiatives that improve the physical and or mental health and wellness of people living in southern Palm Beach County.

Eligibility

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

* The proposed project or program must be implemented in and serve the residents of southern Palm Beach County within the boundaries of Lake Worth Road south to the Broward County line, and from the Atlantic Ocean west to the Palm Beach County line.
* The entire $100,000 grant must be used in this geographic area within 24 months.
* To qualify for an Impact 100 PBC grant, an applicant must be a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and designated as such for the three year period prior to October 31 of the current year’s LOI submission deadline.
* The project must have a high impact, transformative effect on the organization and/or the community it serves.
* The project may be new, an expansion of an existing program, or a collaborative effort of two or more nonprofit organizations, which fosters change that is long-term, positive, and sustainable.
* Collaborative letters of support are required for any other organizations, governmental agencies, or schools participating in the proposed project.
* Collaborative letters of support must demonstrate their agreement to participate in the project, in specific ways, with specific data, and/or services.
* The project must be well-defined and well-structured to impact many beneficiaries or fewer with great focus.
* Organizations must produce specific outcomes and measurable results.
* If more than one application is submitted, the college or university is restricted to one application per Focus Area and any applicant college(s)/department(s)/ division(s) may only submit an application in one focus area.
* Impact 100 PBC does fund grant requests for Capital Campaigns which are defined as efforts to raise significant funds for a specific project including, but not limited to, the acquisition, construction, or renovation of a building, or for the purchase of essential equipment.
* A grant request for a Capital Campaign must meet the following criteria:
* the specific use of grant funds for a capital project is clearly identified and itemized in the Letter of Intent;
* the grant funds will not go toward any marketing and/or fundraising efforts of the capital project;
* the capital project specified in the Letter of Intent must be scheduled for completion within 2 years of receiving the grant, and
* the grant request meets all current and standard Impact 100 Palm Beach County grant criteria.
* Impact 100 Palm Beach County does not discriminate in its grantmaking on the basis of race, religion, age, sexual preference, or national origin.
* Applicants for grants from Impact 100 Palm Beach County must hold similar standards.

Ineligibility

* Recipients of an Impact 100 PBC $100,000 grant are not eligible to reapply for a grant until three grant cycles have passed from the date the grant is awarded.
* Merit Award winners may reapply the following year.
* Impact 100 Palm Beach County does not accept grant applications to support:
* More than one project or initiative
* Activities outside our five focus areas
* Projects less than $100,000
* Projects that take place outside of our geographic area
* General operating support or overhead unrelated to the project
* Debt reduction or operational deficits
* Loans
* Bridge funding or interim financing
* Fundraising campaigns or events
* Endowments or memorials
* Partisan or political activities
* Sectarian religious projects promoting religion
* Legal expenses
* Travel expenses unrelated to the project
* Grants to individuals (scholarships) or private foundations
* Funding to pay for the strategic planning, fundraising, and marketing efforts for a Capital Campaign
* Separate colleges/departments/divisions within public or private colleges or universities under a single 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization designation may apply in one or more of the five (5) Focus Areas in a grant year.
* Furthermore, when the college or university is awarded one or more $100,000 Impact Grant(s), it may not apply again in the awarded Focus Area(s) for the three grant years following the award.
* Additionally, the specific college/department/division that received a $100,000 Impact Grant may not apply again, in any of the Five Focus areas, for the same three grant year period.
* Competitive grant applications from organizations known to have discriminatory policies will not be considered.