IMPACT 100 Awards Record $1.313 Million to 13 Northwest Florida Nonprofits

PENSACOLA, FL (NewsRadio 92.3) -- Thirteen nonprofits serving Escambia and Santa Rosa counties will each receive $101,000 after IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area announced its annual grant recipients Sunday.

A record 1,313 members allowed the organization to award $1.313 million this year.

Recipients cover five areas: arts, education, environment and recreation, family services, and health and wellness.

Ballet Pensacola will use its grant to update costumes and lighting for "The Nutcracker," while the Pensacola Children's Chorus plans to invest in transportation and community performances.

The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation will receive $101,000 for its Flight Adventure Deck project.

The Santa Rosa Education Foundation was selected for an expansion of its Little Red School House program, while the Pensacola MESS Hall will use its grant for expanded after-school science programming.

Keep Pensacola Beautiful received funding for reforestation and invasive-species removal.

The Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program was selected for an environmental education and stewardship project.

Pensacola Habitat for Humanity will receive $101,000 for a partnership with Family Promise aimed at helping families with housing.

South Santa Rosa Interfaith Ministries and Life Options Clinic were also selected in the family category.

Health and Hope Clinic received funding to expand dental care, while 4EVR DEZ and The Seven Project received health-and-wellness grants.

This marks IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area's 23rd year of grantmaking.

The organization says it has now awarded 190 grants totaling more than $20 million to nonprofits serving Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.