Impact The Palm Beaches And The Community Foundation To Host Information Sessions

PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL – June 22, 2018 – Impact the Palm Beaches and the Community Foundation will host four free information sessions this summer that will review the 2019 grant guidelines, explain the application process and answer questions about the high-impact grant from Impact the Palm Beaches.  

In the last three years Impact the Palm Beaches has awarded $340,000 in transformational giving to the community. On January 31, 2019, high-impactgrants up to $100,000 will be awarded to successful nonprofit applicants in one or more of the following focus areas: Arts & Culture; Education; Environment; Family and Health & Wellness.  

After a thorough review process, the grant recipient will be selected by a majority vote of all Impact the Palm Beaches members at its January Award event.  Eligible projects or programs must be implemented and serve residents of Palm Beach County (Lake Worth Road north to the Martin County line); and applications must be for active 501(c)(3) organizations for a minimum of 19 months.

The four information sessions are as follows: Tuesday, July 10th at 10:00 am at United Way Office (44 Cocoanut Row, Palm Beach); Wednesday, July 11th at 10:00 am at United Way Office (44 Cocoanut Row, Palm Beach); Tuesday, July 17th at 10:00 am at Northern Trust Office (11301 US Highway 1, North Palm Beach); and Thursday, July 19th at 3:00 pm at Northern Trust Office (11301 US Highway 1, North Palm Beach).

Space is limited to the first 25 registrants for each session. Each organization is allowed a maximum of two participants. To reserve your space, please email Lauren Sterlacci at sterlaccilm@gmail.com.

Impact the Palm Beaches is a donor advised fund of the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties, which provides critical guidance and oversight throughout the grantmaking process.

About Impact 100:

Impact 100 is a worldwide organization with more than 50 chapters and awarding over $55 million in high impact grants. Their motto is “One Woman, One Meeting, One Vote”. It is designed for women who wish to find an efficient and collaborative means of creating transformational change in their community.  Women can become as involved as they wish in the process.

About Impact the Palm Beaches:

Founded in 2015, Impact the Palm Beaches is a unique organization of dynamic women who make transformational change in their local communitythrough collective philanthropy.  Impact members each contribute $1,000 annually and award at least one $100,000 Impact grant to a local non-profit organization. Impact the Palm Beaches serves the northern portion of the county from Lake Worth to Jupiter and is a charitable fund of the CommunityFoundation Palm Beach and Martin Counties.