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Welcome Nonprofits Serving Indian River County!
Impact 100 Indian River recognizes and supports the important work being done by nonprofit organizations focused on improving the lives of people in Indian River County. The women of Impact 100 annually pool their individual $1,000 grant fund donations to award grants of $100,000. These large grants help nonprofits with big ideas to move our community toward achieving our vision of a community where every person has the opportunity to thrive. Each year the total number of grants we award is determined at the end of March and is based on our total membership on that date.
We are here to help you successfully navigate the grant process and streamlined online tools and resources.
Is your organization eligible? Review the Grant Eligibility Guidelines and Financial Requirements for Applicants. Refer to the Resources section for all downloadable documents.
We send an invitation to complete our Letter of Intent (LOI) to all interested nonprofits on July 1. The deadline for completion of the LOI is July 31. Once the LOI is submitted, an Impact 100 LOI reviewer schedules an in-person or Zoom meeting with the nonprofit to discuss the LOI application in more detail and to provide guidance and support as needed. This is a mandatory step and, if successful, results in approval to submit an Impact 100 grant application.
We have transitioned to a new grant platform, e-CImpact, which is being administered by the United Way of Indian River County. You will receive a notification from our e-CImpact administrator once the Letter of Intent (LOI) application period opens, along with an invitation to apply. This will initiate the grant cycle process for your organization.
There are three steps to the grant application process:
- Once the LOI review meeting has been successfully completed, the nonprofit will be approved to submit an Impact 100 grant application. The deadline for completing this grant application is September 30.
- The completed grant application will be reviewed by Impact 100 financial analysts and a grant application review team. An in-person site visit will be scheduled in the November to mid-February timeframe. If approved, the grant project proceeds to the Finalist Selection Panel.
- Finalist Selection Panel: Applications recommended by the Grant Panels are reviewed, discussed, and voted on by a separate panel to determine the grant finalists for that year (March).
All grant applicants are notified by phone in March after the finalist selection panel meeting to learn if their project has been selected as a finalist. For those not selected as finalists, a follow-up meeting with the grant chair and grant panel lead is available upon request.
The Finalists are publicly announced by Impact 100 at the Meet the Finalists reception (March). Finalists are given an opportunity to provide a brief overview of their project and to respond to members’ questions during the reception.
The Finalist’s brief overview provided during Meet the Finalists will be recorded for a video to be shared online with our voting membership. The written project summary provided in the grant application will also be available online to our membership prior to voting.
All Finalists are invited to speak for three to five minutes at the Impact 100 Grants Awards Celebration (storytelling style without technology). Once all the presentations are complete, members vote, online and paper ballots are counted, and the $100,000 Impact 100 grants and merit awards are announced and celebrated. Professional photos are taken, and press releases are published shortly after the conclusion of the meeting.
Following the Grant Awards Celebration, each awardee is assigned a liaison from the Impact 100 Community Partners Committee who will review requirements and funding, and will coordinate with them throughout the two-year award period. These awardees are now Community Partners of Impact 100.