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Impact The Palm Beaches Announces Start Of

$100,000 Grant Process For Local Nonprofits

Impact the Palm Beaches is seeking applications
from local nonprofits interested in receiving a $100,000
grant to create effective change in Palm Beach County.
The 2023/24 grant process opened on Aug. 7 and initial
proposals must be submitted by Sept. 14.
Eligible Central and Northern Palm Beach County
nonprofits may apply for grant funding that supports their
mission, programs, or services.
Lisa LaFrance, president of Impact the Palm Beaches,
emphasizes that the grants provided by the organization
help local nonprofits to make a significant and long-
lasting impact on the communities they serve. Charities
in the community are encouraged to apply for the grant,
even if they have applied in previous years. “As Impact

coMMissioner’s updaTe

The 2023 Impact the Palm Beaches Grant recipients. Photo by Capehart
Recycling Right grows its membership, we are able to fund more and more Last year, three local nonprofits each received $100,000
in grants. Grant recipients were Alzheimer’s Community
programs. In each of the last four years, we received
roughly 70 applications, but our grants pool has increased Care-Fostering Independence program; Center for Child
By Commissioner Maria Marino from $159,000 to $377,000, meaning an agency’s chances Counseling-Keeping Kids Safe program; and Wounded
of being awarded a grant have improved threefold in the Veterans Relief Fund-Emergency Dental Care for Disabled
The mission of the Solid last four years.” Veterans. The $77,000 merit grant was awarded to Families
Waste Authority (SWA), for For eligibility requirements and more information, First-Infant Mental Health-Head Start program. Since
which I serve as vice chair, please visit www.impactpalmbeaches.org. 2015, Impact has awarded over $1.5 million to area
is to manage the materials Impact the Palm Beaches seeks to fund programs and nonprofits.
discarded by residents projects that reach underserved populations and address Impact 100 is a worldwide organization with more than
and businesses of Palm or satisfy unmet needs, solve a problem, or create an 60 chapters and steadily growing. Their motto is “One
Beach County according opportunity for strategic change, can demonstrate specific, Woman, One Meeting, One Vote.” It is designed for women
to legislative mandate and measurable outcomes, and are sustainable well into the who wish to find an efficient and collaborative means of
following applicable local, future. creating transformational change in their community.
state and federal ordinances, Nonprofits can submit applications that align with any Women can become as involved as they wish in the
regulations and laws. of the five Impact focus areas: arts and culture, education, process.
Our goal is to reduce environment and animal welfare, family, and health and Impact members each contribute $1,000 annually
the amount of waste that goes to landfills for disposal, and wellness. The nonprofit’s program can be new or an and award at least one $100,000 Impact grant to a local
provide services that are environmentally responsible and expansion of an existing program. nonprofit organization allowing for a significant grant to
fiscally sound. An important part of meeting that goal is “Impact has awarded grants that address a variety one organization rather than several smaller gifts. Impact
our recycling program. This involves separating materials of needs in our community, including mental health, grants fund the following service areas: arts and culture,
from the waste stream, either at the source or by recovering affordable housing, homelessness, food insecurity, job education, environment and animal welfare, health and
materials from mixed waste prior to disposal, and turning training, arts funding, hygiene, high school graduation, wellness, and family. Membership for the new season is
those materials into commodities. marine preservation, foster care, and so much more,” said now open and will close on Feb. 29, 2024.
Palm Beach County achieved the highest recycling Aleese Kopf, grant committee chair. “We look forward to The Town of Palm Beach United Way is the fiscal agent
rate of Florida’s 67 counties for calendar year 2022, at an working with our area nonprofits to ignite change in our of Impact the Palm Beaches.
overall recycling rate of 80 percent. This is a result of the community.” To learn more about Impact the Palm Beaches,
highly successful residential and commercial recycling Impact grants will be awarded at an annual awards visit www.impactpalmbeaches.org or email info@
programs, and the performance of waste-to-energy facilities celebration on April 17, 2024. impactpalmbeaches.org.
in recovering metals and energy from waste. Further
contributing to this success was the performance of permitted
partners, for-profit, and not-for-profit entities who recovered
and put yard waste, construction and demolition debris, and
concrete into beneficial use.
It has been our mission at SWA over the years to preserve
landfill capacity, recover valuable resources, and manage
the county’s waste right here. Most importantly, thanks goes
to the residents and businesses of Palm Beach County for
supporting what we do at SWA, and for “recycling right.”
Please contact me if I can assist you at (561) 355-2201 or
by email at mmarino@pbcgov.org.

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