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Impact The Palm Beaches Awarded $396,000 To Five Local

Nonprofits At Ninth Annual Impact Awards Celebration

Impact the Palm Beaches hosted the Ninth Annual Impact
Awards Celebration on April 17, at the Cohen Pavilion, Kravis
Center in West Palm Beach. During this exciting evening,
Impact the Palm Beaches awarded high-impact grants totaling
$396,000 to nonprofit organizations in Palm Beach County.
The winners of the three $100,000 impact grants were the
American Association of Caregiving Youth (Caregiving Youth
Project), Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies (Basics4Babies
Emergency Pantry), and The
Lord’s Place (Project Divert: Erin Standish, Aleese Kopf and Kristen Grace Kurian, Lisa Johnson, Christina
A Homeless Shelter Diversion Perrone Delvecchio Anne Messer, Julie Dow, Angela Williams
Pilot Initiative). Additionally,
two $48,000 merit grants Impact the Palm Beaches
were awarded to Busch will have given away nearly
Wildlife Sanctuary (for the $2 million in transformative
rehabilitation flight cages for grants to nonprofits in our
large birds) and Take Stock in community. Impact grants
Children Palm Beach County fund the following service
(for the program expansion areas: arts and culture,
in Central and Northern Palm education, environment and
Beach County). animal welfare, health and Carrie Browne, LeeAnne Tina Munroe and Janet
“This is my favorite wellness, and family. LaBanz Shamblin
night of the year,” said Lisa Lisa LaFrance and Hollani Impact 100 is a Hollani Davis, WPTV 5 event
LaFrance, 2023/24 president Davis worldwide organization emcee
of Impact the Palm Beaches. with more than 60 chapters
“The work these nonprofits are doing in the community is and steadily growing. Their motto is “One Woman, One
changing lives. The desire our members have to support these Meeting, One Vote.” It is designed for women who want
nonprofits is a refreshing expression of compassion. When to find an efficient and collaborative means of creating
people come together to accomplish a purpose-filled goal, it feels transformational change in their community. Women can
like anything is possible. Our members voted and distributed become as involved as they wish in the process.
multiple $100,000 grants and sizable merit grants. Everyone The Town of Palm Beach United Way is the fiscal agent
went home a winner.” of Impact the Palm Beaches. Karen Hinda and Keely Virginia Spencer and Vicki
Before the presentations began, more than 300 members For more information about Impact the Palm Beaches and Gideon-Taylor Pugh
and guests enjoyed cocktails and light bites while mingling how to become a member, visit ImpactPalmBeaches.org.
with the finalists. Hollani Davis, an Emmy-winning TV
anchor of Today on 5 on WPTV, served as the event emcee.
The 2024 Impact event was an exhilarating and inspiring
evening. The finalists presented their requests for funding to
Impact the Palm Beaches members, a vote was taken, and the
awards were immediately distributed. Since its establishment
in 2015, Impact the Palm Beaches has granted almost $2
million to local nonprofit organizations that are making
transformational changes in our community.
To learn more about the Impact the Palm Beaches grant
recipients, visit ImpactPalmBeaches.org.
Impact members contribute $1,100 annually, which includes
a $100 administrative fee, and each member’s $1,000 donation is
pooled together to fund multiple $100,000 grants. The full amount Linda Ladove, Jill Wachter, Karen Kirk, Nancy Maio, Karen Shawn Ho-Hing-King, Deeawn Roundtree, Martine Senatus
of membership is tax-deductible. After this awards celebration, Brams, Sydney Brams

Lisa Schnider and Eileen
Impact the Palm Beaches 2024 grant recipients Berman Melissa Haley, Lisa LaFrance, Susan Fayette
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