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Impact100 Martin
Launches New Season Of

Philanthropy

With Goal Of $500,000
In Grants

Impact100 Martin will launch its 2024/25 season
of passionate and compassionate philanthropy this
November with a high energy kickoff and a challenging
goal: increase membership to 500 members and award
five $100,000 community impact grants. Impact100 Martin has raised more than $1.8 million during its first seven years, awarded major grants to local nonprofits, and
“We’re going into our eighth season of making demonstrated the powerful impact of women’s philanthropy in the community.
a lasting difference in our community with game-
changing grants to local nonprofits,” said Maureen can be leveraged into $100,000 grants. By reaching 500 The keynote speaker for this year’s kickoff is Carrie
Cotter, president of Impact100 Martin. “Our members members this year, we could infuse half a million dollars Morgridge, a prominent philanthropist, author and
have demonstrated how $1,000 from each Impact member into the community in one year. That’s impactful!” advocate for education and community improvement, and
a founding member of Impact100 Martin. She and her
husband John founded the Morgridge Family Foundation
in 2008, and their work has evolved over the years, from
funding programs that are close to home, to investing
in wide-scale solutions that can potentially impact
millions of people and animals and improve outcomes
for communities and our planet.
Morgridge is the author of three books, including Every
Gift Matters: How Your Passion Can Change the World
and Courage Money: A Guide to Becoming a Venture
Philanthropist. She has twice been invited to speak on
the TED stage.
In just seven years, the members of Impact100
Martin have contributed more than $1.8 million in
grants in five focus areas that are essential to building
strong communities: arts and culture; education; family;
health and wellness; and environment, preservation and
recreation.
“Part of the power of Impact100,” Cotter said, “is
that each member has an opportunity to dig deeply into
the projects that our applicants propose and cast a vote
for the one she believes is strategic and sustainable, with
measurable goals and outcomes. At our grants showcase
last spring, we could all see that the decisions we made
resulted in meaningful change within our community.”
The kickoff begins at 5 p.m. at the Kane Center on the
campus of the Council on Aging Martin on Salerno Road
on Thursday, November 7. For more details about the
event, membership opportunities, and successful Impact100
Martin grants, visit info@impact100martin.org.
Impact100 Martin is a nonprofit organization with
a mission of creating positive, lasting change in the
community through collective giving. Founded in 2017,
it is a chapter of the national Impact100 Movement
founded by philanthropist Wendy Steele to transform
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It is a member-driven organization that awards grants in
$100,000 increments each year to local nonprofits in the
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