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PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — A Pensacola organization has announced its 2026 grant finalists.
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According to a news release, IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area will be providing 13 groups in the city with a $101,000 grant for projects they are working on.
The 20 finalists and their projects are:
- Ballet Pensacola
- Project: Updating ‘The Nutcracker’ costumes and lighting
- Pensacola Children’s Chorus
- Project: Connecting the choir and the community through transportation
- Pensacola Museum of Art Guild
- Project: Projecting the PMA into the future
- University of West Florida Foundation
- Project: Preserving and providing event access to WUWF Mobile Live events
- Naval Aviation Museum Foundation
- Project: Flight Adventure Deck
- Santa Rosa Education Foundation
- Project: Expanding access and increasing IMPACT
- The Pensacola Mess Hall
- Project: Moving science after school
- Umbrella Learning Academy Corporation
- Project: Creating a secure sensory and social-emotional learning area
- Friends of Pensacola State Park
- Project: Rebuilding Long Pond Boardwalk
- Keep Pensacola Beautiful
- Project: Removing invasive species and reforestation
- Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program
- Project: Inspiring stewardship through estuary encounters
- Winterfest of Pensacola
- Project: IMPACT 100 All Access Express
- A HOPE
- Project: Provide safer surgeries for pets
- Pensacola Habitat for Humanity
- Project: A Habitat-family promise partnership
- Pregnancy Resources Center
- Project: Building resources and educating parents
- South Santa Rosa Interfaith Ministries
- Project: Driving hope for families
- 4EVR DEZ
- Project: Providing a resource hub for teen girls
- Health and Hope Clinic
- Project: Expanding access to dental care
- Sacred Heart Foundation
- Project: The Willow Boutique
- The Seven Project
- Project: Pedaling Beyond Limits
The release said this is the 23rd year that IMPACT 100 has provided grants to nonprofit organizations, giving out over $18.7 million…