OKLAHOMA CITY – Impact Oklahoma will award $100,000 grants to local nonprofits in May as part of its annual fundraising and selection process that supports organizations across central Oklahoma.
The all-women nonprofit collective pools individual donations of $1,000 from members to fund a single $100,000 grant, which is awarded each year to selected nonprofit projects. This year, 75 organizations applied, and five finalists were chosen to compete for the funding.
News 9 spoke to Impact Oklahoma Founder Page Beatty and President Megan Hann to learn more.
Explain what Impact Oklahoma does
Hann: Impact Oklahoma is a woman-run organization; we collectively collect all our money. We give $1,000 a year, and we collectively put it together, and we give out $100,000 grants for non-profits. They apply, we had 75 apply this year, and we knock it down to five finalists. They apply for a grant for a special project, and they’re all really deserving…