2007 IMPACT Award recipients and finalists
$10,000 and under
Award Recipient
Volunteer Florida Foundation, Inc./Florida Hurricane Relief Fund for its grant to Volunteer Broward for seed money for Neighbors to the Rescue (NTTR) to match donors with persons who lost possessions in Hurricane Wilma through a unique, grassroots, virtual warehouse.
Finalists
JL Cares at Jonathon’s Landing for its grant to Stroke of Hope Club, Inc. for the creation of the organization’s website; purchase of computers for a computer training program; and development of an outreach program.
Sun-Sentinel Children’s Fund for its grant to FuturePoint for the I Am Connecting program, which matches high school mentors with second grade students.
$10,001 -- $25,000
Award Recipient
Allegany Franciscan Ministries for its grant to Human Services Coalition for the Access through Action Project (A2) to increase community engagement and civic participation around healthcare access.
Finalists
American Express for its grant to Arts & Business Council of Miami for the National Arts Marketing Project, a national audience development program in 12 cities nationwide including Miami.
Ethel & W. George Kennedy Family Foundation for its grant to Women’s Fund of Miami-Dade County for seed money for the Women’s Advocacy Project (WAP), which builds and strengthens a network around issues impacting marginalized women and girls.
$25,001 -- $100,000
Award Recipient
The Jim Moran Foundation for its grant to Women In Distress of Broward County for the expansion of the It’s Not OK program to three Broward County Schools.
Finalists
Allegany Franciscan Ministries, Miami-Dade for its grant to Farmworker Association of Florida for the Pesticide Safety and Environmental Health project that provided training to farmworkers about pesticide exposure and related health effects.
Fisher Island Philanthropic Fund for its grant to YMCA of Greater Miami for scholarships to approximately 52 children each funded year, ages two to five, from extremely low income families to attend the Allapattah Y’s nationally accredited preschool program.
$100,001 -- $500,000
Award Recipient
Quantum Foundation and Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County for their grant to American Red Cross Greater Palm Beach Area Chapter for the Learn-To-Swim program in low-income “rural areas of critical concern” communities.
Finalists
Health Foundation of South Florida for its grant to Center on Nonprofit Effectiveness (C-One) for the Initiative for Organizational Effectiveness to improve management and operational effectiveness of health-related nonprofits selected; facilitate submission of high-quality grant applications for capacity-building projects; and Develop C-One’s capacity to deliver other foundation-sponsored capacity-building initiatives for funder grantees.
Ocean Bank for its grant to The Education Fund to relocate and move the Ocean Bank Center for Educational Materials (OBCEM), a warehouse of free supplies available to classroom teachers.
More than $500,000
Award Recipient
Children’s Services Council of Broward County, Community Foundation of Broward, Jim Moran Foundation, Junior League of Greater Fort Lauderdale, and United Way of Broward County for their grant to the Transitional Independent Living (TIL) Initiative focusing on services for youth transitioning from the foster care system to living independently.
Finalists
The Children’s Trust for its grant to Hands On Miami for the Youth Volunteer Corps (YVC), which creates, manages, and leads volunteer projects for youth ages 13 to 17 after school and on weekends, and hosts four one-week Community Service Summer Camp sessions where youth participate in educational workshops and volunteer service projects.
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for its grant to Dade Community Foundation for the Miami Fellows Initiative, a leadership program that develops new leaders who represent Miami-Dade’s multicultural community.
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