About Our Grants
Impact100 provides high-impact grants that support a nonprofit organization’s core mission. Our goal is to address unmet needs in the Philadelphia region and raise the profile of smaller nonprofit organizations. Impact100 grant funds may be spent on necessary infrastructure, staff salaries, primary programs or services, or other expenses that strengthen an organization and enhance its ability to do its core work.
A central question in our application is Why now? We ask applicants why this juncture in particular is the time that a $100,000 core mission grant will have a large impact on the organization.
Each year, our grant funding is determined by the number of women who join Impact100 by December 1. In mid-December, we announce the grant funding to be awarded the following June.
Our application process begins with Letters of Inquiry due in December. Applicants apply for a $100,000 core mission grant in a Focus Area that aligns with their mission, programs or services. Our Focus Areas are: Arts & Culture, Education, Environment, Family, and Health & Wellness.
Applications are reviewed by Focus Area Committees from January to April. In mid-May, grant finalists are announced and then grant recipients are determined by a vote of the membership.
We recommend that applicants review Impact100’s Eligibility Criteria carefully, and consider attending our Grant Applicant Information Session in the fall. All Important Dates are updated annually over the summer.
A new pilot program in 2021: Impact100 Philadelphia’s Community Awards will be a second funding program of small grant awards. This reflects a long-standing desire among members to extend our funding to more recipients. It also reflects our ongoing efforts to employ principles of diversity, equity and inclusion and trust-based philanthropy, and to make our grantmaking more equitable and effective. Community Awards will not solicit applications, but instead will be determined by research conducted by our members. Community Awards will follow the same timetable as our Core Mission grants, with funding decisions announced in late spring. Please watch our website and newsletters for updates.
