| Safespace | Stuart, FL | $100,000 | 2026 | Impact Grant - Security and Safety Upgrades at martin County Domestic Violence Shelter. This grant will have a transformational impact on SafeSpaces emergency shelter located within Martin County. It will greatly improve the security and safety of the women and children who are temporarily residing there. Abusive partners often attempt to locate survivors by stalking them at their place of employment childrens schools and doctors appointments. With this grant SafeSpace will be able to upgrade the security cameras monitors and fence at its emergency shelter and make improvements to the kitchen and playground that will significantly impact the security comfort and independence of survivors of intimate partner violence and their children. |
| Banner Lake Club Inc | Hobe Sound, FL | $100,000 | 2026 | Impact Grant - Impact100 Martin Project: Banner Lake Connections. The Banner Lake Club aspires to end the intergenerational cycle of poverty by meeting the educational and social needs of our community. The aim of the Banner Lake Connect project is to reduce the isolation of low-income under-served seniors and less-able residents in the communities we serve. This grant from Impact100 will provide the valuable mobility transportation service they need to connect them with essential services like House of Hope. Residents are excited for the opportunity to participate more fully in community events and gain more independence with dignity and respect. |
| House of Hope | Stuart, FL | $100,000 | 2026 | Impact Grant - Preserving Healthy Food for Our Community. House of Hope is proposing a food preservation program to preserve fresh produce that we grow or receive in bulk donations as well as healthy meals and sauces that we make in our nutrition center. This program will reduce our food waste increase healthy food options for our clients and partners significantly increase the shelf-life of healthy food items we distribute and offer training for individuals to learn new processes for home or business use. We will sustain this project with public sales of preserved items with House of Hope branding fees collected from those attending paid training classes grants and philanthropy and raising awareness of our mission. |
| Friends of the Everglades Inc | Stuart, FL | $70,000 | 2026 | Impact Grant - Everglades Edudome Experience: Young Friends of the Everglades. The Everglades Edudome Experience will be the first immersive virtual tour of the Everglades delivered right to schools. Inside a portable dome students are surrounded by a breathtaking 360-degree film that brings to life the sights and sounds of the Everglades. Outside the dome professional educators guide students to explore authentic animal artifacts and travel atop an enormous map of Florida that illustrates Martin Countys connection to the Greater Everglades ecosystem. The Edudome will be shared at community events and with local nonprofits to ensure a far-reaching impact in Martin County. |
| Project Lift Inc | Palm City, FL | $60,000 | 2026 | Impact Grant - Buildup: Empowering Martin Countys Next Generation of Skilled Workers. Project LIFTs program will empower at-risk young adults with industry-recognized certifications in small equipment operations filling a critical workforce gap. Local employers have identified a high demand for excavator skid steer and forklift operators especially with the expansion of companies like Amazon and Costco. Integrated into Project LIFTs proven model participants receive vocational training alongside mental health support case management and job readiness coaching. Graduates leave with the skills certifications and employer connections needed for stable careers transforming their futures and strengthening the local workforce. |
| ARC of the Treasurer Coast | Stuart, FL | $60,000 | 2026 | Impact Grant - Caring Cafe: Food from the Heart. The ARC of the Treasurer Coast Caring Cafe is a new on the job training program for individuals with intellectual developmental disabilities featuring employment training and coaching singly focused on the success of each trainee. Located in Stuarts Alices Restaurant this social enterprise will offer a training site where individuals with differing abilities can learn all aspects of food service preparing for a career in a restaurant or similar setting. Trainees will receive support from the ARC job coach and their typical peers who will also benefit from the program through the experience of working in an environment celebrating inclusion. |
| Ocean Research and Conservation Association | Vero Beach, FL | $50,000 | 2026 | Impact Grant - One Health Fish Monitoring Citizen Science Program. The One Health Fish Monitoring Project is an innovative science-research project that aims to better understand the transfer of pollutants from Martin County waterways to fish commonly consumed by humans. With the help of citizen scientists and professional collaborators we will comprehensively assess a variety of harmful pollutants including heavy metals biotoxins pharmaceuticals and forever-chemicals PFAS in fish fillets. The data gathered from this project will help us better understand the potential human health risk exposure to these pollutants has on Martin County residents as well as arm the community with unbiased data in the fight for clean water. |
| Tykes and Teens Inc | Stuart, FL | $50,000 | 2026 | Impact Grant - Walk-In Assessment Center. The request is to be used to implement a pilot program in Martin County for a walk-in behavioral health clinic serving minors in need of immediate behavioral health appointments. This would serve youth and their families asking for a same day appointment to establish care for mental health needs. The need to provide timely support for behavioral health is missing in Martin County. While planning this pilot program much has been learned from the challenges and successes of a similar program offered to the youth of Indian River County. There is confidence in the ability to enable the same sustainability in order to continue support for our youth and families. |
| The Council on Aging of Martin County Inc | Stuart, FL | $25,000 | 2026 | Impact Grant - Elder Care Mobile Outreach Program. Many of our low-income underserved seniors face social isolation and loneliness to higher risks for a variety of physical and mental conditions: high blood pressure heart disease obesity a weakened immune system anxiety depression cognitive decline Alzheimers disease and even death. Seniors often suffer silently and many do not ask for help or know where to go for assistance. Our mobile outreach program is designed to meet seniors in their own neighborhoods relieving some of the stigma of asking for help and connecting them to resources needed to gain better health outcomes and quality of life. |
| Martin County Arts Council | Stuart, FL | $5,000 | 2026 | Merit Award |
| Kiwanis Club of Stuart Florida Foundation Inc | Stuart, FL | $5,000 | 2026 | Merit Award |
| Environmental Studies Council Inc | Jensen Beach, FL | $80,000 | 2024 | — |
| The Council on Aging of Martin County Inc | Stuart, FL | $75,000 | 2024 | Impact Grant |
| Martin County Police Athletic League | Stuart, FL | $60,000 | 2024 | — |
| Ocean Research & Conservation Association (ORCA) | Vero Beach, FL | $50,000 | 2024 | Impact Grant |
| Tykes & Teens Inc | Palm City, FL | $50,000 | 2024 | Impact Grant |
| ARC of Martin County Inc | Stuart, FL | $40,000 | 2024 | Impact Grant |
| Martin County Police Athletic League | Stuart, FL | $40,000 | 2024 | Impact Grant |
| Kiwanis Club of Stuart Florida Foundation Inc | Stuart, FL | $33,000 | 2024 | — |
| The Library Foundation of Martin County Inc | Stuart, FL | $33,000 | 2024 | — |
| Environmental Studies Council Inc | Jensen Beach, FL | $20,000 | 2024 | Impact Grant |
| Education Foundation of Martin County Inc | Stuart, FL | $10,000 | 2024 | Impact Grant |
| Historical Society of Martin County Inc | Stuart, FL | $7,333 | 2024 | Merit Grant |
| Treasure Coast Wildlife Hospital Inc | Palm City, FL | $7,333 | 2024 | Merit Grant |
| Senior Resource Association Inc | Vero Beach, FL | $7,333 | 2024 | Merit Grant |
