Impact 100 Palm Beach County Fall Kick-Off

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Courtesy of Impact 100 PBC

Wendy Steele, Founder of Impact 100

Impact 100 Palm Beach County is a women’s 501c3 nonprofit organization funding local nonprofit initiatives in southern Palm Beach County – between Boca Raton and Lake Worth. It is comprised of a growing number of women who donate $1,000 annually.

The celebratory Fall Kick-Off event is open to current and interested members for the 2021-2022 year and features a reception and keynote address from Wendy Steele, Impact 100 founder.

Steele founded the global organization in 2001 in response to feeling as though

women’s roles in philanthropy needed a new way to be expanded and encouraged. She launched the organization with the goal of empowering women to see themselves as activists through utilizing large grants to make an impact within their communities.

By 2002, Impact100 received nonprofit status and donated its first grant of $123,000. In 2003, People magazine published a story about Impact100, and Wendy’s idea quickly began to spread. Today, her model has been replicated in cities all over the world and only continues to grow.

With 652 members in 2020-21, the Impact 100 PBC chapter is the second largest in the world and is entering its 11th year in Palm Beach County.

“Impact 100 Palm Beach County is completely volunteer based,” said Holly Schuttler,

current president. “Our members can invest as much time as they have into Impact 100 PBC, but no time commitment is required. Through the joint efforts of philanthropic women, Impact 100 Palm Beach County gives so many smaller nonprofits a chance to launch new programing or initiatives that they may not have otherwise been able to develop without the grant. We hope women will come to our kickoff to learn more. The more members we have, the greater impact we can make with our donations.”

This is a free event that is open to the public. Space is limited and advance reservations are required. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to rsvp@impact100pbc.org. For more information, please call 561.336.4623 or visit www.impact100pbc.org.