Impact100 Orange County’s mission is to deliver high-impact grants that support local nonprofits, reach underserved populations, and address unmet needs within our community. By rigorously vetting and providing grants, we financially empower these nonprofits, enabling them to secure additional funding to further serve our community’s needs. Our engagement with these organizations involves a deep dive into their programs, services, and the communities they support. In return, our nonprofit partners affirm that our grant process encourages them to think bigger and more strategically, amplifying the effectiveness and reach of their work.

2025 GRANT RECIPIENTS:

Healing at the Well

  • Award: $100,000
  • Focus Area: Families & Children
  • Details: Grief Coaching and Counseling to help women & children navigate the loss of a spouse/parent. Founders Amy and Nicole took their pain and turned it into purpose by creating a community and connection for widows and children, creating the only program of its kind in OC. They $100,000 grant will allow them to serve 75-100 additional families navigating profound loss.

Serving People in Need (SPIN OC)

  • Award: $4,000
  • Focus: Families & Children
  • Details: Serving People in Need (SPIN OC) aims to end homelessness in our community and restore Orange County’s families and individuals in crisis to self-sufficiency.

Find Your Anchor

  • Award: $4,000
  • Focus: Mental Health/Suicide Prevention & Awareness
  • Details: Find Your Anchor is a grassroots movement aimed at suicide prevention, awareness, and education.

 

2024 GRANT RECIPIENT: Live Like Jojo

  • AWARD: $74,000
  • Focus Area: Families & Children
  • Details: The mission of the Live Like JoJo Foundation is to infuse joy and enrich the lives of children and families impacted by chronic healthcare challenges in Southern California through activities, advocacy, and support. They will use the funds to expand programs founded at CHOC to several more medical facilities throughout Orange County.

 

2023 GRANT RECIPIENT: Giving Children Hope

  • AWARD: $65,000
  • FOCUS AREA:Family & Children
  • DETAILS: A faith-based non-profit that helps children and families break out of the cycle of need into success and self-sustainability. We help children and families in Southern California who are housing unstable and looking to build a community to sustain support in areas of food, essentials, and a pathway out of poverty. The funds awarded  in our 2023 grant went directly to supporting their distribution center program bridging the gap between homelessness and housing.

 

2022 GRANT RECIPIENT: Breast Cancer Solutions

  • AWARD: $38,000
  • FOCUS AREA:Health & Wellness
  • DETAILS: The mission of Breast Cancer Solutions (BCS) is to provide breast cancer patients with direct assistance, community referrals and compassionate support. Our organization is a trusted safety net resource that serves Orange County breast cancer patients at risk of delaying, stopping, or being denied treatment due to financial hardship and the inability to pay for living expenses. The funds awarded support direct client food and transportation assistance for our 2023 program.