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2023 Annual Report

Impact 100 Seattle Annual Report for 2023. Includes Impact by the numbers, our approach, 2023 Grantee Partners, and financials.

2022 Annual Report

Impact 100 Seattle Annual Report for 2022. Includes message from the president, financials, grantee partner update, and membership update.

IMPACT 100 Seattle plans to award $150,000 in three unrestricted grants to local nonprofits

SEATTLE, Washington (May 19, 2022) — Closing out its third grant cycle, Impact 100 Seattle will award $150,000 in unrestricted funds to three nonprofit organizations tackling inequities in marginalized communities in the Puget Sound Region.

2021 Annual Report

Impact 100 Seattle Annual Report for 2021. Includes message from the president, financials, grantee partner update, and membership update.

Seattle’s Impact 100 women pool their money to maximize their charitable boost

The idea behind Impact 100 - originally founded in Cincinnati and now with at least 60 chapters - is simple: a group of at least 100 women, each giving $1,000 to pool and donate to worthy organizations.

2021 Grant Finalists Announced

SEATTLE, Washington (August 30, 2021) – Three small, local, community-based nonprofit organizations that serve marginalized populations received a total of $125,000 in unrestricted funds from Impact 100 Seattle.

2020 Annual Report

Impact 100 Seattle Annual Report for 2020. Includes message from the president, financials, grantee partner update, and membership update.

Impact 100 Seattle accepting applications for ‘impactships’

Puget Sound area women who believe in high-impact, trust-based philanthropy but may not currently have the financial means to pay an annual membership fee are invited to apply for an “impactship” with Impact 100 Seattle.

Madison Park friends form women's collective giving group

Madison Park residents Anna Graves and Anne Janda had made charitable contributions for years, but were looking for a way to make a more local and measurable impact in their community.

Impact 100 Seattle gives $100K in grants

Impact 100 Seattle awarded five Seattle-area nonprofits $100,000 total in unrestricted grants to help diverse, underserved residents, it said in a press release.

New group of Seattle area women philanthropists respond to pandemic by expediting first series of grants to help diverse, under-served residents

SEATTLE, Washington (July 9, 2020) --Responding to the pressures of the coronavirus pandemic, the inaugural members of Impact 100 Seattle voted to accelerate the timeline for awarding its first round of grants. Five Seattle-area nonprofits were awarded a total of $100,000 in unrestricted grants from...

Impact 100 Seattle responds to COVID 19 crisis with expedited process to award $100,000 to local nonprofits

SEATTLE, Washington (April 20, 2020) -- In response to the pressures of COVID-19, Impact 100 Seattle announced it is expediting and adjusting its initial grant making process to distribute funds as quickly as possible. Puget Sound area nonprofits may apply for grants until April 26 using this online...

Madison Park Living Cover & Feature

Anna Graves and Anne Janda featured on cover of Madison Park Living magazine introducing the launch of Impact 100 Seattle.

Launch Press Release

SEATTLE, Washington (February 4, 2020) – Impact 100, a nationwide women’s collective giving group, now has a chapter in Seattle. Since a “soft launch” late last year by Madison Park residents Anna Graves and Anne Janda, the nonprofit, volunteer-run organization is more than halfway...