HOW TO APPLY

    2025 Important Application Dates

    Nonprofit Information Session and Q&A (Zoom) – April 4, 12 PM

    Eligibility Form Closes – April 1, or 50 eligible orgs

    Full Proposal Application Due Online – May 14, 5 PM

    First Round Notifications Sent Out – Mid-Summer (Date TBD)

    Semi-Finalist Site Visits Take Place – Late Summer/Early Fall (Date TBD)

    Finalists Notified – Mid-October

    Annual Membership Meeting – November 18 

    2025 Nonprofit Information Session Video


    2025 GRANTS APPLICATION PROCESS SLIDE DECK

    APPLICATION STEPS

    STEP 1: ELIGIBILITY

    ELIGIBILITY FORM IS NOW CLOSED

    The deadline for submitting the Eligibility Form was April 1, 2025. Thank you to all those who submitted forms. Eligible applicants will be invited to submit an application form that is due on May 14th, 2025 at 5 PM.

    Approved applicants will be asked to complete the grant application form via Submittable.com, where applicants will be asked to create a user account before being prompted to complete the Eligibility Form.

    To review eligibility criteria, please visit our Grant Eligibility page.

    STEP 2: APPLICATION

    Please see below to download our Application Information Packet and Grant FAQs.
    Eligible nonprofits may submit an application by our May 14th deadline. 

    STEP 3: APPLICATION REVIEW & SITE VIST

    Grant Review Committees (GRCs) comprised of members, evaluate grant applications. After Committees’ discussions, semifinalists are selected and site visits are scheduled. Site Visits take place in late Summer/early Fall.

    STEP 4: FINALISTS ARE SELECTED & MEMBERS VOTE

    GRCs select finalists for the Impact100 Grant and at our Annual Meeting:

    • Each member casts a single (and equal) vote for a nonprofit of her choice.
    • The grant recipient(s) is determined by majority vote and announced at the close of the meeting.

    Grant recipients will sign a Grant Agreement, outlining all reporting requirements. An Impact 100 Jersey Coast Grantee Liaison will stay in regular contact with the organization. Interim and final reports will be reviewed and key details shared with the wider membership. 

    For your convenience, we have consolidated the information on our website into a printable PDF:


    DOWNLOAD 2025 APPLICATION INFORMATION PACKET

    Important: Impact 100 Jersey Coast is committed to a fair, unbiased grant process.

    We ask that applicants do not contact members of Impact 100 Jersey Coast, as all members are required to protect the confidentiality and integrity of the grant process. Please direct all questions to grants@impact100jc.org.