2025 Recipients

ARTS, CULTURE & RECREATION

  
     South Baldwin Community Theater: 
   "Project Room to Grow"

The mission of South Baldwin Community Theateris to keep the dramatic arts alive and accessible to everyone. “Project Room to Grow” calls for a 30’W x 120’L x 14’H building to house a set design/build workshop, prop storage, rehearsal/audition space, and office/meeting space.

EDUCATION

 
   Fairhope/Point Clear Rotary Youth Club:
    "Growing Together: Enhancing Pre-K Access and        Nutrition in Baldwin County"

Rotary Youth Club mission is to empower youth to reach their full potential. The Impact 100 grant will fund a second classroom (18 students), a kitchen renovation and a bus purchase.

                                      
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    South Baldwin Literacy Council:
   “Building for Brighter Futures: Capacity
    Expansion to Expand Educational Services”

South Baldwin Literacy Council's  mission is to empower our community through education. The Impact100 grant will contribute to the construction of a 2-story building that will consist of five private tutoring spaces for individualized learning, one classroom for group instruction, two GED testing rooms, two ADA compliant restrooms, and three offices.
  

ENVIRONMENT & PRESERVATION

   
         Magnolia Springs Volunteer Fire Department: 
         “Protecting Lives and Environment in Harder to
          Reach Areas”:   

The Magnolia Springs Volunteer Fire Department is devoted to enhancing community safety by providing prompt, professional fire and emergency services. The grant will  is provide a rapid response vehicle, with a smaller conveyance, to improve emergency access, response times and medical outcomes across a 32-square-mile area serving approximately 3,900 residents plus neighboring areas in Baldwin County.

FAMILY

   
 
  The Arc of the Gulf Coast
 “Bricks of Belonging: A Home for The Arc of Gulf Coast”

The Arc of the Gulf Coast is committed to supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live fulfilling lives. The purpose of Bricks of Belonging: A Home for the ARC of the Gulf Coast is to secure a permanent brick-and-mortar facility that will serve as a welcoming central hub for the nonprofit’s growing programs and services that will now occur at a regularly scheduled time and place.

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Established in 1993, the Thomas Hospital Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and enhancing Thomas Hospital. The first part of the project is to renovate existing space at the Thomas Hospital Malbis Emergency Department. The dedicated suite will give victims privacy and comfort for the care they deserve. It will also provide a place for secure storage of evidence, equipment, and documentation. The second part of the project is to provide training and certification for both adult and pediatric SANE care.