Welcome to the 2024 Impact 100 Focus Groups
We are so happy to have you join us and we thank you for your commitment to making an Impact in our community! We also thank you for taking the additional step beyond your financial giving to volunteer your time to serve on one of our Focus Groups. Our Focus Group Chairs have also volunteered their time and attended a training to better understand the process and how to guide our members through the grant review process as well. We ask that you please be respectful of the diverse opinions of group members, as well as responding to any correspondence in a timely fashion, so that the flow of the Focus Group goes smoothly. As always, feel free to contact us if you have any questions or concerns. We are truly grateful for your dedication and hope you thoroughly enjoy the process!
Beth Shepherd & Amy Silvert, Grants Chairs
Contact us at: grants@impact100owensboro.org
2024 CALENDAR:
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- May 20: Focus Group Chair Training at Wendell Foster at Noon
- May 31: Nonprofit Grant Applications Due
- June 17: Focus Groups can begin reviewing grant applications. Grants will be uploaded to your Focus Group # on the “Members” page of the website. You will only be able to view the grants assigned to your group.
- July: Site visits will begin and groups continue to meet as needed and determined by each group.
- August 15: Focus Groups end; finalists are chosen to move forward to the Annual Meeting.
- August 21 or 22: Public Finalists announcement (details TBD)
- September 3rd – October 3rd: Finalists site visits take place for all members.
- October 22: Annual Meeting when members vote for their choice of the finalists chosen by each of the Focus Groups
GENERAL INFORMATION
Quick Fact Sheet for Focus Groups
Focus Group Member Training
Effective Grant Review
Grant Review and Scoring Form
Connect with Us on Social Media
Life-to-Date Grants Awarded through 2024
FOCUS GROUP CHAIRS FOR 2024:
FOCUS GROUP 1:
| Monday @ 5:30pm | Janet Howard | janet@wkrbc.org | 270-929-9667 | |
| Western KY Blood Center, 3015 Old Hartford Rd | Cindra Stiff | cindrastiff@gmail.com | 270-929-6296 | |
FOCUS GROUP 2:
| Monday @ 6pm | Cate Gaddis | gaddis-cathryn@rvbh.com | 270-929-0498 | |
| Cate’s House | Laurna Strehl | laurnastrehl@gmail.com | 210-246-2226 | |
FOCUS GROUP 3:
| Monday @ Noon | Merry Miller | merrym@twc.com | 270-240-2281 | |
| Health Park | Maryanne Mountain | maryanne.mountain@outlook.com | 270-302-1801 | |
FOCUS GROUP 4:
| Tuesday @ 5:30 | Leigh Anne Castlen | leighannemontgomery@yahoo.com | 270-231-0675 | |
| 833 Alexandria | Whitney Foreman | wforeman24@yahoo.com | 270-570-2119 | |
FOCUS GROUP 5:
| Tuesday @ Noon | Patty Millay | millay2202@aol.com | 270-316-4956 | |
| Baird Wealth Management | Julie Elliott Campbell | elliottcampbell@hotmail.com | 270-302-0374 | |
FOCUS GROUP 6:
| Wednesday @ 10am | Jan Goldman | jan.goldman@kctcs.edu | 270-302-7070 | |
| Zoom (in-person Site Visits) | Suzanne Craig | suzanne.craig@grdhd.org | 757-329-3363 | |
FOCUS GROUP 7:
| Wednesday @ 5:15pm | Connie Hardison | chardison0417@gmail.com | 270-929-4243 | |
| Eaton Memorial Church Conference Room | Linda Wahl | lindawahl54@gmail.com | 270-929-7429 | |