Welcome to Impact100 Louisville's Letter of Intent Application. Impact100 Louisville is a collective giving organization that funds $100,000 grants. Please review the following guidelines to make sure your organization and proposal meets our criteria. 

An organization is eligible to apply for the Impact100 Louisville grant if it:

-Is defined as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
-Serves the residents of Jefferson County, Kentucky, or is a recognized local chapter of a state or national organization serving this region. 
-Is registered with the Kentucky Secretary of State.
-Does not discriminate based on religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender. 
-Has not received an Impact100 Louisville grant in the past FIVE (5)  years.
-Has operated under its own 501(c)(3) status for at least 24 months from the letter of intent application date.

Grant proposals eligible for the Impact100 Louisville grant must:

-Serve residents of, and expend at least 75% of funds in Jefferson County, Kentucky.
-Be for the full grant amount of $100,000. The project‘s total budget may exceed the grant; but if so, the grant application must indicate how the remaining funds will be secured. 
-Expend funds within 36 months of the award date.
-The project must have a positive IMPACT on our community and be sustainable.

Impact100 Louisville will NOT provide funding for the following:

-Grants to individuals.
-Endowment funding.
-Partisan, legislative, or political activity.
-Projects of individual churches, synagogues or other religious institutions unless a separate tax-exempt entity that is not under the umbrella of the church, synagogue or other religious institution exists for receiving IMPACT100 Louisville funds.
-Faith-based projects or programs which require participation in activities of a particular faith, denomination or religion in order to benefit from the project or program. Benefits of the project or program must be available to any person, regardless of religious beliefs or practices.
-Capital improvements or renovations to property for the grant project if the organization does not own or have a lease of at least FIVE years.

More information can be found on our website.

Please make sure you meet this criteria before you submit a Letter of Intent.

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Submissions accepted from 12:00am EST on 03/02/2026 to 12:00pm EST on 04/02/2026