This year, 110 nonprofit organizations serving Polk County received grants through GWCF's Impact Polk 2024 grant cycle.
Two nonprofit medical clinics received a combined total of more than $21,000 through this year’s Community Clinic Grant Program!
This year, 30 nonprofit organizations serving Polk County were awarded capacity-building grants through GWCF's Empower Polk 2024 grant cycle.
GiveWell Community Foundation is a proud partner of Polk Vision, our Local College Access Network. Learn more about Polk Vision’s college and career readiness efforts and the College Access & Success Initiative.
Impact Polk is an annual competitive, donor-directed grant program of GiveWell Community Foundation with the goal of addressing community needs throughout Polk County.
The George W. Jenkins Fund within the GiveWell Community Foundation has awarded a total of $750,523 to 90 nonprofit organizations through the Impact Polk 2023 grant cycle.
Two Polk County nonprofit medical clinics received a combined total of more than $20,000 through this year’s Community Clinic Grant Program.
This year, 29 nonprofit organizations serving Polk County were awarded capacity-building grants ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 through GWCF’s Empower Polk 2023 grant cycle.
The United Community Relief Fund has awarded $205,600 to nonprofits in Polk, Hardee, and Highlands counties for Hurricane Ian relief and recovery efforts.
Impact Polk is an annual competitive, donor-directed grant program of the GiveWell Community Foundation with the goal of addressing community needs throughout Polk County.
The annual Community Clinic Grant Program helps provide medical care for Winter Haven area residents without access to medical insurance.
Grants ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 were awarded to 38 nonprofit organizations serving Polk County through GWCF's capacity-building grant cycle in 2022.
The George W. Jenkins Fund has awarded a total of $835,509 has been awarded to 83 nonprofit organizations through the Impact Polk 2022 grant cycle.
Empower Polk will provide nonprofits with capacity-building grants, funding aimed at helping them more effectively advance their mission into the future and bringing them to the next level of operational and organizational maturity.
A grant from the Yardley, England, Trimmer, and Orlich Charities Fund at the Central Florida Foundation provides medical care for Winter Haven residents.
Impact Polk is an annual competitive, donor-directed grant program of the GiveWell Community Foundation with the goal of addressing community needs throughout Polk County.
This year, Empower Polk awarded capacity-building grants ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 to 35 local nonprofit organizations, totaling more than $100,000.
The George W. Jenkins Fund within the GiveWell Community Foundation awarded more than $756,609 to 88 nonprofits organizations through the Impact Polk 2021 grant cycle.
This year, Empower Polk grants once again focus on capacity-building. This means funding aimed at bringing nonprofits to the next level of operational and organizational maturity and helping them more effectively advance their mission into the future.
Impact Polk is an annual competitive, donor-directed grant program of the GiveWell Community Foundation with the goal of addressing community needs throughout Polk County.
$600,000 in pandemic relief funding has been granted from the GiveWell Community Foundation and United Way of Central Florida’s relief fund since March.
Eighty-seven nonprofits received program funding from GiveWell Community Foundation's Impact Polk 2020 grant cycle.
GiveWell Community Foundation and United Way of Central Florida are pleased to offer a second round of Request for Proposals (RFP) from the United Community Relief Fund (UCRF). Applications are due by midnight on Monday, August 3, 2020
An investment from the Yardley, England, Trimmer, and Orlich Charities Fund at Central Florida Foundation provides medical care for Winter Haven residents.
Twenty-nine local nonprofits received capacity-building funding from GiveWell Community Foundation's Empower Polk 2020 grant cycle.
Announcing the initial round of United Community Relief Fund grant recipients. In total, more than $300,000 was awarded to 34 nonprofit organizations.
GiveWell Community Foundation and United Way of Central Florida are pleased to offer a Request for Proposals (RFP) from the United Community Relief Fund (UCRF). Applications are due by midnight on Monday April 13, 2020.
Funding from an Empower Polk 2019 grant allows Parker Street Ministries to make important organizational improvements and provide staff training.
With funding from an Empower Polk grant, Cornerstone Hospice Foundation purchased medical devices for patients care and staff training
Learn how an Empower Polk grant is helping Lakeland Community Theatre offer more services, improve production quality, and create a safer, more inclusive environment for staff and performers.
A grant from the Yardley, England, Trimmer, and Orlich Charities Fund at the Central Florida Foundation will help Angels Care Center of Eloise care for sick and injured residents in Winter Haven.
A total of $96,558.17 was awarded to 25 local nonprofits through GWCF's Empower Polk 2019 grant cycle.
The Community Foundation is pleased to announce that $499,647 has been awarded to 69 nonprofit organizations through Impact Polk 2019.
Victory Ridge Academy's “Summer Camp for Children with Special Needs” program provides daily educational and therapeutic activities designed to help prepare students for the upcoming school year.
Central Florida Health Care and Angels Care Center of Eloise were awarded grants through the Yardley, England, Trimmer, and Orlich Charities Fund at the Central Florida Foundation for the care of sick and injured residents in the greater Winter Haven area who are unable to financially obtain medical care.
Thanks to generous, caring donors in our community and beyond, GiveWell Community Foundation was able to assist with medium- to long-term disaster recovery efforts through the Hurricane Irma Relief Fund.
We are excited to announce that the GiveWell Community Foundation has recently awarded $105,000 through a new grant program called “Empower Polk.”
WINTER HAVEN - The students of Elbert Elementary School in Winter Haven were visited by 14 special guests from Tampa's Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) on September 13th. Those guests included two friendly outreach instructors and 12 exciting robots. MOSI's...
Two Winter Haven area medical clinics received grants thanks to the Yardley, England, Trimmer, and Orlich Charities Fund at the Central Florida Foundation