Leadership

Champion
Buzz Ritchie

Team Chairs
Education: Ted Kirchharr
Environment: Dr. Enid Sisskin
Health: Dr. Debra Vinci
Poverty: Tim Evans

Partners

Currently:

212 individuals

70 Organizations

7 Sponsors

Poll

What do you believe should be the highest priority in Escambia County?

Basic Information

Inspiration for Escambia is a local grant program that invites community members, groups, and organizations to submit project ideas that can bring positive change to Escambia County. All projects must fit within one of Unite Escambia’s five community priorities: Education, Environment, Health, Housing, and Poverty.

In each category, a grant sponsor will choose the five best project submissions. Through online voting, the public will choose which of the five project ideas will receive the grant.

There are five $1,000 grants available, one for each priority (Education, Environment, Health, Housing, and Poverty). Grant winners will work with Unite Escambia volunteers to complete their projects within three months.

Project ideas can be submitted by anyone but the project must be held in Escambia County for the population of Escambia County residents.

Projects will be selected based on the following criteria:

Is the project addressing a prioritized need in the community?
Can the work of project be completed in three months, and the results sustained to create a meaningful impact for one of the five priority areas?
Is the project sustainable?
Does the grant application indicate that there are volunteers willing to help with the project?

Submission Dates

Submissions for Education Grants will be accepted February 1st through February 10th

Submissions will be accepted in February (Education), April (Enviornment), June (Health), August (Housing), and October (Poverty). Please check back for specific dates of when submissions will be accepted, finalists announced, and voting begins.

Example Project Ideas:

Education: Buy books suitable for pre-k children and provide them to parents to encourage reading to children.

Environment: Sponsor a bike rally to teach about bike safety, add reflectors to children’s bikes, discuss why biking is better than driving, register bikes in case they are stolen, and provide helmets for 50 children.

Health: Hold a healthy cooking class for children and their parents

Housing: Install weather stripping to houses of elderly neighbors to help reduce utility bills.

Poverty: Hold a “Bridges Out of Poverty” training and provide free training materials to the first 50 people who sign up and commit to volunteering on a Poverty Solutions Action Team.

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How to Submit

Sample Submission

Frequently Asked Questions