Our Impact

2025 Grant Awards

Impact100 Hunterdon is a new chapter of a worldwide initiative (Impact100 Global). Started in spring 2023, the Hunterdon chapter membership has been made possible by the fiscal sponsorship of Binnacle House, a local community foundation.

The concept is simple – 100 women commit to membership by donating a minimum of $1,000 each. Each member gets a vote at an annual event to choose from a short list of grant applicants to determine who will receive a $100,000 grant for a transformative project or program in Hunterdon County.

Beyond providing grant funding, Impact100 Hunterdon aims to bring together motivated women to transform lives in our community, by providing networking opportunities, and shining a light on the power of philanthropy.

The 2025 Grant Award Finalists

Check out the meaningful projects these amazing non-profits are looking to support right here in Hunterdon County. Keep your eye on your email for a link to videos about these projects and your chance to vote for the winner!!!

Listed in alphabetical order.

Grant winner to be named at the Annual Meeting on March 11th.

Open Cupboard Food Pantry

Community Care Project

The Open Cupboard Community Care Project addresses food insecurity and economic hardship in underserved areas of Hunterdon County through an integrated food pantry and mission-driven thrift store. As we transition toward a longer-term lease, we aim to redesign and update our space to better serve the community with safe, efficient, and dignified access to food and essential goods. Grant funding will support facility improvements, equipment, staffing, food purchasing, transportation, and outreach, allowing us to expand service capacity and reach seniors, working families, and residents facing short-term financial hardship. This investment will strengthen long-term sustainability and increase the number of households served across Hunterdon County.
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SAFE in Hunterdon

Safehouse Expansion

SAFE provides crisis and support services to Hunterdon County residents who find themselves in need following victimization involving domestic or sexual violence. Our safehouse, set up in a homelike environment, grants immediate housing to adults and children as they start rebuilding their lives. This project would add a sprinkler system to the safehouse, a prerequisite to obtaining the required shelter license needed to expand from a sixteen to a twenty-four bed facility, with no additional construction costs.  SAFE operates most nights at maximum capacity; the impact of this project would provide lifesaving safety and support the most vulnerable amongst us.
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Sourland Conservancy

Growing Connections: Hunterdon County Forrest & Community

This program will help heal the forests that protect Hunterdon County’s water, wildlife, and community well-being. The Sourland forest recently lost over one million trees—nearly 20% of all trees—to an invasive insect. The Impact100 Hunterdon County grant will plant 9,000 native trees and shrubs (and protect them from deer) on public land to reduce flooding, clean our air and water, and provide critical wildlife habitat for resident and migratory birds and animals. These forests also protect the streams that provide drinking water for more than 800,000 people. By engaging local volunteers and partners, this project rebuilds a damaged forest while strengthening community stewardship—supporting a healthier environment for current and future generations.
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United Way of Hunterdon County

United in Mental Health

United Way of Hunterdon County’s United in Mental Health responds to a crisis with countywide action. Nationally, one in five youth experience a mental health challenge each year; in Hunterdon County, youth suicide rates are among the highest in New Jersey, even as access to school-based services declines. Families face long waits, limited providers, and stigma around treatment—problems money alone does not solve. United in Mental Health equips educators, parents, coaches, and community members with training to recognize warning signs early and intervene with confidence. Youth receive age-appropriate education that normalizes mental health conversations, builds resilience, and empowers them to support peers as ambassadors within their own circles. By surrounding young people with informed, trusted adults, support shows up where kids already live, learn, and play. Long term, this coordinated infrastructure strengthens youth and school outcomes while modeling timely, community-driven response to the national youth mental health crisis—locally-led and scalable everywhere.
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