Ensuring all residents — from cradle to career — have opportunities for education and career development & advancement
- Early Childhood Education
- Elementary/Secondary(K-12) Education
- Career Readiness (Post-Secondary Success)
- Workforce Development
Ensuring all residents — from cradle to career — have opportunities for education and career development & advancement
Protecting our natural treasures through environmental stewardship and education
Addressing the basic human & health needs of residents and the positive development of our youth
The Gulf Power Foundation has partnered with various organizations and post-secondary partners throughout our service territory to develop long-term, multi-year grant partnerships. See below for some of our current multi-year grant partnerships.
Quarterly grant deadlines:
Building a strong northwest Florida will always be a team effort, and the Gulf Power Foundation awarded nearly $1 million in grants in 2019 to 36 organizations across the region to do just that.
The Amplify! grants covered two main areas:
Of the applications submitted, 36 organizations were approved for grants totaling more than $966,000.
The Gulf Power Foundation is funded entirely through resources independent of Gulf Power’s customers.
ARC of the Emerald Coast – Transportation support to the disabled
The Arc Gateway Foundation – Taste Buds
Baptist Health Care Foundation – Modernization of Foster Home Placement Tools
Basic of Northwest Florida – Restoration for Recovery and Resilience
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Florida – Technology to Connect, Grow and Impact!
Boys and Girls Club of Bay County – Building Greater Futures Through Greater Impact
Boys and Girls Club of the Emerald Coast – The Enlightenment of Fort Walton Beach Teen Center
Children in Crisis – KaleidaCare: Streamlining Paperwork & Trainings
Children’s Home Society – Conservation Corps of the Emerald Coast
Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance of NWFL – Going Green: Living Shorelines for Homeowners and Parks in the Choctawhatchee Bay
Community Action Program – Intake enhancement for client advancement
Council on Aging of West Florida – Life Changing Transportation for Seniors
Dixon School of the Arts – Dixon School of Arts and Sciences Summer Camp
Emerald Coast Science Center – Strides for STEM
Epps Christian Center – Transition to Success: Educational Resource Center
Every Child a Reader in Escambia – Future Ready
Feeding the Gulf Coast – Inventory System
Florida Wildlife Federation – Restoring NWFL’s Tree Heritage after Hurricane Michael
Food4Kidz – Our Children of the Storm
Fresh Start for Children & Families – Information Technology Upgrade
Girls Inc. of Bay County – Hurricane Michael Recovery
LEAD Coalition of Bay County – Operation Fail Safe: Transitioning to the Next Level
Longleaf Alliance – Cogongrass Control in the GCPEP Landscape
March of Dimes Foundation – Amplify! NAS Training Program
The Nature Conservancy – Accelerating Longleaf Pine Restoration at the Perdido River Preserve
PACE Center for Girls – Ready, Set, Work!
Pathways for Change – Strategic Planning & Leadership Development
Second Chance of Northwest Florida – Program Partner Satisfaction Monitoring
Shelter House – 2020-2025 Strategic Plan
South Santa Rosa Interfaith Ministries – Pharmacy Computerization to Improve Care and Implement Drug Safety Standards
Special Olympics of Florida – Program Expansion in Okaloosa County
St. Andrew Bay Center – Therapy: The ARC of the Bay
Studer Community Institute – Volunteer Coordination to Build Capacity
UWF GeoData Center – Modernizing Student Environmental Research
WSRE-TV Foundation – Imagination Station Satellite Center at C.A. Weist Elementary
Youth Village – Uniting our Children, Teachers & Parents