Harbor House of Central Florida serves domestic violence survivors in Orange County through community offices and its emergency shelter, which provides safe housing to more than 850 survivors each year, including women, men, children, and pets. With the Lowe’s Community Impact Grant, Harbor House will enhance its nine-acre shelter campus with improvements to its vegetable garden, butterfly garden, and meditation path. These upgrades create peaceful spaces where survivors can heal, grow, and thrive.

Hands On Hartford’s mission is to care for its neighbors by meeting basic needs and supporting greater stability through food, housing, and health services. The Lowe’s Community Impact Grant will help the organization renovate bathrooms and backroom spaces to create a clean, welcoming environment for those who power its work. These improvements will uplift the people behind its programs, strengthening morale and well-being so they can continue serving Hartford’s most vulnerable residents.

Habitat for Humanity of Hillsborough County serves the largest county in Tampa Bay, building and preserving decent shelter for vulnerable families for 39 years. With the Lowe’s Community Impact Grant, the organization will make key capital improvements that create a strong vibrant community in Windhorst Commons, a new affordable homeownership development. Improving sidewalks and adding a community park, a gazebo and green spaces will boost health and safety for neighborhood families as well as resilience to extreme weather.

Growing Hope has served children and families since 1979, including young people who age out of the foster care system without permanency or place to call home. With the Lowe’s Community Impact Grant, the organization will revitalize Leaphart Place, its supportive transitional living apartments. When a community wraps around kids who age out of foster care, providing them with stable housing, skill building, and support, we all build a stronger, brighter, more hopeful community.

Green Acres Regional Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering individuals with developmental disabilities through meaningful employment, community engagement, and supportive services that foster independence and dignity. With support from Lowe’s Community Impact Grant, the organization will renovate two residence halls. These improvements will help provide stable housing for vulnerable individuals, strengthen our local workforce, and ensure our community can continue to care for and uplift those in need for years to come.

The Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw, Inc. has served the community since 2014. The Lowe’s Community Impact Grant will provide the necessary funding to place the playground at the Community Outreach Program Office (COPO) which will contribute to bringing children and families together in a safe environment that supports everyday interaction and the rebuilding of cultural continuity.

The mission of GCCA is “to foster, promote, and develop cooperation, good fellowship, and neighborliness among all persons living, working, or interested in this neighborhood; to coordinate efforts to solve neighborhood problems; and to enhance the civic and general welfare of this community”. Lowe’s Community Impact Grant revitalize its community garden, a community asset since 1988.

Founded in 1954, Fletcher Fire Rescue is dedicated to providing exceptional customer service while protecting life, property, and our community from the adverse effects of fire, accidents, natural disasters, and other emergencies. The Lowe’s Community Impact Grant, will renovate gathering spaces that support the mental and physical well-being of its firefighter by creating better place to relax when taking breaks from the daily 911 calls and training they respond to.

Founded in 1978, First Step is the largest non-profit providing comprehensive services to survivors of intimate partner violence and/or sexual assault in Wayne County, Michigan. With the Lowe's Community Impact Grant, the residential program will complete updates to the laundry room and client suites. These renovations will expand the longevity of the residential suites and create safe, welcoming living spaces for families and individuals fleeing domestic violence.

Final Salute, Inc. supports women veterans and their children who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness by providing housing and services that promote stability, independence, and long-term success. With the Lowe’s Community Impact grant, Final Salute will improve a transitional housing property in Alexandria, Virginia by removing hazardous trees, replacing deteriorating perimeter fencing, and enhancing the outdoor areas.