We consider some grants as “Grants of Regional Impact.” These multi-county grants affect all, or a combination of, Walton, Bay, Gulf and Franklin Counties. We’ve joined other community partners to provide enhancements to a regional Veterans Nursing Home; provided scholarships to students attending a local Muscular Dystrophy Camp; brought theatrical, musical and operatic performances to area students and community members with support for Coastal Stages, the Philharmonic of Northwest Florida, and the Gulf Alliance for Local Arts. We’ve helped fulfill wishes through support for Make a Wish Foundation and our support for the Give a Child a Boost Foster Care Fund. At the regional Ronald McDonald House we funded kitchen renovations and a "boundless playground", an inclusive, barrier-free and developmentally advantageous playground. We've also pledged over a million dollars to The National Flight Academy of Pensacola Naval Air Station.

The Board of Trustees of the Foundation recognizes that education is a very important issue, not only in Northwest Florida, but in the entire United States. The Board has chosen to support the efforts of the Naval Flight Academy at the base in Pensacola. This is a major commitment of $1,250,000 over five years. The facility will open in 2012 and will represent world class STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education. The students will live in a virtual world transformed into an aircraft carrier environment for 5 ½ days. The St Joe Community Foundation’s $1,000,000 grant is earmarked for equipment and funding of the Joint Intelligence Center and the Joint Operations Center. The students will be planning missions in the Intelligence Center and the student aviators will command and control virtual aircraft flown in up to 42 networked flight simulators in the Operations Center. The remainder of $250,000 will fund disadvantaged students attending the Naval Flight Academy for nearly a week.