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United Way Community Impact Grant Deadline
Approaching
Published: August 23, 2024
at 08:45 a.m.
By: Press Release from United Way of NNY
United Way Community Impact Grant Deadline
Approaching
Grant portal to close at 11:59 pm August 31
NORTH COUNTRY – United Way of
Northern New York (UWNNY) wishes to remind the local nonprofit community
that the portal to apply for 2025 Community Impact grant funding is open to
tri-county human service organizations through August 31, 2024. Completed
applications and supporting documents must be submitted by 11:59 pm and
will then be reviewed by community volunteers who carefully evaluate
proposals in alignment with community needs. Community review panelists
will determine the grant allocations, forwarding their recommendations for
funding to the UWNNY Board of Directors.
Grant
applications are open to 501(c)3 non-profit organizations providing human
service programming to residents of Jefferson, Lewis, and/or St. Lawrence
Counties. Applications must be submitted online at: https://unitedwaynnycommunityreview.communityforce.com//Login.aspx
The maximum
amount of funding that can be requested from the Community Impact fund is
$25,000. Proposals for capital projects are not eligible for Community
Impact funding. Submitted proposals must align with at least one of the
primary areas of focus:
• Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) – interventions / strategies addressing SDoH, including but not limited to access to nutrition,
housing, healthcare, literacy / language, education, and transportation.
• Child / Youth Success –
programming that provides vital supplies and support necessary to academic
success, growth and development, and a healthy successful transition into
adulthood.
• Economic Stability – short- and
long-term strategies to help people gain or maintain stability, including
job skills training, soft skills development, and support to those at risk
of falling into poverty.
Grant funds are
collected as part of the UWNNY campaign, conducted in more than 80
workplaces throughout the North Country. Employees are invited to support
their community – and a wide range of programs – through convenient payroll
deductions. The Community Impact fund supports programs and initiatives
that align with community needs, foster measurable positive change, and
help create thriving communities. Last year, UWNNY partnered with 28
programs across Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence Counties, positively
impacting 32,204 local adults and children, more than half of whom were
assisted with basic needs to include food, personal care items, and
transportation.
For more
information about the Community Impact application process, please visit https://unitedway-nny.org/community-impact-grants/
or contact Dawn Cole at dawn.cole@unitedway-nny.org
or (315) 788-5631.
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About United Way
of Northern New York: UWNNY works to unite communities,
resources and partners to collaboratively address local needs, foster
impactful programming, and enhance quality of life. We serve Lewis,
Jefferson, and St. Lawrence Counties. Our vision is a community living
united where every person belongs, and every person thrives.
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