The United Way of Champaign County Community Essentials initiative funds programs that are working to meet our community’s most basic needs: food, housing, healthcare, clean water, and access to technology.
They’ve announced a request for proposals to award $600,000 worth of grant funding to those local programs. Important info to know:
- United Way grants support the best approaches and strategies to achieve the goal and solve our community’s toughest problems.
- This is a competitive grant process. Not all applicants may recieve a grant.
- Our review panel is looking for strong alignment with United Way’s community essentials definition and ability to report on the Output Metrics. We also look for evidence-based approaches, strategic partnerships, commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, program sustainability, and effectiveness.
- Anticipated grant award range is $10,000 – $50,000
The grant portal will close on April 18th. You can access the portal, as well as find detailed information on eligibiilty and recorded information sessions at United Way’s website.
Top photo from United Way of Champaign County Facebook page.