Deadline: 2-Feb-21
United Way of Treasure Valley is accepting Letters of Intent from nonprofit organizations and community schools who wish to participate in the United Way of Treasure Valley 2021/22 grant cycle.
Goals
United Way fights for the health, education and financial stability for everyone in the Treasure Valley.
- They fight for the health of all by
- Helping individuals and families create and sustain healthy habits.
- Providing access to preventative medical and dental services for low-income individuals and families; and
- Ensuring access to appropriate behavioral health services and supports.
- They fight for education of all children by
- Ensuring that children enter school prepared to learn.
- Supporting children inside and outside of school; and
- Preparing children and young adults for success after high school.
- They fight for financial stability for all by
- Providing access to job education and training that leads to asset development, financial literacy and livable wage jobs.
- Improving access to housing programs in an effort to help families obtain and maintain affordable permanent housing.
Funding Information
- Minimum grant amount will be $5,000.
- Program Grant awards are not made for capital projects.
- Outcomes will be reviewed each year by the Vision Council. To ensure that investments are making an impact a maximum grant amount for any newly applying agency/program is $25,000. In the first year of receiving a UWTV grant award, agency/program will be asked to provide a 6 month narrative in addition to the annual report at the completion of the grant cycle. If there is a collaborative effort and the lead agency receiving the funds is not new to receiving UWTV funds, this guideline may not apply.
- As a general rule, UWTV grant awards should not exceed 20% of a program’s budget. Exceptions to this may be made on a case by case basis such as innovative collaborations and startups.
Eligibility Criteria
United Way has established certain criteria that agencies must meet before their Letter of Intent will be considered. They must:
- Have as their primary mission the provision of health and/or human services.
- Resources are directed towards programs that illustrate how they are targeted toward low-income individuals and/or ALICE families.
- Be under control of a local governing board which is organized and functioning to provide policy direction and management oversight.
- Have the ability to demonstrate outcomes under the goals of UWTV Impact areas of Education, Financial Stability and Health.
- Be able to provide an independent financial audit (if organization size is over $500,000) or an independent financial review (if organization is $500,000 or below) and a copy of the most recent 990.
- Provide services to residents of and have a physical service delivery location in the Treasure Valley, including the counties of Ada, Canyon, Gem and Owyhee.
For more information, visit https://www.unitedwaytv.org/grant-process-2021