United Way Suncoast (UWS) is seeking applications from nonprofit organizations to receive funding for programs in their focus areas of early learning, financial stability, and youth success with an emphasis on the priority population.
Donor Name: United Way Suncoast (UWS)
State: Mississippi
Counties: DeSoto County (MS), Hillsborough County (MS), Manatee County (MS), Pinellas County (MS), Sarasota County (MS)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 12/15/2021
Grant Size: $30,000 to $150,000
Grant Duration: 18 months
Details:
United Way Suncoast’s (UWS) mission is to provide leadership that improves lives and creates lasting community change by mobilizing the caring people of our communities to give, advocate, and volunteer.
ALICE is an acronym that stands for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. The ALICE population represents hardworking yet struggling residents who have little or no savings and are often one emergency from falling into poverty.
There are six available funding streams across our five-county footprint. Each funding stream is linked to strategic initiatives of UWS. The available streams are:
- Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties
- Early Learning Investment Stream
- Financial Stability Investment Stream
- Youth Success Investment Stream
- Manatee County
- Early Learning Investment Stream
- Sarasota and DeSoto Counties
- Early Learning Investment Stream
- Financial Stability Investment Stream
Funding Information
- Funding will be provided to qualifying programs for up to three years, contingent on program performance and continued availability of funds, and is expected to range from $30,000 to $150,000 annually (~average of $75,000).
- Funding will begin on July 1, 2022.
Eligibility Criteria
- The 2022 UWS Community Investment is open to nonprofit organizations serving the Suncoast region of Hillsborough, Pinellas, Manatee, Sarasota and Desoto Counties.
- Please note that if you have a program that, for example, operates in both Manatee and Hillsborough, you will have to submit two separate applications for funding consideration in each region. However, if your program serves two counties already grouped together by stream (eg, Sarasota and DeSoto), you will only submit one.
- To ensure the viability and sustainability of the proposed programs, the applicant organization must:
- Have 501c3 status, or have an established 501c3 organization serving as fiscal agent.
- 501c3 documentation will be required to submit the LOI.
- Have at least one full time staff member.
- Have been in operation for at least three years.
For more information, visit Community Investment Grant
