The United Way of Oxford-Lafayette County (UWOLC) is accepting applications for its FY 2022-23 Grant Program.
Donor Name: United Way of Oxford-Lafayette County (UWOLC)
State: Mississippi
County: Lafayette County (MS)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/01/2022
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
The United Way of Oxford-Lafayette County (UWOLC) funds programs and community coalitions that improve health, advance education, promote financial stability and meet basic needs throughout the Lafayette-Oxford University (LOU) community.
Focus Areas
The UWOLC has identified the following areas of focus and funding preferences:
- Health
- Focus: To improve people’s health, with a focus on programs that help the community and its members:
- Achieve and maintain healthy lifestyles for adults and children
- Support older adults and adults diagnosed with mental illness
- Focus: To improve people’s health, with a focus on programs that help the community and its members:
- Education
- Focus: To help children and youth achieve their potential, with a focus on programs that help the community and its members:
- Enter kindergarten ready to learn
- Read at grade level by the fourth grade
- Earn a high school (or equivalent) degree
- Focus: To help children and youth achieve their potential, with a focus on programs that help the community and its members:
- Income/Financial Stability
- Focus: To promote financial stability and independence, with a focus on programs that help the community and its members:
Timeframe
Funded programs will be conducted between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023.
Eligibility Criteria
- The UWOLC funds programs that improve health, advance education, promote financial stability, and meet basic needs for Lafayette County residents. Specifically, the UWOLC funds programs that are aligned with the focus areas and funding preferences above.
- The UWOLC funds programs run by 501(c)(3) organizations. Exceptions to this requirement may be made for other nonprofit or public entities (e.g., libraries, schools, and universities) in the event a non-501(c)(3) runs a program that aligns with a UWOLC focus area or funding preference. For-profit businesses are ineligible even if they run programs aligned with UWOLC focus areas or funding preferences.
- The UWOLC Board of Directors has adopted a Diversity and Inclusion Statement of Principle and an AntiRacism/Ethnic Discrimination Statement. The UWOLC accepts applications from and funds programs for which eligibility is determined in ways that reflect the aforementioned statements.
For more information, visit Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Funding Cycle.
