Georgia: United Way of Greater Atlanta announces Economic Stability Grant Program

The United Way of Greater Atlanta is accepting applications for its Economic Stability Grant Program to improve family financial stability by 10% by 2027.

Donor Name: United Way of Greater Atlanta

State: Georgia

City: Atlanta

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/02/2022

Grant Size: $25,000 – $100,000

Grant Duration: 1 year

Details:

Economic Stability is a high-impact approach to improving the financial standing of families in Greater Atlanta. Without financial stability, families cannot have economic mobility – creating little to no chance of children moving out of poverty.

Within the Economic Stability Investment Priority area, they have five pathways through which they seek to create change:

Secure Housing: Increase access for families to have stable housing through programs that provide financial assistance (rent/utilities) and/or supports for a pathway to obtain and maintain permanent housing
Basic Needs and Equitable Access: Increase supports for families to ensure food security and access to childcare and preventative health care.
Close the Skills Gap: Create easy access to job training programs, increase opportunities for experiential learning and the access to obtain the credentials needed to obtain a high-demand career and achieve prosperity for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed (ALICE) families.
Build Wealth: Provide supports so that families can increase savings, improve credit scores, access financial products, access financial education, and attain assets that create economic mobility for themselves and the next generation
Manage Health: Provide access to health care including health education to assist families managing chronic disease, reduce health care costs and increase the ability to work consistently.

Funding Information

All applicants will be notified in late-April after United Way leadership volunteers complete their decision-making.
The minimum grant award will be $25,000 for a one-year grant period.
They anticipate awarding 2 organizations with $25,000 grant awards the Secure Housing funding opportunity.
They anticipate awarding 4-6 organizations with grant awards ranging $25,000 – $100,000 for the Basic Needs and Equitable Access funding opportunity.
They anticipate awarding 4-6 organizations with grant awards ranging $25,000 – $50,000 for the Build Wealth funding opportunity.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must be a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit or working with a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit as their fiscal sponsor
Applicants cannot have an active grant from United Way of Greater of Atlanta, excluding any active grant awards issued from the following grant programs: Emergency Housing Assistance Program, Building Opportunities in Out-of-School Time (BOOST) grant, School-Age Help and Relief Effort (SHARE) grant, Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP), and United for Racial Equity and Healing Fund (UfREHF)
(FOR BUILD WEALTH AND SECURE HOUSING APPLICANTS ONLY) Applicants must be a Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC)-led organization or project must be led by people living closest to issue or directly impacted. United Way of Greater Atlanta considers BIPOC-led organizations to meet 3 of 4 criteria: (1) Executive Director is BIPOC, (2) The majority of the organization’s Board of Directors are BIPOC, (3) The majority of the organization’s executive staff (C-Suite or equivalent level) are BIPOC, (4) the majority of people served are BIPOC.
(FOR BUILD WEALTH AND SECURE HOUSING APPLICANTS ONLY) Applicants must have an annual organizational budget under $2,000,000.
(FOR BUILD WEALTH APPLICANTS ONLY) Applicants must target communities with additional barriers such as non-English speaking populations or homeless individuals with income.
First time Awardees will participate in the Grantee Orientation to gain more information about grant expectations. Please note: United Way of Greater Atlanta uses a Results Based Accountability measurement framework across our Child Well-Being Mission Fund investments. For organizations that are award recipients we will provide detailed training and United Way staff will work with your organization to develop a minimum of 1 Results Based Accountability metric that corresponds to your grant during the Contract Phase of the process.
Applicants must target zip codes of low and very low Child Well-Being.
Maintain a current registration with the Georgia Secretary of State office.
Have an independent governing body consisting of at least nine voting members who are resident volunteers, that has the authority to decide policy and strategic direction with respect to the agency’s programs, administration and finances, in accordance with the organization’s By-Laws, and who shall meet at least four times per year. Paid staff must not be a voting member of the Board.
Maintain a non-discrimination policy or plan that does not discriminate on the basis of race, cultural heritage, religion, gender, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status or status as a qualified disabled or handicapped individual.