The United Way of Greater Los Angeles (UWGLA) is seeking applications for the Community Care & Power Hubs Program to invest funding and support in nonprofit organizations and community groups across L.A. County currently providing community care and building local power and build on this base of partnerships to stitch together a network interested in advancing a shared vision for L.A. County.
Donor Name: United Way of Greater Los Angeles (UWGLA)
State: California
County: Los Angeles County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 06/22/2022
Grant Size: Up to $50,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
Their broader work is aimed at ending generational poverty and closing the racial wealth gap. They also recognize that this work always takes place in the context of specific communities.
Through this investment, UWGLA aims to invest in resident-powered efforts that gather households to strengthen and reclaim their neighborhoods. UWGLA will fund a set of community hubs, which are nonprofit organizations and community groups currently providing care and building power within communities across L.A. County. Care and power efforts that will be supported may vary in population focus, service type, and geography, but all will strive to provide immediate supports that help re-imagine a community-powered social safety net in local neighborhoods or build up household and community wealth and ownership long-term. Applicants may identify as being a care and/or power hub:
- Community Care Hub: Efforts aimed at re-imagining a community-powered social safety net and lowering critical expenses. Examples of specific supports include food, rent, utilities, transportation, childcare, mentoring/tutoring, clothing, hygiene, healthcare/mental health, public benefits, and tax credits.
- Community Power Hub: Efforts designed to establish greater resident agency, community ownership, and the building of community wealth. Examples include specific organizing campaigns, community land trusts, housing and worker cooperatives, self-organized student unions, community information networks, public space improvements, microenterprise supports for neighborhood services, and lending/investment circles.
Funding Duration
- Award Levels
- Volunteer-led or 501c3/c4 with 0-1 FTE: Up to $25,000 unrestricted
- 501c3/c4 with 2-9 FTE: Up to $50,000 unrestricted
- 501c3 and 501 c4 orgs with 10+ FTE: Up to $50,000 project restricted
- Anticipated Grant Term: 12 months
Eligibility Criteria
Any formal nonprofit organization (501c3, 501c4) or volunteer-led community group with service locations/power bases located in L.A. County is eligible to apply for this funding opportunity. Any applicant may use a fiscal agent. Volunteer-led community groups will be required to have a partner willing to accept funds on the group’s behalf (e.g., fiscal agent, nonprofit partner, local faith-based organization).
For more information, visit United Way of Greater Los Angeles (UWGLA).
