The board of United Way of Colquitt County has decided to offer RFPs in the areas of Education, Health or Financial Stability for this grant award.
Donor Name: United Way of Colquitt County
State: Georgia
County: Colquitt County (GA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 07/22/2022
Grant Size: not exceed $8,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
Applications for funding must align with at least one of these areas and provide an explicit target outcome – specific improvements sought in the lives of the defined community population.
Funding Areas
- EDUCATION
- Access to education or educational programs for all demographics in their community.
- HEALTH
- Helping the whole person from birth to senior adults from mental to physical health.
- FINANCIAL STABILITY
- Conduct population-specific outreach to lower-income workers to increase enrollment in basic education and job readiness programs.
- Remove barriers to participation in basic education and job readiness programs by promoting flexible class hours, use of modularized curricula, and provision of transportation and childcare subsidies and tax-credits.
- Provide for “gap” services, including books/materials for education/ training, work tools, dress, cost of temp-to-permanent fee.
United Way of Colquitt County also specifies the following conditions for this funding:
- Proposals will be accepted from 501©3 organizations as well as other government or charitable organizations if the proposal is aligned with the organization’s mission.
- Individual request will be funded for up to three years assuming organizations meet annual requirements and requests may not exceed $8,000 per year.
- Funded activities must demonstrate need and benefit to the community.
- Funding may be used only for Colquitt County programs and residents.
- Each applying organization must provide a measurement tool for their program/activity. The measurement will tie in to one of the strategies in the United Way education, health or financial stability framework.
- Local support and partnerships should be identified in the application and considered in making funding decisions.
- The impact of this project will be felt in the community and by the target population beyond the three-year funding period.
- Applicants must have an outline as to how it will include and publicize its partnership with United Way of Colquitt County in the program.
United Way Impact funds may not be spent on the following:
- To replace other funds currently being spent on this initiative.
- Capital campaigns, to purchase buildings or other real estate.
- To reduce existing deficits.
- To support the applicant’s out-of-county activities.
For more information, visit United Way of Colquitt County.
