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Tulsa Area United Way Social Innovations Grants 2025 (Oklahoma)

The Tulsa Area United Way Social Innovations Grants supports the implementation of new solutions in the areas of youth opportunity, healthy communities, financial security, and community resiliency.

Donor Name: Tulsa Area United Way

State: Oklahoma

County: Creek County (OK), Okmulgee County (OK), Osage County (OK), Rogers County (OK), Tulsa County (OK), Wagoner County (OK)

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 07/31/2024

Size of the Grant: Not Available

Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned

Details:

TAUW’s Social Innovations Grant is a one-time award for funding that begins in 2025. The grant encourages the support of new solutions in the areas of youth opportunity, healthy communities, financial security, and community resiliency. Social Innovation Grants are designed to provide nonprofits with critical resources including funding and community connections to accelerate the growth and stability of their innovative programs and ideas.

New, creative, and innovative ideas are important to meet the changing needs of communities, technology, staffing and other areas of nonprofit work. Innovation can present in many ways, including but not limited to:

  • Implementing a new program or service.
  • Implementing changes to processes or technologies to reach a new community, increase efficiencies, or improve quality of services and outcomes.
  • Implementing new ways to recruit, train, support or retain staff or volunteers.
  • Implementing a revenue-generating service to increase funds for programming.

Focus Areas

  • Healthy Community
    • Improving health and wellbeing for all.
  • Youth Opportunity
    • Helping young people realize their full potential.
  • Financial Security
    • Creating a stronger financial future for every generation.
      • Basic Needs and Food Security
      • Financial Education and Coaching
      • Homelessness Prevention and Affordable Housing
      • Job Readiness and Workforce Development
      • Legal Assistance
      • Small Business Support
      • Transportation
  • Community Resiliency 
    • Addressing urgent needs today for a better tomorrow.
      • 211 and Specialized Information and Support Lines
      • Advocacy/Public Policy
      • Community Engagement and Volunteerism
      • Community Integration and Support
      • Disaster Preparedness and Services
      • Nonprofit Capacity Support.

Funding Information

Four organizations will receive a $45,000 financial award to implement their proposal.

Priority Areas

The Committee will use the following items to prioritize applications that will move forward in the process:

  • Organizations operating for 10 years or less.
  • Annual operating budgets under $1 million.
  • Organizations not currently funded by TAUW.
  • Proposals that address the most significant inequities or disparities within the proposal’s focus area.
  • Applications that can articulate what the organization hopes to learn from the activities outlined in the proposal and how the learnings may benefit the larger community.
  • Leadership (staff, board) with lived experiences that resonate with the work or clients identified in the proposal.

Eligibility Criteria 

  • Applicant organization must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit or currently sponsored by a fiscal agent that has 501(c)(3) status.
  • Given the short turnaround of the grant process, a fiscal sponsorship must already be in place at the time of application if an organization is not a 501(c)(3).
  • The majority of clients benefited by the proposal must be located within one or more of the six-county service area of TAUW: Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, and/or Wagoner counties.
  • The proposal must be innovative, meaning it is a new solution to a gap, barrier, or challenge faced by your organization or the community you serve.
  • The Innovative idea must impact one of TAUW’s four key focus areas: Youth Opportunity, Healthy Community, Financial Security, and Community Resiliency.

Non-Allowable Expenses 

  • Funds cannot be used to cover expenses incurred prior to 2025.
  • Funds cannot be used to supplant other funds.
  • Funds cannot be used for capital campaigns, endowment campaigns, or fundraising events.
  • Funds cannot be used for land purchase, construction of new facilities, or renovating of existing facilities. Nor should the bulk of funds be used for decorating facilities.

For more information, visit Tulsa Area United Way.