BECOME A PARTNER
Thank you for your interest in United Way funding! Our 2025-26 grantees are receiving funding for two years, through June of 2027. Our next grant application process will take place in January of 2027 unless otherwise listed here.
To find out if your agency might be a good fit for future funding, please see qualifications and additional details below.
DO YOU QUALIFY?
If your nonprofit program helps families and individuals increase their financial stability, you may be eligible to apply for a grant from our Community Impact Fund.
To qualify for funding, you must be a 501c3 serving Whatcom County residents in one or more of the following areas:
Basic Needs
- Combating food insecurity
- Stable, attainable, affordable housing
- Health and mental health care access
Economic Mobility
- Financial literacy and training
- Vocational readiness training and support
- Adult education programs
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty
- Affordable childcare and early learning programs
- Academic programs to increase student attendance and achievement
- Parenting support
- Addiction treatment and recovery
- Abuse prevention
Our funded programs are more than just grant recipients, they’re partners.
In addition to working together to help clients and our community, we meet regularly to connect, collaborate, and advocate for each other in the name of positive community change. It’s our pleasure to highlight the amazing work we are helping to fund, and we’re forever grateful to these nonprofits for speaking out about what it means to be part of the United Way network.