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The opportunity to apply for 2023-2024 funding has closed and award notifications have been shared.

Currently funded agencies: The Year-End report is due June 1, 2023.
Please submit your report and required documentation via email to [email protected]

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The 2023 Community Impact Grant application is closed. Please check back in early 2024 for information about funding possibilities. 

The 2023 is a two-part application. The first part is a Common Application, shared with the City of Bellingham's Housing, Human and Social Services grants. The second part is a United Way-specific Addendum. Applicantions are due February 10th, 2023. 

Prospective applicants: Please preview the following documents: 

Ageny Relations Policy

Memorandum of Understanding

Currently funded organizations: 

• Currently funded organizations with grants ending June 30, 2023 are eligible to submit a 2023 grant application to UWWC
• Currently funded organizations with a multi-year grant (awarded in July of 2022) are eligible to apply for new funding at the end of their multi-year grant cycle

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
• Healthcare access

Economic Mobility

• Financial literacy and training
• Vocational readiness training or 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.

We Live United. Together. 

See Our Current List of Partner Agencies