Union Benevolent Association

UBA’s 2024 filing reports seven grants totaling $333,000. Grant amounts ranged from $3,000 to $60,000, with a median of $50,000. All seven grants were for general operating support. Recipients included Coalition of African Communities ($60,000), African Cultural Alliance of North America ($60,000), The Common Place ($60,000), American Family Health Organization ($50,000), Lift Every Voice Philly ($50,000), Southwest Community Development Corp ($50,000), and Attic Youth Center ($3,000).

UBA’s website describes a place-based strategy beginning in Southwest Philadelphia, with three-year general operating funding, annual spring direct-service grants, and capacity-building support. Its guidelines state that the 2026 funding focus is Southwest Philadelphia. Eligible organizations are described as nonprofits located in and serving ZIP codes 19142, 19143, or 19153, with operating budgets under $2 million, that support basic needs while implementing advocacy efforts. The guidelines also describe one-year general operating grants of up to $20,000 for the Spring 2025 cycle, with requests capped at 50% of an organization’s current operating budget; that cycle is past.

The 2024 filing describes an application requiring eligibility information, organizational and project details, budgets, financial statements, and—when an organization lacks IRS 501(c)(3) status—a fiscal sponsor letter of agreement. It lists basic needs and Philadelphia geographic areas as restrictions.