Funding Amount

$5,000 - $200,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Community Impact Grants

Funder: 1889 Foundation in partnership with United Way of the Southern Alleghenies

Geographic Scope: Cambria and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania

Program Status: Active (1889 Foundation has provided $5+ million in funding since 2015 as challenge grant)

Award Structure:

  • Large Grants: $50,000 - $200,000 for evidence-based programming addressing social change

  • Smaller Grants: $5,000 - $50,000 for additional health and human services programming
  • Primary Focus Areas:

  • Preparing all children socially, emotionally, and academically for kindergarten

  • Increasing parental knowledge of child development and care

  • Preventing youth drug and alcohol use

  • Additional health and human services programming
  • Program Characteristics:

  • Distributed annually to high-performing non-profit organizations

  • Awarded by volunteer-driven committee and review panels

  • Currently supporting 30 programs delivered by 25 partner agencies

  • Recipients must be high-performing organizations
  • Eligibility:

  • Non-profit organizations in Cambria and Somerset Counties
  • Application Requirements:

  • Explain programs and methods

  • Describe desired outcomes

  • Explain how results will be measured

  • Site visits are required
  • Contact: United Way of the Southern Alleghenies

    How to Apply

    Application Process

    1. Contact United Way of the Southern Alleghenies for application materials
    2. Complete application detailing:
    - Program description and methods
    - Desired outcomes
    - Results measurement plan
    3. Submit application to United Way
    4. Participate in required site visit
    5. Review by volunteer-driven committee and review panels
    6. Awards distributed annually

    Required Components:

  • Program explanation

  • Implementation methods

  • Desired outcomes statement

  • Results measurement methodology

  • Willingness to participate in site visit
  • Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    educationyouth-programschild-welfareaddiction-recoveryhuman-servicesnonprofits

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