UWMB United Response Fund Grant
Funding Amount
Up to $50,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Can we apply?
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Geography
- Community-based organization
Other requirements
- Working in one of the listed focus communities
- Serving at least one priority population
- Providing critical services
- Impacted by federal actions
Overview
Purpose: Provides funding to community-based organizations for Family Emergency Financial Assistance (FEFA) and flexible operating support to address new, unexpected and emerging needs impacting communities.
Geographic Scope: Eligible focus communities include: Attleboro, Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea, Haverhill, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, Malden, Quincy, Revere, Salem, Taunton
Focus Areas:
- Family Emergency Financial Assistance (FEFA)
- Emergency support to individuals and families for basic needs
- Critical safety net programs (SNAP, Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, Head Start, Medicaid support)
- Flexible operating funds for community-based organizations
Eligibility:
- Community-based organization
- Working in one of the listed focus communities
- Serving at least one priority population
- Providing critical services
- Impacted by federal actions
- If applying for FEFA: must show experience and infrastructure for direct cash transfers
Funding Timeline: Funds will be disbursed monthly until the end of 2025 or until the Fund is depleted
What They Don't Fund: Individual food assistance (individuals should contact Mass 211 or Project Bread at 1-800-645-8333)
How to Apply
Application Process
Status: Application link available on website ("APPLY NOW" buttons present)
Required Information: Specific application materials and narrative questions not detailed in provided content
Submission: Applications appear to be submitted online through the organization's portal
What United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 351
- Total given
- $30.03M
- Median grant
- $50K
- Range
- $5,000–$1.4M
- By dollars: Massachusetts 95%, Rhode Island 1%, New Hampshire <1%. Top recipient cities: Boston, MA; Lynn, MA; Roxbury, MA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 14% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
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$1.4M
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Uw of North Central Massachusetts Inc · Fitchburg, MA
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$1.12M
New Healthy Mass · Newton, MA
Community Impact
$1.09M
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Hardship
- Human services
- Poverty alleviation
- Food security
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