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United Way Increases Annual Funding By Nearly 50% To 85 Nonprofits And Collaboratives

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United Way Increases Annual Funding By Nearly 50% To 85 Nonprofits And Collaboratives

May 12, 2021
By Devin Desjarlais
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United Way of the Greater Triangle today announced plans to invest $5.075M in 85 local nonprofit organizations and collaboratives over the next fiscal year in support of its mission to eradicate poverty and increase social mobility through the power of partnerships. These community investments represent a 43.7% year-over-year increase in funding grants as well as a 64% increase in grants awarded to BIPOC-led organizations. A full list of awarded grantees can be found below.

The $5.075M allocation also includes $250,000 earmarked for United Way’s 10 to Watch initiative, which will invest $50,000 over two years in 10 local nonprofits with leaders who are Black, Latinx, and/or Woman. The organization is currently conducting interviews to determine those 10 leaders and will make that announcement this summer.

The results of this funding process represent the next phase of United Way’s strategic commitment to charity and justice, supporting the solutions that combat the immediate effects of poverty while also focusing on long-term solutions that attack the root causes. Through new funding opportunities including the Anti-Racism Accelerator (ARC-Celerator) and Anti-Racist Capacity Building grants, it also intentionally addresses how systemic racism perpetuates the cycle of poverty in the Triangle.

Grantees include nationally-known organizations like Boys & Girls Clubs of Wake County, Special Olympics NC, and YMCA of the Triangle as well as locally-known organizations like Marbles Kids Museum, Equity Before Birth, and The Green Chair Project. Grants are awarded within each of United Way’s pillars and extended focus areas.

  • Healthy Families:
    • $2,420,000 total annual investment
    • Focus areas include affordable housing, food security, health (including mental health), and safety.
  • Cradle To Career:
    • $1,980,000 total annual investment
    • Supports individuals and families from birth to and through the workforce
  • Equity In Leadership:
    • $675,000 total annual investment
    • Focuses on amplifying under-represented leaders and preparing the Triangle for the inevitable success of marginalized communities. Grants within this pillar include the established 10 to Watch initiative as well as new grant opportunities like ARC-Celerator and Anti-Racist Capacity Building.

All awarded grantees are listed below, with collaboratives — groups of nonprofits working toward a shared vision — identified as well.

Organization Pillar ARC-Celerator Anti-Racist Capacity Building
Alliance Medical Ministry Healthy Families
AMIkids Infinity Wake County Healthy Families
Adolescent Parenting Transitions (Collaborative) Cradle To Career
Be Connected Durham & Beyond: The Fayetteville Street Corridor Fellows Project Yes
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Triangle, Inc. Healthy Families
Book Harvest Cradle To Career Yes
Boomerang Youth, Inc. Healthy Families Yes
Boys & Girls Clubs Cradle To Career
CASA Healthy Families
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh Healthy Families
Center for Child & Family Health Healthy Families
Child Care Services Association Healthy Families
Club Nova Community, Inc. Healthy Families
Community Empowerment Fund (CEF) Healthy Families Yes Yes
Compass Center Healthy Families Yes
DataWorks NC Yes
Diaper Bank of North Carolina Healthy Families
Dress for Success Triangle Cradle To Career
Durham Children’s Initiative (DCI) Collaborative Cradle To Career
Durham Collaborative to End Family Homelessness (DCEFH) Healthy Families
Durham Literacy Center Cradle To Career Yes
Durham Public Schools Foundation Cradle To Career Yes
Durham’s Early Learning Two-Generation Alliance (Collaborative) Healthy Families
El Futuro Healthy Families
Emily K Cradle To Career
EmPOWERment, Inc., Career Explorer Program Cradle To Career
Equity Before Birth Yes
Families Together Healthy Families Yes
Family Justice Center (Collaborative – Including InterAct) Healthy Families
Grow Your World Yes
Habitat for Humanity of Durham, NC Healthy Families
Habitat for Humanity of Orange County Healthy Families
Habitat for Humanity of Wake County Healthy Families
Hope Renovations Healthy Families
Housing for New Hope Healthy Families
Intel-I-Gents Mentoring Program Cradle To Career
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle Healthy Families
Interact Yes
Interfaith Council for Social Services Healthy Families
ISLA Cradle To Career
Johnston Lee Harnett Community Action Healthy Families
Kramden Institute Cradle To Career
LatinxEd Cradle To Career
Lucy Daniels Center Cradle To Career Yes
MAAME, Inc. Healthy Families Yes
Made In Durham Cradle To Career
Marbles Kids Museum Cradle To Career
Multi-Disciplinary Team (Collaborative including Triangle Family Services and SAFEchild) Healthy Families
Mentor NC Cradle To Career
My Kid’s Club serving Johnston County Cradle To Career
Oak City Cares, Inc. Healthy Families
Orange Congregations In Mission Healthy Families
Partnership for Children of Johnston County Cradle To Career
Passage Home Healthy Families Yes
Prevent Blindness NC Cradle To Career
RAFI-USA Healthy Families Yes
Read and Feed Cradle To Career
Red Cross Healthy Families
Refugee Community Partnership Healthy Families Yes
Reintegration Support Network (RSN) Yes
SEEDS Healthy Families Yes
SouthLight Healthcare Healthy Families
Special Olympics NC Healthy Families
StandUp-SpeakOut of North Carolina Healthy Families
StepUp Durham Cradle To Career Yes
StepUp Ministry Cradle To Career Yes
Student U Cradle To Career Yes
Students to Scholars Cradle To Career
Sustaining The Family Table (Collaborative) Cradle To Career
TABLE, Inc. Healthy Families
Tammy Lynn Center Healthy Families
The Daniel Center for Math and Science Cradle To Career Yes
TheGifted Arts Cradle To Career
The Green Chair Project Healthy Families
The Hope Center at Pullen, Inc. Cradle To Career Yes
Transitions LifeCare Comprehensive Care Program (Collaborative) Healthy Families
Triangle Bikeworks Cradle To Career Yes
Triangle Land Conservancy Yes
TROSA (Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc.) Healthy Families
Urban Ministries of Wake County Healthy Families
Village of Wisdom Cradle To Career Yes
Wade Edwards Foundation & Learning Lab – The WELL Cradle To Career
WAKE Up and Read (Collaborative) Cradle To Career
World Relief Durham Cradle To Career
YMCA of the Triangle Area Cradle To Career Yes

Grant recipients were selected through a community-driven process during which 313 local volunteers read and scored more than 284 applications based on potential impact, as well as focus on equity and anti-racism. Requests for funding totaled $11.2M, an 8.4% increase from funds requested during United Way’s 2018 Request for Proposals process.

To learn more about United Way of the Greater Triangle’s mission and the impact of the organizations investments over the past year, check out our latest impact report.


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