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