Community enhancement grants
United Way annually offers one-time community enhancement grants to member and non-member agencies to serve smaller communities in our service area, fund new and emerging issues or build community relations.
These grants target particular topics each year and are distributed by trained community volunteers. If you'd like to volunteer to serve on a grant panel, contact Vanessa.Wayne@stl.unitedway.org.
Agencies: find grants to apply for here
2009 grants
Grants were awarded in the areas of:
Girl empowerment ($20,000 total): Aviston Elementary School District #21, Girl Scouts of Central Illinois, Girls on the Run, Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club, Kingdom House, Lutheran Family and Children's Services, Northside Community Center, Provident
Transition to financial independence ($20,000 total): Almost Home, Catholic Charities of Madison County, Child Center - Marygrove, Good Samaritan House of Granite City, Humanitri, Life Skills, Violence Prevention Center of Southwestern Illinois, Salvation Army
Disaster recovery ($10,500 total): Almost Home, Catholic Urban Programs, Community Living, St. Louis Area Agency on Aging, Sunnyhill Inc., Warren County Handicapped Services, Youth In Need
Youth health literacy ($10,000 total): Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Provident, St. Vincent Home for Children, Wesley House Association
Neighborhood Violence Impact ($6,000 total): Debaliviere Place Association, Griffin Center, Mark Twain Community Resource, Progressive Youth Connection
Youth services ($5,000 total): Griffin Center, Hazel Bland Center, Illinois Center for Autism, Univeristy of Illinois Board of Trustees, Violence Prevention Center of Southwestern Illinois
Senior programming ($5,000 total): Human Support Services, MindsEye Information Service, Monroe County Apartments 4 Association, Southwestern Illinois Programs and Services for Older Persons, Western Egyptian Economic Opportunity Council
Projects in Clinton County ($5,000 total): Breeze Police Department, Citizens to Promote Scouting, City of Trenton, Community Link, Hospice of Southern Illinois
Youth services in Randolph County ($5,000 total): Lutheran Child and Family Services of Illinois, Prairie DuRocher #134 School District, Randolph County Sherrifs Department, Tilden Attendance Center, Violence Prevention Center of Southwestern Illinois
Basic needs in St. Charles County ($5,000 total): New Beginnings of St. Charles County, Saint Louis Crisis Nursery, Society of St. Vincent DePaul, Volunteers in Medicine, Youth In Need
Basic needs in Warren County ($5,000 total): Agape Ministry of Warren County, Northeast Community Action Agency, Saint Louis Crisis Nursery, Warrent County Senior Center, Youth In Need
Basic needs in Lincoln County ($5,000 total): Lincoln County Drug Court Foundation, Lincoln County Medical Center, Northeast Community Action Agency, Saint Louis Crisis Nursery, Sts. Joachim and Ann Care Service
2008 grants
United Way gave one-time grants totaling about $450,000 in the areas of:
- Bilingual international assistant services
- Healthy mothers and babies
- Medical screenings for low-income women
- Employment assistance and training for low-income women
- Monroe and St. Clair counties senior services
- Healthy eating and fitness
- At-risk youth in Randolph and Clinton counties
- The sandwich generation
- Warren and Lincoln counties social services enhancement
- Micro-lending and micro-enterprise development for low-income women
- New Americans in St. Charles County
- Increasing the capacity of food pantries
- Tangible items for domestic violence shelters
- Start-up and seed funding for new programming for women and girls
2007 grants
United Way gave one-time grants totaling about $208,500 in the areas of:
- Indigent elderly
- Warren County infrastructure enhancement
- Language translation
- Peer harassment
- Clinton and Randolph counties senior services
- Youth and family obesity
- College preparation
- Senior services in North City
- Prescription assistance