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The United Way of Windham County (UWWC) has established new Community
Impact investment priorities, the organization announced last week. These
priorities will guide the investment of all of its resources, such as staff/volunteer
time, convening, data analysis, in-kind donations, and financial resources in
partnership with Windham County's nonprofit community.
"These newly-established investment priorities are the culmination of hundreds
of hours of volunteer effort," said Executive Director, Carmen Derby. "Moving
forward, all local United Way investment decisions will now be based on these
goals, or target outcomes."
The Community Impact investment priorities are categorized in the areas of
Education, Income, and Health. United Way of Windham County worked
with dozens of community volunteers to establish these goals by identifying
the community needs, determining the priorities, and creating an online grant
application.
"We thank everyone engaged in the process for their hard work and devoted
service to Windham County," continued Derby. "In addition, United Way would
not be at this point in our transition to community impact without the support
of our generous funders." The A.D. Henderson Foundation, the Crosby and
Dunham Mason Funds of the Vermont Community Foundation, and the Thomas
Thompson Trust provided funding to support the Community Impact transition.
This funding has underwritten a new part-time Community Investment Director to
work with area agencies, an upgrade of technology and office infrastructure, and
the purchase of software that will help agencies and United Way track progress
in meeting community goals.
The United Way of Windham County will focus its community grants on nonprofit
programs that align with one or more of the target outcomes in Education,
Income, or Health. To help Windham County nonprofits learn about the target
outcomes, new online application, and the grant application review process,
UWWC will be holding a series of information sessions. The dates for these
Grant Seeker Forums are: July 20 at 9:30 am in Brattleboro; August 11 at 9:30
am in Bellows Falls; and August 22 at 2:00 pm in Brattleboro. Attendance is
not mandatory, but organizations are strongly encouraged to attend. The next
community grant deadline is September 15 and eligibility information and a grant
timeline can be found on the UWWC's website at www.unitedwaywindham.org.
The community impact process of identifying community needs, investing
resources and evaluating United Way's impact is ongoing and will continue
to involve individuals and organizations serving Windham County. For more
information or to volunteer, please contact Sue Graff, UWWC Community
Investment Director, at 802.257.4011 x113 or sue@unitedwaywindham.org.
For more information about United Way of Windham County, its community
impact initiatives, including a complete list of community goals and a community
grants schedule, visit www.unitedwaywindham.org, find United Way of Windham
County on Facebook, or sign up for its e-newsletter online.
The mission of the United Way of Windham County is to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of
the community. Working with volunteers, donors, service providers, businesses, and other stakeholders,
United Way of Windham County assures a viable community-wide, human- services infrastructure for
Windham County's residents.
For interview, please contact:
Carmen Derby, Executive Director, United Way, 802-257-4011, ext 110 |
