Your Dollars At Work. Raised Here. Stays Here.
United Way of Washtenaw County annually publishes an overview and analysis of where your dollars were invested and the impact they had.
Community Investments Overview by Fiscal Year
2022 Community Impact Grants + Justice Fund
- Community Impact grants support solutions that mitigate and disrupt the intersectional impacts of poverty, racism and trauma, root causes of systemic oppression and three forces which hold opportunity at bay for all people in Washtenaw County. These are general operating support grants to deliver maximum flexibility as the human services sector continues to navigate impacts of the global pandemic.
- Grants made from the Justice Fund are intended to disrupt systems, policies and practices that perpetuate poverty, racism and trauma by coming alongside historically excluded communities in Washtenaw County as they build power, agency and resilience. These are flexible, one-time grants that deliver support over a time period determined by the grantee (1-2 years).
- Community Impact Investments Overview
- Justice Fund Investments Overview
- Frequently Asked Questions
Opportunity Fund (FY20-23)
United Way of Washtenaw County’s Opportunity Fund is a resource for local organizations and groups whose efforts address poverty, racism and trauma: root causes of systemic oppression and three forces which hold opportunity at bay for all people in Washtenaw County. This cycle, we supported organizations who desired:
- Piloting/testing a community solution to meet emerging needs connected to poverty, racism or trauma.
- More fully expressing a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
- Mission-related resources for the things that keep leadership up at night (e.g. software, equipment, professional development).
- FY23 Opportunity Fund Investments
- FY22 Opportunity Fund Investments
- FY22 Opportunity Fund and Recovery Fund Overview and Highlights
- FY22 Opportunity Fund and Recovery Fund Stories of Impact Highlights
- FY21 Opportunity Fund Investments
- FY21 Opportunity Fund Overview and Highlights
- FY21 Opportunity Fund Stories of Impact Highlights
- FY20 Opportunity Fund Overview and Highlights
- FY20 Opportunity Fund Stories of Impact Highlights
Power of the Purse Fund
UWWC awards Power of the Purse fund grants annually to provide support for efforts that prioritize the financial wellbeing of people who identify as women, individuals and families with low incomes, communities of color, and historically and/or systematically marginalized groups.
This year’s investments were made to women-led organizations that are helping women and families maintain safe, affordable housing and meet their family's essential needs as our community continues to navigate the economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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FY23
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Round 1: Investments Overview
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Round 2: Investments Overview
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FY21
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Round 1: Investments Overview
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Round 2: Investments Overview
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Out-Of-School Time Community Learning Relief Fund
Funding from the Out-Of-School Time (OST) Community Learning Relief Fund grant addresses and supports challenges that have arisen as children and families navigate the return to school and work throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
FY21 General Operating Support Grants Overview and Highlights
UWWC COVID-19 Response (FY20-FY21)
UWWC's Community Relief, Community Recovery, and State of Michigan Rapid Response grants provided unrestricted operating support to local human service nonprofits and community groups meeting immediate, emergent, and unanticipated needs of people and communities impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Community Recovery Fund (FY21 and FY22)
Launched after the close of UWWC’s COVID-19 Relief Fund to continue meeting the critical and emergent needs of populations impacted by the pandemic including support to individuals who have experienced a loss of income and/or employment, and continuity of community services to families.
- FY22 Community Recovery Fund Investments Overview
- FY22 Opportunity Fund and Recovery Fund Overview and Highlights
- FY22 Opportunity Fund and Recovery Fund Stories of Impact Highlights
- FY21 Community Recovery Fund Overview and Highlights
- FY21 Community Recovery Fund Stories of Impact
FY21 State of Michigan COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund
Continuation of funding to Black Indigenous and people of color-led local human services agencies in Washtenaw County meeting pandemic-related needed of communities most impacted by COVID-19.
- FY21 State of Michigan Rapid Response Fund Presentation
- FY21 State of Michigan Rapid Response Fund Final Report
FY20 COVID-19 Community Relief Fund
- FY20 Community Relief Fund Overview and Highlights
- FY20 Community Relief Fund Stories of Impact and Highlights