United Way of Deschutes County supports local, direct-service nonprofits and programs that focus on a wide range of human health and wellness issues in Central Oregon. Each year the nonprofit awards grants to vetted local nonprofits and programs that focus on health, education, prevention and development, financial stability, basic needs, childhood trauma, community transformation, and building resilience.
The organization has just announced its 2019 grant cycle with a Request for Proposals for applications for Community Impact grants. Awarded grants will be directed towards building resilience and creating lasting change and measurable impact in Deschutes County.
Grant applications will be due to United Way of Deschutes County no later than 2 pm on Thursday May 16th. Nonprofits applying for a Community Impact grant must attend an information session, during which proposal criteria will be reviewed, questions will be answered, and application assistance options will be identified. The first session will be held from 9-10:30am on Monday April 15 at the Deschutes County DeArmond Room (Deschutes County Services Building at 1300 NW Wall Street in Bend). And, the second session will be held from 3:30-5pm on Wednesday April 24 in the United Way Community Board Room (Mike Maier Building at 1130 NW Harriman Street in Bend).
In 2018, United Way of Deschutes County awarded $309,000 to 21 local nonprofits and programs. These funded organizations are called Community Impact Partners. Through Community Impact grants, 31 percent of Central Oregonians are impacted by a United Way funded program or service.
United Way of Deschutes County fights for the health, education, financial stability and resilience of every person in our Central Oregon community. As the nonprofit continues to focus on health, education, and financial stability, it is also working upstream to tackle childhood trauma — the root cause of many challenges currently faced by so many in our community — and to build resilience in individuals, families, and communities.
United Way is serving as the collective impact backbone for the TRACEs movement. TRACEs (Trauma, Resilience and Adverse Childhood Experiences) represents United Way’s move upstream to tackle the root cause of challenges faced by many in our community with a goal of dramatically improving the health and well-being of our community by addressing childhood trauma as a having a foundational impact on regional health.
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