Our Funding Priorities
How do we make your donations count most in our communities?
There are many questions that the Allocation Committee considers when deciding how to make your contributions help most effectively. Grant applications from local non-profit agencies are reviewed and judged based the following criteria:
Are the program’s goals consistent with United Way of San Juan County’s Community Safety Net funding priorities?
- Building healthy and resilient children, youth and families
- Ensuring everyone has food to eat, a roof overhead and a healthy living environment
- Creating systems that increase physical and mental health and well-being
- Promoting safety and preventing violence and abuse
If so, the Allocations Committee considers the following questions:
- Will the funds stay in San Juan County to help island residents?
- Are the desired outcomes important to our mission and priorities?
- What difference will this program make in our community?
- Does the application identify and mitigate risk factors?
- How are outcomes measured?
- What is the program’s track record?
- Does the program’s, and parent agency’s (if applicable) budget balance and otherwise make sense?
- Does the program foster collaboration?
- Does the program duplicate services?
- How many people (unduplicated) does the program serve?
- Overall, how much “bank for the buck” does this program’s budget provide?
- Has this program complied with United Way grant requirements this year (if re-applying)
- Does it meet any of the following criteria?
- Critical unmet emergency needs in the community
- Loss of existing funding in essential prevention programs
- Loss of funding in other important programs
- Gaps that exist in emergency, prevention and island-specific needs
- New programs that meet critical emergency needs
- Additional staff/hours for service in existing programs
To learn more about the allocations process and timetable, click here.
Elli Gull Is Here to Help
Please feel free to contact our Office Assistant, Elli Gull. She handles day-to-day operations and is in the office to answer questions on a part-time basis. Feel free to call, leave a message or email!
