Funding Forms
Please click on the links below for the most current funding forms available for each area. If you need more information, please contact our Community Impact department at (561) 375-6630.
The Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP)
Community Impact Grants
What is a Community Impact grant?
United Way of Palm Beach County Community Impact grants are how we invest local dollars in our community. Funding decisions are made through a competitive application process.
A Community Impact Committee, comprised of informed volunteers from the community, is charged with reviewing agencies applying for funding by evaluating programs and reviewing financial records to develop an understanding of the agency. The committee then determines funding recommendations based on criteria such as program outcomes, fiscal accountability and demonstrated need in the community. The recommendations are then presented, reviewed and approved by the United Way of Palm Beach County Board of Directors.
Agencies receiving funding through the Community Impact grant process meet strict standards of accountability and are required to report semi-annually on the efficiency of their programs and how they are meeting their goals.
Our Community Impact grants are invested in high performing nonprofit organizations that provide programs and services aligned with the areas of Education, Mentoring, Special Needs, Income and Health. United Way of Palm Beach County invites 501(c)3 organizations doing outstanding work in these areas to consider applying for a United Way Community Impact Grant.
Request for Applications Released
Continuous Improvement
Launched in February 2007, the Continuous Improvement Initiative was conceived as a way to build the capacity of agencies under contract with Children’s Services Council and United Way. The Initiative is in its tenth year of funding and as of September 2016, nearly $2 million has been made available to over 60 different agencies.
The guide provides additional information about categories of support, funding limits, reporting requirements and application deadlines.
Project Completion Report – Cover Page and Summary
Project Completion Report – Financial Reconciliation Form
Mentoring Support Opportunity
Launched in January 2014, the Mentoring Support Opportunity was conceived as a way to help mentoring programs take on additional matches and help alleviate the wait list of mentees in Palm Beach County. These funds will go toward helping programs make additional mentoring matches. Non-funded Mentor Center network programs can receive up to $5,000 to ultimately increase match capacity within their programs.
For more information or questions, please contact Gary Graham at 561.375.6638 or garygraham@unitedwaypbc.org
The Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP)
The Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) was created in 1983 to supplement and expand the work of local social service agencies, both nonprofit and governmental, in an effort to help people with economic emergencies (not disaster-related [i.e., fires of any kind, floods, tornadoes, etc.] emergencies). Therefore, EFSP funds are not to be used to provide emergency assistance for circumstances that are the immediate result of a disaster situation. EFSP funds may be used to provide economic assistance in the long term, even if the current circumstances may have been impacted by an earlier disaster occurrence. The EFSP funding is open to all organizations helping hungry and homeless people. EFSP funds must be used to supplement feeding, sheltering (including transitional sheltering) and rent/mortgage and utility assistance efforts only.
EFSP is governed by a National Board that selects jurisdictions for funding. Local Boards are convened in those
qualifying jurisdictions to determine the highest need and best use of funds and to select Local Recipient Organizations (LROs) that will provide emergency food and shelter services. Each year, needs are to be assessed in an effort to respond to changes in the community.
United Way of Palm Beach County’s role is to administer the EFSP program locally, which includes facilitating the local EFSP board, coordinating the distribution of EFSP funds to local emergency food and shelter programs, and monitoring and providing technical assistance to those programs regarding EFSP funds.
Local EFSP Board
- Daryl K. Houston, Chairman
Community Foundation for PB & Martin Counties - Melissa Arden
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County - Tracie Bostick
PBC Department of Human Services - Karis Engle
Glades Initiative - Frank Chavere
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Palm Beach - Ilan Hurvitz
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County - Sharon L’Herrou
211 Palm Beach/Treasure Coast - Ruth Mageria
Christians Reaching Out to Society - LaNita Sanders
Children’s Services Council - Jennifer Durant
American Red Cross - Maite Reyes-Cole
Coalition for Independent Living Options - Barbara Moody
Community Volunteer - Denese Wright
The Salvation Army Center of Hope
PROGRAM MANAGERS (PBC)
- Donna Quinlan
United Way of Palm Beach County - Tamara Worley
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