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2025 Community Investment Process

Stay tuned, as we will be updating this page shortly with 2025 dates!

Our funding review process takes place in 3 phases:

  1. Letter of Intent (date to be decided)
  2. Application by invitation (date to be decided)
  3. Interview Oct/Nov by invitation

Before beginning your online application please review the application guide. The guide provides samples, FAQs, tips, and instructions for the application platform.

At United Way, we help people. Granting funds to local charities is one of the major ways we help solve local and regional social problems. We invest for impact and outcomes.

Funding Guidelines and Criteria

Eligibility Criteria:

Our Investments:

 

Exclusions:

We do NOT provide funding for the following:

 

As you consider applying for funding, we encourage you to contact Chelsie Nightingale, Community Impact Manager, to discuss your ideas.

 

Funding Principles

CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR FUNDING

For more information or assistance, please contact Chelsie at Chelsie@unitedwaysaintjohn.com.

For a complete list of programs, services and strategies currently funded, please click here.