Our Work
We unite businesses, volunteers, nonprofits, and dollars to catalyze long-term, transformational change toward a priority community issue. Throughout our history, we’ve been more than just a fundraiser. We serve as a bridge across sectors; we mobilize caring people to make a difference in our community; and we leverage our financial, technological, and human resources to secure additional funds for our communities and region.
Our Work
We unite businesses, volunteers, nonprofits, and dollars to catalyze long-term, transformational change toward a priority community issue.
Throughout our history, we’ve been more than just a fundraiser. We serve as a bridge across sectors; we mobilize caring people to make a difference in our community; and we leverage our financial, technological, and human resources to secure additional funds for our communities and region.
Grant-Making
We offer a competitive grant process focused on four pathways identified as investment priorities with evidence-based links to upward mobility. Concentrating time, resources, and funding allows us to make progress toward breaking the cycle of poverty.
Fiscal Sponsorships
Many groups and organizations depend on UWSWI to be a fiscal sponsor and/or administer important services to the community. They include: Emergency Food and Shelter Program, Haitian Resource Center, Mental Health Collaborative of Greater Evansville, Homeless Connect, Resilient Evansville, and Bridges Out of Poverty.
Community Engagement
We purposefully and strategically engage with members of our direct service area and surrounding counties to identify and understand what issues keep people from moving forward. This includes convening groups for listening sessions and participating in regional initiatives such as Talent EVV and GROW.
Programs
UWSWI operates and administers programs related to education, literacy, and
supporting marginalized populations. They are K-CAMP, Volunteer Income Tax
Assistance (VITA), Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, and Amplify!
Advocacy
We not only fund programs and organizations that address priority community issues, we advocate for policies and systems that ensure equity for all people. Our staff participates in local groups like HOUSE and larger initiatives such as United Way state and national policy committees.
Your gift to United Way empowers thousands of under-resourced individuals and families to become more upwardly mobile – both in the short-term and the long-term.
And help build a better community for all.