2025 Request for Partnership
Funding Opportunities for the 2025-2028 UWFH Community Investment Cycle
United Way of the Franklin & Hampshire Region (UWFH) is proud to support local programs fostering Economic Security in our communities by announcing two three-year funding opportunities. These partnerships are available to distinct programs of nonprofit agencies providing substantive services within our coverage area and following eligibility guidelines.
Applications will be due online on Friday, February 28, 2025.
ALIGNED IMPACT PARTNERSHIPS FOCUSED ON FOOD SECURITY
UWFH understands food security as the state of having reliable financial and physical access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food. We understand food security both from preventative health and economic security perspectives. Food security has been identified as a prioritized need facing our region in multiple local needs assessments and in our United Way’s community outreach. UWFH seeks to drive aligned impact and collaboration to help solve this challenge by announcing the availability of three-year partnerships to distinct programs of nonprofit organizations and/or coalitions who are interested in working to address this need in a collaborative way. Total available funding is over $160,000 a year for three years, anticipating that partnerships will be in the $40,000-$50,000 range, per year for three years.
GENERAL PARTNERSHIPS FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC SECURITY MORE BROADLY
Economic Security partnerships will target programs that ensure individuals and communities have the ability and resources to meet their basic needs sustainably and with dignity. Funding available via these partnerships is up to $15,000 a year for three years.
Please read our Request for Partnership below for funding and application details, including eligibility requirements as well as our community investment review process and considerations.
REQUIRED INFO SESSIONS
In order to receive access to the online application, program staff or a direct supervisor from the applicant program must attend a mandatory, in-person, informational session in January 2025. Grant writers and/or consultants, while welcome to attend, do NOT count towards this requirement.
Franklin County: John W. Olver Center – Allen Room, 12 Olive St, Greenfield on Mon., January 13, 2025 @ 3:00 PM
Hampshire County: Hadley Public Library, 50 Middle St, Hadley on Wed., January 15, 2025 @ 10:30 AM
Please register for an info session by clicking the button below to find our RSVP form.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
List of current organizations receiving UWFH partnership funding
For more information about food access and security needs in our region, please review these local data sources:
Baystate Franklin Medical Center, 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment (Prioritized Health Need - Social and Economic Factors that Impact Health: Healthy Food)
Cooley Dickinson Hospital, 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment (Prioritized Health Need - Social and Economic Determinants of Health: Food Access)
Franklin County & North Quabbin Community Health Improvement Plan, 2024-2028 Goals and Objectives (Health Priority Goal: Food Access)
More about UWFH’s work toward Aligned Impact: