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Impacting the Community
United Way of Northern Shenandoah Valley (NSV) reaffirmed its commitment to lift families and individuals to financial stability and create a healthier community when its board of directors approved funding recommendations made by community volunteers for the 2022-2023 Community Impact Grant Program.
Through the Impact Grant Program, United Way will invest $540,000 in Impact Grants in thirty-six education, financial stability and health programs throughout the Northern Shenandoah Valley (covering Winchester City, Frederick, Clarke, Shenandoah and Page Counties). This amount totals $35,000 more than what was distributed to agencies last year, and is nearly a $100,000 increase over what was distributed to nonprofits in 2020.
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“Our team is incredibly proud to be giving out more than half-a-million dollars in local funding.” said Kaycee Childress, distributed separately from the grant program.
President and CEO of United Way NSV. “So many of these grants offer a new, and innovative way to address local problems and tackle issues we have been seeking to address, things like increased youth mental health services and the expansion of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library to name a few. We look forward to measuring the direct impact these grant dollars will produce over the years to come and the lives we will impact through these life-changing funds.”
Twenty-seven agencies based in Winchester City, Frederick and Clarke Counties will receive $379,050 in grant funding, while nine agencies based in the Shenandoah and Page Counties will receive $160,950.
In addition, United Way NSV will distribute $147,475 in donor designated funds to various agencies across the service area. Agency designations are ^ Pictured Left to right, back row to front is as follows: Beth Falu, Navy Federal Credit Union, Amy Slaughter, Harrison and Johnston, Seth Thatcher, Frederick County Government, Janet Michael, The River 95.3, Kaycee Childress, United Way NSV, Dr. Damon Dearment, Shenandoah Valley Orthodontics, Dr. Yolanda Barbier Gibson, Shenandoah University, and Dr. Kim Blosser, Laurel Ridge Community College.
Funding for the Impact Grant program is specifically earmarked by donors, and is only a portion of the total money raised and given out by United Way NSV.
