United Way Funded Projects
Current Community Investment Grants
United Way provides grant funding to 25 projects involving more than 150 collaborating partners in the areas of education, income, and health. We also invest in strategic partnerships and initiatives that are vital to our community. This includes:
- 211info
- Hands on Greater Portland
- Born Learning
- Earned Income Tax Credit
- Project Access NOW
- Community Relief Fund
We base our funding decisions on extensive research on community needs. Vision Council volunteers who represent the four-county area's diversity make recommendations to the Board of Directors on funding decisions.
Currently Funded Projects
View a PDF list of the funded projects listed below.
Education - Successful Kids Vision Council
View all Education Projects
Adelante Chicas
Parents Receiving Intensive Developmental Education (PRIDE)
Parent University
Vamos & Expresiones: Latino & Somali
Resident Services Project
Native Student Literacy Project
Community Approaches to Building School Success
Youth Potential Realized
Income - Tools for Independence Vision Council
View all Income Projects
Toward Independence
Semillas de Exito / Seeds for Success
Take Charge! Build Assets, $$$ and Credit Smarts
Senior Medication Assistance Network
Economic Self-Sufficiency: African Community
Constructing Green Futures
Working in Community
Re-Entry Organizations & Resources (ROAR)
Re-Entry Housing Project
Health - Health and Wellness Vision Council
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Asian Wellness Connection
Beyond Shelter Housing Initiative
Village Gardens
Discovering our Story Project
Project Against Workplace Sexual Assault
Neighborhood Sparks: Transformation
MILPA II
Family Justice Initiative (FJI)