Local agencies must
adjust immediately to qualify for funding next fiscal year
Nearly
15 years ago the United Way of Greater Cleveland began requiring its nonprofit grantees to adapt outcome-based measurements as a means of demonstrating their continued grant-worthiness. It would no
longer be sufficient for agencies merely to count the number of people they served. Results would increasingly be measured and scrutinized in the
intensified competition for funding.
The
screws appear to be tightening even further now that UWGC has sharpened its
focus in an effort to achieve more bang for its bucks. The federated charity
introduced this week its new Community Impact Agenda, with the goal of creating
“a healthy community where every child succeeds in school and every family
achieves financial stability.”
“United
Way volunteers and board and staff members identified 11 priorities and 23
strategies to focus intently on our community’s most pressing needs,” said
United Way Chairman of the Board and PNC Bank Regional President Paul Clark in
a prepared statement.
“Formerly,
United Way had 19 priorities and 53 strategies. Moving forward, we have fewer,
very targeted strategies crafted specifically to advance education, income and
health in Greater Cleveland.”
A new
funding process has been put in place to qualify for funding in the United Way
fiscal year that begins July 1. Nonprofits seeking United Way funding must
submit by Friday, January 10 at 5PM an electronic
letter of intent as a pre-application. If the pre-application is approved, then
the eligible organizations must submit proposals by 5PM Friday, February 14,
2014.
The
pre-application rules and guidelines may be viewed and downloaded here.
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