2023 Impact Report - Report - Page 10
GRANTMAKING
Grantmaking at United Way
United Way of South Central Michigan
is committed to building strong, caring
communities by focusing on the needs of
ALICE households as well as barriers such
as racial and economic disparities. While
we do this in many ways, community impact
grantmaking has been foundational to our work
for decades and remains a mainstay in the way
we work alongside and support our partner
organizations. It’s also where community
members can join the effort. Community impact
grants—which in 2022-23 made up 21% of our
total investment in our region—are funded by
individual, employee and corporate donors.
And because the communities within our
region have different needs, we continue to run
separate grant processes in Jackson County,
Capital Area, and Battle Creek/Kalamazoo, all
while keeping local dollars local.
All data on this page is from July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022
OUR COLLECTIVE IMPACT
$5,440,489 invested in
124 programs at
94 agencies/collaboratives