Apply for a Grant

United Way of Indian River County will begin accepting Letters of Intent beginning November 5, 2025, in our Health and Financial Stability Impact Areas through the Community Impact Fund. The Community Impact Fund was established to invest in high-performing nonprofit organizations that provide programs and services aligned with our strategic priority Impact Areas of Education, Financial Stability, and Health. Grant funding recipients help to improve community conditions across our county.

 

UWIRC operates on a two-year funding cycle and is open to nonprofit organizations serving Indian River County residents and can demonstrate measurable participant progress based on outcomes and indicators set forth by UWIRC in one of the following Financial Stability and/or Health Priority Areas:

Financial Stability

• Basic Needs: Ensuring all individuals have access to an adequate supply of nutritious food and safe, sustainable housing.
• Stabilization/Manageable Expenses: Empowering individuals with the financial resources and assets necessary to avoid financial crises.
• Family Sustaining Employment & Workforce Skill Development: Equipping individuals with the skills and resources needed to seek, obtain, and retain employment.

Health

• Improved Physical and Mental Health: Ensuring all individuals have access to services that enhance physical and mental well-being, encompassing healthy weight, physical, oral, and behavioral health, along with the ability to live independently.
• Improved Quality of Life for Mothers, Infants, and Children: Providing families with resources and access to services related to children’s oral health, child abuse prevention, perinatal care, children’s behavioral health (including mental health and substance abuse symptoms) and addressing childhood obesity.

 

Agencies and programs must submit a Letter of Intent by 4:00 PM on December 3, 2025, to be considered for grant funding. The LOI must be submitted electronically through the United Way’s web-based grant platform e-CImpact. Once all submitted LOI’s are reviewed, agencies will be notified if they are approved to move forward in the grant process.