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United Way of Greater Augusta community impact funding for 2013-2014

Chris Graham

united-way-of-greater-augustaThe United Way of Greater Augusta impact funding to local programs and services for 2013-2017 will be over $528,000 is direct dollars.

The Citizen Investment Review Team and the Board Awards Team work together with the use of an Impact Model and community needs data to see that donor funds are directed to community needs and programs that have quantifiable outcomes.

Organizations are evaluated on their capacity to manage programs and demonstrated the ability to improve education, income, and health in the Greater Augusta region.

 

Organization Program

 

Grant Awarded

 

Augusta Free Dental Clinic

 

Low cost dental services

 

$20,000.00

 

Blue Ridge Area Food

 

Back pack program

 

$10,000.00

 

Blue Ridge Legal

 

Legal Services

 

$35,000.00

 

Boys and Girls Club

 

Project LEARN

 

$8,000.00

 

Boy Scouts

 

Boys and Girls Club troop

 

$5,000.00

 

CASA

 

Advocacy

 

$17,000.00

 

Community Child Care

 

Low cost child care

 

$30,000.00

 

Crossroads

 

Rehabilitation after TBI

 

$5,000.00

 

Daily Living Center

 

Day care for older adults

 

$23,000.00

 

Dolly Parton Imagination Library

 

Early childhood literacy

 

$27,000.00

 

Fairfield Center

 

Mediation services

 

$10,000.00

 

Financial Stability Ctr (project)

 

Financial Mgt/Referral

 

$20,000.00

 

Girl Scouts

 

Troop development in low income area

 

$2,000.00

 

Greater Augusta Volunteer Center

 

Regional Volunteer Recruitment and Placement

 

$3,000.00

 

LEARN

 

English and Reading tutoring for adults

 

$3,000.00

 

MHAA

 

Mental health advocacy

 

$4,000.00

 

Office on Youth

 

Parenting classes for at risk adolescents

 

$16,150.00

 

Office on Youth

 

Teen pregnancy prevention programming

 

$5,000.00

 

Rebuilding Together

 

Low Income Home Renovation/Safety

 

$10,000.00

 

Salvation Army

 

Emergency funds

 

$10,000.00

 

Staunton Creative Community Fund

 

Saving plans match program

 

$10,000.00

 

Staunton Y-Camp

 

Summer Day Camp

 

$6,000.00

 

Staunton Y-Teen Center

 

Safe place for Teens

 

$1,000.00

 

Talking Book Center

 

Audio books for elderly/disabled

 

$5,000.00

 

The Arc Augusta

 

Adults with disability scholarship

 

$8,000.00

 

Valley Childrens

 

Forensic Interviews

 

$22,000.00

 

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Chris Graham

Chris Graham

Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to Substack or his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].

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