Overview
As part of our 2024 grant offerings, the Community Impact Multi-Year Program Grant provides support for impact-driven multi-year community programs that engage one or several impact areas. For the region, impact-driven multi-year programs engage the complexities of their communities to understand the critical issues and participate in creating solutions for transformative change.
Powered by United Way’s Community Impact Fund, approximately $6M will be allocated for multi-year programs for funding in 2025. Agencies will have the option of selecting multi-year funding for 2-years, 3-years, or 5-years, with an understanding that 5-year program grants can re-apply for only a 2-year grant. Additional funding opportunities are available via the Impact-Driven Funding Opportunities webpage.
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Eligibility Criteria
- Agencies within United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes’ six-county region—Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne, and Wyoming counties.
- An agency has had exemption from Federal Income Tax under Section 501(c)3 of the IRS Code since January 1, 2023.
- Agencies that operate the same program in multiple counties should apply under one program application. Please do not submit multiple applications for the same program functioning across multiple counties.
- Agencies are willing to sign and comply with the requirements of funding outlined in the United Way Partnership Agreement. A sample Partnership Agreement is available in the Resource Center.
Grant Periods
The community impact multi-year program grant is available for 2-years, 3-years, or 5-years grant periods. Grant periods for less than five years have the option to re-apply for additional funding in 2026. Multi-year grant applications will typically open every 2-to-3 year; such as Year 2026, Year 2029, and Year 2031.
2024 Multi-Year Grant Evaluators
The community impact multi-year evaluators are United Way staff, United Way Community Development Cabinet members, and our six-county region community volunteers. All persons engaged in an evaluation learning session to ensure alignment and continuity of how all applications are evaluated for the new cycle. We are grateful for their time, diligence, and commitment to the mission of United Way.
Prior to the evaluation process, all applications engaged in a screening process to ensure all materials were submitted, completed, and references to the organization’s names were redacted to ensure equity throughout the process. All evaluators were required to share any affiliations with any agencies, task forces, or committees to ensure integrity with the evaluation process. Evaluators used a rubric based upon each component of the application to appropriately score each program. Categories for scoring ranged from not addressed, briefly addressed, minimally addressed, evidently addressed, thoroughly addressed, to well-stated.
- Dr. Ashley N. Campbell, United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Staff
- Danette Campbell-Bell, Greater Rochester Health Foundation
- David Cecere, United Way’s Community Development Cabinet Member
- Deanna Varble, United Way’s Community Development Cabinet Member
- Elizabeth Marchese, United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Staff
- Erin Bombard, United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Staff
- Francesca Padilla, United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Staff
- Gail Piccirlli, Waldron Rise Foundation
- Kari Buch, United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Staff
- Dr. Kevin W. Williams, United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Staff
- Kristen Koczent, United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Staff
- Kwasi Boaitey, University of Rochester
- LaCerius Cross, United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Staff
- Laura Sugarwala, University of Rochester
- Lindsey Dailey, United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Staff
- Lisa Scott, United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Staff
- MarcAnthony Bucci, United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Staff
- Marcus Bliss, Farash Foundation
- Martha Cole, Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative
- Megan Antonitto, United Way’s Community Development Cabinet Member
- Robert De Leon, United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Staff
- Sarah Pearlman Ventura, United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Staff
- Dr. Sheila M. Strong, United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Staff
- Sparkle Wells, United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Staff
- Dr. Wanda Cooper, St. John Fisher University
General Inquiries
For general inquiries for staff of the Office of Community Impact, please contact us via ciadmin@uwrochester.org. We will endeavor to respond to your inquiry within 48 hours (about 2 days) during work weekdays.