How to Apply for Funding

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Application

​The 2027 application will be available in Fall of 2026. Check back here to download the application in Fall.

To be eligible to apply for funding, you must:

• be a valid 501(c)3 organization or local school district program.
• serve individuals in Marion, Nelson and/or Washington Counties.
• be a health and human service organization providing service in at least one of the United Way priority areas: Community Resilience, Financial Security, Healthy Community, and Youth Opportunity.
• have been in existence for at least 2 full years, and have filed an annual audit or IRS 990.

For more information, please contact Laura Sedlatschek, Executive Director, at [email protected].

Review / Selection

Applications will be reviewed in the first quarter of next year by the United Way Grants Committee, which consists of community volunteers that help to distribute the dollars raised by the United Way’s campaign and help to make funding decisions.

A Grants Committee volunteer will contact the applicant to request any additional information and to set up a site visit in the January/February timeframe to discuss your program and to ask additional questions.

Based on eligibility requirements, application, supporting documentation, and site visit information, the volunteers will make a recommendation to the United Way’s Board of Directors.  All recommendations will be discussed at the United Way’s March Board Meeting, and allocations will be determined.

Award

Award notifications, as well as first quarter checks (if appropriate), will be sent out via mail by March 30 of the following year. Quarterly payments will be made throughout the remainder of the year, and will be contingent upon program results and actual receivable, unrestricted funds secured by Tri-County Kentucky United Way.