Safety Net Grant Application

Safety Net Services Grant Opportunity

Funding for 7/1/20-6/30/21

United Way's Safety Net grants are investments in services and programming that provide immediate, short-term emergency support for our community’s most vulnerable population to help them meet their basic needs in critical situations.

About the grant:
  • Request must be to support a specific safety net program within an organization

  • Funding for one year – 7.1.20-6.30.21

  • Maximum award of $20,000 per request

Who can apply?
  • Program must serve Lebanon County residents

  • 501c3 – incorporated non-profit

  • Must have actively been providing service for minimum of one year

  • Services are provided to any eligible individual without regard to race, color, creed, or religion

  • Individual organizations may apply

Required documents:

You will be required to complete and/or upload these documents to satisfy application requirements

  • Most recent 990

  • 2 years organizational budget

  • Requested program budget

  • Logic model

  • Signed Patriot Act Agreement

  • IRS 501C3 Determination Letter

Timeline:
  • Application opens 12.3.19

  • Application closes 1.24.20 at midnight

  • Click here for full details of application timeline, review process, and award notification

FAQ’s:
  • Click here for application FAQ’s

MOU
  • Click here for a sample of the MOU that your organization would need to agree to and sign should you be selected to receive funding.

For any questions regarding eligibility or support needed for the application process, please contact Brooke Smith, bsmith@unitedwaylebco.org or 717-273-8144.