Impact Investing and Funding Opportunities
United Way offers three tiers of funding opportunities to support local nonprofits with a proven ability to meet the community’s needs and make a lasting, important impact in our region. If you would like to be notified of new funding opportunities, please sign up here.
United Way of Greater St. Louis will offer two open funding cycles for funding consideration this year:
- 2027-2029 Safety Net Funding Cycle is now closed.
- 2027 Targeted Fund Cycle will be released early September 2026 for programming to occur for one year beginning in 2027.
Safety Net
United Way’s Safety Net is a collaborative network of agencies that deliver an array of essential direct services to address the region’s most pressing needs, helping families and individuals remain and work toward stability. Safety Net agencies provide direct services that address basic, urgent needs – such as access to food and housing— as well as supports that help move individuals and families toward stability, including education, health and well-being, workforce access, and financial mobility.
Systems
We use a systems change approach where we seek to understand and raise awareness of the most needed services and resources, and mobilize the community to address identified needs on three levels; individual, agency, and community.
Almost Home ($100,000)
Catholic Charities of the Archodiocese STl ($100,000)
Catholic Urban Programs ($100,000)
Community Life Line ($100,000)
Employment Connection ($100,000)
Foster and Adoption Care Coalition ($100,000)
Guardian Angel Settlement Assn ($100,000)
Kingdom House d/b/a Lifewise STL ($100,000)
Legal Services of Eastern Missouri ($100,000)
Puentes de Esperanza ($100,000)
St. Patrick Center ($100,000)
The Salvation Army ($100,000)
Targeted
As emergent, emergency or crisis support is needed in our community, United Way supports programs and organizations to help meet those needs through targeted fundraising and one-time grantmaking efforts.
Better Family Life ($26,461)
Boys and Girls Clubs of St. Charles County ($26,461)
Casa de Salud ($36,461)
Christian Activity Center ($26,461)
Criminal Justice Ministry ($36,461)
Freedom Community Center ($36,461)
Kerengende Foundation ($26,461)
Safe Surrounding Refuge ($26,461)
The Bullet Related Injury Clinic (Power4STL) ($46,464)
The Haven of Grace ($36,461)
The Oxygen Project Yoga for Youth ($36,461)
United Congregations of Metro East ($36,461)
The Veterans Community Project ($46,464)
Other United Way Programs
Information on 100 Neediest Cases
If you have additional questions about 100 Neediest Cases, please contact the program manager, Becky White.