Each year, the Wiregrass Foundation has made a Challenge Grant pledge to the Wiregrass United Way--if we reached our yearly fundraising goal, they will award the WUW with an additional $400,000 to give to our agencies. The Wiregrass Foundation Challenge Grant money is used by our agencies to fund important capital improvement items & projects such as building renovations, facility maintenance equipment, technology upgrades, furniture and linens for shelters, food service equipment, telephone systems, medical equipment, and more.
Since 2005, the generosity of our donors has enabled the Wiregrass United Way to give our partners an additional $6 Million in Challenge Grant awards!
This grant money does not replace the funds that our agencies receive on a monthly basis - this is additional money that our agencies can use for important organizational needs that might otherwise go unfunded. The Challenge Grant selection process starts when agencies submit a "wish list" of projects each year.
Volunteers from each of the six WUW counties then form a Funds Distribution Committee that visits each of our agencies and decides independently which projects to recommend to the Wiregrass Foundation Board of Directors for funding. Special thanks to our campaign chairs, boards, loaned executives, agencies, campaign coordinators and everyone else who plays a role in securing this grant for our community!
