United Way of Rutland County announces 2024 Community Impact Grant recipients

The United Way of Rutland County (UWRC) announced the recipients of its 2024 Community Impact Grant cycle, Aug. 12. This year’s cycle awarded 18 programs across 16 nonprofits within Rutland County. The Community Impact Grant process is guided by UWRC’s three pillars of impact: health, education, and financial stability. All organizations that applied were required to demonstrate that their program or project aligns with one or more of these core mission values. Community leaders with backgrounds in healthcare, education, and finance united to review and score applications by sitting on one of the three subcommittees that represented each pillar. 

Recommendations were given to the UWRC board of directors that aided in the overall decision making process for dispersing these funds. The teamwork between the subcommittees and board was focused on ensuring grants were awarded to programs that would amplify the capabilities of organizations serving the Rutland community, meet relevant needs in the Rutland Community, and reflect UWRC’s three pillars of impact.

“Because of the extensive generosity within Rutland County, United Way of Rutland County can continue to help support enriching programs that better the lives of our neighbors in need,” UWRC stated.

2024 grant awardees:

Come Alive Outside (passport program), The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center (stone bench project, Carving Studio ‘mini’), ARC Rutland (vital community enrichment program), Rutland County Free Clinic (community based healthcare), Rutland Community Cupboard (food shelf), Reinbow Riding (‘YES WE CAN’ program), Vermont Farmers Food Center (farmacy and educational food series “mini”), RSVP and The Volunteer Center through Rutland Community Programs (One2One & RSVP Bone Builders “mini”), Boys & Girls Club of Rutland County (scholarship program), VNA Hospice of the Southwest Region (Choices For Care program), Housing Trust of Rutland County Inc. (resident services program), Turning Point Center of Rutland (peer recovery support to high-risk populations), Slate Valley Unified School District (snack sack), BROC (P.I.E. Pantry International Experience), The Compassionate Friends (monthly newsletter “mini”) and Companions in Wholeness (meal programming).

For more information, visit www.uwrutlandcounty.org.