Enabling Sustainable Community Change through New Funding Framework

United Way Maritimes’ new Funding Framework makes two-year funding commitments standard across all locations, creating greater stability within the non-profit social service sector.

Our Community Impact Framework provides the foundation for this funding Framework, which supports organizations through both operational and program funding. It provides a unified approach to understanding regional needs, allocating resources, and measuring outcomes, representing an important evolution in how we partner with communities across the Maritimes to inspire action to end poverty.

Grounding our decisions in data, lived experience, and the knowledge and expertise of community organizations ensures our investments are both responsive to today’s realities and positioned to create long-term impact. The challenges faced by individuals and families across our region are complex, and meaningful progress requires reliable investment and strong partnerships, both of which this framework is designed to support.

“Through this funding stream, United Way Maritimes will invest in, measure the impact of, and strengthen 136 community impact organizations across the Maritimes,” said Andrea MacDonald, Vice President, Impact Strategy at United Way Maritimes. “These organizations that work together as a trusted network delivering essential services that support food security, mental health supports, youth mentorship, and increased sense of belonging and connection to community.”

Each year, United Way Maritimes invests $10 million in communities through multiple avenues, and funding partner agencies is just one of the ways we work alongside communities to create lasting change. In addition, United Way invests in communities by:

• Funding, designing, and delivering affordable housing units and communities in collaboration with the private sector, family foundations, and governments;
• Funding and managing programs related to well-being and safety, social inclusion, and access including 211 PEI, as well as various community-based initiatives that provide free access to recreation programs, cell phones, and other needs for individuals and families;
• Funding and leading training and support for the nonprofit sector through an Executive Director Academy, relevant conferences, and overall professional development opportunities; and,
• Chairing or serving on various multi-stakeholder community tables designed to address root causes of social issues including the New Brunswick Nonprofit Advisory Committee and the Regional Service Commission Community Development Committee.

You can read more about the community agencies that are recipients of funding from United Way Maritimes here.