Hello,
At the heart of the United Way of Northern Arizona’s grant process is the Community Investment (CI) Fund, a volunteer-driven process that invests your donations into the proven programs, partnerships and initiatives that are changing lives in Coconino, Navajo and Apache counties every day.
There are currently 37 community volunteers participating in one of seven Community Investment Teams spread throughout northern Arizona.
This year, their review process is a little different.
Typically, UWNA disburses one-year grants to our partners, but in 2021, we chose to make two-year commitments to each of the the 42 programs supported through your donations, with an initial grant given last year and a “renewal” grant awarded this year.
That change gave our partners a little more stability and the opportunity to plan out beyond one year.
We continue to do our due diligence to ensure that your donations to UWNA are wisely spent. Each program recently provided a progress report and over the next few weeks, our CI Teams will be reviewing those documents to determine if the programs are meeting their goals and should get their renewal grant this year.
UWNA is continuing to recruit additional Community Investment Team members, particularly for Page and the northeast part of the state. If you are interested, you can find more information at
Volunteer Hub.