All of us at Boone County Mentoring Partnership are thrilled to receive a life-changing grant award from the United Way of Central Indiana.
From the United Way:
Grant will support education, financial stability, well-being of whole families
BOONE COUNTY – United Way of Central Indiana is awarding an $80,000 grant to Boone County Mentoring Partnership to support the education, financial stability and well-being of whole families.
The grant comes from United Way’s Family Opportunity Fund, which supports integrated programming that serves both youth and adults in the same household.
This is the second year United Way has opened funding of this kind to nonprofits outside its accredited network, part of United Way’s ongoing work to reach more people in more communities across its seven-county service area.
“Boone County Mentoring Partnership is grateful and honored to receive a Family Opportunity Fund grant award from United Way. This grant funding allows us to further our work to ensure youth and families have opportunities to thrive despite challenging circumstances,” said Matt Wilson, executive director of Boone County Mentoring Partnership. “We look forward to engaging more young people and their parents or caregivers with mentors, resources, and supports that make their potential, dreams, and plans become reality.”
United Way announced Wednesday that it is awarding a total of $1.16 million in grants to 28 nonprofits across the region, and the funding is expected to serve more than 59,000 people across Central Indiana. This round of grant funding was open to nonprofits in Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Marion, Morgan, and Putnam counties not currently accredited with United Way.
While the other nonprofits that received funding in this grant cycle are headquartered outside of Boone County, many of them serve Hoosiers throughout the region, including Boone County residents.
“We’re committed to expanding our investments across Central Indiana,” said Shannon Jenkins, United Way’s vice president of impact. “These grants support essential basic needs such as transportation, housing, health services and food access while also funding family-focused programs that strengthen education and long-term economic mobility for children and their parents or caregivers. By investing beyond our accredited partner network, we can expand collaboration and increase impact across our seven-county service area.”
Boone County has been part of United Way of Central Indiana since 1970. Since 2019, United Way has invested over $2.8 million in Boone County and partnered with 26 nonprofits and schools.
United Way works to tackle generational poverty, with a focus on basic needs, early care and learning, economic mobility, and safe and affordable housing.