United Way of Greater Charlotte is investing nearly $18 million in community groups across its four-county service area for 2025.

The $17.9 million investment includes $9 million for 134 nonprofits that work to improve economic mobility as well as $5.3 million from the city of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County for A Home For All initiative to address housing instability. The remaining $3.6 million includes additional community investments and donor-directed funding for nonprofits.

“We’ve got an increase of $2 million going into our community, which is significant, and we’re thrilled for that,” said Kathryn Firmin-Sellers, United Way of Greater Charlotte’s interim president and CEO. “The grant process proceeded, just as it always does. We made innovations this year to continue to improve on our process. Everything was smooth, and we haven’t yet received feedback from our customer satisfaction surveys, but I anticipate it will be quite positive.” …

A Home For All’s funding will support three initiatives:

• Housing Collaborative’s property provider recruitment and retention to expand affordable housing through incentives.

• Upstream Rental Assistance, a pilot program scheduled to launch early next year to prevent evictions and address housing instability for at-risk households; and

• Critical Home Repair, which expand efforts to meet the growing demand of low-income homeowners.

 

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