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Community Impact

Building Stronger Communities Through Collaborative Impact

Grants

Grants

Strategic Community Investment United Way provides strategic grants and funding to local nonprofit partners across St. Joseph County. Our grants support innovative programs that address critical community needs in Safety Net Services, Economic Mobility, Health and Education support services, ensuring resources reach where they're most needed to fight poverty and create lasting change.
2024 Fall Grant Cycle

Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Indiana Corridor ǀ Broadway Christian Parish United Methodist Church ǀ Center for the Homeless

Cross Community, Inc. ǀ El Campito, Inc. ǀ Five Star Life ǀ La Casa de Amistad, Inc. ǀ LOGAN Community Resource Inc. ǀ McMillen Health

Mental Health Awareness of Michiana Inc. ǀ Public Education Inc dba The South Bend Education Foundation ǀ Rescue, Inc dba Hope Ministries Restorative Justice

Collaboration Hub Inc ǀ Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater Michiana, Inc. ǀ Youth Service Bureau

2024 United Neighborhood Grant Cycle

The Music Village | Upper Room Recovery Community | Rebuilding Together, St. Joseph County, Inc.

El Campito Child Development Center | Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne South Bend

2023 St. Joseph County Grant Cycle

Center for the Homeless | Green Bridge Growers | Rescue Inc (Hope Ministries) | La Casa de Amistad

LGBTQ Center | LOGAN Community Resources Inc. | Reins of Life, Inc. | Riverbend Cancer Society | St. Margaret’s House

United Health Services | United Religious Community | Youth Service Bureau

OneRoof

OneRoof

Comprehensive Neighborhood Centers

OneRoof represents United Way's groundbreaking initiative to create neighborhood centers that bring education, youth programs, childcare, health services, and community support under one roof. These innovative hubs serve as replicable models of community development, providing wraparound services from early childhood education to senior programming, all designed to fight poverty at the neighborhood level.

Southeast Neighborhood Center

Navigation Services | Indiana WIC ǀ El Campito Early Childhood Development Center ǀ MHAM Mental Health Awareness of Michiana ǀ Bowen Health ǀ The Brain Train – Family & Children Center ǀ Real Services ǀ BABE Store

Mishawaka Neighborhood Center

This upcoming center will expand OneRoof’s mission to Mishawaka, providing family support, education, and community engagement opportunities.

Programs

Programs

Community-Driven Solutions 

Our programs encompass a wide range of community initiatives that address immediate needs while building long-term capacity for individuals and families to achieve stability and self-sufficiency. From emergency food assistance to educational support, these programs create pathways to lasting change.

2024–25 Project Dash (formerly RULMD)

2,302 food deliveries — pantry to doorstep.

FEMA Emergency Food & Shelter Program

Broadway Christian Parish ǀ Catholic Charities ǀ Center for the Homeless ǀ Clay United Methodist Church Pantry ǀ Cultivate Food Rescue ǀ Dismas House ǀ Food Bank of Northern Indiana ǀ Health Plus Indiana ǀ Rescue Inc. (Hope Ministries) ǀ La Casa de Amistad ǀ Life Treatment Center ǀ Mishawaka Food Pantry ǀ Real Services ǀ Salvation Army KROC Center ǀ St. Margaret’s House ǀ St. Vincent de Paul ǀ United Religious Community ǀ Upper Room Recovery Center ǀ YWCA North Central Indiana

People Gotta Eat (PGE)

1,718,376 pounds of food delivered to pantries.

Team HEAT

928 utility bills paid.

Kindergarten Camps (K-Camps)

32 children received kindergarten prep.

We Appreciate Our Community Partners

Data-Driven Results

Impact by the Numbers

Since 1914, United Way of St. Joseph County has invested over $122 million in our community. Through data-driven decision making and community needs assessments, we measure our impact to ensure every dollar creates meaningful, lasting change for families in St. Joseph County.
$122+

Total Community Investment

Since 1914, transforming lives across St. Joseph County

Testimonials

Impact Stories

I'm the Founder and Executive Director of a brand new nonprofit called Resonant Vibe. I met with Courtney of the United Way of St. Joseph County recently and shared that we are trying to fill the youth mentoring gap that was left when Big Brothers Big Sisters in our area closed. She has been very supportive and recently sent a volunteer to us who is now helping to coordinate family events!

Katie Craft

CEO
Thanks again for your help. It has been absolutely amazing having someone help as much as you. I do appreciate it.

Kevin Rowe

I’ve never had anyone help me my whole life and to have you help me the way you are. I’m sitting here crying. For the first time in months I can actually sit down and take a breath. I can not even express in words my gratitude for you.

Jessica Brown

The Hub helped me sort through my thoughts to write an impactful statement. I was able to develop a sense of how to frame my writing and what I needed to emphasize the most, what to prioritize, etc. I would have been lost otherwise. It didn’t change my thinking, but helped me verbalize it.

Carlos Gonzalo

When you see that someone is offering to help in a real way, you want to reach out… I have never had someone try as much to help me. You make me feel like I matter with just how fast you respond and in my life that is enough to bring me peace.

Milena Hord

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