United Way Makes $2.65 Million Community Investment In City Of Fort Worth

Press release from City of Fort Worth:

July 1, 2021

United Way of Tarrant County announced the investment of $2.65 million in the community through its Reimagine and Rebuild Tarrant County Fund, the Veterans Fund and the Women United Fund. The investment provides funding to 54 organizations to tackle ongoing social challenges related to basic needs, affordable housing/homelessness, education, health care and transportation. The funding also addresses inequities and disparities across Tarrant County.

That total is in addition to the more than $5.5 million in Emergency Relief Funds invested in the community in the last year to assist those in need as a result of COVID-19. United Way of Tarrant County also allocated more than $430,000 to organizations and individuals impacted by February’s Winter Storm Uri.

“The Tarrant County community was greatly impacted as a result of the pandemic and winter storm,” said Leah King, president and CEO of United Way of Tarrant County. “The amount of suffering and grief was overwhelming, and we are just now beginning to recover. Through generous donations by companies, foundations and individuals, United Way of Tarrant County can provide ongoing, long-term support to the community as we all strive to overcome these difficult times.”

Reimagine and Rebuild Tarrant County Fund

The Reimagine and Rebuild Tarrant County Fund was established to provide long-term assistance to the community as it recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund provides meals for senior citizens, students and families; assistance with rent, mortgages and utilities; and other basic needs. The fund also is used to create job development and training programs, educational programs for PreK-12 and college readiness, as well as programs for general and mental health.

Recipients of funding include:

AIDS Outreach Center: $90,000
Alzheimer’s Association North Central Texas Chapter: $45,000
American Red Cross: $75,000
Arlington Charities: $48,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters Greater Tarrant County: $129,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County: $50,000
Catholic Charities Fort Worth: $90,000
Center for Transforming Lives: $75,000
Child Care Associates: $90,000
Clayton Youth: $70,000
Communities in Schools of Greater Tarrant County: $62,500
CommUnity Frontline: $12,500
Community Learning Center Inc: $100,000
Community Link: $15,000
Como Lions Heart: $17,500
DASH Network: $17,500
Dental Health Arlington: $35,000
Fort Worth Drowning Prevention Coalition: $15,000
Girls, Inc.: $75,000
Guardianship Services: $30,000
Healthy Tarrant County Collaboration: $25,000
Hispanic Women’s Network of Texas: $7,000
I Can Still Shine: $5,600
Ladder Alliance: $90,000
Lena Pope: $70,000
Marriage Management: $17,500
Meals on Wheels: $75,000
Opening Doors for Women in Need: $14,000
Pathfinders: $90,000
Presbyterian Night Shelter: $77,000
Reading Partners: $87,500
Resource Recovery Council: $55,400
Rosa es Rojo: $17,500
SafeHaven: $129,000
Salvation Army: $90,000
Southwest Diabetic Foundation: $27,500
Tarrant Literacy Coalition: $20,000
The Women’s Center: $100,000
United Community Centers: $60,000

Veterans Fund

United Way launched its Veterans Fund in 2013 with a generous corporate contribution by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. and an additional gift from Bell. The funding is dedicated to supporting military service members who are returning to civilian life in the Tarrant County area, including counseling, career and financial coaching, addiction treatment and other high-priority needs.

This year’s funding includes:

22Kill: $15,000
Community Learning Center Inc.: $69,000
Destiny Pointe: $12,500
Lift Fund: $63,000
Marriage Management: $12,000
MHMR Visions: $35,000
Pathfinders: $49,000
Recovery Resource Council: $60,000
Servolution Network: $33,500
Tarrant County Veterans Court: $15,000
Volunteers of America TX: $36,000

Women United Fund

The Women United Fund, established in 2008, is allocated to organizations that support women and girls through services and programs that lead to a quality education, enhance job skills and extend the opportunity to change their lives in other ways.

Grants from the Women United Fund were awarded to:

Camp Fire: $5,000
Child Care Associates: $5,000
Ladder Alliance: $35,000
Volunteers of America TX: $5,000

This press release was produced by City of Fort Worth. The views expressed here are the author’s own.