United Way of Westchester and Putnam awarded 35 Community Impact Grants totaling $150,000 to local nonprofits. These annual grants support organizations serving the needs of the under-resourced or ALICE (those who are employed but are living paycheck-to-paycheck) populations in Westchester or Putnam counties.
Community Impact Grant recipients:
- 914 United
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Westchester
- Boys & Girls Club of Mount Vernon
- Boys & Girls Club of New Rochelle
- Cancer Support Services
- Caring for the Hungry & Homeless of Peekskill (CHHOP)
- Choice of New Rochelle
- Community Center of Northern Westchester
- Community Food Pantry of Sleepy Hollow
- Community Resource Center
- Community Service Associates
- Croton-Cortlandt Food Pantry
- Feeding Westchester
- Good for Girls
- Hearts & Homes for Refugees
- Interfaith Emergency Food Pantry of Pleasantville
- Latino U College Access
- Lifting Up Westchester
- Meals on Wheels
- Mount Kisco Interfaith Food Pantry
- Pace Women’s Justice Center
- Philipstown Behavioral Health Hub
- Pro Bono Partnership
- Project Morry
- Putnam CAP
- Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York
- Tarrytown Horseman’s Harvest Neighborhood Pantry
- The Salvation Army Peekskill Community and Worship Center
- Second Chance Foods
- Sheltering the Homeless is Our Responsibility
- Westchester Community Health Center
- Westchester Library System
- Women’s Enterprise Development Center, Inc.
- Youth Community Outreach Program of Mount Vernon
- YWCA White Plains & Central Westchester
United Way President and CEO Tom Gabriel said, “Our grant recipients are the backbone of community support in Westchester and Putnam counties, delivering life-changing services to families who need them most. Each organization has consistently demonstrated their ability to meet critical needs, whether they are keeping families housed, providing meals or creating opportunities for our youth. With these grants, they will continue their essential work of strengthening our communities and helping ALICE households achieve stability and hope.”
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