2026 Community Investment Fund Application

The Community Investment Fund Application Portal is Now Live!

We are excited to announce that the application portal for the Community Investment Fund is now open. This fund supports local organizations making a positive impact in our community. Please submit your application and help us continue to build stronger, more vibrant communities. The ‘2025-2026′ Community Investment Funding Request’ and the ‘Community Investment Checklist’ must be submitted by Friday, March 27, 2026. PLEASE FIND THAT DOCUMENT HERE.

Community Investment Funding Request 2026

Step 1 of 10

Agency Name

Organizational Leader

Current List of Board of Directors and Officers

Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City State ZIP Code

Phone

Program Name

Does your agency have a Diversity, Equality & Inclusion Policy?

Select one or more of the Tri-County United Way pillars that best describes this program:

Education

Health

Financial Stability

Does the program support the ALICE population (Asset Limited Income Restrained Employed)?

Funding Requested

Partner Agency Membership Upload

Max. file size: 256 MB.

Financial Resources

FORM C: Agency Overhead

For organizations that are a branch of a larger organization use branch budgets only.

Audited overhead (administrative/fundraising costs) rate for Agency (%)

In addition to the above figure, calculate from your Agency’s most recent IRS Form 990 or Form 990EZ. This information is needed as part of Tri-County United Way’s participation in the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) and the State Employee Federated Appeal (SEFA).

990 Filers:

a. Amount on Part IX, Line 25 Column C

(Management & General Expenses)

b. Amount on Part IX, Line 25 Column D

(Fundraising Expenses)

c. Total A + B

d. Amount on Part VIII, Line 12, Column A

(Total Revenue)

e. Divide c. by d. for Administrative / Fundraising cost percentage

(Total Revenue)

990 Details

Please check here if the financials submitted are from the previous year for the application due to a tax extension

990EZ Filers

Subtract Part III, Line 32 (Total Program Service Expenses) from Part I, Line 17 (Total Expenses), and divide the difference by Part 1, Line 9 (Total Revenue).

(Once you have the answer, move the decimal two places to the right for the percentage.)

What percentage of your overall organizational budget or branch budget does the program funding request to TCUW represent? (%)

(funds requested divided by total budget)

Please estimate the total value of volunteer support for this program

Total Volunteers

Total Number of Volunteer Hours for report period

Hourly Rate of Valuation*

Total Value of Volunteer Support

* Hourly rate by which “Total Value” was calculated. Independent Sector has established the hourly rate for volunteers for 2022 at $29.95

For returning partner agencies, what marketing materials has your partnership with Tri-County United Way been acknowledged? Examples including Tri-County United Way on your website, in news alerts, press releases, newsletters, website platforms, social media presence. Kindly input the details in the text box below and upload any relevant materials.

Please share any relevant marketing materials here

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Please share any relevant marketing materials here

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Please share any relevant marketing materials here

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Please upload a copy of all public materials, solicitations, brochures, newsletters, etc that your agency distributed over the last funded year.(Required)

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If you are a new partner agency applying, how were you informed about the Community Investment Fund application? Kindly describe about how you heard about Tri-County United Way's Community Investment Fund below.