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COMMUNITY INVESTMENT STRATEGY  

United Way Leeds & Grenville researches and learns about the critical social issues in our community, working collaboratively and collectively with agencies, donors, volunteers, and partners. 

Based on this community knowledge, United Way Leeds & Grenville (UWLG) strategically invests in local programs and initiatives that focus on underlying causes to create lasting change, addressing the root causes of issues that impact people in our region. 

Additionally, UWLG funds programs that support immediate needs, responding to local issues. 

The Community Investment Strategy provides a framework for volunteers and the United Way Board of Directors, helping them with decisions on investment in programs and initiatives to have the maximum impact. It also provides agencies with clarity about the strategy and guidelines that are used to evaluate and assess all funding applications. 

United Way Leeds & Grenville



Mission: 

To improve lives and build community by engaging individuals and mobilizing collective action. 

Vision: 

A United Way bringing people together to build vibrant, caring communities. 

Values:

• Commitment and collaboration equal positive results - To lead, convene, energize and inspire people to make a difference 
• Elevate the power of volunteerism - To provide meaningful opportunities for individuals to realize their potential by demonstrating volunteer leadership in service to the community 
• Embrace Diversity & Inclusion for a healthy community - To reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and empower those voices 
• Foster innovation for community success - To recognize that complex problems require trying new things, innovating, testing, and learning to adapt to changing circumstances. 
• Strong measures and analytics lead to impact and focus - To craft solutions to community challenges to meet the needs of those we serve based on measurement and data 
• Build and maintain strategic community relationships - To build coalitions around tackling key challenges and working collaboratively to solve them 
• Invest in the community and ourselves - To increase investments in key solutions by expanding and diversifying our own resource development and fundraising efforts, and supporting those of others 
• Foster trust through transparency and effective communication - To ensure investments have recognizable, measurable, and transparent impact working towards common goals  

Pillars of Community Investment  

From Poverty to Possibility 

We support and empower people living in poverty and those who are vulnerable to falling into poverty, by ensuring they have access to the most basic needs in life. 

All That Kids Can Be 

We put children and youth on a path to success by investing in their development from early childhood to young adulthood-ensuring they have the skills and opportunities to become successful adults. 

Strong Communities 

Improving access to social and health-related support services while supporting community engagement, integration and settlement. 

Community Impact Focus for allocations: 

As we move into 2025, we are carrying the knowledge from our community impact studies to help us make a more intentional impact on the top identified needs in our community. We will continue to accept funding applications that fall under our three pillars. The applications must fit within these pillars and measure successful outcomes that make long term lasting change. This change must fit in the top 6 concerns our community identified during our recent Community Impact Study. The results of our Community Conversations prioritized the following six needs (in no order): 

*Refer to our 2023 “Hearing From our Community” report for more details on the community consultation and conversations held across Leeds and Grenville. Available on our website or by request