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United Way Supports Variety – The Children’s Charity
Variety - The Children’s Charity of Philadelphia, after an intensive competition involving almost 550 agencies, has been awarded $75,000 by United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania.
The grant, expected to be renewed for two additional years pending the results of future United Way campaigns, is to help with the general operating expenses of the organization rather than directed to a specific program. The agency said that while United Way placed no restrictions on the use of the funds, it provided the funds because of the agency’s success in supporting children with disabilities throughout the Greater Philadelphia Region.
United Way’s Investing in Results process was its first competitive funding process in many years. Previously, United Way supported a selected group of high-quality agencies that had been chosen over the course of its 87 year history. But several years ago, United Way announced that it was revitalizing its funding model and beginning with its most recent fundraising campaign, it would look for and fund organizations that have a strong track record aligned with United Way’s three areas of focus - supporting children to enter school ready to learn and stay on track to graduation, supporting families in achieving financial self-reliance, and helping seniors remain healthy and safe in their own homes.
United Way considered over 2,100 proposals from 546 agencies in the Investing in Results process, ultimately selecting 137 agencies, an increase of sixty agencies over its former list of 77. Ninety-three of the agencies selected had not previously received United Way funding.
