Grants from United Way of Dodge City

Congratulations! You are invited to submit an application to the United Way of Dodge City 2008 & 2009 Community Investment Allocation funding process. The following is information on how to prepare and submit your application, as well as forms for your agency to complete.

United Way of Dodge City is moving towards a new Community Investment two year funding cycle. We are taking a closer look at Programs offered by the Agencies and the impact they have on our community and its residents. We define Programs as a set of related activities and outputs directed at common or closely related purposes that a meaningful portion of the agency’s resources is dedicated to achieve. We feel this change in funding will provide a way to better measure results of the allocated dollars and to provide optimum values of service delivery to our community. If you have applied before, you will notice that this year we are asking for less information about your agency, but more about the Program for which you are seeking funding.

We realize that our request for you to measure the impact of your Programs may present challenges to you. We understand that you are a small agency with limited resources and we are not asking you for scientific Program evaluations. We can provide advice on outcome measures and indicators. You can also find a wealth of information on this topic by following these links:

Program Outcome Model

Example Outcomes and Outcome Indicators

If you have

questions contact

the UNITED WAY

office at

620.227.8793

Calendar:

United Way of Dodge City mandatory Community Investment Grant Application Workshop, March 6, 2008, beginning at 3:00 p.m.

The application and all required documentation are due in the United Way of Dodge City office by 4:30 p.m. April 17, 2008.

The applications will be reviewed by the Allocation Review Teams, if your Agency request meets our guidelines, you will be contacted to schedule a mandatory presentation/question and answer session with the Allocation Review Team. This approximately 10 (ten) minute presentation/session will take place May 19 – May 23.

The volunteer teams will hear presentations/session, seeks additional information, scores the request and provides a recommendation to the United Way Board of Directors. The United Way Board of Directors will meet in June for final approval. Agencies will be notified of the allocation decisions in June.