Cedar Valley United Way Offering Grant Funding to Help Families Build Savings

WATERLOO, IA –Cedar Valley United Way is seeking proposals from qualified not-for profit organizations who can successfully demonstrate how they will support individuals and families to create and adhere to a personal savings plan to help them avoid future financial crisis. An investment of up to $20,000 will be made through the Building Savings Project for the funding year of 2011-2012.

Any program or collaborating programs seeking to partner with Cedar Valley United Way for funding must have a single sponsoring not-for-profit organization as their fiscal agent and take place within a 30 mile radius of Waterloo/Cedar Falls.

Each sponsoring organization will also need to complete a partner profile. The RFP and partner profile are available online at www.cedarvalleyunitedway.org/fundedpartnerinfo.html.   

All documents must be transmitted electronically to kelly.knott@cvuw.org at Cedar Valley United Way for consideration by 2 p.m., August 31, 2011. For more information, contact Kelly Knott at kelly.knott@cvuw.org or 319-235-6211 extension 13.

For more information about Cedar Valley United Way and how you can give, visit www.cedarvalleyunitedway.org.

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