Oshkosh Area United Way (OAUW) awarded 45 community programs, including seven new programs, with the annual United Way Community Investment grant process. These programs were selected to address the growing needs in Oshkosh and surrounding communities.
The Community Investment grants are funded by the annual OAUW Community Giving Campaign to improve access to resources for Early Childhood Development, Mental Health, and Steps Toward a Living Wage. The grant process is available to programs serving residents in Oshkosh and surrounding communities that offer services in these impact areas.
Each impact area is overseen by a volunteer committee that reviews and interviews each program applying to ensure that the applicant has measurable outcomes and impact on the community. Over 30 volunteers are involved in the Community Investment Grant process, giving nearly 1,000 hours of their time to our area. OAUW is grateful to those community members who continue to lead this process and ensure that donations are allocated to those programs making the most impact in Oshkosh and the surrounding area.
Oshkosh Area United Way is proud to announce 2023 funding to the following local programs:
Programs:
211
Access to Jobs
Advocacy
Back to School Fair
Be Great Graduate Mentoring Program
Be Well Fox Valley Food as Medicine
Bonus 10 Food Bucks Program
Community Clothes Closet
Community Engagement
Counseling
Counseling
Dolly Parton Imagination Library
Dolly Parton Imagination Library
Early Intervention Program
Education
Emergency Shelter
Employment Services
Empowerment Advocacy
English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
Eviction and Homelessness Prevention
Financial Counseling
Food for All
Food For Kids
General Educational Development (GED)
Growing Readers
Home Visits
Making the Ride Happen
Membership
Member Scholarships
OFD Mental Health Initiative
Oshkosh Area Home Delivered Meals
Radford Kids
Reaching Out
Resource Coordination
Respite
Rise Up
Road to Work
Robert Glass Focus on the Children Program
Sexual Abuse Treatment Program
Skills Enhancement Program
Social Emotional Mental Health Programming
Solutions Sober Living
Tiny House Village
Youth Mentoring Programs
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)
Organization:
United Way Fox Cities
GoTransit
Reach Counseling
Back to School Fair
Boys & Girls Club of Oshkosh
United Way Fox Cities
Oshkosh Saturday Farmers Market
The Traveling Closet
Covey
Reach Counseling
Samaritan
Omro Area Community Center
Oshkosh Area United Way
Valley Packaging Industries
Reach Counseling
Christine Ann Domestic Abuse Services
Lakeside Packaging Plus
Christine Ann Domestic Abuse Services
Oshkosh Area School District
Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc
Goodwill Industries
Oshkosh Food Co-Op
Oshkosh Area Community Pantry
ADVOCAP
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Family Services of Northeast Wisconsin
Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, Inc.
Girl Scouts of Northwestern Great Lakes
Oshkosh Community YMCA
Oshkosh Area Fire Department
ADVOCAP
Boys & Girls Club of Oshkosh
Girl Scouts of Northwestern Great Lakes
Day by Day Warming Shelter
Covey
Oshkosh Area School District
Winnebago Literacy Council
Tri-County Dental
Reach Counseling
ADVOCAP
Boys & Girls Club of Oshkosh
Solutions Recovery, Inc.
Oshkosh Kids Foundation
Big Brothers Big Sisters
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
“The investment our community makes to support these nonprofits is truly inspiring. Being part of this process is an amazing honor working alongside dedicated volunteers and United Way staff to make sure we’re supporting kids, stabilizing families, and helping those most vulnerable in our community. By funding these programs we’re not only helping our community but impacting generations to come, “said Jennifer Skolaski, Vice Chair of Community Impact. “A big thank you to all those involved through giving, volunteering, working at these organizations, and making sure we’re caring for everyone in our community.”
Oshkosh Area United Way will be accepting applications for the 2024 Community Investment Grant during the month of June 2023. The application is available to organizations serving the Oshkosh Area United Way’s service area that offer programming to improve resources for Early Childhood Development, Mental Health, and Financial Stability.
For more information on the above programs or the 2024 Community Investment Grant, contact the Oshkosh Area United Way at oauw@oshkoshunitedway.org. To continue your commitment to our Oshkosh area community by donating to the 2022 Community Giving Campaign, visit www.oshkoshunitedway.org/donate.