2025-26 Grant Cycle Overview Meetings
December 2, 2024, 10:30am - 12pm - LaGrange County Community Foundation (LaGrange County)
December 2, 2 - 3:30pm - Community Learning Center Kendallville (Noble County)
December 4, 2024, 9am - 10:30am - Crossroads United Way office (Elkhart County)
(Click one of the above links to register to attend)
If you're with a 501c3 that's interested in submitting a letter of intent for the 2025-26 Grant Cycle, please register to join us at one of the above in-person meetings. We'll be covering changes to the grant categories, what you can expect from us, and what's expected from grant recipients.
If your program provides services within our three areas of focus: Healthy Community, Youth Success, Financial Security, and Community Resiliency, please apply.
The Letter of Intent will be submitted using a short application form within our grant portal and must be submitted by midnight on Sunday, January 28, 2025. It is highly recommended that you use your email address as the username.
Letter of Intent Portal will open in January 2025.
Letters of Intent will be reviewed by the Crossroads United Way team who will determine which programs align with our program goals. Those selected will be invited to submit an application for a Program Grant. All programs submitting a letter of intent will be notified via email by February 14, 2025.
In addition, grant seekers will be required to submit your most recent IRS Form 990 and independent financial audit or financial review depending on your organization’s annual revenues. Must have been completed in the last 18 months. For organizations with annual revenues above $500,000, an independent financial audit is required. If annual revenues are $500,000 or below, an independent financial review will be accepted.
Approved grants will be funded over the period of July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Grants Coordinator, Julie Poertner at poertnerj@crossroadsuw.org.