Community Investment

United Way of Forsyth County is committed to making a difference in the lives of those in need! Undesignated dollars raised during our annual campaign are distributed from our general fund through the allocations and community grants processes. The Community Investment Committee is made up of volunteers within our community. These volunteers are your friends, neighbors and co-workers with a vested interest in your county. They make the decisions for funding based on the needs of the local community. The funding by impact area report for 2009 is below. 

Substance Abuse/Mental Health/Domestic Violence Services

• ABBA House
• Forsyth County Drug Court^
• Forsyth County DUI Court^
• Forsyth County Family Haven*
• Hope House^
• NOA*
• No Longer Bound*
• Rape Response*

  Total: $127,786

Promoting Self-Sufficiency/Strengthening Families & Seniors

• Agewell Forsyth (in collaboration with the Forsyth County Senior Center)^
• Avita Community Partners (in collaboration with the Forsyth County Senior Center)^
• Dawson County Family Assistance (St. Vincent dePaul)*
• Dawson County Family Connection*
• Direct Financial Assistance
• Lanier Technical College^ - scholarships for student textbooks and technology fees
• Literacy Programs:  READ* & Literacy Forsyth*
• Senior Expo (in collaboration with the Forsyth County Senior Center)
• Shoebox Project (in collaboration with UPS)
• St. Vincent de Paul^
• The Place of Forsyth County*

  Total: $342,175

Promoting Community Health, Safety, Leadership, Information & Referral and Nonprofit Education

• 2-1-1
• American Red Cross*
• Community Impact Lunch & Learns
• Focus on Forsyth (a YMCA Partnership)^
• Georgia Highlands Medical Center*
• Holiday Giving Tree for Kids
• Nonprofit Seminars

  Total: $228,827

Therapeutic Services for At-Risk Children & Youth

Bald Ridge Boys Lodge
CASA of Forsyth County*
Children's Center for Hope & Healing*
Forsyth County Child Advocacy Center*
Hall-Dawson CASA*
• Jesse's House*

  Total: $233,166

Services for Citizens with Special Needs

• Camp Cool Kids (in collaboration with Cumming City Parks & Recreation)^
• Challenged Child & Friends*
• Cumming Civitan Club (in collaboration with Forsyth County Schools Special Education Department)^
• CTI Program (Forsyth County Schools Special Education Department)^
• Learning Bridges After School Care (Forsyth County Schools Special Education Department)^
• Special Olympics (Forsyth County Schools)^

  Total: $57,410

Strength-Based Support Services for Children & Youth

• Credit Recovery (in collaboration with Forsyth County Schools)^
• Dawson County 4-H Council*
• Dawson County Mentoring Program*
• Forsyth Central High School International Club
• Forsyth County 4-H Council*
• Forsyth County Juvenile Court ^
• Girl Scouts*
• Girls on the Run^
• Imagination Library
• L.A.M.P. Ministries^
• Mentor Me - North Georgia*  
• Northeast Council for Boy Scouts of America*
• Stuff the Bus

  Total: $254,830

Donor Designations made outside of Forsyth County

 

  Total: $13,627

 

GRAND TOTAL:  $1,257,822

 

 

 

* Indicates Partner Agency

^ Organizations were awarded grants in 2009 but funding in the amount of $160,850 will be distributed in 2010.