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WE ARE
COMMITTED TO
SYSTEM-LEVEL CHANGE
Across our region, we face extraordinary challenges:
lack of affordable housing and quality health
care; food insecurity, declining mental health; low
childhood literacy rates, insuf昀椀 cient child care, and
households struggling to make ends meet. Not only
are these challenges complex, they are systemic and
structural. There are a wide range of actors that bring
their approaches, ways of thinking and practices
to solve these issues, which often have no clear
or obvious solutions. We recognize that, to foster
systems of change, we have to transform the way
people and organizations relate to one another and
those they serve.
We are committed to improving systems by building
and strengthening collaborative infrastructures,
building diverse stakeholder commitment, and
sparking collective action among stakeholders.
Collaborative Infrastructure – We convene people
and organizations to facilitate conversations, cultivate
networks and foster community engagement.
Commitment Building – We build relationships of
trust and authenticity among partners and tell the
story of the great work we are pursuing together.
Collective Action – We coordinate action among
a diverse set of stakeholders and manage and
develop resources to improve population-level
outcomes advocacy.
HOW IT WORKS
RECEIVING FUNDING
Program and support funding is received
through grants and other sources.
Corporate and individual donations
• Designations – Donor gifts can be
made directly to a local nonpro昀椀 t.
• Undesignated gifts go to
The Community Fund.
WHY DONATE TO THE COMMUNITY FUND?
Allows us to better identify the critical needs in
the communities we serve, which ebb and 昀氀 ow
throughout time and across counties.
Local agencies then apply for funding through our
Community Investment Funding process:
• Volunteers review the applications and
recommend allocations to UWGN board of
directors. UWGN then distributes the funds
to over 150 local partner agencies and in
one or more of our focus areas.
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