January 29, 2015

Eight Local Nonprofits Receive Grants from United Way of National Capital Area

United Way of the National Capital Area (United Way NCA) announced that it is awarding eight Community Impact grants totaling $100,678 to eight nonprofit member organizations serving Montgomery County. Each of the grants directly addresses United Way NCA’s focus areas of education, health and financial stability.

The Montgomery County grantees are: Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington; Community Ministries of Rockville, Inc.; Gaithersburg HELP, Inc.; Manna Food Center, Inc.; The Reading Connection, Inc.; Spanish Catholic Center, Inc.; The George B. Thomas Sr. Learning Academy, Inc.; and WUMCO Help, Inc.

All United Way NCA donors have the option of directing their workplace giving pledge to the Community Impact Fund for any of United Way NCA’s eight regions, including Montgomery County. The funds help United Way NCA solve critical challenges facing various local communities that no one person, nonprofit or company can address alone.

See the news release for more information.