The applications are in and we are excited! UUC’s monthly Social Action Collection is a vital source of funding for many worthy organizations in our community. But, unfortunately, we can’t fund them all. We need your help deciding which ones to feature in our upcoming fiscal year, July 2023- June 2024.

Every year, UUC sponsors 12 different non-profit organizations doing great work in our community (one for each month) to receive gifts of money to help them. Three of these organizations, our own Food Pantry, IMPACT, and the Hospital Meal Packets, automatically get assigned one month. We gather each year to vote on the other nine. All UUCville members are eligible to vote but anyone is welcome and encouraged to learn more about the organizations. On Thursday, June 22 at 7 pm via Zoom, a representative from each organization will present a 2 minute “pitch” telling us why we should support them and then we’ll vote! The organizations we’ll hear from this year are below.

LINK TO ZOOM MEETING

Even if you can’t attend, please take a minute to read through these very thoughtful applications and learn more about each of these organizations who are doing vital work in the Charlottesville community.

Click Here for Applications and Sponsor endorsements can be found here.

Below is a list of the organizations that have applied for grants and links to their websites:

• Birth Sisters of Charlottesville
  • Dismantling root causes of systemic maternal health disparities for Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) while denying race as a risk factor.

• Blue Ridge Abortion Fund
  • Envisioning a world where everyone receives supportive and compassionate abortion care in their community.

• Brothers United to Cease the Killing (The BUCK Squad)
  • Working to reduce gun violence in our community through violence interruption, de-escalating violence before it starts.

• Charlottesville Public Housing Association of Residents (PHAR)
  • Ensuring directly-impacted people don’t just have a seat at the table for the decisions which impact their lives, but are also knowledgeable and confident to participate and hold public officials accountable!

• City of Promise
  • Dedicated to delivering our promise to the city!

• Cultivate Charlottesville
  • Food is a human right.

• Ebenezer Baptist Church –  “Black Farmers”
  • We are ‘Making a Difference’

• Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville
  • Envisioning a Greater Charlottesville community where everyone can find a decent place to live.

• Living Energy Farm (sponsored by Serenity Solidarity)
  • Let’s end energy poverty!

• New Beginnings Christian Community Food Ministry
  • Healthy, Appropriate Food for All in Need

• PACEM
  • Shelter saves lives!

• Partner for Mental Health
  • Connecting, educating, and advocating to promote mental health.

• ReLeaf Cville
  • Nurturing kids and communities through nature. Trees save lives.

• RISE Foundation
  • We are created to do good things. Find your voice and resiliency in serving and connecting at RISE.

• Sin Barreras Without Barriers, Inc.
  • Envisioning a society where the essential needs of all its members are met, regardless of immigration status, color, social & economic class, or culture of origin.