United Way Distributes $150,000+ in Arlington County

The United Way of the National Captial Area formally announced Tuesday that it has awarded more than $150,000 to 17 nonprofits in Arlington.

Arlington member organizations submitted a total of 49 proposals to the United Way, totaling $664,351.

Twenty of those were funded, for a total of $152,532 for 17 Arlington nonprofits. Grant decisions are made by a volunteer task force that works with the community on where the funds will do the most good, according to a news release.

Grants were awarded to:

• Arlington Free Clinic
• Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network
• Arlingtonians Meeting Emergency Needs
• Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center
• Ayuda
• CrisisLink
• Davis Memorial Goodwill Industries
• Doorways for Women and Families
• Friends of Guest House
• Guitars not Guns National Capital Area
• Home Care Partners
• Just Neighbors Ministry
• Literacy Council of Northern Virginia
• New Hope Housing
• The Reading Connection
• SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now) of Northern Virginia
• The Child and Family Network Centers.

A United Way spokeswoman would not say how much each individual organization received, saying her organization's policy was to let each group decide whether it wanted to release that information.

Overall, United Way National Capital Area grants total $1.75 million this year to about 150 organizations in Arlington, Alexandria, Washington, D.C., Falls Church, and Fairfax, Loudoun, Montgomery, Prince George's and Prince William counties.

"This is part of a bigger picture that the United Way plays in our community," Bill Hanbury, president and CEO of the United Way of the National Capital Area, told the Arlington County Board on Tuesday.