Grants
The allocations process is led annually by local volunteers and United Way staff who work together to review and assess grant applications as well as conduct a virtual site visit. They make funding recommendations to the United Way KFL&A Board of Directors who is responsible for distributing the money raised from the annual community fundraising campaign. In 2024, 24 volunteers took part in the allocations process. Together, they recommended funding to 57 programs and 31 agencies.
“Participating in this process is always an illuminating and rewarding experience. You gain a deeper understanding of the work that goes on in our community to help address the immense needs of so many,” says Mary Beth Gauthier, community volunteer who chaired one of the five panels. “It is a responsibility we all take very seriously to ensure the money is invested in the best possible way.”
United Way volunteers focused on funding programs that address the growing areas of need in the community, such as food security, mental health and addictions support, and homelessness. United Way KFL&A continues to work closely with local partners to tackle the immediate needs of many different community members.
Please see below for a list of agencies and programs that were approved for funding in 2024.
For more information on the Community Investment Fund and Reaching Home visit https://www.unitedwaykfla.ca/funding/
United Way KFL&A Partner Agency Funding (2024)
| Partner Agency Allocations | Program | Funding |
| 2024-2026 Anchor Funds | Per year | |
| Addiction and Mental Health Services – KFLA | Family Support Worker | $85,700.00 |
| FUSE Program | $25,000.00 | |
| Centre for Abuse and Trauma Therapy | Client Assistance Program | $50,000.00 |
| Elizabeth Fry Society Kingston | Women Empowered Hub | $50,000.00 |
| WRAP (Women Reintegrating After Prison) | $50,000.00 | |
| Food Sharing Project | Student Nutrition Program | $60,000.00 |
| Kingston Community Health Centres | EarlyOn | $24,300.00 |
| Good Food Box | $48,595.00 | |
| Seniors Food Box | $99,995.00 | |
| PORCH – Pilot | $12,000.00 | |
| Kingston Home Base Non-Profit Housing | Adult Supportive Housing | $50,000.00 |
| Supportive Housing for Youth | $50,000.00 | |
| Lily’s Place Family Shelter | $50,000.00 | |
| Kingston Interval House | Emergency Shelter | $40,000.00 |
| Robin’s Hope Transition House | $20,000.00 | |
| Kingston Youth Shelter | Kingston Youth Transitions | $100,000.00 |
| Emergency Shelter | $80,000.00 | |
| Maltby Centre | Youth Mental Health Access | $50,000.00 |
| Outreach St. George’s Kingston | Lunch By George | $75,000.00 |
| Pathways to Education Kingston | Pathways to Education Kingston | $50,000.00 |
| Resolve Counselling Services Canada | Family Counselling | $50,000.00 |
| Child and Youth Counselling | $50,000.00 | |
| Multi-Service Immediate Services Walk-In | $50,000.00 | |
| Youth Peer Support Program | $35,000.00 | |
| Rural Frontenac Community Services | Family Counselling Program | $50,443.00 |
| Bridging the Gap for Rural Youth | $27,509.00 | |
| Ryandale Transitional Housing | Transition House | $55,000.00 |
| Transition House 2 | $30,000.00 | |
| Sexual Assault Centre Kingston | First Response for Youth | $50,000.00 |
| Diverse Communities | $50,000.00 | |
| Reducing the Waitlist | $50,000.00 | |
| Youth Diversion Program | CHANCE Mentoring Program | $55,000.00 |
| KAIROS Secondry School Substance Use | $60,000.00 | |
| KAIROS Elementary School Substance Use | $40,000.00 | |
| Intersections | $14,250.00 | |
| KAIROS Substance Use (Elementary & Secondary | $42,750.00 | |
| Total: | $1,780,542.00 | |
| 2024 Program Funds | ||
| BGC South East | After School Connections | $50,000.00 |
| Youth Program | $50,000.00 | |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | 1:1 Community and Site Based Mentoring – Kingston | $50,000.00 |
| Group Mentoring Program | $20,000.00 | |
| Canadian Hearing | General Support Services | $18,220.00 |
| Hearing Care Counselling | $30,040.00 | |
| Employment Services | $10,000.00 | |
| Community Navigation of Eastern Ontario – 211 | 211 Eastern Region | $47,910.00 |
| Dress for Success Kingston | Suiting (formerly Boutique and Success Centre) | $40,000.00 |
| Epilepsy South Eastern Ontario | Epilepsy Support Program | $50,000.00 |
| Girls Inc | Girls Ed Program | $50,000.00 |
| Independent Living Centre Kingston | Information and Support Services | $40,000.00 |
| Kingston Military Family Resource Centre | Community Resource Connections | $40,000.00 |
| Kingston Native Centre and Languange Nest | Capital Request | $25,000.00 |
| Lionhearts | Student Food Box (formerly Children’s Weekend Wellness) | $50,000.00 |
| Food Rescue (and CFRW) | $25,000.00 | |
| Community Nutrition (formerly Nutrition Program) | $50,000.00 | |
| St. Lawrence Youth Association | Specialized Treatment Program | $25,000.00 |
| Trellis HIV & Community Care | Community & HIV Programs | $50,000.00 |
| Community Support Program | $50,000.00 | |
| Vocational Training Program | $50,000.00 | |
| Victim Services of Kingston & Frontenac | Anti Human Trafficking Program | $25,000.00 |
| Well Suited | Suiting and Peer Support (formerly Suiting Operations) | $25,000.00 |
| Total | $871,170.00 | |