United Way of Greater St Louis Inc

How it makes and monitors grants (Schedule I, Part IV)

The organization completed Part IV as required listing organizations that received support. The purpose of the individual grants is included, when organizations received more than one grant the multiple purposes are divided by a semicolon in the response. Abbreviations are used through the "Purpose of Grant" section in the interest of space. Common abbreviations used are listed below: ALL=Allocation; AWD=Other Awards; CCS=Complete Charitable Solutions Direct Pay and Donor Advised Fund Designations; TPP=3rd Party Processed. All agencies receiving allocations are listed first and alphabetically - than those with other awards and then all others. Approximately 50 dedicated community volunteers familiar with community needs are members of the United Way Regional Investment Committee (RIC) Leadership from this committee are members of the Board and report committee activities directly to the Board. Other RIC CIC members serve as panel chairs and oversee the allocations. Agencies adhere to Quality Standards developed by the volunteers and submit reports, at least annually, about their programs, governance, finance and administration to the volunteers. Program information includes description, goals, measurement tools, outcomes, and analysis of results. Panels review agencies based on all the core competencies from the Quality Standards. As a group using guidelines they developed, these volunteers allocate to member agencies. The RIC CIC also oversees one-time funding reviewing gran