United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc

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

Community impact funding (cif)- grant awards are disbursed per board approval as recommended by an independent, volunteer review committee. during the allocations process, the review committee will evaluate each non-profit, their program outcomes, their financial status, etc. to determine if they are sound in financial operations as well as having the ability to produce the proposed outcomes should they be awarded the grant dollars. the recipient agencies must produce program outcome measurements and statistics to report results of the money invested. donor directed designations- these dollars represent donor designations received and processed by uw to other non-profit agencies. these agencies are determined to be in good standing with the irs, have their 501c3 status, and are patriot act compliant. sub-recipient grants- grant dollars are passed through from state and federal grants to subcontracted agencies. these agencies are reviewed by uw staff for compliance as well as the agency's own independent audit firms. all grant recipients are required to produce program result reports. disaster relief assistance - uwgn is the fiscal agent for davidson co and clarksville-montgomery co long term recovery groups (ltrgs). both ltrgs has their own committee that is responsible for coordinating among those providing volunteer, financial, spiritual, physical, and/org psychological support for people whose lives have been impacted by a disaster. in addition, the committee is to provide